Election Name: | 1937 Victorian state election |
Country: | Victoria |
Flag Year: | 1901 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1935 Victorian state election |
Previous Year: | 1935 |
Next Election: | 1940 Victorian state election |
Next Year: | 1940 |
Seats For Election: | 45 (of the 65) seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly |
Leader3: | Albert Dunstan |
Leader Since3: | 14 March 1935 |
Party3: | United Country Party (Australia) |
Leaders Seat3: | Korong and Eaglehawk |
Percentage3: | 11.35% |
Swing3: | 2.36 |
Last Election3: | 20 seats |
Seats Before3: | 20 seats |
Seats3: | 20 seats |
Seat Change3: | 0 |
Leader1: | Sir Stanley Argyle |
Leader Since1: | 3 September 1930 |
Party1: | United Australia Party |
Colour1: | 080CAB |
Leaders Seat1: | Toorak |
Percentage1: | 39.56% |
Swing1: | 3.39 |
Last Election1: | 25 seats |
Seats Before1: | 24 seats |
Seats1: | 21 seats |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Leader Since2: | 14 July 1932 |
Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) |
Leaders Seat2: | Collingwood |
Percentage2: | 41.03% |
Swing2: | 3.10 |
Last Election2: | 17 seats |
Seats Before2: | 18 seats |
Seats2: | 20 seats |
Seat Change2: | 2 |
Premier | |
Before Election: | Albert Dunstan |
Before Party: | United Country Party (Australia) |
After Election: | Albert Dunstan |
After Party: | United Country Party (Australia) |
The 1937 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 2 October 1937 to elect 45 of the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
On 21 March 1936, Patrick Denigan of the Labor Party won the seat of Allandale in a by-election following the death of UAP member Thomas Parkin. This changed the number of seats in the assembly to UAP 24, Labor 18.[1]
See also: Results of the 1937 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly).
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