1933 Victorian local elections

1933 Victorian local elections

24 August 1933

First party Second party   IND Leader N/A Tom Tunnecliffe Party Independents Labor Last election 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.

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.

Until the 1994 reforms introduced by the Kennett state government, all local elections were staggered, with not all councillors up for election each year.

Political parties

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

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.

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.

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
	Collingwood Property Owners		532	0.50		1
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	%
Yes	519	55.33
No	419	44.67
Total votes	938	100.00