1928 Brighton state by-election

1928 Brighton state by-election
24 April 1928
Electoral district of Brighton in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate William Finlayson Eleanor Glencross Ian Macfarlan
Party Labor Independent Nationalist
Popular vote 4,262 3,985 3,920
Percentage 22.6% 21.1% 20.8%
2CP 48.6% 51.4%
MP before election

Oswald Snowball
Ind. Nationalist

 Elected MP

Ian Macfarlan
Nationalist

The 1928 Brighton state by-election was held on 24 April 1928 to elect the next member for Brighton in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of incumbent MP Oswald Snowball.

Snowball, an Independent Nationalist who was also the Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, died on 16 March.

The by-election was won by Nationalist candidate and future premier Ian Macfarlan, who narrowly defeated feminist and housewives' advocate Eleanor Glencross.

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