1943 Victorian Legislative Council election

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Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 12 June 1943 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLC were elected using preferential voting. The election was held concurrently with the Legislative Assembly election.

Results[]

Legislative Council[]

Victorian Legislative Council election, 12 June 1943[1]
Legislative Council
<< 1940–1946 >>

Enrolled voters 485,637
Votes cast 83,568 Turnout 17.2 −20.7
Informal votes 2,135 Informal 2.6 +1.0
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won 		Seats
held
  Labor 27,533 33.8 +5.2 3 7
  United Australia 14,263 17.5 −10.7 7 15
  Country 14,083 17.3 −4.4 6 11
  Other 25,554 31.4 +10.1 1 1
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 Alfred Pittard
Bendigo Country John Lienhop
Doutta Galla Labor Percy Clarey
East Yarra UAP William Edgar
Gippsland Country Trevor Harvey
William MacAulay*
Higinbotham UAP James Kennedy
Melbourne Labor Daniel McNamara
Melbourne North UAP J J Ryan Likely McBrien (Ind)
Melbourne West Labor Arthur Disney Ernest Jackson (Ind)
Monash UAP Sir Frank Clarke
Northern Country George Tuckett
North Eastern Country Percival Inchbold
North Western Country George Goudie
Southern UAP Gilbert Chandler
South Eastern UAP Charles Gartside William Dawson-Davie
South Western UAP Gordon McArthur
Western Country Leonard Rodda

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 12 June 1943". Psephos.
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