Results of the Victorian state election, 1929 (Legislative Assembly)

Victorian state election, 30 November 1929[1][2]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1927–1932 >>

Enrolled voters 682,190
Votes cast 639,368 Turnout 93.72 +1.96
Informal votes 6,830 Informal 1.07 −0.87
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 247,251 39.09 −2.70 30 +2
  Nationalist 242,009 38.26 +7.37 17 ±0
  Country 55,876 8.83 +0.70 11 +1
  Country Progressive 33,798 5.34 +1.18 4 ±0
  Communist 1,962 0.31 +0.31 0 ±0
  Independent 51,642 8.16 +1.98 3 −3
Total 632,538     65  

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1929 election.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

Victorian state election, 1929: Albert Park[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Arthur Wallace 10,994 53.1 +6.6
Nationalist Robert Cuthbertson 9,704 46.9 +12.8
Total formal votes 20,698 99.0 +1.5
Informal votes 203 1.0 -1.5
Turnout 20,901 91.6 +2.3
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +3.2

Allandale

Victorian state election, 1929: Allandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Alexander Peacock unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing

Ballarat

Victorian state election, 1929: Ballarat
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William McAdam 8,992 54.9 +1.3
Nationalist Fred Edmunds 7,397 45.1 -1.3
Total formal votes 16,389 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 148 0.9 -0.1
Turnout 16,537 96.9 +2.0
Labor hold Swing +1.3

Barwon

Victorian state election, 1929: Barwon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Thomas Maltby 6,821 61.6 -2.6
Labor John Bond 4,246 38.4 +2.6
Total formal votes 11,067 99.3 +0.7
Informal votes 78 0.7 -0.7
Turnout 11,145 96.2 +4.6
Nationalist hold Swing -2.6

Benalla

Victorian state election, 1929: Benalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Progressive Edward Cleary 5,327 56.4 +17.7
Country Patrick Connell 4,123 43.6 +18.6
Total formal votes 9,450 99.1 +1.3
Informal votes 87 0.9 -1.3
Turnout 9,537 94.5 +1.8
Country Progressive hold Swing N/A

Benambra

Victorian state election, 1929: Benambra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Henry Beardmore unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Bendigo

Victorian state election, 1929: Bendigo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Arthur Cook unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Boroondara

Victorian state election, 1929: Boroondara
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Richard Linton 13,881 60.3 +20.6
Labor Robert Dodman 9,152 39.7 +11.2
Total formal votes 23,033 99.1 +3.0
Informal votes 204 0.9 -3.0
Turnout 23,237 93.6 +0.9
Nationalist hold Swing -3.1

Brighton

Victorian state election, 1929: Brighton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Ian Macfarlan 10,460 46.2 -53.8
Independent Richard Tracey 5,141 22.7 +22.7
Independent Angela Booth 3,668 16.2 +16.2
Independent Jeremiah Grant 3,359 14.8 +14.8
Total formal votes 22,628 97.7
Informal votes 535 2.3
Turnout 23,163 94.4
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Brunswick

Victorian state election, 1929: Brunswick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Jewell unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Bulla and Dalhousie

Victorian state election, 1929: Bulla and Dalhousie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Reg Pollard 4,911 54.3 +6.3
Nationalist Francis Lobb 2,253 24.9 +4.5
Country Claude Anderson 1,876 20.7 +2.1
Total formal votes 9,040 98.8 +0.6
Informal votes 111 1.2 -0.6
Turnout 9,151 91.9 +2.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Reg Pollard 56.3 +0.2
Nationalist Francis Lobb 43.7 -0.2
Labor hold Swing +0.2
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Carlton

Victorian state election, 1929: Carlton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Robert Solly unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Castlemaine and Kyneton

Victorian state election, 1929: Castlemaine and Kyneton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jessie Satchell 4,926 50.1 +10.4
Nationalist Walter Langslow 4,897 49.9 -10.4
Total formal votes 9,823 99.6 +0.6
Informal votes 51 0.4 -0.6
Turnout 9,874 95.9 +2.2
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +10.4

