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Victorian state election, 1927

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9 April 1927 (1927-04-09)
  
1929 â†’

19 seats
  
13 seats

15 seats
  
10 seats

Start date
  
April 9, 1927

27 seats
  
19 seats

28 seats
  
15 seats

4
  
3

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Winner
  
Edmond Hogan

The 1927 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 9 April 1927 to elect 57 of the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The other 8 seats were uncontested.

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For the first time, voting for the Legislative Assembly was compulsory. As a consequence, voter turnout in contested seats increased from 59.24% at the 1924 election to 91.76% at the 1927 election, but the informal vote increased from 1.01% in 1924 to 1.94% in 1927.

Legislative Assembly

Notes:

  • Eight seats were uncontested at this election, and were retained by the incumbent parties:
  • Labor (4): Footscray, Northcote, Port Melbourne, Richmond
  • Nationalist (2): Benambra, Polwarth
  • Country (1): Goulburn Valley
  • Independents (1): Brighton

    • 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.

    References

    Victorian state election, 1927 Wikipedia
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