1940 Victorian Legislative Council election

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Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 15 June 1940 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLC were elected using preferential voting.

Results[]

Legislative Council[]

Victorian Legislative Council election, 15 June 1940[1]
Legislative Council
<< 1937–1943 >>

Enrolled voters 471,843
Votes cast 178,666 Turnout 37.9 −8.6
Informal votes 2,823 Informal 1.6 +0.4
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won 		Seats
held
  Labor 50,349 28.6 +11.4 4 7
  United Australia 49,654 28.2 −23.7 8 16
  Country 38,244 21.7 −3.2 5 11
  Other 37,596 21.3 +15.4 0 0
Total 175,843     17 34

Retiring Members[]

United Australia[]

Candidates[]

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.

Province Held by Labor candidates UAP candidates Country candidates Other candidates
 
Ballarat UAP George Bolster
Bendigo UAP George Lansell
Doutta Galla Labor Paul Jones Alfred Carter
East Yarra UAP Clifden Eager
Gippsland Country James Balfour
Higinbotham UAP James Disney*
William Tyner
Melbourne Labor William Beckett
Melbourne North Independent Archibald Fraser Esmond Kiernan (Ind)
Melbourne West Labor Pat Kennelly Charles Beever (Ind)
Monash UAP Archibald Crofts
Northern Country Richard Kilpatrick*
Dudley Walters
North Eastern Country John Harris
North Western Country Henry Pye
Southern UAP William Angliss
South Eastern UAP Cyril Isaac Alexander Goudie
South Western UAP Allan McDonald James Guthrie (Ind)
Western UAP Marcus Saltau Robert Rankin Horace Holmes (Ind)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 15 June 1940". Psephos.
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