Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1943–1945 explained

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1943 to 1945, as elected at the 1943 state election.

On 25 September 1945, a cross-party group of five United Australia members, two Country members and one Independent voted with Labor and two left-wing Independents to defeat the Dunstan Ministry. The end result, on 2 October 1945, was the swearing in of the Macfarlan Ministry and the calling of the 1945 election.

NamePartyElectorateTerm in office
Country/Min. 1927–1945
Country 1914–1932, 1935–1950
1932–1955
Country 1929–1950
Country 1944–1964
Labor 1938–1948
Labor 1917–1957
Country 1935–1945
Labor 1924–1945
McEwen Country 1936–1961
Labor 1942–1952
Labor 1908–1945
Country 1927–1943
Labor 1929–1945
Labor 1945–1949
United Australia/Min. 1935–1945
Labor 1936–1945
Country 1929–1945
Country 1938–1955
Country 1920–1950
Country 1936–1944
United Australia/Liberal 1932–1945
United Australia/Min. 1917–1950
Labor 1937–1947
Country 1942–1945; 1947–1952
Labor 1945–1964
Labor 1943–1947; 1952–1955
Country 1940–1958
United Australia/Min. 1937–1945
Labor 1924–1955
Country 1943–1945; 1947–1950
Country 1943–1945
Labor 1940–1945
Independent/Country 1932–1950
Labor 1925–1955
Social Credit/Min. 1940–1945
United Australia/Liberal 1932–1955
Independent Socialist 1943–1945
United Australia/Liberal 1927–1949
Labor 1943–1947
Country 1929–1970
Country 1943–1944
Labor 1910–1949
Country 1932–1947
United Australia/Liberal 1927–1960
Country 1935–1943
Labor 1904–1955
Country 1920–1961
Country 1935–1945
Country 1936–1955
United Australia/Min. 1928–1945
Labor 1927–1947
Country/Min. 1920–1945
United Australia/Min. 1929–1961
Country 1934–1945
Labor 1943–1955
Country 1944–1964
United Australia/Min. 1932–1952
Country 1927–1945
Labor 1937–1945
Ind. Labor 1940–1967
Country 1919–1945
United Australia/Liberal 1933–1953
Country 1932–1947
Labor 1945–1948
Labor 1927–1932; 1937–1947
Labor 1917–1947
Labor 1942–1970
United Australia/Liberal 1941–1945
Labor 1903–1904; 1907–1920;
1921–1947
Independent 1937–1943
Country 1944–1947
United Australia/Liberal/
Independent Liberal
1932–1945

Independent Nunawading MLA Ivy Weber resigned in July 1943 to contest the Division of Henty at the 1943 federal election. Labor candidate Bob Gray won the resulting by-election in September 1943.

Country Party Waranga MLA Ernest Coyle died on 31 August 1943. Country Party candidate Wollaston Heily won the resulting by-election in October 1943.

Country Party Lowan MLA Hamilton Lamb died on 7 December 1943 at a Japanese prisoner of war camp on the Burma Railway in Thailand. Official notification of his death did not reach Australia until 1 September 1944, nearly nine months later. Country candidate Wilfred Mibus won the resulting by-election on 4 November 1944.

Country Party Rodney MLA William Dunstone died on 12 April 1944. Country Party candidate Richard Brose won the resulting by-election in June 1944.

Country Party Bulla and Dalhousie MLA Reginald James died on 27 September 1944. Country Party candidate Leslie Webster won the resulting by-election in November.

Labor Bendigo MLA Arthur Cook died on 10 April 1945. Labor candidate Bill Galvin won the resulting by-election on 26 May 1945.

Labor Clifton Hill MLA Bert Cremean died on 24 May 1945. Labor candidate Jack Cremean, his brother, won the resulting by-election on 7 July 1945.

Liberal Prahran MLA John Ellis died on 2 July 1945. Labor candidate Bill Quirk won the resulting by-election on 18 August 1945.

Heidelberg MLA Henry Zwar announced on 8 October 1945 that he would not be an endorsed Liberal for the upcoming election and did not belong to the Liberal Party.

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