Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1943–1945

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1943 to 1945, as elected at the 1943 state election.

On 25 September 1945, a cross-party group of five United Australia members, two Country members and one Independent voted with Labor and two left-wing Independents to defeat the Dunstan Ministry. The end result, on 2 October 1945, was the swearing in of the Macfarlan Ministry and the calling of the 1945 election.

Name Party Electorate Term in office Albert Allnutt Country/Min. Mildura 1927–1945 Hon Henry Bailey Country Warrnambool 1914–1932, 1935–1950 Bill Barry Labor Carlton 1932–1955 Matthew Bennett Country Gippsland West 1929–1950 Richard Brose Country Rodney 1944–1964 Fanny Brownbill Labor Geelong 1938–1948 John Cain Labor Northcote 1917–1957 Finlay Cameron Country Kara Kara and Borung 1935–1945 Arthur Cook Labor Bendigo 1924–1945 Frederick Cook McEwen Country Benalla 1936–1961 Tom Corrigan Labor Port Melbourne 1942–1952 Ted Cotter Labor Richmond 1908–1945 Ernest Coyle Country Waranga 1927–1943 Bert Cremean Labor Clifton Hill 1929–1945 Jack Cremean Labor Clifton Hill 1945–1949 William Cumming United Australia/Min. Hampden 1935–1945 Patrick Denigan Labor Allandale 1936–1945 Lot Diffey Country Wangaratta and Ovens 1929–1945 Keith Dodgshun Country Ouyen 1938–1955 Hon Albert Dunstan Country Korong and Eaglehawk 1920–1950 William Dunstone Country Rodney 1936–1944 John Ellis United Australia/Liberal Prahran 1932–1945 William Everard United Australia/Min. Evelyn 1917–1950 Frank Field Labor Dandenong 1937–1947 Bill Fulton Country Gippsland North 1942–1945; 1947–1952 Bill Galvin Labor Bendigo 1945–1964 Bob Gray Labor Nunawading 1943–1947; 1952–1955 Edward Guye Country Polwarth 1940–1958 William Haworth United Australia/Min. Albert Park 1937–1945 Tom Hayes Labor Melbourne 1924–1955 Harry Hedditch Country Port Fairy and Glenelg 1943–1945; 1947–1950 Wollaston Heily Country Waranga 1943–1945 Bill Hodson Labor Castlemaine and Kyneton 1940–1945 Frederick Holden Independent/Country Grant 1932–1950 Jack Holland Labor Flemington 1925–1955 Leslie Hollins Social Credit/Min. Hawthorn 1940–1945 Thomas Hollway United Australia/Liberal Ballarat 1932–1955 Andrew Hughes Independent Socialist Caulfield 1943–1945 Col. Wilfrid Kent Hughes United Australia/Liberal Kew 1927–1949 Raymond Hyatt Labor Warrenheip and Grenville 1943–1947 Hon Herbert Hyland Country Gippsland South 1929–1970 Reginald James Country Bulla and Dalhousie 1943–1944 James Jewell Labor Brunswick 1910–1949 Alfred Kirton Country Mornington 1932–1947 Brig. Sir George Knox United Australia/Liberal Upper Yarra 1927–1960 Hamilton Lamb Country Lowan 1935–1943 Hon John Lemmon Labor Williamstown 1904–1955 Hon Albert Lind Country Gippsland East 1920–1961 Alec McDonald Country Stawell and Ararat 1935–1945 John McDonald Country Goulburn Valley 1936–1955 Ian Macfarlan United Australia/Min. Brighton 1928–1945 William McKenzie Labor Wonthaggi 1927–1947 Edwin Mackrell Country/Min. Upper Goulburn 1920–1945 Thomas Maltby United Australia/Min. Barwon 1929–1961 Hon Norman Martin Country Gunbower 1934–1945 Samuel Merrifield Labor Essendon 1943–1955 Wilfred Mibus Country Lowan 1944–1964 Archie Michaelis United Australia/Min. St Kilda 1932–1952 William Moncur Country Walhalla 1927–1945 Jack Mullens Labor Footscray 1937–1945 Charlie Mutton Ind. Labor Coburg 1940–1967 Hon Francis Old Country Swan Hill 1919–1945 Trevor Oldham United Australia/Liberal Boroondara 1933–1953 Roy Paton Country Benambra 1932–1947 Bill Quirk Labor Prahran 1945–1948 Squire Reid Labor Oakleigh 1927–1932; 1937–1947 Hon Bill Slater Labor Dundas 1917–1947 Clive Stoneham Labor Maryborough and Daylesford 1942–1970 Harold Thonemann United Australia/Liberal Toorak 1941–1945 Hon Tom Tunnecliffe Labor Collingwood 1903–1904; 1907–1920;1921–1947 Ivy Weber Independent Nunawading 1937–1943 Leslie Webster Country Bulla and Dalhousie 1944–1947 Henry Zwar United Australia/Liberal/Independent Liberal Heidelberg 1932–1945

Independent Nunawading MLA Ivy Weber resigned in July 1943 to contest the Division of Henty at the 1943 federal election. Labor candidate Bob Gray won the resulting by-election in September 1943. Country Party Waranga MLA Ernest Coyle died on 31 August 1943. Country Party candidate Wollaston Heily won the resulting by-election in October 1943. Country Party Lowan MLA Hamilton Lamb died on 7 December 1943 at a Japanese prisoner of war camp on the Burma Railway in Thailand. Official notification of his death did not reach Australia until 1 September 1944, nearly nine months later. Country candidate Wilfred Mibus won the resulting by-election on 4 November 1944. Country Party Rodney MLA William Dunstone died on 12 April 1944. Country Party candidate Richard Brose won the resulting by-election in June 1944. Country Party Bulla and Dalhousie MLA Reginald James died on 27 September 1944. Country Party candidate Leslie Webster won the resulting by-election in November. Labor Bendigo MLA Arthur Cook died on 10 April 1945. Labor candidate Bill Galvin won the resulting by-election on 26 May 1945. Labor Clifton Hill MLA Bert Cremean died on 24 May 1945. Labor candidate Jack Cremean, his brother, won the resulting by-election on 7 July 1945. Liberal Prahran MLA John Ellis died on 2 July 1945. Labor candidate Bill Quirk won the resulting by-election on 18 August 1945. Heidelberg MLA Henry Zwar announced on 8 October 1945 that he would not be an endorsed Liberal for the upcoming election and did not belong to the Liberal Party.

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