Caulfield

Victorian state election, 1929: Caulfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Australian Liberal Frederick Forrest 11,710 51.2 +8.6
Nationalist Oscar Mendelsohn 11,148 48.8 +18.7
Total formal votes 22,858 98.9 +2.0
Informal votes 266 1.1 -2.0
Turnout 23,124 94.0 +1.3
Australian Liberal hold Swing -13.8

Clifton Hill

Victorian state election, 1929: Clifton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Maurice Blackburn unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Coburg

Victorian state election, 1929: Coburg
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Keane unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Collingwood

Victorian state election, 1929: Collingwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Tunnecliffe unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Dandenong

Victorian state election, 1929: Dandenong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bert Cremean 12,085 53.1 +8.3
Nationalist Frank Groves 10,663 46.9 +5.2
Total formal votes 22,748 99.2 +2.0
Informal votes 194 0.8 -2.0
Turnout 22,942 93.0 +1.9
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +4.1

Dundas

Victorian state election, 1929: Dundas
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Slater 5,922 57.7 +0.8
Nationalist William Ellis 4,340 42.3 -0.8
Total formal votes 10,262 99.2 -0.1
Informal votes 84 0.8 +0.1
Turnout 10,346 95.5 +0.4
Labor hold Swing +0.8

Essendon

Victorian state election, 1929: Essendon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Arthur Drakeford 12,119 57.5 +5.1
Nationalist Arthur Clerke 5,506 26.1 -21.5
Ind. Nationalist Arthur Fenton 2,680 12.7 +12.7
Ind. Nationalist Gerald Fitzgerald 775 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 21,080 98.3 -1.0
Informal votes 368 1.7 +1.0
Turnout 21,448 96.1 +1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Drakeford 59.1 +6.7
Nationalist Arthur Clerke 40.9 -6.7
Labor hold Swing +6.7
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Evelyn

Victorian state election, 1929: Evelyn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist William Everard 5,622 60.9 +60.9
Labor Edward Hodges 3,607 39.1 +10.3
Total formal votes 9,229 99.3 +1.9
Informal votes 65 0.7 -1.9
Turnout 9,294 93.0 +2.6
Nationalist gain from Ind. Nationalist Swing N/A

Flemington

Victorian state election, 1929: Flemington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Holland unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Footscray

Victorian state election, 1929: Footscray
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Prendergast unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Geelong

Victorian state election, 1929: Geelong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Brownbill 10,667 63.4 +6.1
Nationalist Sidney Dickins 6,159 36.6 -6.1
Total formal votes 16,826 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 158 0.9 -0.1
Turnout 16,984 95.5 +2.3
Labor hold Swing +6.1

Gippsland East

Victorian state election, 1929: Gippsland East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Albert Lind 5,148 77.4 +7.3
Independent Joseph Coate 1,502 22.6 +22.6
Total formal votes 6,650 99.4 +0.5
Informal votes 43 0.6 -0.5
Turnout 6,693 93.9 +4.9
Country hold Swing N/A

Gippsland North

Victorian state election, 1929: Gippsland North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent James McLachlan unopposed
Independent hold Swing

Gippsland South

Victorian state election, 1929: Gippsland South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Herbert Hyland 4,175 43.1 +17.6
Nationalist Walter West 2,900 29.9 -0.5
Labor Morris Mulcahy 2,610 27.0 +3.3
Total formal votes 9,685 98.9 +2.2
Informal votes 106 1.1 -2.2
Turnout 9,791 92.2 0.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Herbert Hyland 5,999 61.9 +61.9
Nationalist Walter West 3,686 39.1 -9.3
Country gain from Independent Swing N/A

Gippsland West

Victorian state election, 1929: Gippsland West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Matthew Bennett 3,688 37.5 +14.9
Labor Robert Garlick 3,447 35.1 -1.9
Nationalist Reginald James 2,698 27.4 +7.2
Total formal votes 9,833 99.0 +2.7
Informal votes 102 1.0 -2.7
Turnout 9,935 93.8 +2.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Matthew Bennett 6,080 61.8 +9.1
Labor Robert Garlick 3,753 38.2 -9.1
Country hold Swing +9.1

