1943 Victorian state election explained

Election Name:1943 Victorian state election
Country:Victoria
Flag Year:1901
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1940 Victorian state election
Previous Year:1940
Next Election:1945 Victorian state election
Next Year:1945
Seats For Election:51 (of the 65) seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Leader1:Albert Dunstan
Leader Since1:14 March 1935
Party1:United Country Party (Australia)
Leaders Seat1:Korong and Eaglehawk
Percentage1:14.39%
Swing1: 0.23
Last Election1:22 seats
Seats1:25 seats
Seat Change1: 3
Leader2:John Cain
Leader Since2:18 October 1937
Party2:Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
Leaders Seat2:Northcote
Percentage2:36.13%
Swing2: 2.96
Last Election2:22 seats
Seats2:22 seats
Seat Change2: 0
Leader3:Thomas Hollway
Leader Since3:3 December 1940
Party3:United Australia Party
Colour3:080CAB
Leaders Seat3:Ballarat
Percentage3:23.07%
Swing3: 12.34
Last Election3:16 seats
Seats3:13 seats
Seat Change3: 3
Premier
Before Election:Albert Dunstan
Before Party:United Country Party (Australia)
After Election:Albert Dunstan
After Party:United Country Party (Australia)

The 1943 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 12 June 1943 to elect 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

Background

Country Party unity

At the time of the election, the Country Party was in the process of repairing a split which had taken place in December 1937 after federal MP John McEwen was expelled from the state branch of the party. The splinter group which supported McEwen had formed the Liberal Country Party on 30 March 1938, which contested the 1940 state election as a separate party. By April 1943, the United Country Party and the Liberal Country Party had formed a joint executive, which had unanimously agreed to reunite the parties. Members of the LCP at the time of the election were endorsed and counted as Victorian Country Party candidates separately from the United Country Party, but the unity agreements meant that their seats were counted for Dunstan's UCP.

Results

Legislative Assembly

See also: Results of the 1943 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly).

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