Results of the 1940 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly)

Victorian state election, 16 March 1940^[1]^[2] Legislative Assembly << 1937–1943 >>
Enrolled voters		841,864
Votes cast		786,359		Turnout	93.41	−0.55
Informal votes		12,287		Informal	1.56	+0.19
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	United Australia	274,113	35.41	−4.15	16	−2
	Labor	256,744	33.17	−7.86	22	+1
	United Country	109,626	14.06	−2.71	22	±0
	Liberal Country	18,104	2.34	+2.34	1	±0
	Communist	2,935	0.38	−0.34	0	±0
	Independent	112,550	14.53	+7.20	4	+1
Total		841,864			65

This is a list of electoral district results for the Victorian 1940 election.

Results by electoral district

Albert Park

1940 Victorian state election: Albert Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	William Haworth	11,427	51.6	+18.9
	Labor	David Casey	10,707	48.4	+8.3
Total formal votes			22,134	98.0	+1.7
Informal votes			453	2.0	−1.7
Turnout			22,587	92.9	−1.3
	United Australia hold		Swing	−1.7

Allandale

1940 Victorian state election: Allandale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Patrick Denigan	5,533	59.0	+11.2
	Country	Albert Hocking	2,624	28.0	+0.7
	Liberal Country	William Chapman	1,218	13.0	+13.0
Total formal votes			9,375	98.9	−0.2
Informal votes			109	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			9,484	95.3	−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Patrick Denigan		61.2
	Country	Albert Hocking		38.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.6

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Ballarat

1940 Victorian state election: Ballarat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas Hollway	10,902	65.5	−1.0
	Labor	Thomas Jude	5,728	34.5	+1.0
Total formal votes			16,630	99.4	+0.2
Informal votes			107	0.6	−0.2
Turnout			16,737	94.3	−1.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	−1.0

Barwon

1940 Victorian state election: Barwon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas Maltby	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

Benalla

1940 Victorian state election: Benalla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Country	Frederick Cook	5,592	55.0	+55.0
	Country	Manvers Meadows	4,580	45.0	+19.2
Total formal votes			10,172	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			115	1.1	0.0
Turnout			10,287	91.9	−3.1
	Liberal Country gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Benambra

1940 Victorian state election: Benambra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Paton	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Bendigo

1940 Victorian state election: Bendigo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Cook	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Boroondara

1940 Victorian state election: Boroondara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Trevor Oldham	21,921	70.4	−29.6
	Independent	Reuben Kefford	9,196	29.6	+29.6
Total formal votes			31,117	98.2
Informal votes			585	1.8
Turnout			31,702	92.7
	United Australia hold		Swing

Brighton

1940 Victorian state election: Brighton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ian Macfarlan	16,507	57.2	+57.2
	United Australia	Robert Breen	8,519	29.5	−52.5
	Independent	John Warren	3,845	13.3	+13.3
Total formal votes			28,871	97.8	0.0
Informal votes			662	2.2	0.0
Turnout			29,533	94.2	+1.5
	Independent gain from United Australia		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Brunswick

1940 Victorian state election: Brunswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Jewell	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Bulla and Dalhousie

1940 Victorian state election: Bulla and Dalhousie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Harry White	3,581	39.2	−6.2
	Labor	Charlie Mutton	3,304	36.1	+5.5
	Country	John Milligan	2,254	24.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			9,139	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			94	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			9,233	92.9	−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Harry White	4,781	52.3	−4.0
	Labor	Charlie Mutton	4,358	47.7	+4.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	−4.0

Carlton

1940 Victorian state election: Carlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Barry	13,058	71.3	−28.7
	United Australia	David Mandie	3,716	20.3	+20.3
	Communist	Ralph Gibson	1,547	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			18,321	95.8
Informal votes			804	4.2
Turnout			19,125	88.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Barry		78.9
	United Australia	David Mandie		21.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Castlemaine and Kyneton

1940 Victorian state election: Castlemaine and Kyneton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Hodson	5,844	57.7	+9.4
	United Australia	Charles Lucas	4,279	42.3	−9.4
Total formal votes			10,123	98.9	−0.5
Informal votes			109	1.1	+0.5
Turnout			10,232	94.6	+0.2
	Labor gain from United Australia		Swing	+9.4

Caulfield

1940 Victorian state election: Caulfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Harold Cohen	19,178	71.5	−28.5
	Independent	Mary Jones	7,644	28.5	+28.5
Total formal votes			26,822	98.2
Informal votes			501	1.8
Turnout			27,323	92.8
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Clifton Hill

1940 Victorian state election: Clifton Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bert Cremean	14,533	66.0	−1.8
	United Australia	Reginald Archer	7,489	34.0	+1.8
Total formal votes			22,022	98.2	−0.3
Informal votes			406	1.8	+0.3
Turnout			22,428	92.9	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.8

