1919 Victorian Legislative Council election
Appearance
Elections were held in the
Victoria on Thursday 5 June 1919 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council
.
Results
Legislative Council
Victorian Legislative Council election, 5 June 1919[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 317,619 | |||||
Votes cast | 40,397 | Turnout | 12.7 | +2.8 | ||
Informal votes | 851 | Informal | 2.1 | +1.3 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won |
Seats held | |
Nationalist | 21,572 | 54.5 | 13 | 27 | ||
Labor | 9,419 | 23.8 | −7.7 | 3 | 6 | |
Victorian Farmers | 1 | 1 | ||||
Other | 8,555 | 21.6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 39,546 | 17 | 34 |
Retiring Members
Nationalist
- Sir John Davies MLC (Melbourne)
- South Eastern)
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.
A by-election for Melbourne North, to fill the vacancy caused by Donald Melville's death, was held concurrently with this election and is shown below.
Province | Held by | Labor candidates
|
Nationalist candidates
|
VFU candidates | Independent candidates |
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Bendigo | Nationalist |
Alfred Hicks | |||
East Yarra | Nationalist |
William Edgar |
Frank Cornwall | ||
Gippsland | Nationalist |
George Davis | |||
Melbourne | Nationalist |
Sir Henry Weedon | John Pearson Harold Ward | ||
Melbourne East | Labor |
Daniel McNamara | Frederick Dawborn | ||
Melbourne North | Labor |
William Beckett | Thomas Griffin | ||
Nationalist |
Esmond Kiernan | George Wales | |||
Melbourne South | Nationalist |
Arthur Robinson | |||
Melbourne West | Labor |
Arthur Disney | |||
Nelson | Nationalist |
James Drysdale Brown | |||
Northern | Nationalist |
Frank Clarke |
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North Eastern | Nationalist |
William Kendell | |||
North Western | Nationalist |
George Goudie | |||
Southern | Nationalist |
Russell Clarke | |||
South Eastern |
Nationalist |
Alfred Chandler* William Francis Frederick Hagelthorn |
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South Western | Nationalist |
Austin Austin | |||
Wellington | Nationalist |
Alexander Bell | |||
Western | Nationalist |
Edward White |
See also
References
- ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 5 June 1919". Psephos.