The 1937 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* 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 2 October 1937 to elect 45 of the 65 members of the state's
Legislative Assembly.
Background
On 21 March 1936,
Patrick Denigan
Patrick Louis Denigan (4 June 1879 – 1 November 1962) was an Australian politician.
He was born at Glendonald near Creswick to farmer Thomas Denigan and Mary Agnes Downing. He was a gold miner at Allandale before becoming a farmer at Bri ...
of the Labor Party won the seat of
Allandale in a
by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections.
A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...
following the death of UAP member
Thomas Parkin
Thomas Parkin (7 April 1870 – 29 January 1936) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Kingston to grazier John Parkin and Bridget Malone. He attended Creswick Grammar School and Geelong Grammar School and then worked for a Geelong ...
. This changed the number of seats in the assembly to UAP 24, Labor 18.
Results
Legislative Assembly
See also
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Candidates of the 1937 Victorian state election
The 1937 Victorian state election was held on 2 October 1937.
Retiring members
George Prendergast (Labor, Footscray) died shortly before the election. No by-election was held.
No members retired at this election.
Legislative Assembly
Sitting ...
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1937 Victorian Legislative Council election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 12 June 1937 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLC were elected using preferential voting.
For the first time, voting became co ...
References
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Elections in Victoria (state)
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