Results of the 1943 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)
This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1943 election.
Victorian state election, 12 June 1943[1][2] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,015,750 | |||||
Votes cast | 883,679 | Turnout | 87.00 | −6.41 | ||
Informal votes | 22,876 | Informal | 2.59 | +1.03 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 311,051 | 36.13 | +2.96 | 22 | ±0 | |
United Australia | 198,582 | 23.07 | −12.34 | 13 | −3 | |
United Country | 112,164 | 13.03 | −1.13 | 18 | −4 | |
Communist | 38,802 | 4.51 | +4.13 | 0 | ±0 | |
Victorian Country | 11,738 | 1.36 | −0.98 | 7 | +6 | |
Independent | 188,466 | 21.89 | +7.36 | 5 | +1 | |
Total | 860,803 | 65 |
Results by electoral district
Albert Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | William Haworth | 13,452 | 57.1 | +5.5 | |
Independent Socialist | James Coull | 10,105 | 42.9 | +42.9 | |
Total formal votes | 23,557 | 96.6 | -1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 830 | 3.4 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 24,387 | 84.4 | -8.5 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Allandale
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Patrick Denigan | 4,051 | 48.2 | -10.8 | |
Country | Arthur Boustead | 2,394 | 28.5 | +0.5 | |
United Australia | Allen Driscoll | 1,967 | 23.4 | +23.4 | |
Total formal votes | 8,412 | 99.4 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 50 | 0.6 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 8,462 | 89.2 | -6.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Patrick Denigan | 4,317 | 51.3 | ||
Country | Arthur Boustead | 4,095 | 48.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Ballarat
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Thomas Hollway | 9,733 | 59.9 | -5.6 | |
Labor | Maurice Calnin | 4,551 | 28.0 | -6.5 | |
Communist | Edward Rowe | 1,967 | 12.1 | +12.1 | |
Total formal votes | 16,251 | 98.8 | -0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 195 | 1.2 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 16,446 | 89.7 | -4.6 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
Barwon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Thomas Maltby | 7,413 | 61.2 | -38.8 | |
Labor | George Gorrie | 4,701 | 38.8 | +38.8 | |
Total formal votes | 12,114 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 107 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 12,221 | 88.4 | |||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Benalla
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Frederick Cook | 3,779 | 40.2 | -14.8 | |
Labor | Andrew McIntosh | 3,109 | 33.0 | +33.0 | |
Country | Percy Johnson | 2,520 | 26.8 | +26.8 | |
Total formal votes | 9,408 | 99.1 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 83 | 0.9 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,491 | 87.3 | -4.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Frederick Cook | 5,649 | 60.0 | +15.0 | |
Labor | Andrew McIntosh | 3,759 | 40.0 | +40.0 | |
Country gain from Liberal Country | Swing | N/A | |||
Benambra
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Roy Paton | 5,481 | 68.9 | -31.1 | |
Independent | Francis Andrews | 2,470 | 31.1 | +31.1 | |
Total formal votes | 7,951 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 102 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 8,053 | 84.7 | |||
Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Bendigo
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Arthur Cook | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Boroondara
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Trevor Oldham | 19,517 | 58.4 | -12.0 | |
Independent | Lila Monsbourgh | 13,881 | 41.6 | +41.6 | |
Total formal votes | 33,398 | 97.9 | -0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 730 | 2.1 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 34,128 | 86.9 | -5.8 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Brighton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Ian Macfarlan | 12,217 | 39.1 | +9.6 | |
Labor | Robert Gault | 9,716 | 31.2 | +31.2 | |
Independent UAP | John Warren | 9,240 | 29.6 | +29.6 | |
Total formal votes | 31,173 | 98.0 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 648 | 2.0 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 31,821 | 88.4 | -5.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Ian Macfarlan | 20,211 | 64.8 | ||
Labor | Robert Gault | 10,962 | 35.2 | ||
United Australia gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |||
- Sitting member Ian Macfarlan returned to the UAP after winning the seat in the previous election as an Independent.