Coburg

1940 Victorian state election: Coburg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Keane	17,927	67.1	+4.3
	United Australia	Richard Griffiths	8,810	32.9	−4.3
Total formal votes			26,737	98.6	−0.4
Informal votes			382	1.4	+0.4
Turnout			27,119	93.2	−2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.3

Collingwood

1940 Victorian state election: Collingwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Tunnecliffe	9,694	48.3	−33.2
	Independent Labor	James Baker	7,023	35.0	+35.0
	United Australia	Frederick Dods	1,950	9.7	−8.8
	Communist	John Blake	1,388	6.9	+6.9
Total formal votes			20,055	95.7	−2.5
Informal votes			893	4.3	+2.5
Turnout			20,948	91.0	−1.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Tunnecliffe		52.1
	Independent	James Baker		47.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Two candidate preferred vote was estimated.

Dandenong

1940 Victorian state election: Dandenong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Field	18,699	60.8	+10.2
	United Australia	Leslie Sheppard	12,030	39.2	−10.2
Total formal votes			30,729	98.9	+0.2
Informal votes			349	1.1	−0.2
Turnout			31,078	93.7	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.2

Dundas

1940 Victorian state election: Dundas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Slater	7,358	63.0	−37.0
	United Australia	William Ellis	4,319	37.0	+37.0
Total formal votes			11,677	99.4
Informal votes			70	0.6
Turnout			11,747	95.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Essendon

1940 Victorian state election: Essendon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	James Dillon	12,931	51.6	−3.1
	Labor	Arthur Clarey	12,149	48.4	+3.1
Total formal votes			25,080	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			261	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			25,341	95.4	−1.3
	United Australia hold		Swing	−3.1

Evelyn

1940 Victorian state election: Evelyn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	William Everard	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

Flemington

1940 Victorian state election: Flemington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Holland	16,060	75.9	+10.0
	United Australia	Raymond Trickey	5,096	24.1	−10.0
Total formal votes			21,156	98.3	−0.2
Informal votes			357	1.7	+0.2
Turnout			21,513	92.4	−3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.0

Footscray

1940 Victorian state election: Footscray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Mullens	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Geelong

1940 Victorian state election: Geelong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fanny Brownbill	12,456	67.3	−32.7
	United Australia	Nathaniel White	6,041	32.7	+32.7
Total formal votes			18,497	99.4
Informal votes			117	0.6
Turnout			18,614	95.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Gippsland East

1940 Victorian state election: Gippsland East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Lind	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Gippsland North

1940 Victorian state election: Gippsland North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alexander Borthwick	4,592	45.7	+24.2
	Labor	Albert Ainsworth	3,402	33.8	+14.8
	Liberal Country	Stephen Ashton	2,060	20.5	+20.5
Total formal votes			10,054	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			108	1.1	0.0
Turnout			10,162	92.1	−2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Alexander Borthwick	6,027	59.9	+11.9
	Labor	Albert Ainsworth	4,027	40.1	+40.1
	Country gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Gippsland South

1940 Victorian state election: Gippsland South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Herbert Hyland	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Gippsland West

1940 Victorian state election: Gippsland West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Matthew Bennett	7,086	68.2	−31.8
	Liberal Country	Clement McCrostie	1,676	16.2	+16.2
	Independent	Harold Edwards	1,630	15.7	+15.7
Total formal votes			10,392	97.7
Informal votes			244	2.3
Turnout			10,636	92.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Goulburn Valley

1940 Victorian state election: Goulburn Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John McDonald	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Grant

1940 Victorian state election: Grant
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. United Australia	Frederick Holden	unopposed
	Ind. United Australia gain from United Australia		Swing	N/A

Gunbower

1940 Victorian state election: Gunbower
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Norman Martin	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Hampden

1940 Victorian state election: Hampden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	William Cumming	5,045	48.6	+5.6
	Labor	Walter Kervin	3,382	32.6	+0.3
	Country	Thomas Moore	1,957	18.9	−5.8
Total formal votes			10,384	98.7	−0.4
Informal votes			138	1.3	+0.4
Turnout			10,522	94.9	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	William Cumming	6,197	59.7	+0.6
	Labor	Walter Kervin	4,187	40.3	−0.6
	United Australia hold		Swing	+0.6

Hawthorn

1940 Victorian state election: Hawthorn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leslie Hollins	12,918	53.9	+53.9
	United Australia	Les Tyack	11,034	46.1	−14.4
Total formal votes			12,918	98.8	−0.1
Informal votes			301	1.2	+0.1
Turnout			24,253	93.7	+1.6
	Independent gain from United Australia		Swing	N/A

