1928 Brighton state by-election

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

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.

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		Swing	N/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.