Goulburn Valley

Victorian state election, 1929: Goulburn Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Murray Bourchier unopposed
Country hold Swing

Grant

Victorian state election, 1929: Grant
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ralph Hjorth 4,457 50.1 +2.3
Nationalist Frederick Holden 2,624 29.5 +4.5
Country Edwy Finch 1,816 20.4 -0.9
Total formal votes 8,897 99.1 +0.7
Informal votes 80 0.9 -0.7
Turnout 8,977 92.5 +0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ralph Hjorth 52.0 -1.4
Nationalist Frederick Holden 48.0 +1.4
Labor hold Swing -1.4
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Gunbower

Victorian state election, 1929: Gunbower
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Henry Angus 6,627 65.1 +65.1
Country Progressive Edward McNicol 3,555 34.9 -3.7
Total formal votes 10,182 99.4 +0.6
Informal votes 58 0.6 -0.6
Turnout 10,240 92.7 +2.2
Nationalist gain from Ind. Nationalist Swing N/A

Hampden

Victorian state election, 1929: Hampden
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Chester Manifold 5,336 52.6 +6.2
Labor Arthur Hughes 4,811 47.4 -6.2
Total formal votes 10,147 99.4 +0.4
Informal votes 65 0.6 -0.4
Turnout 10,212 95.4 +3.1
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing +6.2

Hawthorn

Victorian state election, 1929: Hawthorn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist William McPherson 10,978 53.3 -4.3
Labor William Hulse 9,614 46.7 +4.3
Total formal votes 20,592 99.2 +0.5
Informal votes 167 0.8 -0.5
Turnout 20,759 92.9 -1.5
Nationalist hold Swing -4.3

Heidelberg

Victorian state election, 1929: Heidelberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Gordon Webber 15,391 65.7 +11.3
Nationalist William Luke 8,031 34.3 -11.3
Total formal votes 23,422 98.9 -0.4
Informal votes 269 1.1 +0.4
Turnout 23,691 92.8 +0.7
Labor hold Swing +11.3

Kara Kara and Borung

Victorian state election, 1929: Kara Kara and Borung
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist John Pennington 5,915 59.5 +14.2
Country Progressive Alexander Dowsley 4,026 40.5 +11.2
Total formal votes 9,941 99.5 +2.1
Informal votes 56 0.5 -2.1
Turnout 9,997 91.6 +0.8
Nationalist hold Swing +5.1

Kew

Victorian state election, 1929: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Kent Hughes 13,551 62.0 +29.7
Labor Cyril Murphy 6,889 31.5 +6.7
Independent Constantine Crowley 1,399 6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 21,839 98.6 +1.0
Informal votes 304 1.4 -1.0
Turnout 22,143 93.3 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Kent Hughes 65.7 +21.5
Labor Cyril Murphy 34.3 +34.3
Nationalist gain from Ind. Nationalist Swing N/A
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Korong and Eaglehawk

Victorian state election, 1929: Korong and Eaglehawk
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Progressive Albert Dunstan 5,673 56.8 +0.7
Nationalist Alexander Taysom 4,313 43.2 +43.2
Total formal votes 9,986 99.3 +0.3
Informal votes 70 0.7 -0.3
Turnout 10,056 92.3 -0.8
Country Progressive hold Swing N/A

Lowan

Victorian state election, 1929: Lowan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Marcus Wettenhall 4,922 46.5 -11.2
Labor James McDonald 3,475 32.8 +32.8
Country Progressive Albert Bussau 2,189 20.7 -21.5
Total formal votes 10,586 98.8 +0.5
Informal votes 130 1.2 -0.5
Turnout 10,716 95.1 +4.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Marcus Wettenhall 6,168 58.3 +0.6
Labor James McDonald 4,418 41.7 +41.7
Country hold Swing N/A

Maryborough and Daylesford

Victorian state election, 1929: Maryborough and Daylesford
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Frost unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Melbourne

Victorian state election, 1929: Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Hayes unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Mildura

