1934_Victorian_Legislative_Council_election

1934 Victorian Legislative Council election

1934 Victorian Legislative Council election

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Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 9 June 1934 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLC were elected using preferential voting.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 9 June 1934[1]
Legislative Council
<< 19311937 >>

Enrolled voters 469,395
Votes cast 47,375 Turnout 10.1 −9.8
Informal votes 799 Informal 1.7 +1.1
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes  % Swing Seats
won
Seats
held
  United Australia 21,743 46.7 −18.1 10 22
  Labor 8,211 17.7 −0.9 1 3
  Country 4,844 10.4 +7.9 3 6
  Other 11,778 25.3 +11.2 3 3
Total 46,576     17 34

Retiring Members

United Australia

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.

See also


References

  1. Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 9 June 1934". Psephos.

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