Candidates of the 1937 Victorian state election

The 1937 Victorian state election was held on 2 October 1937.

Retiring members

George Prendergast (Labor, Footscray) died shortly before the election. No by-election was held.

No members retired at this election.

Legislative Assembly

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.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidates	UAP candidates	Country candidates	Other candidates
Albert Park	UAP	John Chapple	William Haworth		Harry Drew (Ind UAP) Leah Kloot (Ind)
Allandale	Labor	Patrick Denigan	Edward Montgomery	Russell White
Ballarat	UAP	Arthur Loft	Thomas Hollway
Barwon	UAP		Thomas Maltby	Warwick Cayley
Benalla	Independent	Jack Devlin		Mervyn Huggins	Frederick Cook (Ind)
Benambra	Country		Tom Mitchell	Roy Paton
Bendigo	Labor	Arthur Cook
Boroondara	UAP		Trevor Oldham
Brighton	UAP		Ian Macfarlan		Gerald O'Day (CPA)
Brunswick	Labor	James Jewell	Charles Hartley
Bulla and Dalhousie	UAP	Charlie Mutton	Harry White	John Milligan
Carlton	Labor	Bill Barry
Castlemaine and Kyneton	UAP	Jessie Satchell	Clive Shields
Caulfield	UAP		Harold Cohen
Clifton Hill	Labor	Bert Cremean	Rhys Davies
Coburg	Labor	Frank Keane	Henry Richards
Collingwood	Labor	Tom Tunnecliffe	Oliver Dixon
Dandenong	UAP	Frank Field	Frank Groves
Dundas	Labor	Bill Slater
Essendon	UAP	Arthur Clarey	James Dillon
Evelyn	UAP		William Everard	Thomas Mitchell	John Jessop (Ind)
Flemington	Labor	Jack Holland	Malcolm Fenton
Footscray	Labor	Jack Mullens	Edward Hanmer
Geelong	Labor	William Brownbill
Gippsland East	Country			Albert Lind
Gippsland North	Independent	Alexander McAdam		William Heath	Archibald Gilchrist (Ind) James McLachlan* (Ind)
Gippsland South	Country			Herbert Hyland
Gippsland West	Country			Matthew Bennett
Goulburn Valley	Country			John McDonald
Grant	UAP		Frederick Holden
Gunbower	Country			Norman Martin
Hampden	UAP	Michael Nolan	William Cumming	Thomas Moore
Hawthorn	UAP	Herbert Oke	John Gray
Heidelberg	UAP	Morton Dunlop	Henry Zwar
Kara Kara and Borung	Country			Finlay Cameron	John Green (Ind)
Kew	UAP	Arthur Kyle	Wilfrid Kent Hughes
Korong and Eaglehawk	Country		Archibald Moses	Albert Dunstan
Lowan	Country		Jabez Potts	Hamilton Lamb
Maryborough and Daylesford	Labor	George Frost
Melbourne	Labor	Tom Hayes	Reginald Archer
Mildura	Country	John Egan		Albert Allnutt
Mornington	UAP		Alfred Kirton	George Bowden
Northcote	Labor	John Cain	Jonas Holt
Nunawading	UAP	Arthur Lewis	William Boyland		John Mahony (Ind) Ivy Weber* (Ind)
Oakleigh	UAP	Squire Reid	James Vinton Smith
Ouyen	Country			Albert Bussau
Polwarth	UAP		Allan McDonald	Leonard Parker
Port Fairy and Glenelg	Independent				Ernie Bond* (Ind Lab) Robert Roberts (Ind)
Port Melbourne	Labor	James Murphy			Mary Jones (Ind)
Prahran	UAP	Archibald Fraser	John Ellis
Richmond	Labor	Ted Cotter			Cecil Lee-Archer (Ind)
Rodney	Country			William Dunstone
St Kilda	UAP	Marks Feinberg	Archie Michaelis
Stawell and Ararat	Country			Alec McDonald
Swan Hill	Country	Alfred Jager		Percy Byrnes Francis Old*
Toorak	UAP	Frederick Botsman	Sir Stanley Argyle
Upper Goulburn	Country			Edwin Mackrell
Upper Yarra	UAP		George Knox
Walhalla	Country		Claude Lewis	William Moncur	Arthur Fewster (Ind Lab) Daniel White (Ind CP)
Wangaratta and Ovens	Country			Lot Diffey
Waranga	Country			Ernest Coyle
Warrenheip and Grenville	Country		Fred Edmunds	Edmond Hogan
Warrnambool	Country		Keith McGarvie	Henry Bailey
Williamstown	Labor	John Lemmon	James Gray
Wonthaggi	Labor	William McKenzie			Alfred Watt (CPA)

See also

• 1937 Victorian Legislative Council election

References

• Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive