The 1921 Victorian state election was held in the
Australian state
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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 ().]
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
Notes:
*Nineteen seats were uncontested at this election, and were retained by the incumbent parties:
**Nationalist (11):
Benambra,
Boroondara,
Brighton
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,
Bulla,
Dalhousie,
Gippsland West,
Hawthorn,
Ovens
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,
Toorak
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The name ...
,
Walhalla,
Waranga
**Labor (7):
Abbotsford,
Carlton,
Melbourne
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,
North Melbourne
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,
Port Melbourne
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,
Richmond
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,
Williamstown
**Victorian Farmers' Union (1):
Wangaratta
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The city is located at the confluence, junction of the Ovens River, ...
Outcome
See also
*
Candidates of the 1921 Victorian state election
*
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1921–1924
*
1922 Victorian Legislative Council election
References
{{Victorian elections
Victorian state election
Elections in Victoria (state)
State election, 1921
Victorian state election
History of Australia