Following the reunion of the two Labor parties in February 1936, these were held by their members as ALP seats at the 1937 election. With the party's wins in Ballaarat and Gwydir (initially at a by-election on 8 March 1937), the ALP had a net gain of 11 seats compared with the previous election.
In February 1936, after the reunification of the two Labor parties, their members contested these seats as ALP candidates in the 1937 election. The party's victories in Ballaarat and Gwydir (which initially occurred at a by-election on March 8, 1937) resulted in an eleven-seat gain for the ALP compared to the previous election.