Results of the 1932 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1932 election.

Victorian state election, 14 March 1932^[1]^[2] Legislative Assembly << 1929–1935 >>
Enrolled voters		729,332
Votes cast		687,042		Turnout	94.20	+0.48
Informal votes		9,676		Informal	1.41	+0.34
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	United Australia	271,778	40.12	+1.86	31	+13
	Labor	237,993	35.14	−3.95	16	−14
	United Country	83,519	12.33	−1.84	14	−1
	Premiers' Plan Labor	17,347	2.56	+2.56	2	+2
	Communist	953	0.14	−0.17	0	±0
	Independent	65,776	9.71	+1.55	2	−1
Total		677,366			65

[1]

[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Harry Drew	12,850	64.0	+17.1
	Labor	Joseph Hannan	7,215	36.0	−17.1
Total formal votes			20,065	98.3	−0.7
Informal votes			358	1.7	+0.7
Turnout			20,423	91.1	−0.5
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	+17.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Alexander Peacock	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas Hollway	9,654	56.7	+11.6
	Labor	William McAdam	7,371	43.3	−11.6
Total formal votes			17,025	99.1	+0.1
Informal votes			162	0.9	−0.1
Turnout			17,187	96.1	+4.5
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	+11.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas Maltby	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edward Cleary	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Henry Beardmore	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Cook	8,239	51.6	−48.4
	United Australia	John Barton	4,157	26.0	+26.0
	Country	Joseph Don	3,566	22.3	+22.3
Total formal votes			15,962	98.9
Informal votes			176	1.1
Turnout			16,138	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Cook		53.8	−46.2
	United Australia	John Barton		46.2	+46.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Richard Linton	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Ian Macfarlan	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Jewell	14,410	62.0	−38.0
	United Australia	Henry Jones	8,828	38.0	+38.0
Total formal votes			23,238	98.5
Informal votes			359	1.5
Turnout			23,597	95.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Pollard	4,004	42.1	−12.2
	United Australia	Harry White	2,937	30.9	+6.0
	Country	Leon Stahl	2,578	27.1	+6.4
Total formal votes			9,519	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			99	1.0	−0.2
Turnout			9,618	92.8	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Harry White	5,164	54.3	+10.6
	Labor	Reg Pollard	4,355	45.7	−10.6
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	+10.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Solly	11,065	62.0	−38.0
	United Australia	David Crone	6,769	38.0	+38.0
Total formal votes			17,834	97.2
Informal votes			521	2.8
Turnout			18,355	91.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Clive Shields	5,387	52.4	+2.5
	Labor	Jessie Satchell	4,887	47.6	−2.5
Total formal votes			10,274	99.7	+0.1
Informal votes			36	0.3	−0.1
Turnout			10,310	96.1	+0.2
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	+2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Harold Luxton	17,474	75.2	+26.4
	Labor	William Ingleby	5,761	24.8	+24.8
Total formal votes			23,225	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			231	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			23,456	94.3	+0.3
	United Australia gain from Australian Liberal		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice Blackburn	10,274	48.4	−51.6
	United Australia	Albert Oldus	8,029	37.8	+37.8
	Premiers' Plan Labor	William Angus	2,932	13.8	+13.8
Total formal votes			21,235	98.1
Informal votes			414	1.9
Turnout			21,649	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maurice Blackburn	11,430	53.8	−46.2
	United Australia	Albert Oldus	9,805	46.2	+46.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1932 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Keane	12,030	52.8	−47.2
	United Australia	Alfred Carter	8,059	35.4	+35.4
	Independent	Henry Richards	2,698	13.8	+13.8
Total formal votes			22,787	97.5
Informal votes			586	2.5
Turnout			23,373	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Keane		56.3	−43.7
	United Australia	Alfred Carter		43.7	+43.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1932 Victorian state election: Heidelberg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Henry Zwar	11,192	45.0	+10.7
	Labor	Gordon Webber	10,306	41.4	−24.3
	Ind. United Australia	William Hemburrow	3,363	13.5	+13.5
Total formal votes			24,861	98.2	−0.7
Informal votes			463	1.8	+0.7
Turnout			25,324	93.6	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Henry Zwar	13,676	55.0	+20.7
	Labor	Gordon Webber	11,195	45.0	−20.7
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	+20.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Frank Groves	14,479	59.2	+12.3
	Labor	Bert Cremean	9,973	40.8	−12.3
Total formal votes			24,452	99.0	−0.2
Informal votes			249	1.0	+0.2
Turnout			24,701	94.1	+1.1
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	+12.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Slater	5,368	50.1	−7.6
	United Australia	Athol Cooper	5,347	49.9	+7.6
Total formal votes			10,715	99.4	+0.2
Informal votes			69	0.6	−0.2
Turnout			10,784	95.9	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	James Dillon	11,572	52.9	+26.8
	Labor	Arthur Drakeford	10,300	47.1	−10.4
Total formal votes			21,872	99.1	+0.8
Informal votes			206	0.9	−0.8
Turnout			22,078	96.4	+0.3
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	+12.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	William Everard	5,771	59.4	−1.5
	Independent	Maurice Fergusson	3,944	40.6	+40.6
Total formal votes			9,715	98.3	−1.0
Informal votes			166	1.7	+1.0
Turnout			9,881	92.3	−0.7
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Holland	11,572	59.6	−40.4
	United Australia	James Lamb	4,925	25.4	+25.4
	Independent	Alexander Amess	2,918	15.0	+15.0
Total formal votes			19,415	98.0
Informal votes			406	2.0
Turnout			19,821	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Holland		67.6
	United Australia	James Lamb		32.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Prendergast	14,325	62.3	−37.7
	United Australia	John Toll	8,666	37.7	+37.7
Total formal votes			22,991	98.0
Informal votes			402	2.0
Turnout			23,393	96.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Brownbill	7,403	43.6	−19.8
	United Australia	Edward Austin	5,540	32.7	−3.9
	Independent	John Lister	4,027	23.7	+23.7
Total formal votes			16,970	98.8	−0.3
Informal votes			204	1.2	+0.3
Turnout			17,174	95.3	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Edward Austin	8,815	51.9	+15.3
	Labor	William Brownbill	8,155	48.1	−15.3
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	+15.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	James McLachlan	5,859	58.6	−41.4
	Country	Rowland Harrison	2,266	22.6	+22.6
	United Australia	Stephen Ashton	1,877	18.8	+18.8
Total formal votes			10,002	99.1
Informal votes			93	0.9
Turnout			10,095	94.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	James McLachlan		60.4
	Country	Rowland Harrison		39.6
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Frederick Holden	3,417	37.7	+8.2
	Labor	Ralph Hjorth	3,344	36.9	−13.2
	Country	Robert McClelland	2,295	25.3	+4.9
Total formal votes			9,056	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			94	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			9,150	93.1	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Frederick Holden	5,321	58.8
	Labor	Ralph Hjorth	3,735	41.2
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	+10.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Henry Angus	5,864	56.5	−8.6
	Country	James Matheson	4,522	43.5	+8.6
Total formal votes			10,386	99.1	−0.3
Informal votes			93	0.9	+0.3
Turnout			10,479	95.3	+2.6
	United Australia hold		Swing	−8.6

Albert Park

Allandale

Ballarat

Barwon

Benalla

Benambra

Bendigo

Boroondara

Brighton

Brunswick

Bulla and Dalhousie

Carlton

Castlemaine and Kyneton

Caulfield

Clifton Hill

Coburg

Collingwood

Dandenong

Dundas

Essendon

Evelyn

Flemington

Footscray

Geelong

Gippsland East

Gippsland North

Gippsland South

Gippsland West

Goulburn Valley

Grant

Gunbower

Hampden

Hawthorn

Heidelberg

Kara Kara and Borung

Kew

Korong and Eaglehawk

Lowan

Maryborough and Daylesford

Melbourne

Mildura

Mornington

Northcote

Nunawading

Oakleigh

Ouyen

Polwarth

Port Fairy and Glenelg

Port Melbourne

Prahran

Richmond

Rodney

St Kilda

Stawell and Ararat

Swan Hill

Toorak

Upper Goulburn

Upper Yarra

Walhalla

Wangaratta and Ovens

Waranga

Warrenheip and Grenville

Warrnambool

Williamstown

Wonthaggi

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas Manifold	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Gray	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Pennington	7,370	73.5	+14.0
	Labor	Carl Adler	2,661	26.5	+26.5
Total formal votes			10,031	99.5	0.0
Informal votes			54	0.5	0.0
Turnout			10,085	96.0	+4.4
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Wilfrid Kent Hughes	17,566	77.3	+15.3
	Labor	Thomas Mottram	5,148	22.7	−8.8
Total formal votes			22,714	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			263	1.1	−0.3
Turnout			22,977	92.1	−1.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	+11.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Dunstan	7,246	69.0	+12.2
	Labor	Patrick Denigan	3,262	31.0	+31.0
Total formal votes			10,508	99.2	−0.1
Informal votes			87	0.8	+0.1
Turnout			10,595	95.4	+3.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Marcus Wettenhall	6,745	62.3	+15.8
	United Australia	Frederick Thompson	4,081	37.7	+37.7
Total formal votes			10,826	98.1	−0.7
Informal votes			206	1.9	+0.7
Turnout			11,032	96.6	+1.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Frost	5,315	50.7	−49.3
	United Australia	John Prictor	5,158	49.3	+49.3
Total formal votes			10,473	99.6
Informal votes			42	0.4
Turnout			10,515	96.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	9,289	55.1	−44.9
	United Australia	William Hendry	6,610	39.2	+39.2
	Communist	Ernie Thornton	953	5.7	+5.7
Total formal votes			16,852	97.3
Informal votes			472	2.7
Turnout			17,324	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Hayes		60.2	−39.8
	United Australia	William Hendry		39.8	+39.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Allnutt	5,739	57.6	+34.7
	Labor	Robert Robertson	2,530	25.4	−12.6
	Independent	William Hayes	1,695	17.0	+17.0
Total formal votes			10,764	98.3	−0.1
Informal votes			172	1.7	+0.1
Turnout			10,936	92.4	+2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Albert Allnutt		66.1	+6.1
	Labor	Robert Robertson		33.9	−6.1
	Country hold		Swing	+6.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Alfred Kirton	5,833	51.4	+8.0
	Country	Herbert Downward	4,181	36.8	+8.7
	Labor	John Graham	1,338	11.8	−13.0
Total formal votes			11,352	98.8	+0.4
Informal votes			136	1.2	−0.4
Turnout			11,488	90.8	−0.8
	United Australia gain from Country		Swing	N/A