VICTORIAN ELECTIONS
FINAL STATE OF PARTIES Received Oct. 12, 11.25 a.m. MELBOURNE, Oct. 11. The polls were declared in most of the Victorial electorates to-day. The final stale of the parties is:— United Australia 21 Country Party 20 Labour .. 20 Independent Labour 1 Independents . 3 The Premier, Mr 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 to reform the Legislative Council, and he intends to re-intro-duce 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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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 242, 12 October 1937, Page 7
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