This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1940 Australian federal election. The election was held on 21 September 1940.
Earlier in 1940, the Lang Labor supporters had again broken away from the federal Australian Labor Party. Seats held by the defectors are designated as Labor seats.
Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Labor (N-C) candidate | State Labor candidate | Other candidates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Lane (UAP) | John Rose | John Mackay (Ind) Robert Mackie (ADM) | ||||||||
| Herbert Hodby (CP) Harold Thorby (CP) | John Heiss | Richard Brazier (Ind) | ||||||||
| Tom Sheehan | Cyril Glassop (Ind Lab) | |||||||||
| Myles Kelly | Sir Earle Page (CP) | John Cain (Ind) Joseph McElhone (Ind) | ||||||||
| Hubert O'Connell (UAP) | Sol Rosevear | Edmund Ryan | ||||||||
| Joe Clark | Les Murphy | Alexander Huie (Ind) | ||||||||
| Eddie Ward | James Catts (UAP) Lewis Nott (UAP) | Steve Gould | Fred Aarons (Ind) Diana Gould (Ind) Louis Phillips (Atokist) | |||||||
| Herb Turner | Frank Louat (UAP) Roy May (UAP) Pat Osborne (UAP) John Perkins* (UAP) | Benjamin Kelly | George Alam (Ind) Rupert Beale (Ind) | |||||||
| William Scully | Ernest Batchelor (CP) Ben Wade (CP) | Frederick Deakins (Ind) | ||||||||
| Thomas Collins (CP) | Eric Roberts (ADM) | |||||||||
| Rowley James | Bill Gollan | |||||||||
| John Metcalfe | Matthew Calman (UAP) Bertram Stevens (UAP) Stanley Willmott (UAP) | Dan Mulcahy | Arthur Robinson | |||||||
| John Lawson (UAP) | Bernard Cunningham | |||||||||
| Raymond Watt | William McCall (UAP) | |||||||||
| Leigh Cuthbertson | Joe Abbott | |||||||||
| David Watkins | Tom Hickey | Arthur Clarke (Ind) | ||||||||
| Billy Hughes (UAP) | John Steel | William Wilson | ||||||||
| Daniel Murphy | Sir Charles Marr (UAP) | David Knox (Ind) | ||||||||
| Norman Rydge (UAP) Sir Frederick Stewart* (UAP) Gordon Wallace (UAP) | James Dalton | Bill Wood | ||||||||
| Joe Gander | Leslie Brown (Ind UAP) Edward James (Ind) | |||||||||
| Jim Fredericks | Larry Anthony (CP) | Alexander Collingridge | ||||||||
| Horace Nock (CP) Hugh Roberton (CP) | William Quirk | Charles Lenon | Ronald Cuttle (Ind) John Hogan (ADM) | |||||||
| Sydney Gardner (UAP) Campbell Marshall (UAP) Eric Spooner* (UAP) | Michael McKeon | James Russell | William Cox (Ind) Edward Down (Ind) | |||||||
| Bessie Frewin | Joseph Hamlet (UAP) Percy Spender* (UAP) | Arthur Warren | Patrick Esplin (ADM) | |||||||
| John Jennings (UAP) | Cecil Irwin | Richard Wilson | ||||||||
| Norman Smith | Norman Cowper (UAP) Eric Harrison* (UAP) Richard Stranger (UAP) | Jim Morley | George McDonald (Ind Nat) | |||||||
| Bert Lazzarini | Walter Duncan (UAP) Charles Hardwick (UAP) Lyell Scott (UAP) Mont Sheppard (UAP) Joseph Worland (UAP) | Con Quilkey | ||||||||
| Henry Mulcahy | Jack Beasley | Peter Burke | Malinda Ivey (Ind) Stan Moran (Ind) |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Lawson | John Fletcher (UAP) | |||||
| Frank Forde | Edwin Hiskens (CP) | |||||
| Leslie Bailey | Arthur Fadden (CP) | |||||
| William Conelan | Peter McCowan (UAP) | |||||
| George Martens | Thomas Mann (CP) | Louis Haydon (Ind RSL) Fred Paterson (Ind) | ||||
| Bill Riordan | Wilfrid Simmonds (CP) | |||||
| Gordon Lovell | William Jolly (UAP) | Charles Mitchell (Ind) | ||||
| Bob McGeoch (CP) | Henry Madden (Ind) | |||||
| Henry Herbert | Josiah Francis (UAP) | |||||
| Samuel Round | Bernard Corser (CP) | John Rex (PLP) |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Stacey (UAP) | Raymond Davis (ADLP) Bert Edwards (Ind Lab) | |||||
