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 compulsory for elections for the Legislative Council, having been compulsory for the elections for the Legislative Assembly since 1927. However, the turnout increased from 10% to only 46%.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 12 June 1937[1]
Legislative Council
<< 1934–1940 >>

Enrolled voters 449,694
Votes cast 208,925 Turnout 46.5 +36.4
Informal votes 2,480 Informal 1.2 −0.5
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes  % Swing Seats
won		 Seats
held
  United Australia 107,157 51.9 +5.2 8 19
  Country 51,491 24.9 +14.5 6 9
  Labor 35,523 17.2 −0.5 3 4
  Other 12,274 5.9 −19.4 0 2
Total 206,445     17 34

Retiring Members

Herbert Keck (UAP, Bendigo) died shortly before the election; no by-election was held.

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 UAP candidates Country candidates Other candidates
 
BallaratUAPPaul JonesEdwin Bath
Alfred Pittard*		A R Stewart
BendigoUAPJohn LienhopR A Rankin (Ind)
Doutta GallaLaborPercy Clarey
East YarraUAPWilliam Edgar
GippslandUAPGeorge DavisWilliam MacAulay
HiginbothamUAPHenry Cohen
James Kennedy*
MelbourneUAPDaniel McNamara
Melbourne NorthUAPL G H MarshallHerbert Olney
Melbourne WestLaborArthur DisneyJ T Gray
MonashUAPSir Frank Clarke
NorthernCountryE A NortonGeorge Tuckett
North EasternCountryPercival Inchbold
North WesternCountryGeorge Goudie
SouthernUAPGilbert Chandler*
Russell Clarke
South EasternUAPCharles GartsideAlexander Goudie
South WesternUAPGordon McArthurT Walls
WesternUAPE C CameronLeonard RoddaWilliam Williamson (Ind)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 12 June 1937". Psephos.
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