UPPER HOUSE,REFORM
MANDATE IN VICTORIA FINAL ELECTION FIGURES MELBOURNE, Oct. 11. The polls were declared in most of the Victorian electorates to-day. The final state of the parties is as follows: Seats United Australia Party .. 21 Country Party ~ v 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 has resulted in a mandate from the people to reform the Legislative Council. He intends to reintroduce the reform bill early in the session. Mr. Dunstan said to-day that if the council again rejected the bill, it. would be a sorry day for democracy. If the democratic system of Government were to prevail the will of the people must be supreme.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19453, 12 October 1937, Page 5
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