1922 Victorian Legislative Council election

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.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 31 May 1922 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

• William Adamson MLC (South Eastern)
• William Baillieu MLC (Northern)

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
Bendigo	Nationalist		Joseph Sternberg
East Yarra	Nationalist		James Merritt
Gippsland	Nationalist		Martin McGregor	James McQueen
Melbourne	Nationalist		Herbert Smith		Henry Pride (Ind)
Melbourne East	Labor	John Jones
Melbourne North	Labor	Esmond Kiernan	Thomas Passfield Alexander Renfrew
Melbourne South	Nationalist		Thomas Payne
Melbourne West	Nationalist	Robert Williams	John Aikman
Nelson	Nationalist		Theodore Beggs* William Sanders
Northern	Nationalist		Edward Stribling	Richard Abbott
North Eastern	VFU			John Harris
North Western	VFU			William Crockett
Southern	Nationalist		William Angliss
South Eastern	Nationalist		Henry Hall Charles Merrett William Tyner*	Leonard Dobbin
South Western	Nationalist		Horace Richardson
Wellington	Nationalist		Frederick Brawn
Western	Nationalist		Sir Walter Manifold

See also

• 1921 Victorian state election