1928 Brighton state by-election

The 1928 Brighton state by-election was held on 24 April 1928 to elect the next member for Brighton in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of incumbent MP Oswald Snowball.

Not to be confused with 1909 Brighton state by-election.

1928 Brighton state by-election
24 April 1928
Electoral district of Brighton in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate William Finlayson Eleanor Glencross Ian Macfarlan
Party Labor Independent Nationalist
Popular vote 4,262 3,985 3,920
Percentage 22.6% 21.1% 20.8%
2CP 48.6% 51.4%
MP before election

Oswald Snowball
Ind. Nationalist

 Elected MP

Ian Macfarlan
Nationalist

Snowball, an Independent Nationalist who was also the Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, died on 16 March.[1]

The by-election was won by Nationalist candidate and future premier Ian Macfarlan, who narrowly defeated feminist and housewives' advocate Eleanor Glencross.[2]

Results
1928 Brighton state by-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Finlayson 4,262 22.6
Independent Eleanor Glencross 3,985 21.1
Nationalist Ian Macfarlan 3,920 20.8
Nationalist Henry Abbott 1,554 8.2
Nationalist Alfred Kelly 1,445 7.7
Nationalist James Ramsay 1,280 6.8
Nationalist Henry Hall 1,037 5.5
Australian Liberal Daniel Hoban 823 4.4
Independent Martin Hannah 340 1.8
Independent Thomas Ryan 193 1.0
Total formal votes 18,839 93.8
Informal votes 1,243 6.2
Turnout 20,082 88.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Nationalist Ian Macfarlan 9,685 51.4
Independent Eleanor Glencross 9,154 48.6
Nationalist gain from Ind. Nationalist SwingN/A

References
  1. Snowball, Oswald Robinson, Parliament of Victoria.
  2. Wright, R. "Macfarlan, Ian (1881–1964)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
  3. "THE TWENTY-NINTH PARLIAMENT". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive.
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