Victorian state election, 1929: Mildura
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Progressive Albert Allnutt 3,672 39.1 +7.0
Labor John Patterson 3,571 38.0 -2.3
Country Albert Henshall 2,153 22.9 -4.7
Total formal votes 9,396 98.4 +0.1
Informal votes 150 1.6 -0.1
Turnout 9,546 90.0 -1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Progressive Albert Allnutt 5,640 60.0 +2.5
Labor John Patterson 3,657 40.0 -2.5
Country Progressive hold Swing +2.5

Mornington

Victorian state election, 1929: Mornington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Alfred Kirton 4,531 43.4 +6.3
Country Herbert Downward 2,933 28.1 -14.4
Labor John Jack 2,587 24.8 +24.8
Independent Joseph Burch 381 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 10,432 98.4 +1.0
Informal votes 168 1.6 -1.0
Turnout 10,600 91.6 +2.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Herbert Downward 5,364 51.4 -2.2
Nationalist Alfred Kirton 5,068 48.6 +2.2
Country hold Swing -2.2

Northcote

Victorian state election, 1929: Northcote
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Cain unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Nunawading

Victorian state election, 1929: Nunawading
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Robert Menzies 10,932 55.4 -0.8
Labor John McKellar 8,793 44.6 +10.7
Total formal votes 19,725 99.2 +1.5
Informal votes 151 0.8 -1.5
Turnout 19,876 94.5 +1.4
Nationalist hold Swing -3.7

Oakleigh

Victorian state election, 1929: Oakleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Squire Reid 14,580 57.0 +15.2
Nationalist Duncan Mackinnon 10,986 43.0 +5.9
Total formal votes 25,566 99.2 +1.3
Informal votes 212 0.8 -1.3
Turnout 25,778 93.9 +0.1
Labor hold Swing +6.7

Ouyen

Victorian state election, 1929: Ouyen
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Progressive Harold Glowrey unopposed
Country Progressive hold Swing

Polwarth

Victorian state election, 1929: Polwarth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist James McDonald 5,843 54.9 -45.1
Labor Phillip Hill 4,800 45.1 +45.1
Total formal votes 10,643 99.8
Informal votes 23 0.2
Turnout 10,666 95.1
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Port Fairy and Glenelg

Victorian state election, 1929: Port Fairy and Glenelg
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ernie Bond 6,439 61.5 +0.9
Ind. Nationalist William Stevenson 2,735 26.1 +26.1
Nationalist Donald Ferguson 1,291 12.3 -27.1
Total formal votes 10,465 99.0 +0.1
Informal votes 111 1.0 -0.1
Turnout 10,576 96.1 +1.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Port Melbourne

Victorian state election, 1929: Port Melbourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Murphy 16,648 89.5 -10.5
Communist Thomas Le Huray 1,962 10.5 +10.5
Total formal votes 18,610 96.7
Informal votes 637 3.3
Turnout 19,247 90.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Prahran

Victorian state election, 1929: Prahran
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Arthur Jackson 12,516 56.7 +0.2
Nationalist Alfred Cole 9,575 43.3 -0.2
Total formal votes 22,100 98.9 +0.2
Informal votes 254 1.1 -0.2
Turnout 22,345 92.0 +0.7
Labor hold Swing +0.2

Richmond

Victorian state election, 1929: Richmond
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ted Cotter unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Rodney

Victorian state election, 1929: Rodney
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country John Allan 6,199 58.5 -1.1
Country Progressive Richard Doidge 4,391 41.5 +4.7
Total formal votes 10,590 99.5 +1.5
Informal votes 51 0.5 -1.5
Turnout 10,641 94.7 +2.6
Country hold Swing N/A

St Kilda

Victorian state election, 1929: St Kilda
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Australian Liberal Burnett Gray 13,253 54.6 +4.2
Nationalist Robert Morley 11,035 45.4 +16.4
Total formal votes 24,288 99.2 +2.1
Informal votes 207 0.8 -2.1
Turnout 24,495 93.6 +1.7
Australian Liberal hold Swing N/A

