Candidates of the 1940 Victorian state election

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
Albert Park	UAP	David Casey	William Haworth
Allandale	Labor	Patrick Denigan		Albert Hocking	William Chapman (LCP)
Ballarat	UAP	Thomas Jude	Thomas Hollway
Barwon	UAP		Thomas Maltby
Benalla	Country			Manvers Meadows	Frederick Cook (LCP)
Benambra	Country			Roy Paton
Bendigo	Labor	Arthur Cook
Boroondara	UAP		Trevor Oldham		Reuben Kefford (Ind)
Brighton	UAP		Robert Breen		Ian Macfarlan* (Ind) John Warren (Ind)
Brunswick	Labor	James Jewell
Bulla and Dalhousie	UAP	Charlie Mutton	Harry White	John Milligan
Carlton	Labor	Bill Barry	David Mandie		Ralph Gibson (CPA)
Castlemaine and Kyneton	UAP	Bill Hodson	Charles Lucas
Caulfield	UAP		Harold Cohen		Mary Jones (Ind)
Clifton Hill	Labor	Bert Cremean	Reginald Archer
Coburg	Labor	Frank Keane	Richard Griffiths
Collingwood	Labor	Tom Tunnecliffe	Frederick Dods		James Baker (Ind Lab) John Blake (CPA)
Dandenong	Labor	Frank Field	Leslie Sheppard
Dundas	Labor	Bill Slater	William Ellis
Essendon	UAP	Arthur Clarey	James Dillon
Evelyn	UAP		William Everard
Flemington	Labor	Jack Holland	Raymond Trickey
Footscray	Labor	Jack Mullens
Geelong	Labor	Fanny Brownbill	Nathaniel White
Gippsland East	Country			Albert Lind
Gippsland North	Country	Albert Ainsworth		Alexander Borthwick	Stephen Ashton (LCP)
Gippsland South	Country			Herbert Hyland
Gippsland West	Country			Matthew Bennett	Harold Edwards (Ind) Clement McCrostie (LCP)
Goulburn Valley	Country			John McDonald
Grant	UAP				Frederick Holden (Ind)
Gunbower	Country			Norman Martin
Hampden	UAP	Walter Kervin	William Cumming	Thomas Moore
Hawthorn	UAP		Les Tyack		Leslie Hollins (Ind)
Heidelberg	UAP	James O'Meara	Henry Zwar
Kara Kara and Borung	Country			Finlay Cameron* Patrick Toohey	John Green (Ind)
Kew	UAP	Arthur Kyle	Wilfrid Kent Hughes
Korong and Eaglehawk	Country		Powley Smith	Albert Dunstan
Lowan	Country		Arthur Bennett	Hamilton Lamb	Winton Turnbull (Ind) Marcus Wettenhall (Ind)
Maryborough and Daylesford	Labor	George Frost
Melbourne	Labor	Tom Hayes
Mildura	Country			Albert Allnutt* Alfred Rawlings	John Egan (Ind Lab)
Mornington	UAP		Harold Smith	Alfred Kirton
Northcote	Labor	John Cain	Herbert Rasmussen
Nunawading	Independent	Thomas Brennan	William Dimmick		Ivy Weber (Ind)
Oakleigh	Labor	Squire Reid	Lyston Chisholm
Ouyen	Country			Keith Dodgshun	Robert Johnstone (Ind)
Polwarth	UAP		Allan McDonald	Leonard Parker
Port Fairy and Glenelg	Independent	Ernie Bond	Sydney Patterson	Robert Rankin
Port Melbourne	Labor	James Murphy
Prahran	UAP	Roy Cameron	John Ellis
Richmond	Labor	Ted Cotter
Rodney	Country			William Dunstone	Archibald McFadyen (LCP)
St Kilda	UAP		Archie Michaelis		Francis Dawkins (Ind)
Stawell and Ararat	Country	Stanley Freeland		Alec McDonald
Swan Hill	Country			Percy Byrnes Launcelot Nind Francis Old*
Toorak	UAP		Sir Stanley Argyle
Upper Goulburn	Country			Edwin Mackrell
Upper Yarra	UAP		George Knox
Walhalla	Country			William Moncur
Wangaratta and Ovens	Country			Lot Diffey	Rupert Whalley (LCP)
Waranga	Country			Ernest Coyle
Warrenheip and Grenville	Country			Edmond Hogan	James Ryan (Ind) Albert Woodward (Ind)
Warrnambool	Country		Keith McGarvie	Henry Bailey
Williamstown	Labor	John Lemmon			George Paine (Ind)
Wonthaggi	Labor	William McKenzie

See also

• 1940 Victorian Legislative Council election

References

• Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive