Results of the 1943 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Victorian state election, 12 June 1943^[1]^[2] Legislative Assembly << 1940–1945 >>
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

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1943 election.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

1943 Victorian state election: Albert Park^[3]
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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Cook	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Boroondara

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Ian Macfarlan	12,217	39.1	+9.6
	Labor	Robert Gault	9,716	31.2	+31.2
	Ind. United Australia	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

1943 Victorian state election: Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Jewell	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Bulla and Dalhousie

1943 Victorian state election: 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
	Ind. United Australia	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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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
	Ind. United Australia	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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Slater	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Essendon

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Holland	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Footscray

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fanny Brownbill	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Gippsland East

1943 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Lind	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Gippsland North

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: Goulburn Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John McDonald	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Grant

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: Gunbower
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Norman Martin	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Hampden

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: Kew
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Wilfrid Kent Hughes	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

Korong and Eaglehawk

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: Mornington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alfred Kirton	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Northcote

1943 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Cain	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Nunawading

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edwin Mackrell	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Upper Yarra

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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

1943 Victorian state election: 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.

[1] Election held on 12 June 1943, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).

[2] Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 (ISBN 0708102700).

[3] Carr, Adam. "Victorian 1943 Election Results". Psephos. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

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Results of the 1943 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

Allandale

Ballarat

Barwon

Benalla

Benambra

Bendigo

Boroondara

Brighton

Brunswick

Bulla and Dalhousie

Carlton

Castlemaine and Kyneton

Caulfield

Clifton Hill

Coburg

Collingwood

Dandenong

Dundas

Essendon

Evelyn

Flemington

Footscray

Geelong

Gippsland East

Gippsland North

Gippsland South

Gippsland West

Goulburn Valley

Grant

Gunbower

Hampden

Hawthorn

Heidelberg

Kara Kara and Borung

Kew

Korong and Eaglehawk

Lowan

Maryborough and Daylesford

Melbourne

Mildura

Mornington

Northcote

Nunawading

Oakleigh

Ouyen

Polwarth

Port Fairy and Glenelg

Port Melbourne

Prahran

Richmond

Rodney

St Kilda

Stawell and Ararat

Swan Hill

Toorak

Upper Goulburn

Upper Yarra

Walhalla

Wangaratta and Ovens

Waranga

Warrenheip and Grenville

Warrnambool

Williamstown

Wonthaggi

See also

References