The 1927 Victorian state election was held in the
Australian state
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of
Victoria
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* Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India
* Victoria (state), a state of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital
* Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...
on Saturday, 9 April 1927, 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 ().]
For the first time, a Victorian state election was held on a Saturday, and voting for the Legislative Assembly was compulsory.
Victorian Electoral Commission
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Independence
It is an independen ...
Unit 2: Voting rights and responsibilities
/ref> As a consequence, voter turnout in contested seats increased from 59.24% at the 1924 election to 91.76% at the 1927 election, although the informal vote increased from 1.01% in 1924 to 1.94% in 1927.
Key dates
Results
Legislative Assembly
Notes:
*Eight seats were uncontested at this election, and were retained by the incumbent parties:
**Labor (4): Footscray, Northcote, Port Melbourne
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, Richmond
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**Nationalist (2): Benambra
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, Polwarth
**Country (1): Goulburn Valley
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**Independents (1): Brighton
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Outcome
The Allan Country–Nationalist Coalition Government was defeated, and a minority Labor Government, led by Edmund Hogan, took office, but had to resign following a vote of no confidence
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in the Legislative Assembly in November 1928.
See also
*Candidates of the 1927 Victorian state election
The 1927 Victorian state election was held on 9 April 1927.
Seat changes
* Abbotsford Labor MLA Gordon Webber contested Heidelberg.
* Ballarat East Labor MLA William McAdam contested Ballarat.
* Ballarat West Nationalist MLA Matthew Baird cont ...
*Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1927–1929
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1927 to 1929, as elected at the 1927 state election:
: On 2 November 1927, the Independent member for Gippsland South, Henry Bodman, died. Nationalist candidate and former ...
* 1928 Victorian Legislative Council election
References
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