1919 Victorian local elections
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The 1919 Victorian local elections were held on 28 August 1919 to elect the councils of 42 of the local government areas in Victoria, Australia. Two councils also held mayoral elections.[1]
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28 August 1919
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Until the 1994 reforms introduced by the Kennett state government, all local elections were staggered, with not all councillors up for election each year.[2]
Labor gained several council seats, with the vast majority of their candidates running as Caucus Labor candidates. Socialist councillor A.G. McDonnell retained his seat with 53.51% of the vote in Northcote's North Ward.[1]
A large number of elections were unopposed, and The Argus observed that "in only a few cases did the electors show any marked interest in the result".[1]
Results
Council elections
| Party | Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | ||
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| Independents | 38,113 | 63.34 | 62 | ||||
| Caucus Labor | 14,686 | 24.41 | 11 | ||||
| Nationalist | 5,481 | 9.11 | 3 | ||||
| Labor | 744 | 1.23 | 0 | ||||
| Socialist | 625 | 1.04 | 1 |  | |||
| Independent Labor | 522 | 0.87 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 60,171 | 100.0 | 78 | ||||
Mayoral elections
| Council | Before | Result after preference distribution | |||||||||
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| Mayor | Party | Party | Candidate | % | Result | ||||||
| Port Melbourne | J.H. Morris | Caucus Labor | Caucus Labor | J.H. Morris | 57.80 | Caucus Labor hold | |||||
| Independent | J.T. Turner | 42.20 | |||||||||
| Wonthaggi | Nationalist | Cr. Easton | 57.57 | Nationalist gain | |||||||
| Labor | Cr. Nelson | 42.43 | |||||||||
Notes
- This only includes the council seats up for election in 1919.