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Source: 1928 Brighton state by-election

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.