1943 Victorian Legislative Council election

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
 
BallaratUAPAlfred Pittard
BendigoCountryJohn Lienhop
Doutta GallaLaborPercy Clarey
East YarraUAPWilliam Edgar
GippslandCountryTrevor Harvey
William MacAulay*
HiginbothamUAPJames Kennedy
MelbourneLaborDaniel McNamara
Melbourne NorthUAPJ J RyanLikely McBrien (Ind)
Melbourne WestLaborArthur DisneyErnest Jackson (Ind)
MonashUAPSir Frank Clarke
NorthernCountryGeorge Tuckett
North EasternCountryPercival Inchbold
North WesternCountryGeorge Goudie
SouthernUAPGilbert Chandler
South EasternUAPCharles GartsideWilliam Dawson-Davie
South WesternUAPGordon McArthur
WesternCountryLeonard Rodda

See also

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