VICTORIAN ELECTIONS
THE FINAL RESULT
early bill to reform UPPER HOUSE
MELBOURNE, October 11
• The results of the polls were declared in most of the Victorian electorates today. The final state of the parties is as follows:—United Australia Party, 21; Country Party, 20; Labour 20; Independent Labour, 1; Independents, 3. The Premier (Mr. A. A. Dunstan) will carry on the Country Party administration with the support of Labour. Mr. Dunstan claims that the election resulted in a mandate from the people for the reform of the Legislative Council, and he intends to reintroduce the Reform Bill early in the session.
Mr. Dunstan said today that if the Council again rejected the Bill it would be a sorry day for democracy. If the democratic system of government was to prevail the will of the people had to be supreme.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 89, 12 October 1937, Page 8
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