Heidelberg

1940 Victorian state election: Heidelberg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Henry Zwar	19,226	63.6	+11.3
	Labor	James O'Meara	11,024	36.4	−11.3
Total formal votes			30,250	99.0	−0.3
Informal votes			312	1.0	+0.3
Turnout			30,562	95.3	+0.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	+11.3

Kara Kara and Borung

1940 Victorian state election: Kara Kara and Borung
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Finlay Cameron	5,117	50.2	−10.2
	Country	Patrick Toohey	2,678	26.3	+26.3
	Independent	John Green	2,390	23.5	−16.1
Total formal votes			10,185	99.1	−0.3
Informal votes			94	0.9	+0.3
Turnout			10,279	95.3	+1.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Finlay Cameron		56.1	−4.3
	Country	Patrick Toohey		43.9	+43.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Two candidate preferred vote was estimated.

Kew

1940 Victorian state election: Kew
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Wilfrid Kent Hughes	18,496	68.0	−0.1
	Labor	Arthur Kyle	8,716	32.0	+0.1
Total formal votes			27,212	98.8	0.0
Informal votes			321	1.2	0.0
Turnout			27,533	92.8	+0.8
	United Australia hold		Swing	−0.1

Korong and Eaglehawk

1940 Victorian state election: Korong and Eaglehawk
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Dunstan	8,072	78.8	+1.3
	United Australia	Powley Smith	2,174	21.2	−1.3
Total formal votes			10,246	98.8	−0.6
Informal votes			123	1.2	+0.6
Turnout			10,369	93.4	−0.3
	Country hold		Swing	+1.3

Lowan

1940 Victorian state election: Lowan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Hamilton Lamb	5,525	47.8	−18.0
	Independent	Winton Turnbull	2,962	25.7	+25.7
	United Australia	Arthur Bennett	2,267	19.6	−14.6
	Independent	Marcus Wettenhall	794	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			11,548	98.1	−1.2
Informal votes			223	1.9	+1.2
Turnout			11,771	94.9	+0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Hamilton Lamb		55.5	−10.3
	Independent	Winton Turnbull		44.5	+44.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Two candidate preferred vote was estimated.

Maryborough and Daylesford

1940 Victorian state election: Maryborough and Daylesford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Frost	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Melbourne

1940 Victorian state election: Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Hayes	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Mildura

1940 Victorian state election: Mildura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Allnutt	4,525	38.4	−20.9
	Country	Alfred Rawlings	3,878	32.9	+32.9
	Independent Labor	John Egan	3,376	28.7	+28.7
Total formal votes			11,779	97.2	−1.7
Informal votes			342	2.8	+1.7
Turnout			12,121	93.0	+0.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Albert Allnutt	6,296	53.4	−5.9
	Country	Alfred Rawlings	5,483	46.6	+46.6
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Mornington

1940 Victorian state election: Mornington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alfred Kirton	8,885	69.8	+22.9
	United Australia	Harold Smith	3,852	30.2	−22.9
Total formal votes			12,737	98.7	−0.6
Informal votes			174	1.3	+0.6
Turnout			12,911	90.4	−1.9
	Country gain from United Australia		Swing	+22.9

Northcote

1940 Victorian state election: Northcote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Cain	17,184	74.4	+3.0
	United Australia	Herbert Rasmussen	5,902	25.6	−3.0
Total formal votes			23,086	98.7	−0.4
Informal votes			304	1.3	+0.4
Turnout			23,390	94.7	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.0

Nunawading

1940 Victorian state election: Nunawading
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	William Dimmick	8,591	35.7	+5.8
	Independent	Ivy Weber	8,368	34.8	+8.2
	Labor	Thomas Brennan	7,097	29.5	+5.7
Total formal votes			24,056	98.0	+0.6
Informal votes			492	2.0	−0.6
Turnout			24,548	93.5	−0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Ivy Weber	13,505	56.1	+2.3
	United Australia	William Dimmick	10,551	43.9	−2.3
	Independent hold		Swing	+2.3

Oakleigh

1940 Victorian state election: Oakleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Squire Reid	17,451	55.0	+2.7
	United Australia	Lyston Chisholm	14,287	45.0	−2.7
Total formal votes			31,738	99.0	−0.2
Informal votes			309	1.0	+0.2
Turnout			32,047	94.6	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.7

Ouyen

1940 Victorian state election: Ouyen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Keith Dodgshun	6,786	73.0	−27.0
	Independent	Robert Johnstone	2,505	27.0	+27.0
Total formal votes			9,291	98.8
Informal votes			110	1.2
Turnout			9,401	93.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Polwarth

1940 Victorian state election: Polwarth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Allan McDonald	6,494	58.4	+2.6
	Country	Leonard Parker	4,623	41.6	−2.6
Total formal votes			11,117	99.1	−0.3
Informal votes			98	0.9	+0.3
Turnout			11,215	94.4	−0.8
	United Australia hold		Swing	+2.6

Port Fairy and Glenelg

1940 Victorian state election: Port Fairy and Glenelg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Bond	6,899	59.7	+59.7
	United Australia	Sydney Patterson	2,509	21.7	+21.7
	Country	Robert Rankin	2,137	18.5	+18.5
Total formal votes			11,545	98.7	−0.7
Informal votes			156	1.3	+0.7
Turnout			11,701	95.8	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ernie Bond		61.5	+61.5
	United Australia	Sydney Patterson		38.5	+38.5
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Ernie Bond had been elected as an Independent in 1937 and joined the Labor party before the election.

Port Melbourne

1940 Victorian state election: Port Melbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Murphy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Prahran

1940 Victorian state election: Prahran
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Ellis	12,878	55.8	+0.3
	Labor	Roy Cameron	10,193	44.2	−0.3
Total formal votes			23,071	98.2	−0.7
Informal votes			416	1.8	+0.7
Turnout			23,487	90.6	−3.6
	United Australia hold		Swing	+0.3

Richmond

1940 Victorian state election: Richmond
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Cotter	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Rodney

1940 Victorian state election: Rodney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Dunstone	6,163	56.1	−43.9
	Liberal Country	Archibald McFadyen	4,831	43.9	+43.9
Total formal votes			10,994	98.7
Informal votes			148	1.3
Turnout			11,142	92.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

St Kilda

1940 Victorian state election: St Kilda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Archie Michaelis	14,885	53.3	−13.4
	Independent	Francis Dawkins	13,060	46.7	+46.7
Total formal votes			27,945	98.2	0.0
Informal votes			504	1.8	0.0
Turnout			28,449	92.0	−0.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Stawell and Ararat

1940 Victorian state election: Stawell and Ararat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alec McDonald	5,970	54.1	−45.9
	Labor	Stanley Freeland	5,067	45.9	+45.9
Total formal votes			11,037	99.1
Informal votes			102	0.9
Turnout			11,139	94.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Swan Hill

1940 Victorian state election: Swan Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Francis Old	5,030	59.2	−5.0
	Country	Percy Byrnes	1,776	20.9	−5.1
	Country	Launcelot Nind	1,686	19.8	+19.8
Total formal votes			8,492	98.4	−0.2
Informal votes			138	1.6	+0.2
Turnout			8,630	94.0	+0.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Toorak

1940 Victorian state election: Toorak
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Stanley Argyle	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Upper Goulburn

1940 Victorian state election: Upper Goulburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edwin Mackrell	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Upper Yarra

1940 Victorian state election: Upper Yarra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	George Knox	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

Walhalla

1940 Victorian state election: Walhalla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Moncur	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Wangaratta and Ovens

1940 Victorian state election: Wangaratta and Ovens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Lot Diffey	7,700	73.8	−26.2
	Liberal Country	Rupert Whalley	2,727	26.2	+26.2
Total formal votes			10,427	98.7
Informal votes			141	1.3
Turnout			10,568	92.6
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Waranga

1940 Victorian state election: Waranga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ernest Coyle	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Warrenheip and Grenville

1940 Victorian state election: Warrenheip and Grenville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Edmund Hogan	4,981	51.7	−4.4
	Independent	Albert Woodward	3,379	35.1	+35.1
	Independent	James Ryan	1,278	13.3	+13.3
Total formal votes			9,638	98.2	+0.6
Informal votes			175	1.8	−0.6
Turnout			9,813	94.4	−1.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Edmund Hogan		55.0	−1.1
	Independent	Albert Woodward		45.0	+45.0
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Two candidate preferred vote was estimated.

Warrnambool

1940 Victorian state election: Warrnambool
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Henry Bailey	7,557	63.8	+5.8
	United Australia	Keith McGarvie	4,284	36.2	−5.8
Total formal votes			11,841	98.9	−0.4
Informal votes			137	1.1	+0.4
Turnout			11,978	95.0	−0.9
	Country hold		Swing	+5.8

Williamstown

1940 Victorian state election: Williamstown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Lemmon	13,279	59.3	−1.7
	Independent	George Payne	9,119	40.7	+40.7
Total formal votes			22,398	98.7	−0.3
Informal votes			303	1.3	+0.3
Turnout			22,701	93.4	−2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Wonthaggi

1940 Victorian state election: Wonthaggi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William McKenzie	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

References

^ Election held on 16 March 1940, 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).

[1] Election held on 16 March 1940, 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).

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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