The 1940 Victorian state election was held on 16 March 1940.
Retiring Members
United Australia Clive Shields MLA (Castlemaine and Kyneton)
Legislative Assembly 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.
Electorate Held by Labor candidates UAP candidates Country candidates Other candidates Albert Park UAP David Casey William Haworth Allandale Labor Patrick Denigan Albert Hocking William Chapman (LCP)Ballarat UAP Thomas Jude Thomas Hollway Barwon UAP Thomas Maltby Benalla Country Manvers Meadows Frederick Cook (LCP)Benambra Country Roy Paton Bendigo Labor Arthur Cook Boroondara UAP Trevor Oldham Reuben Kefford (Ind)Brighton UAP Robert Breen Ian Macfarlan* (Ind) John Warren (Ind)Brunswick Labor James Jewell Bulla and Dalhousie UAP Charlie Mutton Harry White John Milligan Carlton Labor Bill Barry David Mandie Ralph Gibson (CPA)Castlemaine and Kyneton UAP Bill Hodson Charles Lucas Caulfield UAP Harold Cohen Mary Jones (Ind)Clifton Hill Labor Bert Cremean Reginald Archer Coburg Labor Frank Keane Richard Griffiths Collingwood Labor Tom Tunnecliffe Frederick Dods James Baker (Ind Lab) John Blake (CPA)Dandenong Labor Frank Field Leslie Sheppard Dundas Labor Bill Slater William Ellis Essendon UAP Arthur Clarey James Dillon Evelyn UAP William Everard Flemington Labor Jack Holland Raymond Trickey Footscray Labor Jack Mullens Geelong Labor Fanny Brownbill Nathaniel White Gippsland East Country Albert Lind Gippsland North Country Albert Ainsworth Alexander Borthwick Stephen Ashton (LCP)Gippsland South Country Herbert Hyland Gippsland West Country Matthew Bennett Harold Edwards (Ind) Clement McCrostie (LCP)Goulburn Valley Country John McDonald Grant UAP Frederick Holden (Ind)Gunbower Country Norman Martin Hampden UAP Walter Kervin William Cumming Thomas Moore Hawthorn UAP Les Tyack Leslie Hollins (Ind)Heidelberg UAP James O'Meara Henry Zwar Kara Kara and Borung Country Finlay Cameron* Patrick Toohey John Green (Ind)Kew UAP Arthur Kyle Wilfrid Kent Hughes Korong and Eaglehawk Country Powley Smith Albert Dunstan Lowan Country Arthur Bennett Hamilton Lamb Winton Turnbull (Ind) Marcus Wettenhall (Ind)Maryborough and Daylesford Labor George Frost Melbourne Labor Tom Hayes Mildura Country Albert Allnutt* Alfred Rawlings John Egan (Ind Lab)Mornington UAP Harold Smith Alfred Kirton Northcote Labor John Cain Herbert Rasmussen Nunawading Independent Thomas Brennan William Dimmick Ivy Weber (Ind)Oakleigh Labor Squire Reid Lyston Chisholm Ouyen Country Keith Dodgshun Robert Johnstone (Ind)Polwarth UAP Allan McDonald Leonard Parker Port Fairy and Glenelg Independent Ernie Bond Sydney Patterson Robert Rankin Port Melbourne Labor James Murphy Prahran UAP Roy Cameron John Ellis Richmond Labor Ted Cotter Rodney Country William Dunstone Archibald McFadyen (LCP)St Kilda UAP Archie Michaelis Francis Dawkins (Ind)Stawell and Ararat Country Stanley Freeland Alec McDonald Swan Hill Country Percy Byrnes Launcelot Nind Francis Old* Toorak UAP Sir Stanley Argyle Upper Goulburn Country Edwin Mackrell Upper Yarra UAP George Knox Walhalla Country William Moncur Wangaratta and Ovens Country Lot Diffey Rupert Whalley (LCP)Waranga Country Ernest Coyle Warrenheip and Grenville Country Edmond Hogan James Ryan (Ind) Albert Woodward (Ind)Warrnambool Country Keith McGarvie Henry Bailey Williamstown Labor John Lemmon George Paine (Ind)Wonthaggi Labor William McKenzie
See also 1940 Victorian Legislative Council election
References
Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive