1922 Victorian Legislative Council election

Victorian Legislative Council election 1922 April 2022 June 2020 Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 31 May 1922 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council. This was the first Legislative Council election for which preferential voting was used.http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1922council.txt Victorian Legislative Council election of 31 May 1922 Psephos Carr Adam Results Legislative Council Victorian Legislative Council election, 31 May 1922 Legislative Council Victorian Legislative Council election 1919 1925 yes 353,467 46,891 13.3 +0.6 894 1.9 −0.2 Nationalist 24,743 53.8 −0.7 11 24 Labor VIC 11,481 25.0 +1.2 3 6 VFU 6,227 13.5 +13.5 3 4 Others 3,656 7.7 –13.9 0 0 45,997 17 34 |} Retiring Members Nationalist William Adamson MLC (South Eastern) William Baillieu MLC (Northern) Candidates Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used. Province Held by Labor candidates Nationalist candidates VFU candidates Other candidates  Bendigo Nationalist Joseph Sternberg East Yarra Nationalist James Merritt Gippsland Nationalist Martin McGregor James McQueen Melbourne Nationalist Herbert Smith Henry Pride (Ind)Melbourne East Labor John Jones Melbourne North Labor Esmond Kiernan Thomas Passfield Alexander Renfrew Melbourne South Nationalist Thomas Payne Melbourne West Nationalist Robert Williams John Aikman Nelson Nationalist Theodore Beggs* William Sanders Northern Nationalist Edward Stribling Richard Abbott North Eastern VFU John Harris North Western VFU William Crockett Southern Nationalist William Angliss South Eastern Nationalist Henry Hall Charles Merrett William Tyner* Leonard Dobbin South Western Nationalist Horace Richardson Wellington Nationalist Frederick Brawn Western Nationalist Sir Walter Manifold See also 1921 Victorian state election References Category:1922 elections in Australia Category:Elections in Victoria (state) Category:Results of Victorian state elections Category:1920s in Victoria (state) Category:May 1922