1933 Victorian local elections
24 August 1933
  First party Second party
 
IND
Leader N/A Tom Tunnecliffe
Party Independents Labor
Last election [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 1]
Seats won 95 12
Popular vote 89,140 14,711
Percentage 84.47% 13.94%

The 1933 Victorian local elections were held on 24 August 1933 to elect the councils of 70 of the local government areas in Victoria, Australia. One council also held a referendum.[1]

The Age observed that there were an "unusually large" amount of candidates elected unopposed − 77 in the metropolitan Melbourne area and a further 450 in regional Victoria.[1]

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]

Political parties

As per usual, the Labor Party endorsed candidates, however the United Australia Party did not.[1]

The Richmond Ratepayers' Progressive League (which already had a sitting councillor − J. Lynch − who was not up for election), contested the City of Richmond's North Ward, East Ward and South Ward as the main opposition to incumbent Labor councillors.[3]

H.F. Dummett, a vice-president of the Collingwood Property Owners' and Ratepayers' Association, was re-elected in the City of Collingwood's Loch Ward.[1]

Results

Council votes

Party Votes  % Swing Seats Change
  Independents 89,140 84.47 95
  Labor 14,711 13.94 12
  Richmond Ratepayers' League 1,148 1.09 0 Steady
  Collingwood Property Owners 532 0.50 1 Steady
 Total 105,531 100.0 108

Referendums

Voters in the City of Mordialloc were asked the following: "Are you in favour of the continuation of the present system of allowing social games only to be played on the council reserves, and those under its control, on Sundays?"

Mordialloc social games referendum
Choice Votes  %
Referendum passed Yes 519 55.33
No 419 44.67
Total votes 938 100.00

Notes

  1. 1 2 This only includes the council seats up for election in 1933.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS". Trove. The Age.
  2. ↑ "FINAL REPORT Electoral Representation Review for the Boroondara City Council (see page 11)" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Commission. 2008-05-26.
  3. ↑ "IN THE SUBURBS". Trove. The Argus.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.