title: 1925 Victorian Legislative Council election
text: # 1925 Victorian Legislative Council election
  
  Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 4 June 1925 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council. MLC were elected using preferential voting.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Legislative Council
  
  Victorian Legislative Council election, 4 June 1925 Legislative Council
  
  << 1922–1928 >> :
  
  | Enrolled voters | Enrolled voters | 399,510 | | | | |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Votes cast | Votes cast | 56,033 | | Turnout | 14.0 | +0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 847 | | Informal | 1.5 | −0.4 |
  | Summary of votes by party |||||||
  | Party | Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats won | Seats held |
  | | Nationalist | 28,708 | 52.0 | −1.8 | 11 | 22 |
  | | Country | 12,976 | 23.5 | +10.0 | 3 | 6 |
  | | Labor | 4,133 | 7.5 | −17.5 | 3 | 6 |
  | | Other | 9,369 | 17.0 | +9.3 | 0 | 0 |
  | Total | Total | 55,186 | | | 17 | 34 |
  
  ## Retiring Members
  
  ### Nationalist
  
  * Austin Austin MLC (South Western)
  * Sir Arthur Robinson MLC (Melbourne South)
  
  ## Candidates
  
  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.
  
  | Province | Held by | Labor candidates | Nationalist candidates | Country candidates | Other candidates |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bendigo | Nationalist | | Herbert Keck | | |
  | East Yarra | Nationalist | | William Edgar | | Wilbur Anderson (Prog Lib) |
  | Gippsland | Nationalist | | George Davis | | |
  | Melbourne | Nationalist | | Henry Cohen | | |
  | Melbourne East | Labor | Daniel McNamara | | | |
  | Melbourne North | Labor | William Beckett | | | |
  | Melbourne South | Nationalist | Richard Keane | Murray Jones Frank Clarke* | | |
  | Melbourne West | Labor | Arthur Disney | | | |
  | Nelson | Nationalist | | Edwin Bath | William Hedge | |
  | Northern | Nationalist | | | William Day George Tuckett* Alfred Wallis | |
  | North Eastern | Country | | | Albert Zwar | |
  | North Western | Country | | | George Goudie | |
  | Southern | Nationalist | | Russell Clarke | Randall Green | |
  | South Eastern | Nationalist | | Alfred Chandler | | |
  | South Western | Nationalist | | Howard Hitchcock | John Hancock | |
  | Wellington | Nationalist | | Alexander Bell | | Robert Cooke (Ind) |
  | Western | Nationalist | | Edward White | William Laird | William Williamson (Ind) |
  