Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 31 May 1922 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council. This was the first Legislative Council election for which preferential voting was used.[1]

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 31 May 1922[1]
Legislative Council
<< 1919–1925 >>

Enrolled voters 353,467
Votes cast 46,891 Turnout 13.3 +0.6
Informal votes 894 Informal 1.9 −0.2
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes  % Swing Seats
won		 Seats
held
  Nationalist 24,743 53.8 −0.7 11 24
  Labor 11,481 25.0 +1.2 3 6
  Victorian Farmers 6,227 13.5 +13.5 3 4
  Other 3,656 7.7 –13.9 0 0
Total 45,997     17 34

Retiring Members

Nationalist

Candidates

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Province Held by Labor candidates Nationalist candidates VFU candidates Other candidates
 
BendigoNationalistJoseph Sternberg
East YarraNationalistJames Merritt
GippslandNationalistMartin McGregorJames McQueen
MelbourneNationalistHerbert SmithHenry Pride (Ind)
Melbourne EastLaborJohn Jones
Melbourne NorthLaborEsmond KiernanThomas Passfield
Alexander Renfrew
Melbourne SouthNationalistThomas Payne
Melbourne WestNationalistRobert WilliamsJohn Aikman
NelsonNationalistTheodore Beggs*
William Sanders
NorthernNationalistEdward StriblingRichard Abbott
North EasternVFUJohn Harris
North WesternVFUWilliam Crockett
SouthernNationalistWilliam Angliss
South EasternNationalistHenry Hall
Charles Merrett
William Tyner*		Leonard Dobbin
South WesternNationalistHorace Richardson
WellingtonNationalistFrederick Brawn
WesternNationalistSir Walter Manifold

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 31 May 1922". Psephos.
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