Results of the 1931 Victorian local elections

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Pape	684	64.59
	Vigilance League	Albert Edwards	375	35.41
Total formal votes			1,059
	Independent win		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	R. A. Garde	397	57.05
	Independent	G. Penrose	299	42.95
Total formal votes			696
	Independent win		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	W. Dempster	729	80.19
	Independent	W. J. Dawson	180	19.81
Total formal votes			909
	Independent win		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	G. W. Pennell	284	74.16
	Independent	A. S. Diggins	99	25.84
Total formal votes			383
	Independent win		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	F. Dunstan	1,251	83.01
	Unemployed Association	R. G. Jeffrey	256	16.99
Total formal votes			1,507
	Independent hold		Swing

Blackburn by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	W. P. Jacobs	1,083	58.41
	Labor	A. D. Reaburn	771	41.59
Total formal votes			1,854
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Australian Liberal	Roderick McSolvin	1,385	72.47
	Unemployed Association	J. J. G. Waters	526	27.53
Total formal votes			1,911
	Australian Liberal win		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	J. E. Hudson	859	42.72
	Independent	H. W. S. Jones	674	33.52
	Independent	W. J. Granger	478	23.76
Total formal votes			2,011
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	H. W. S. Jones	1,012	50.52
	Labor	J. E. Hudson	991	49.48
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Geoffrey O'Connell	599	82.17
	Communist	C. H. Frank	130	17.83
Total formal votes			729
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	R. H. Lightfoot	879	61.00
	Independent	W. L. Podmore	562	39.00
Total formal votes			1,441
	Labor hold		Swing