The 1927 Victorian state election was held on 9 April 1927.
Seat changes Abbotsford Labor MLA Gordon Webber contested Heidelberg. Ballarat East Labor MLA William McAdam contested Ballarat. Ballarat West Nationalist MLA Matthew Baird contested Ballarat. Bendigo West Labor MLA Arthur Cook contested Bendigo. Boroondara Nationalist MLA Edmund Greenwood contested Nunawading. Bulla Labor MLA Ralph Hjorth contested Grant. Castlemaine and Maldon Nationalist MLA Harry Lawson contested Castlemaine and Kyneton. Dalhousie Labor MLA Reg Pollard contested Bulla and Dalhousie. Daylesford Labor MLA James McDonald contested Mildura. Eaglehawk Country Progressive MLA Albert Dunstan contested Eaglehawk. East Melbourne Nationalist MLA Alfred Farthing contested Caulfield. Essendon Labor MLA Frank Keane contested Coburg. Fitzroy Labor MLA Maurice Blackburn contested Clifton Hill. Glenelg Labor MLA Ernie Bond contested Port Fairy and Glenelg. Grenville Labor MLA Arthur Hughes contested Hampden. Jika Jika Labor MLA John Cain contested Northcote. Kara Kara Nationalist MLA John Pennington contested Kara Kara and Borung. Korong Country MLA Isaac Weaver contested Korong and Eaglehawk. Maryborough Labor MLA George Frost contested Maryborough and Daylesford. North Melbourne Labor MLA George Prendergast contested Footscray. Port Fairy Labor MLA Henry Bailey contested Warrnambool. Wangaratta Country MLA Sir John Bowser contested Wangaratta and Ovens. Warrenheip Labor MLA Edmond Hogan contested Warrenheip and Grenville.
Retiring Members Note: Warrnambool Nationalist MLA James Deany died a month before the election; no by-election was held due to the proximity of the general election.
Labor Luke Clough MLA (Bendigo East)
Nationalist Alfred Billson MLA (Ovens) John Gordon MLA (Waranga)
Country David Allison MLA (Borung)
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 Nationalist candidates Country candidates Other candidates Albert Park Labor Arthur Wallace Robert Cuthbertson Charles Merrett (Lib)Allandale Nationalist William McGrath Sir Alexander Peacock Ballarat Labor William McAdam Matthew Baird Barwon Nationalist John Jensen Edward Morley Benalla Country Patrick Connell John Carlisle (Ind) Edward Cleary* (CPP)Benambra Nationalist Henry Beardmore Bendigo Labor Arthur Cook William Ewing Boroondara Nationalist Robert Dodman Richard Linton David Evans (Ind) Victor Ginn (Lib) Louis Holmes (Ind Nat) Robert Sylvester (Ind Nat)Brighton Liberal Oswald Snowball (Ind Nat)Brunswick Labor James Jewell Leonard Smith Bulla and Dalhousie Labor Reg Pollard Andrew Rowan Alexander Wilson John Murphy (Lib)Carlton Labor Robert Solly Roderick McSolvin (Lib)Castlemaine and Kyneton Nationalist Joseph Hannan Harry Lawson Caulfield Nationalist Alfred Farthing Frederick Forrest* (Lib) John Packer (Lib)Clifton Hill Labor Maurice Blackburn Charles Miller Coburg Labor Frank Keane Henry Richards Collingwood Labor Tom Tunnecliffe Ralph Stredwick Dandenong Nationalist James O'Keefe Frank Groves Archibald Wilson (Lib)Dundas Labor Bill Slater Gilbert Smith Essendon Labor Arthur Drakeford Robert Gilbertson Evelyn Liberal Edward Hodges William Everard* (Ind Nat) Joseph Smith (Lib)Flemington Labor Jack Holland Arthur Fenton Footscray Labor George Prendergast Geelong Labor William Brownbill Julius Solomon Gippsland East Country Albert Lind Frederick Blight (Ind)Gippsland North Independent John Buchan James McLachlan (Ind)Gippsland South Nationalist Michael Buckley Walter West Thomas Anderson David White Henry Bodman (Ind)Gippsland West Country Thomas Houlihan James Wilson Arthur Walter Arthur a'Beckett (Ind) John Dowd (CPP) Robert Garlick (Lib)Goulburn Valley Country Murray Bourchier Grant Labor Ralph Hjorth Francis Connelly David Gibson James Farrer (Ind)Gunbower Liberal Henry Angus* (Ind Nat) Farquhar Matheson (CPP)Hampden Nationalist Arthur Hughes David Oman Hawthorn Nationalist Edward Cummins Sir William McPherson Heidelberg Labor Gordon Webber Henry Zwar Kara Kara and Borung Nationalist John Pennington William Pearce Finlay Cameron (CPP)Kew Nationalist Frederick Riley Edward Reynolds William Clark (Lib) Wilfrid Kent Hughes* (Prog Nat)Korong and Eaglehawk Country Isaac Weaver Albert Dunstan (CPP)Lowan Country Marcus Wettenhall George Clyne (CPP)Maryborough and Daylesford Labor George Frost Edmund Jowett Melbourne Labor Tom Hayes Carlyle Ferguson (Lib)Mildura Labor James McDonald James Lochhead Albert Allnutt (CPP)Mornington Country Alfred Kirton Alfred Downward Cyril Croskell (Lib)Northcote Labor John Cain Nunawading Nationalist John Toohey Edmund Greenwood* Garnet Soilleux Robert Halliday (Lib) Stephen Thompson (Lib)Oakleigh Labor Squire Reid Robert Knox Thomas Riley (Lib)Ouyen Country Francis Williamson Henry Pickering Harold Glowrey (CPP)Polwarth Nationalist James McDonald Port Fairy and Glenelg Labor Ernie Bond William Shaw Port Melbourne Labor James Murphy Prahran Labor Arthur Jackson Thomas White Richmond Labor Ted Cotter Rodney Country John Allan Percy Bryce (Lib) Frederick Churches (CPP)St Kilda Nationalist Frederic Eggleston Burnett Gray* (Lib) Florence Johnson (Ind Lab)Stawell and Ararat Nationalist Robert McCracken Richard Toutcher Swan Hill Country Francis Old Ernest Gray (CPP) William Sullivan (Ind)Toorak Nationalist Charles Cope Stanley Argyle Horace Mason (Lib)Upper Goulburn Country Edward Withers George Wilson Edwin Mackrell Upper Yarra Nationalist Henry Courtney George Knox John Dedman Henry Glynn (Ind) George Ingram (Lib) John Mahony (Ind Nat)Walhalla Nationalist James Bermingham Samuel Barnes William Moncur Wangaratta and Ovens Country Sir John Bowser* Lot Diffey William Higgins (Lib)Waranga Nationalist Gerald Honan Ernest Coyle* Henry Thomas John McKee Warrenheip and Grenville Labor Edmond Hogan Robert McGregor Warrnambool Nationalist Henry Bailey James Swan William Downing (Lib)Williamstown Labor John Lemmon Francis Wilcher Wonthaggi Labor William McKenzie William Walker Peter Hudson Herbert Hyland William Easton (Lib)
See also 1928 Victorian Legislative Council election
References
Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive