Victorian state election, 1932

Victorian state election, 1932

← 1929 14 May 1932 (1932-05-14) 1935 →
44 (of the 65) seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
First party Second party Third party   Leader Sir Stanley Argyle Tom Tunnecliffe (acting) John Allan Party United Australia Labor United Country Leader since 3 September 1930 8 March 1932 1917 Leader's seat Toorak Collingwood Rodney Last election 17 seats 30 seats 15 seats Seats before 18 seats 30 seats 15 seats Seats won 31 seats 16 seats 14 seats Seat change 13 14 1 Percentage 40.12% 35.14% 12.33% Swing 1.86 3.95 1.84
Premier before election Edmond Hogan Labor Elected Premier Sir Stanley Argyle United Australia

Edmond Hogan
Labor

Sir Stanley Argyle
United Australia

The 1932 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 14 May 1932 to elect 44 of the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The other 21 seats were uncontested.

The previous election for the Legislative Assembly took place on 30 November 1929. At the 1929 election, the Labor Party won 30 seats, the Nationalist Party won 17, the Victorian Country Party won 11, Country Progressive Party won 4, and there were 3 Independents. Since that date a number of political changes took place.

The Nationalist Party gained the seat of Caulfield in a by-election on 22 November 1930, arising from the death of independent member Frederick Forrest. The seat was won by Harold Luxton, who at the time was Lord Mayor of Melbourne.

The Victorian Country Party and the Country Progressive Party—two separate parties representing rural interests—amalgamated in late 1930 to form the United Country Party. After years of negotiations, between 300 and 400 delegates of the parties met at a joint conference and on 23 September, voted to amalgamate into a single party. The proposal was put to the parties' branches, and confirmed at a joint meeting of their parliamentary parties on 28 October.

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