Stawell and Ararat

Victorian state election, 1929: Stawell and Ararat
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Richard Toutcher 5,415 52.0 -3.8
Labor Frank Brophy 5,006 48.0 +3.8
Total formal votes 10,421 99.2 +1.3
Informal votes 84 0.8 -1.3
Turnout 10,505 94.9 +2.1
Nationalist hold Swing -3.8

Swan Hill

Victorian state election, 1929: Swan Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Francis Old 4,706 56.7 +13.2
Country Progressive Thomas Connellan 3,590 43.3 +16.2
Total formal votes 8,296 99.2 +2.3
Informal votes 71 0.8 -2.3
Turnout 8,367 90.8 +3.7
Country hold Swing N/A

Toorak

Victorian state election, 1929: Toorak
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Stanley Argyle 12,662 63.1 +14.6
Labor Victor Stout 7,408 36.9 +5.5
Total formal votes 171 99.2 +1.5
Informal votes 171 0.8 -1.5
Turnout 20,241 92.0 +2.1
Nationalist hold Swing +1.1

Upper Goulburn

Victorian state election, 1929: Upper Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Edwin Mackrell 4,555 51.2 +17.4
Labor Edward Withers 4,337 48.8 +4.7
Total formal votes 8,892 99.4 +0.8
Informal votes 57 0.6 -0.8
Turnout 8,949 94.3 +4.1
Country hold Swing -0.7

Upper Yarra

Victorian state election, 1929: Upper Yarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist George Knox unopposed
Nationalist hold Swing

Walhalla

Victorian state election, 1929: Walhalla
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William McGrath 4,259 45.2 +6.4
Country William Moncur 4,208 44.7 +12.7
Independent Country Andrew Wilson 950 10.1 +10.1
Total formal votes 9,417 99.0 +1.0
Informal votes 98 1.0 -1.0
Turnout 9,515 93.2 +2.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country William Moncur 5,024 53.4 +0.6
Labor William McGrath 4,393 46.6 -0.6
Country hold Swing +0.6

Wangaratta and Ovens

Victorian state election, 1929: Wangaratta and Ovens
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Clive Walker 3,428 38.3 +38.3
Country Lot Diffey 2,821 31.6 -30.8
Country Progressive William Higgins 1,375 15.4 +15.4
Independent Country Percival Inchbold 1,313 14.7 +14.7
Total formal votes 8,937 98.7 +1.9
Informal votes 114 1.3 -1.9
Turnout 9,051 95.1 +3.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Lot Diffey 4,869 54.5 +1.3
Labor Clive Walker 4,068 45.5 +45.5
Country hold Swing N/A

Waranga

Victorian state election, 1929: Waranga
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Ernest Coyle 4,176 48.6 +7.6
Labor John Minogue 2,809 32.7 -5.3
Country William Pook 929 10.8 -9.7
Country Edward Buckland 674 7.8 +7.8
Total formal votes 8,588 98.8 +0.7
Informal votes 102 1.2 -0.7
Turnout 8,690 94.2 +3.0
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Warrenheip and Grenville

Victorian state election, 1929: Warrenheip and Grenville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Edmund Hogan 5,609 60.0 +1.7
Nationalist Tom Hartrey 3,739 40.0 -1.7
Total formal votes 9,348 99.2 0.0
Informal votes 73 0.8 0.0
Turnout 9,421 96.8 +1.7
Labor hold Swing +1.7

Warrnambool

Victorian state election, 1929: Warrnambool
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Henry Bailey 6,146 62.3 +9.2
Australian Liberal William Downing 3,726 37.7 +32.7
Total formal votes 9,872 99.0 -0.1
Informal votes 95 1.0 +0.1
Turnout 9,967 95.4 +1.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Williamstown

Victorian state election, 1929: Williamstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Lemmon unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Wonthaggi

Victorian state election, 1929: Wonthaggi
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William McKenzie unopposed
Labor hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ Election held on 30 November 1929, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
  2. ↑ Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 ( ISBN 0708102700).
  3. ↑ Carr, Adam. "Results of Victorian 1929 Election". Psephos. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
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