This is a list of local government area results for the 1931 Victorian local elections.[1][2]
Blackburn and Mitcham
editBlackburn by-election
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Pape | 684 | 64.59 | ||
| Vigilance League | Albert Edwards | 375 | 35.41 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,059 | ||||
| Independent win | Swing | ||||
Braybrook
editCentral
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | R. A. Garde | 397 | 57.05 | ||
| Independent | G. Penrose | 299 | 42.95 | ||
| Total formal votes | 696 | ||||
| Independent win | Swing | ||||
River
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | W. Dempster | 729 | 80.19 | ||
| Independent | W. J. Dawson | 180 | 19.81 | ||
| Total formal votes | 909 | ||||
| Independent win | Swing | ||||
Western
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | G. W. Pennell | 284 | 74.16 | ||
| Independent | A. S. Diggins | 99 | 25.84 | ||
| Total formal votes | 383 | ||||
| Independent win | Swing | ||||
Brunswick
editNorth-East
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | F. Dunstan | 1,251 | 83.01 | ||
| Unemployed Association | R. G. Jeffrey | 256 | 16.99 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,507 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
North-West
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | W. P. Jacobs | 1,083 | 58.41 | ||
| Labor | A. D. Reaburn | 771 | 41.59 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,854 | ||||
| Independent gain from Labor | Swing | ||||
South-East
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Liberal | Roderick McSolvin | 1,385 | 72.47 | ||
| Unemployed Association | J. J. G. Waters | 526 | 27.53 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,911 | ||||
| Australian Liberal win | Swing | ||||
South-West
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | J. E. Hudson | 859 | 42.72 | ||
| Independent | H. W. S. Jones | 674 | 33.52 | ||
| Independent | W. J. Granger | 478 | 23.76 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,011 | ||||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Independent | H. W. S. Jones | 1,012 | 50.52 | ||
| Labor | J. E. Hudson | 991 | 49.48 | ||
| Independent gain from Labor | Swing | ||||
Richmond
editEast
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Geoffrey O'Connell | 599 | 82.17 | ||
| Communist | C. H. Frank | 130 | 17.83 | ||
| Total formal votes | 729 | ||||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
North
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | R. H. Lightfoot | 879 | 61.00 | ||
| Independent | W. L. Podmore | 562 | 39.00 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,441 | ||||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ "MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS". Trove. The Age.
- ^ "FINAL REPORT Electoral Representation Review for the Boroondara City Council (see page 11)" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Commission. 2008-05-26.
- ^ "THE TWENTY-NINTH PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.
- ^ "DEATH OF PIONEER LABOR MAN". Trove. Labor Call.
- ^ "Richmond Pre-Selection". Trove. The Age.