1928 Victorian Legislative Council election

Elections were held in the

Victoria on Saturday 2 June 1928 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council. MLCs were elected using preferential voting

.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 2 June 1928^[1] Legislative Council << 1925–1931 >>
Enrolled voters		444,278
Votes cast		85,372		Turnout	19.2	+5.2
Informal votes		1,338		Informal	1.6	+0.1
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Nationalist	45,644	54.3	+2.3	11	22
	Country	17,699	21.1	−1.4	2	5
	Country Progressive	7,438	8.9	+8.9	1	1
	Labor	3,438	4.1	–3.4	3	6
	Other	9,815	11.6	−5.4	0	0
Total		84,034			17	34

Retiring Members

Joseph Sternberg MLC (Nationalist, Bendigo) had resigned some months prior to the election, but no by-election had been held.

Nationalist

Country Progressive

William Crockett MLC (North Western)

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.

Province	Held by	Labor candidates	Nationalist candidates	Country candidates	Other candidates

Bendigo	Nationalist		George Lansell		James Curnow (Ind) Alfred Wallis (Ind)
East Yarra	Nationalist		Robert Menzies George Swinburne*
Gippsland	Nationalist		Martin McGregor	Thomas Anderson
Melbourne	Nationalist		Herbert Smith
Melbourne East	Labor	John Jones
Melbourne North	Labor	Esmond Kiernan
Melbourne South	Nationalist	Hector Bell	Norman Falkiner* Frederick Hughes Edgar Morton Edward Reynolds
Melbourne West	Labor	Robert Williams
Nelson	Nationalist		Alan Currie
Northern	Country			Richard Abbott Robert Gordon Richard Kilpatrick *
North Eastern	Country			John Harris	Albert Heaney (CPP)
North Western	Country			Robert Elliott	William McCann (CPP)
Southern	Nationalist		William Angliss		William Macleod (Ind)
South Eastern	Nationalist		William Tyner* Harold Wilkinson
South Western	Nationalist		Horace Richardson* Julius Solomon
Wellington	Nationalist		Frederick Brawn
Western	Nationalist		Marcus Saltau

References

^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 2 June 1928". Psephos.

[1] Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 2 June 1928". Psephos.

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