The 1937 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
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on Saturday 2 October 1937 to elect 45 of the 65 members of the state's
Legislative Assembly.
Background
On 21 March 1936,
Patrick Denigan
Patrick Louis Denigan (4 June 1879 – 1 November 1962) was an Australian politician.
He was born at Glendonald near Creswick to farmer Thomas Denigan and Mary Agnes Downing. He was a gold miner at Allandale before becoming a farmer at Bri ...
of the Labor Party won the seat of
Allandale in a
by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
following the death of UAP member
Thomas Parkin
Thomas Parkin (7 April 1870 – 29 January 1936) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Kingston to grazier John Parkin and Bridget Malone. He attended Creswick Grammar School and Geelong Grammar School and then worked for a Geelong ...
. This changed the number of seats in the assembly to UAP 24, Labor 18.
Results
Legislative Assembly
See also
*
Candidates of the 1937 Victorian state election
*
1937 Victorian Legislative Council election
References
{{Victorian elections
1937 elections in Australia
Elections in Victoria (Australia)
1930s in Victoria (Australia)
October 1937 events