1927 Victorian state election

John Allan Country Edmond Hogan Labor The 1927 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday, 9 April 1927, to elect the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

[1] For the first time, a Victorian state election was held on a Saturday, and voting for the Legislative Assembly was compulsory.

[2] As a consequence, voter turnout in contested seats increased from 59.24% at the 1924 election to 91.76% at the 1927 election, although the informal vote increased from 1.01% in 1924 to 1.94% in 1927.

1927 Victorian state election[1][5]Legislative Assembly << 1924–1929 >> Notes: The Allan Country–Nationalist Coalition Government was defeated, and a minority Labor Government, led by Edmund Hogan, took office, but had to resign following a vote of no confidence in the Legislative Assembly in November 1928.