Results of the 1929 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Victorian state election, 30 November 1929[1][2]
Legislative Assembly
<< 19271932 >>

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

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Albert Park

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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

Ballarat

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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

Bendigo

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

Boroondara

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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
After distribution of preferences
Nationalist Ian Macfarlan 11,342 50.1
Independent Richard Tracey 5,750 25.4
Independent Angela Booth 5,536 24.5
Nationalist hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed to completion.

Brunswick

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

Bulla and Dalhousie

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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

Castlemaine and Kyneton

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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

Coburg

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

Collingwood

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

Dandenong

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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

Footscray

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

Geelong

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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

Gippsland South

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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

Grant

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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
1929 Victorian state election: Kew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Wilfrid 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 Wilfrid 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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

Melbourne

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

Mildura

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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

Nunawading

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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

Polwarth

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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

Rodney

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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

Walhalla

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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1929 Victorian state election: Warrenheip and Grenville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edmond 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

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1929 Victorian state election: 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

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

Wonthaggi

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

See also

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References

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  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.