1928_Brighton_state_by-election

1928 Brighton state by-election

1928 Brighton state by-election

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Not to be confused with 1909 Brighton state by-election.

The 1928 Brighton state by-election was held on 24 April 1928 to elect the next member for Brighton in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of incumbent MP Oswald Snowball.

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Snowball, an Independent Nationalist who was also the Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, died on 16 March.[1]

The by-election was won by Nationalist candidate and future premier Ian Macfarlan, who narrowly defeated feminist and housewives' advocate Eleanor Glencross.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Snowball, Oswald Robinson, Parliament of Victoria.
  2. [2]
    Wright, R. "Macfarlan, Ian (1881–1964)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538.
  3. [3]
    "THE TWENTY-NINTH PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.
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