1928 Brighton state by-election

1909 Brighton state by-election March 2024 Victoria parliamentary no 1927 Victorian state election 1927 1929 Victorian state election 1929 24 April 1928 Electoral district of Brighton in the Victorian Legislative Assembly William Finlayson.jpg 140 110 150 20 13 center William Finlayson Labor EF0011 4,262 22.6% Eleanor Glencross.png 110 110 150 15 0 center Eleanor Glencross Independent politician 3,985 21.1% 150x150px Ian Macfarlan Nationalist Party of Australia 3,920 20.8% 2CP 48.6% 51.4% MP Oswald Snowball Ind. Nationalist Ian Macfarlan Nationalist The 1928 Brighton state by-election was held on 24 April 1928 to elect the next member for Brighton in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of incumbent MP Oswald Snowball. Snowball, an Independent Nationalist who was also the Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, died on 16 March.Snowball, Oswald Robinson, Parliament of Victoria. The by-election was won by Nationalist candidate and future premier Ian Macfarlan, who narrowly defeated feminist and housewives' advocate Eleanor Glencross.Macfarlan, Ian (1881–1964) R Wright macfarlan-ian-10950 Results 1928 Brighton state by-electionTHE TWENTY-NINTH PARLIAMENT http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1927assembly.txt Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive Labor VIC William Finlayson 4,262 22.6 Independent Eleanor Glencross 3,985 21.1 Nationalist Ian Macfarlan 3,920 20.8 Nationalist Henry Abbott 1,554 8.2 Nationalist Alfred Kelly 1,445 7.7 Nationalist James Ramsay 1,280 6.8 Nationalist Henry Hall 1,037 5.5 Australian Liberal Daniel Hoban 823 4.4 Independent Martin Hannah 340 1.8 Independent Thomas Ryan 193 1.0 18,839 93.8 1,243 6.2 20,082 88.6 Nationalist Ian Macfarlan 9,685 51.4 Independent Eleanor Glencross 9,154 48.6 Nationalist Independent Nationalist N/A References Brighton Category:Victorian state by-elections Brighton