Brunswick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Jewell | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Bulla and Dalhousie
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Edward Cummins | 3,003 | 34.2 | -1.9 | |
Country | Reginald James | 1,689 | 19.3 | -5.4 | |
United Australia | Aubrey Saunders | 1,493 | 17.0 | -22.2 | |
Independent UAP | Howard Everard | 1,487 | 16.9 | +16.9 | |
Country | John Ryan | 1,100 | 12.5 | +12.5 | |
Total formal votes | 8,772 | 96.9 | -2.1 | ||
Informal votes | 280 | 3.1 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,052 | 88.3 | -4.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Reginald James | 4,882 | 55.7 | +55.7 | |
Labor | Edward Cummins | 3,890 | 44.3 | -3.4 | |
Country gain from United Australia | Swing | N/A | |||
Carlton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Barry | 11,408 | 62.4 | -8.9 | |
Communist | Gerald O'Day | 3,973 | 21.7 | +13.3 | |
Independent | Richard Bowers | 2,889 | 15.8 | +15.8 | |
Total formal votes | 18,270 | 95.5 | -0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 862 | 4.5 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 19,132 | 84.2 | -4.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
Castlemaine and Kyneton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Hodson | 5,202 | 54.1 | -3.6 | |
Country | John Thompson | 4,420 | 45.9 | +45.9 | |
Total formal votes | 9,622 | 98.9 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 111 | 1.1 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,733 | 90.7 | -3.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Caulfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Harold Cohen | 10,972 | 39.9 | -31.6 | |
Independent Socialist | Andrew Hughes | 7,702 | 28.0 | +28.0 | |
Labor | Anthonie Verbeek | 5,653 | 20.5 | +20.5 | |
Independent UAP | Edgar Morton | 3,174 | 11.5 | +11.5 | |
Total formal votes | 27,501 | 96.6 | -1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 958 | 3.4 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,459 | 87.6 | -5.2 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent Socialist | Andrew Hughes | 14,240 | 51.8 | ||
United Australia | Harold Cohen | 13,261 | 48.2 | ||
Independent Socialist gain from United Australia | Swing | N/A | |||
Clifton Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Cremean | 11,413 | 53.0 | -13.0 | |
Independent | Allan Matthews | 6,039 | 28.0 | +28.0 | |
Communist | Ken Miller | 4,078 | 18.9 | +18.9 | |
Total formal votes | 21,530 | 96.3 | -1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 834 | 3.7 | +1.9 | ||
Turnout | 22,364 | 87.5 | -5.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
Coburg
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Charlie Mutton | 13,996 | 50.8 | +50.8 | |
Labor | Jessie Satchell | 5,806 | 21.1 | -46.0 | |
United Australia | Herbert Rusmussen | 3,564 | 12.9 | -20.0 | |
Independent | Charles Hosken | 2,801 | 10.2 | +10.2 | |
Independent | Donald McDonald | 1,368 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Total formal votes | 27,535 | 95.6 | -3.0 | ||
Informal votes | 1,272 | 4.4 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 28,807 | 87.5 | -5.7 | ||
Independent gain from Labor | Swing | N/A | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
Collingwood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Tunnecliffe | 9,032 | 46.1 | -2.2 | |
Independent Labor | James Baker | 4,838 | 24.7 | -10.3 | |
Communist | Ralph Gibson | 4,016 | 20.5 | +13.6 | |
Independent | William King | 1,694 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
Total formal votes | 19,580 | 93.7 | -2.0 | ||
Informal votes | 1,323 | 6.3 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 20,903 | 85.3 | -5.7 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tom Tunnecliffe | 12,279 | 62.7 | ||
Independent Labor | James Baker | 7,301 | 37.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Dandenong
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Field | 20,419 | 60.6 | -0.2 | |
Independent | Gladys Roberts | 13,294 | 39.4 | +39.4 | |
Total formal votes | 33,713 | 98.1 | -0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 670 | 1.9 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,383 | 86.6 | -7.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Dundas
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Slater | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Essendon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Samuel Merrifield | 12,294 | 45.6 | -2.8 | |
United Australia | James Dillon | 11,370 | 42.2 | -9.4 | |
Independent | Arthur Dodds | 3,296 | 12.2 | +12.2 | |
Total formal votes | 26,960 | 97.8 | -1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 591 | 2.2 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 27,551 | 89.2 | -6.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Samuel Merrifield | 14,239 | 52.8 | +4.4 | |
United Australia | James Dillon | 12,721 | 47.2 | -4.4 | |
Labor gain from United Australia | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Evelyn
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | William Everard | 6,942 | 62.4 | -37.6 | |
Labor | Jack Gill | 4,183 | 37.6 | +37.6 | |
Total formal votes | 11,125 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 189 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 11,314 | 85.3 | |||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Flemington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Holland | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Footscray
