1927 Victorian state election

The 1927 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday, 9 April 1927, to elect the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.[1]

1927 Victorian state election
9 April 1927 (1927-04-09)
all 65 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Edmond Hogan Harry Lawson John Allan
Party Labor Nationalist Country
Leader since 1927
Leader's seat Warrenheip and Grenville Castlemaine and Kyneton Rodney
Last election 27 seats 19 seats 13 seats
Seats won 28 seats 15 seats 10 seats
Seat change 1 4 3
Percentage 41.79% 30.89% 8.13%
Swing 6.92 8.15 3.84
Premier before election

John Allan
Country

 Elected Premier

Edmond Hogan
Labor

For the first time, a Victorian state election was held on a Saturday, and voting for the Legislative Assembly was compulsory.[2] As a consequence, voter turnout in contested seats increased from 59.24% at the 1924 election to 91.76% at the 1927 election, although the informal vote increased from 1.01% in 1924 to 1.94% in 1927.


Key dates
Date Event
4 March 1927 The Parliament was prorogued, and the Legislative Assembly dissolved.[3]
12 March 1927 Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[3]
21 March 1927 Close of nominations.[3]
9 April 1927 Polling day.
30 April 1927 The writ was returned and the results formally declared.[3]
20 May 1927 The Hogan Ministry was sworn in.[4]
6 July 1927 Parliament resumed for business.

Results

Legislative Assembly

1927 Victorian state election[1][5]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1924–1929 >>

Enrolled voters 850,494
Votes cast 780,399 Turnout 91.76 +32.53
Informal votes 15,125 Informal 1.94 +0.93
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 319,848 41.79 +6.92 28 +1
  Nationalist 236,428 30.89 −8.15 15 −4
  Australian Liberal 67,663 8.84 +8.84 2 +2
  Country 62,218 8.13 −3.84 10 −3
  Country Progressive 31,849 4.16 +4.16 4 +4
  Independent 47,268 6.18 +2.97 6 +5
Total 765,274     65  

Notes:

Outcome

The Allan Country–Nationalist Coalition Government was defeated; a minority Labor Government led by Edmund Hogan took office but was later defeated in Parliament.

See also

References
  1. Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (ISBN 0708102700).
  2. Victorian Electoral Commission: Unit 2: Voting rights and responsibilities
  3. "Discharging members of the Legislative Council from attendance and dissolving the Legislative Assembly". Victorian Government Gazette. 4 March 1927. p. 1927:1233.
  4. "Ministers of the Crown". Victorian Government Gazette. 20 May 1927. p. 1927:1757.
  5. Election held on 9 April 1927, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
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