1921 Victorian state election

Australian state election April 2022 June 2020 1921 Victorian state election Victoria 1901 parliamentary no 1920 Victorian state election 1920 1924 Victorian state election 1924 All 65 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly33 seats needed for a majority yes 1921 8 30 120px Harry Lawson May 1918 Nationalist Party (Australia) Castlemaine and Maldon 45.59% 2.36 30 seats 31 seats 1 120px George Prendergast 18 June 1918 Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) North Melbourne 35.69% 6.38 20 seats 21 seats 1 118px John Allan Victorian Farmers' Union Rodney 14.01% 0.40 13 seats 12 seats 1 Premier Harry Lawson Nationalist Party (Australia) Harry Lawson Nationalist Party (Australia) The 1921 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Tuesday 30 August 1921 to elect the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (0708102700). Background The trigger for the 1921 Victorian election was a dissolution of parliament caused by the Victorian Farmers' Union voting with Labor to defeat Harry Lawson's minority Nationalist government after Lawson, who was also the agriculture minister, had abolished the compulsory wheat pool operating in the state. Results Legislative Assembly Results of the 1921 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) 1921 Victorian state electionElection held on 30 August 1921, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia). Legislative Assembly Victorian state election 1920 1924 569,704 326,227 57.26 −6.44 2,555 0.78 −3.61 Nationalist yes 147,569 45.59 −2.36 31 +1 Labor VIC 115,432 35.69 +6.38 21 +1 VFU 45,348 14.01 −0.40 12 −1 Independent 15,323 4.73 −1.52 1 0 323,672 65 |} Notes: Nineteen seats were uncontested at this election, and were retained by the incumbent parties: Nationalist (11): Benambra, Boroondara, Brighton, Bulla, Dalhousie, Gippsland West, Hawthorn, Ovens, Toorak, Walhalla, Waranga Labor (7): Abbotsford, Carlton, Melbourne, North Melbourne, Port Melbourne, Richmond, Williamstown Victorian Farmers' Union (1): Wangaratta Outcome February 2014 See also Candidates of the 1921 Victorian state election Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1921–1924 1922 Victorian Legislative Council election References Victorian state election Category:Elections in Victoria (state) State election, 1921 Victorian state election Category:History of Australia