Results of the Victorian state election, 1943 (Legislative Assembly A-J)
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 | ||||
This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1943 election for electorates from A to J.
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 | |||
See also
- Results of the Victorian state election, 1943 (Legislative Assembly K-Z)
- Victorian state election, 1943
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1943–1945
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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