1928 Brighton state by-election should not be confused with 1909 Brighton state by-election.
Country: | Victoria |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1927 Victorian state election |
Previous Year: | 1927 |
Next Election: | 1929 Victorian state election |
Next Year: | 1929 |
Election Date: | 24 April 1928 |
Seats For Election: | Electoral district of Brighton in the Victorian Legislative Assembly |
Party1: | Labor |
Colour1: | EF0011 |
Popular Vote1: | 4,262 |
Percentage1: | 22.6% |
Party2: | Independent politician |
Popular Vote2: | 3,985 |
Percentage2: | 21.1% |
Party3: | Nationalist Party of Australia |
Popular Vote3: | 3,920 |
Percentage3: | 20.8% |
1Blank: | 2CP |
1Data2: | 48.6% |
1Data3: | 51.4% |
MP | |
Before Election: | Oswald Snowball |
Before Party: | Ind. Nationalist |
After Election: | Ian Macfarlan |
After Party: | Nationalist |
The 1928 Brighton state by-election was held on 24 April 1928 to elect the next member for Brighton in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of incumbent MP Oswald Snowball.
Snowball, an Independent Nationalist who was also the Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, died on 16 March.[1]
The by-election was won by Nationalist candidate and future premier Ian Macfarlan, who narrowly defeated feminist and housewives' advocate Eleanor Glencross.