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Candidates of the 1927 Victorian state election

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The 1927 Victorian state election was held on 9 April 1927.

Seat changes

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Retiring Members

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  • Note: Warrnambool Nationalist MLA James Deany died a month before the election; no by-election was held due to the proximity of the general election.

Labor

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Nationalist

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Country

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Legislative Assembly

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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.

Electorate Held by Labor candidates Nationalist candidates Country candidates Other candidates
Albert Park Labor Arthur Wallace Robert Cuthbertson Charles Merrett (Lib)
Allandale Nationalist William McGrath Sir Alexander Peacock
Ballarat Labor William McAdam Matthew Baird
Barwon Nationalist John Jensen Edward Morley
Benalla Country Patrick Connell John Carlisle (Ind)
Edward Cleary* (CPP)
Benambra Nationalist Henry Beardmore
Bendigo Labor Arthur Cook William Ewing
Boroondara Nationalist Robert Dodman Richard Linton David Evans (Ind)
Victor Ginn (Lib)
Louis Holmes (Ind Nat)
Robert Sylvester (Ind Nat)
Brighton Liberal Oswald Snowball (Ind Nat)
Brunswick Labor James Jewell Leonard Smith
Bulla and Dalhousie Labor Reg Pollard Andrew Rowan Alexander Wilson John Murphy (Lib)
Carlton Labor Robert Solly Roderick McSolvin (Lib)
Castlemaine and Kyneton Nationalist Joseph Hannan Harry Lawson
Caulfield Nationalist Alfred Farthing Frederick Forrest* (Lib)
John Packer (Lib)
Clifton Hill Labor Maurice Blackburn Charles Miller
Coburg Labor Frank Keane Henry Richards
Collingwood Labor Tom Tunnecliffe Ralph Stredwick
Dandenong Nationalist James O'Keefe Frank Groves Archibald Wilson (Lib)
Dundas Labor Bill Slater Gilbert Smith
Essendon Labor Arthur Drakeford Robert Gilbertson
Evelyn Liberal Edward Hodges William Everard* (Ind Nat)
Joseph Smith (Lib)
Flemington Labor Jack Holland Arthur Fenton
Footscray Labor George Prendergast
Geelong Labor William Brownbill Julius Solomon
Gippsland East Country Albert Lind Frederick Blight (Ind)
Gippsland North Independent John Buchan James McLachlan (Ind)
Gippsland South Nationalist Michael Buckley Walter West Thomas Anderson
David White
Henry Bodman (Ind)
Gippsland West Country Thomas Houlihan James Wilson Arthur Walter Arthur a'Beckett (Ind)
John Dowd (CPP)
Robert Garlick (Lib)
Goulburn Valley Country Murray Bourchier
Grant Labor Ralph Hjorth Francis Connelly David Gibson James Farrer (Ind)
Gunbower Liberal Henry Angus* (Ind Nat)
Farquhar Matheson (CPP)
Hampden Nationalist Arthur Hughes David Oman
Hawthorn Nationalist Edward Cummins Sir William McPherson
Heidelberg Labor Gordon Webber Henry Zwar
Kara Kara and Borung Nationalist John Pennington William Pearce Finlay Cameron (CPP)
Kew Nationalist Frederick Riley Edward Reynolds William Clark (Lib)
Wilfrid Kent Hughes* (Prog Nat)
Korong and Eaglehawk Country Isaac Weaver Albert Dunstan (CPP)
Lowan Country Marcus Wettenhall George Clyne (CPP)
Maryborough and Daylesford Labor George Frost Edmund Jowett
Melbourne Labor Tom Hayes Carlyle Ferguson (Lib)
Mildura Labor James McDonald James Lochhead Albert Allnutt (CPP)
Mornington Country Alfred Kirton Alfred Downward Cyril Croskell (Lib)
Northcote Labor John Cain
Nunawading Nationalist John Toohey Edmund Greenwood*
Garnet Soilleux
Robert Halliday (Lib)
Stephen Thompson (Lib)
Oakleigh Labor Squire Reid Robert Knox Thomas Riley (Lib)
Ouyen Country Francis Williamson Henry Pickering Harold Glowrey (CPP)
Polwarth Nationalist James McDonald
Port Fairy and Glenelg Labor Ernie Bond William Shaw
Port Melbourne Labor James Murphy
Prahran Labor Arthur Jackson Thomas White
Richmond Labor Ted Cotter
Rodney Country John Allan Percy Bryce (Lib)
Frederick Churches (CPP)
St Kilda Nationalist Frederic Eggleston Burnett Gray* (Lib)
Florence Johnson (Ind Lab)
Stawell and Ararat Nationalist Robert McCracken Richard Toutcher
Swan Hill Country Francis Old Ernest Gray (CPP)
William Sullivan (Ind)
Toorak Nationalist Charles Cope Stanley Argyle Horace Mason (Lib)
Upper Goulburn Country Edward Withers George Wilson Edwin Mackrell
Upper Yarra Nationalist Henry Courtney George Knox John Dedman Henry Glynn (Ind)
George Ingram (Lib)
John Mahony (Ind Nat)
Walhalla Nationalist James Bermingham Samuel Barnes William Moncur
Wangaratta and Ovens Country Sir John Bowser*
Lot Diffey
William Higgins (Lib)
Waranga Nationalist Gerald Honan Ernest Coyle*
Henry Thomas
John McKee
Warrenheip and Grenville Labor Edmond Hogan Robert McGregor
Warrnambool Nationalist Henry Bailey James Swan William Downing (Lib)
Williamstown Labor John Lemmon Francis Wilcher
Wonthaggi Labor William McKenzie William Walker Peter Hudson
Herbert Hyland
William Easton (Lib)

See also

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References

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