| Cecil Skitch | Archie Cameron (CP) | Charles Lloyd (Ind) | ||||
| John Price (UAP) | William Adey (Ind) | |||||
| Oliver Badman (CP) | Percy McFarlane (Ind) | |||||
| Norman Makin | Harry Hatwell (UAP) | |||||
| Sydney McHugh | Jack Duncan-Hughes (UAP) |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | UAP candidate | Independent candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Barnard | Algie Findlay Desmond Oldham | John Watson | ||||
| George Bell | ||||||
| Gerald Mahoney | ||||||
| Charles Frost | Hugh Warner | |||||
| Lancelot Spurr | Frank Edwards Allan Guy |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas White (UAP) | Harry Moffat (Ind) | |||||
| Reg Pollard | Edward Montgomery (UAP) | Alex Russell (Ind) | ||||
| Frank Brennan | Albert Peters (UAP) | |||||
| Bert de Grandi | George Rankin (UCP) | John Barton (Ind UCP) | ||||
| Maurice Blackburn | Charles Lucas (UAP) | |||||
| Harold Miller | Allan McDonald (UAP) | |||||
| John Dedman | Gerald Patterson (UAP) | Harry Lyall (Ind) | ||||
| Frank Williamson | William Hutchinson (UAP) | Frank Fisher (Ind) Duncan McCallum (Ind) | ||||
| Arthur Fraser | Harold Holt (UAP) | Alexander Mills (Ind) | ||||
| Frank Lee | Rupert Ryan (UAP) | Alexander Amess (Ind) Edward Mann (Ind) | ||||
| James McKenna | George Bowden (UCP) Thomas Paterson* (LCP) | Calvert Wyeth (Ind) | ||||
| Arthur Haywood | Arthur Coles | |||||
| John McEwen (LCP) | ||||||
| Robert Menzies (UAP) | Drysdale Bett (Ind) John Dale (Ind) Francis Foster (Ind) Frank Hartnett (Ind) | |||||
| Arthur Drakeford | Robert Vroland (UAP) | |||||
| Richard Griffiths (UAP) | James Baker (ADLP) Edward Whitcombe (Ind Lab) | |||||
| Jack Holloway | Raymond Trickey (UAP) | |||||
| Thomas Scholfield (UAP) | John Crawford (Ind CP) Jabez Potts (Ind) | |||||
| Michael Nolan | Hugh McClelland (UCP) | Robert Johnstone (Ind) Alexander Wilson* (Ind) | ||||
| James Scullin | Fred Edmunds (UAP) | Ralph Gibson (Ind) |
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vane Green | John Prowse (CP) | |||||
| John Curtin | Frederick Lee (UAP) | Gil Clarke (Ind UAP) | ||||
| Albert Green | ||||||
| Gavan McMillan | Walter Nairn (UAP) | James Bolitho (Ind) | ||||
| Jim Dinan | Henry Gregory
| Claude Barker (Ind) John Tregenza (BIWF) |
Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).
Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party-Country Party Coalition was defending two seats. The Labor Party was defending one seat. Labor Senators Stan Amour, John Armstrong and Tom Arthur were not up for re-election.
Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party-Country Party Coalition was defending three seats. Labor Senators Gordon Brown, Joe Collings and Ben Courtice were not up for re-election.
Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators Philip McBride, Alexander McLachlan and Keith Wilson were not up for re-election.
Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party was defending three seats. Labor Senators Bill Aylett, Richard Darcey and Charles Lamp were not up for re-election.
Four seats were up for election. One of these was a short-term vacancy caused by Labor Senator-elect John Barnes's death; this had been filled in the interim by Labor's Jim Sheehan. The United Australia Party-Country Party Coalition was defending three seats. The Labor Party was defending one seat. Labor Senators Don Cameron and Richard Keane were not up for re-election.
Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party-Country Party Coalition was defending three seats. Labor Senators Robert Clothier, James Cunningham and James Fraser were not up for re-election.