1943 Victorian Legislative Council election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 12 June 1943 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLC were elected using preferential voting. The election was held concurrently with the Legislative Assembly election.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 12 June 1943 Legislative Council << 1940–1946 >>
Enrolled voters		485,637
Votes cast		83,568		Turnout	17.2	−20.7
Informal votes		2,135		Informal	2.6	+1.0
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Labor	27,533	33.8	+5.2	3	7
	United Australia	14,263	17.5	−10.7	7	15
	Country	14,083	17.3	−4.4	6	11
	Other	25,554	31.4	+10.1	1	1
Total		175,843			17	34

Retiring Members

United Australia

• Sir Herbert Olney MLC (Melbourne North)

Candidates

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.

Province	Held by	Labor candidates	UAP candidates	Country candidates	Other candidates
Ballarat	UAP		Alfred Pittard
Bendigo	Country			John Lienhop
Doutta Galla	Labor	Percy Clarey
East Yarra	UAP		William Edgar
Gippsland	Country			Trevor Harvey William MacAulay*
Higinbotham	UAP		James Kennedy
Melbourne	Labor	Daniel McNamara
Melbourne North	UAP	J J Ryan			Likely McBrien (Ind)
Melbourne West	Labor	Arthur Disney			Ernest Jackson (Ind)
Monash	UAP		Sir Frank Clarke
Northern	Country			George Tuckett
North Eastern	Country			Percival Inchbold
North Western	Country			George Goudie
Southern	UAP		Gilbert Chandler
South Eastern	UAP		Charles Gartside	William Dawson-Davie
South Western	UAP		Gordon McArthur
Western	Country			Leonard Rodda

See also

• 1943 Victorian state election