Candidates of the 1940 Victorian state election explained

The 1940 Victorian state election was held on 16 March 1940.

Retiring Members

United Australia

• Clive Shields MLA (Castlemaine and Kyneton)

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members 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 candidates	UAP candidates	Country candidates	Other candidates
		David Casey		William Haworth
			Patrick Denigan		Albert Hocking	William Chapman (LCP)
		Thomas Jude		Thomas Hollway
				Thomas Maltby
				Manvers Meadows		Frederick Cook (LCP)
					Roy Paton
			Arthur Cook
				Trevor Oldham		Reuben Kefford (Ind)
			Robert Breen			Ian Macfarlan (Ind) John Warren (Ind)
			James Jewell
				Harry White	John Milligan
			Bill Barry	David Mandie		Ralph Gibson (CPA)
				Charles Lucas
				Harold Cohen		Mary Jones (Ind)
			Bert Cremean	Reginald Archer
			Frank Keane	Richard Griffiths
			Tom Tunnecliffe	Frederick Dods		James Baker (Ind Lab) John Blake (CPA)
			Frank Field	Leslie Sheppard
			Bill Slater	William Ellis
				James Dillon
				William Everard
			Jack Holland	Raymond Trickey
			Jack Mullens
			Fanny Brownbill	Nathaniel White
					Albert Lind
		Albert Ainsworth			Alexander Borthwick	Stephen Ashton (LCP)
					Herbert Hyland
					Matthew Bennett	Harold Edwards (Ind) Clement McCrostie (LCP)
					John McDonald
						Frederick Holden (Ind)
					Norman Martin
		Walter Kervin		William Cumming	Thomas Moore
			Les Tyack			Leslie Hollins (Ind)
		James O'Meara		Henry Zwar
					Finlay Cameron Patrick Toohey	John Green (Ind)
		Arthur Kyle		Wilfrid Kent Hughes
			Powley Smith		Albert Dunstan
			Arthur Bennett		Hamilton Lamb	Winton Turnbull (Ind) Marcus Wettenhall (Ind)
			George Frost
			Tom Hayes
					Albert Allnutt Alfred Rawlings	John Egan (Ind Lab)
					Alfred Kirton
			John Cain	Herbert Rasmussen
			William Dimmick			Ivy Weber (Ind)
			Squire Reid	Lyston Chisholm
					Keith Dodgshun	Robert Johnstone (Ind)
				Allan McDonald	Leonard Parker
			Ernie Bond	Sydney Patterson
			James Murphy
		Roy Cameron		John Ellis
			Ted Cotter
					William Dunstone	Archibald McFadyen (LCP)
				Archie Michaelis		Francis Dawkins (Ind)
		Stanley Freeland			Alec McDonald
					Percy Byrnes Launcelot Nind Francis Old*
				Sir Stanley Argyle
					Edwin Mackrell
				George Knox
					William Moncur
					Lot Diffey	Rupert Whalley (LCP)
					Ernest Coyle
					Edmond Hogan	James Ryan (Ind) Albert Woodward (Ind)
					Henry Bailey
			John Lemmon			George Paine (Ind)
			William McKenzie

See also

• 1940 Victorian Legislative Council election

References

• Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive