1928 Victorian Legislative Council election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 2 June 1928 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council. MLC 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

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

Nationalist

• Theodore Beggs MLC (Nelson)
• James Merritt MLC (East Yarra)
• Thomas Payne MLC (Melbourne South)

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

See also

• 1929 Victorian state election

References

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