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Mullens | 11,514 | 39.3 | -60.7 | |
Independent | Andrew Hansen | 7,128 | 24.3 | +24.3 | |
Communist | Cecil Sharpley | 5,614 | 19.2 | +19.2 | |
Independent | Alfred Lowe | 3,349 | 11.4 | +11.4 | |
Independent | Robert Thorne | 1,680 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Total formal votes | 29,285 | 95.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,498 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 30,783 | 90.1 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Mullens | 16,675 | 56.9 | -43.1 | |
Independent | Andrew Hansen | 12,610 | 43.1 | +43.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Geelong
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fanny Brownbill | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Gippsland East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Albert Lind | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
Gippsland North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Fulton | 5,575 | 57.4 | +11.7 | |
Labor | Reuben Basham | 4,141 | 42.6 | +8.8 | |
Total formal votes | 9,716 | 99.0 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 93 | 1.0 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,809 | 87.7 | -4.4 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -2.5 | |||
Gippsland South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Herbert Hyland | 9,372 | 83.5 | -16.5 | |
Independent | Maurice Manning | 1,853 | 16.5 | +16.5 | |
Total formal votes | 11,225 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 148 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 11,373 | 87.4 | |||
Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Gippsland West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Matthew Bennett | 6,949 | 67.9 | -32.1 | |
Independent | Ernest Watkin | 2,279 | 22.3 | +22.3 | |
Independent | Bartholomew Goulding | 1,013 | 9.9 | +9.9 | |
Total formal votes | 10,241 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 255 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 10,496 | 87.0 | |||
Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Goulburn Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | John McDonald | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
Grant
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Frederick Holden | 4,461 | 45.8 | -54.2 | |
Labor | Horace Hughes | 3,838 | 39.4 | +39.4 | |
Independent | Herbert Ladd | 1,433 | 14.7 | +14.7 | |
Total formal votes | 9,732 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 164 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 9,896 | 84.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Frederick Holden | 5,348 | 55.0 | -45.0 | |
Labor | Horace Hughes | 4,384 | 45.0 | +45.0 | |
Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Gunbower
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Norman Martin | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
Hampden
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | William Cumming | 5,617 | 61.0 | +12.4 | |
Labor | Walter Kervin | 3,591 | 39.0 | +6.4 | |
Total formal votes | 9,208 | 99.1 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 79 | 0.9 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,287 | 86.5 | -8.4 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | -1.3 | |||
Hawthorn
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Leslie Hollins | 15,560 | 63.2 | +9.3 | |
United Australia | Lyston Chisholm | 9,065 | 36.8 | -9.3 | |
Total formal votes | 24,625 | 97.6 | -1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 598 | 2.4 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 25,223 | 88.5 | -5.2 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | +9.3 | |||
Heidelberg
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Henry Zwar | 20,185 | 61.1 | -2.5 | |
Labor | Leonard Hartnett | 12,852 | 38.9 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 33,037 | 98.8 | -0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 405 | 1.2 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 33,442 | 89.5 | -5.8 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | -2.5 | |||
Kara Kara and Borung
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Finlay Cameron | 5,147 | 60.9 | +10.7 | |
Labor | Arthur Ackland | 3,302 | 39.1 | +39.1 | |
Total formal votes | 8,449 | 99.1 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 78 | 0.9 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,527 | 88.6 | -6.7 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Kew
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Wilfrid Kent Hughes | unopposed | |||
United Australia hold | Swing | ||||
Korong and Eaglehawk
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Albert Dunstan | 6,028 | 68.7 | -10.1 | |
Labor | William Casey | 2,445 | 27.9 | +27.9 | |
Independent | Walter Peters | 297 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 8,770 | 98.7 | -0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 113 | 1.3 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,883 | 87.7 | -5.7 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
Lowan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Hamilton Lamb | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
- Hamilton Lamb was a prisoner-of-war at this time and was not opposed. He died on the Burma Railway on 7 December 1943. Confirmation of his death was not received until September 1944.
