1931 Victorian Legislative Council election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 6 June 1931 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, 6 June 1931[1] Legislative Council << 1928–1934 >>
Enrolled voters		469,349
Votes cast		93,244		Turnout	19.9	+0.7
Informal votes		595		Informal	0.6	−1.0
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Nationalist	60,027	64.8	+10.5	12	23
	Labor	17,250	18.6	+14.5	2	5
	Country	2,328	2.5	−18.6	3	6
	Other	13,044	14.1	−6.4	0	0
Total		92,649			17	34

Retiring Members

Nationalist

• Alexander Bell MLC (Wellington)
• Howard Hitchcock MLC (South 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		Herbert Keck
East Yarra	Nationalist		William Edgar
Gippsland	Nationalist		George Davis
Melbourne	Nationalist		Henry Cohen		Eugene Gorman (Ind)
Melbourne East	Labor	Daniel McNamara
Melbourne North	Labor	William Beckett	Herbert Olney
Melbourne South	Nationalist	Percy Clarey	Sir Frank Clarke
Melbourne West	Labor	Arthur Disney	Henry Hall
Nelson	Nationalist		Edwin Bath	George Hucker
Northern	Country			George Tuckett
North Eastern	Country			Albert Zwar
North Western	Country			George Goudie
Southern	Nationalist		Russell Clarke	Albert Hocking
South Eastern	Nationalist		Alfred Chandler
South Western	Nationalist		Gordon McArthur* Julius Solomon
Wellington	Nationalist		Alfred Pittard		Robert Cooke (Ind)
Western	Nationalist		Edward White William Williamson*

See also

• 1932 Victorian state election

References

1. Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 6 June 1931". Psephos.