Maryborough and Daylesford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clive Stoneham | 5,806 | 60.0 | -40.0 | |
Country | Powley Smith | 3,866 | 40.0 | +40.0 | |
Total formal votes | 9,672 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 66 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 9,738 | 91.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Melbourne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Hayes | 11,273 | 65.3 | -34.7 | |
Independent | John Somerville | 5,991 | 34.7 | +34.7 | |
Total formal votes | 17,264 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 686 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 17,950 | 75.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Mildura
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Egan | 4,428 | 41.5 | +41.5 | |
Country | Albert Allnutt | 3,655 | 34.2 | -4.2 | |
Country | Campbell Cameron | 2,590 | 24.3 | +24.3 | |
Total formal votes | 10,673 | 97.9 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 230 | 2.1 | -0.7 | ||
Turnout | 10,903 | 82.7 | -10.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Albert Allnutt | 5,490 | 51.4 | -2.0 | |
Labor | John Egan | 5,183 | 48.6 | +48.6 | |
Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Mornington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Alfred Kirton | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
Northcote
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Cain | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Nunawading
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Gray | 9,498 | 36.9 | +7.4 | |
Independent | Ivy Weber | 8,665 | 33.7 | -0.9 | |
United Australia | John Hogan | 6,085 | 23.7 | -8.0 | |
Independent | Clifford Wolfe | 1,480 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
Total formal votes | 25,728 | 96.9 | -1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 813 | 3.1 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 26,541 | 88.0 | -5.5 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Ivy Weber | 14,492 | 56.3 | +0.2 | |
Labor | Bob Gray | 11,236 | 43.7 | +43.7 | |
Independent hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Oakleigh
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Squire Reid | 19,687 | 58.1 | +3.1 | |
United Australia | Andrew Sinclair | 14,214 | 41.9 | -3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 33,901 | 98.8 | -0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 396 | 1.2 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 34,297 | 87.8 | -6.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.1 | |||
Ouyen
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Keith Dodgshun | 5,211 | 67.8 | -5.2 | |
Labor | Frederick Watson | 1,823 | 23.7 | +23.7 | |
Independent | Robert Johnstone | 650 | 8.5 | -18.5 | |
Total formal votes | 7,684 | 98.9 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 85 | 1.1 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,769 | 87.4 | -5.9 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
Polwarth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Edward Guye | 6,911 | 66.6 | +25.0 | |
Labor | Arthur Jackson | 3,466 | 33.4 | +33.4 | |
Total formal votes | 10,377 | 99.4 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 57 | 0.6 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 10,434 | 87.8 | -6.6 | ||
Country gain from United Australia | Swing | N/A | |||
Port Fairy and Glenelg
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Country | Harry Hedditch | 4,589 | 44.5 | +44.5 | |
Labor | Martin Bourke | 3,985 | 38.6 | -21.1 | |
Independent | James Hardy | 1,002 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
Country | Paul Bailey | 740 | 7.2 | -11.3 | |
Total formal votes | 10,316 | 98.6 | -0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 144 | 1.4 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 10,460 | 87.6 | -8.2 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent Country | Harry Hedditch | 5,611 | 54.4 | ||
Labor | Martin Bourke | 4,705 | 45.6 | ||
Independent Country gain from Labor | Swing | N/A | |||
Port Melbourne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Corrigan | 11,644 | 61.2 | -38.8 | |
Communist | John Blake | 7,384 | 38.8 | +38.8 | |
Total formal votes | 19,028 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 828 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 19,856 | 87.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Prahran
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | John Ellis | 13,031 | 49.1 | -6.7 | |
Labor | John Ryder | 10,123 | 38.1 | -6.1 | |
Communist | Malcolm Good | 3,406 | 12.8 | +12.8 | |
Total formal votes | 26,560 | 96.8 | -1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 880 | 3.2 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 37,440 | 83.3 | -7.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | John Ellis | 13,994 | 52.7 | -3.1 | |
Labor | John Ryder | 12,566 | 47.4 | +3.1 | |
United Australia hold | Swing | -3.1 | |||
Richmond
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Cotter | 14,483 | 68.4 | -31.6 | |
Communist | Bertha Laidler | 6,690 | 31.6 | +31.6 | |
Total formal votes | 21,173 | 94.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,191 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | 22,364 | 85.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Rodney
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | William Dunstone | 4,489 | 44.6 | -11.5 | |
Independent | Gordon Anderson | 2,918 | 29.0 | +29.0 | |
Labor | Algernon Roberts | 2,670 | 26.5 | +26.5 | |
Total formal votes | 10,077 | 99.0 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 102 | 1.0 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 10,179 | 87.2 | -5.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | William Dunstone | 5,209 | 51.7 | -4.4 | |
Independent | Gordon Anderson | 4,868 | 48.3 | +48.3 | |
Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
St Kilda
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Archie Michaelis | 15,135 | 53.9 | +0.6 | |
Labor | Marjorie Bennett | 10,503 | 37.4 | +37.4 | |
Independent | Ethel Pace | 2,428 | 8.7 | +8.7 | |
Total formal votes | 28,066 | 96.6 | -1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 987 | 3.4 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 29,053 | 86.4 | -5.6 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
Stawell and Ararat
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Alec McDonald | 5,155 | 52.0 | -2.1 | |
Labor | Ernie Morton | 4,763 | 48.0 | +2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 9,918 | 99.4 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 60 | 0.6 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,978 | 89.3 | -5.4 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -2.1 | |||
Swan Hill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Francis Old | 4,590 | 62.7 | +3.5 | |
Labor | William Kent | 2,727 | 37.3 | +37.3 | |
Total formal votes | 7,317 | 97.0 | -1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 223 | 3.0 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,540 | 84.6 | -9.4 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Toorak
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Harold Thonemann | 11,485 | 47.0 | -53.0 | |
Independent | Charles Kennett | 5,617 | 23.0 | +23.0 | |
Independent | Garnet Kerr | 4,661 | 19.1 | +19.1 | |
Independent | Francis Connelly | 2,677 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
Total formal votes | 24,440 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,081 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 25,521 | 84.4 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Harold Thonemann | 14,699 | 60.1 | -39.9 | |
Independent | Charles Kennett | 9,741 | 39.9 | +39.9 | |
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Upper Goulburn
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Edwin Mackrell | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
Upper Yarra
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | George Knox | 10,307 | 65.0 | -35.0 | |
Labor | Arthur Fraser | 3,874 | 24.4 | +24.4 | |
Communist | George Brown | 1,674 | 10.6 | +10.6 | |
Total formal votes | 16,185 | 86.6 | |||
Informal votes | 330 | 98.0 | |||
Turnout | 16,185 | 86.6 | |||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
Walhalla
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Leslie Kaeppel | 4,750 | 42.0 | +42.0 | |
Country | William Moncur | 3,235 | 28.6 | -71.4 | |
Country | William Simpson | 2,077 | 18.4 | +18.4 | |
Country | David White | 824 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Independent | Jack Whiteacre | 421 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 11,307 | 96.4 | |||
Informal votes | 425 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 11,732 | 87.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | William Moncur | 5,844 | 51.7 | -48.3 | |
Labor | Leslie Kaeppel | 5,463 | 48.3 | +48.3 | |
Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Wangaratta and Ovens
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Lot Diffey | 6,478 | 66.5 | -7.3 | |
Labor | Charles McKissack | 3,263 | 33.5 | +33.5 | |
Total formal votes | 9,741 | 98.9 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 108 | 1.1 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,849 | 87.0 | -5.6 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Waranga
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ernest Coyle | 5,185 | 70.0 | -30.0 | |
Independent | Patrick Finnigan | 2,227 | 30.0 | +30.0 | |
Total formal votes | 7,412 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 78 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,490 | 87.1 | |||
Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Warrenheip and Grenville
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Raymond Hyatt | 3,263 | 36.5 | +36.5 | |
Country | Edmond Hogan | 3,256 | 36.4 | -15.3 | |
Independent | Albert Woodward | 2,428 | 27.1 | -8.0 | |
Total formal votes | 8,947 | 98.4 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 145 | 1.6 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,092 | 89.8 | -4.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Raymond Hyatt | 4,987 | 55.7 | ||
Country | Edmond Hogan | 3,960 | 44.3 | ||
Labor gain from Country | Swing | N/A | |||
Warrnambool
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Henry Bailey | 6,725 | 62.2 | -1.6 | |
Labor | John McDonald | 4,090 | 37.8 | +37.8 | |
Total formal votes | 10,815 | 97.2 | -1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 313 | 2.8 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 11,128 | 88.3 | -6.7 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Williamstown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Lemmon | 13,526 | 57.9 | -1.4 | |
Independent | George Paine | 9,846 | 42.1 | +1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 23,372 | 98.4 | -0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 382 | 1.6 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 23,754 | 89.7 | -3.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -1.4 | |||
Wonthaggi
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William McKenzie | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
References
- Election held on 12 June 1943, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
- Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (ISBN 0708102700).
- Carr, Adam. "Victorian 1943 Election Results". Psephos. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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