1940 Victorian Legislative Council election

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 15 June 1940 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLC were elected using preferential voting.

Results

Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council election, 15 June 1940[1] Legislative Council << 1937–1943 >>
Enrolled voters		471,843
Votes cast		178,666		Turnout	37.9	−8.6
Informal votes		2,823		Informal	1.6	+0.4
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Labor	50,349	28.6	+11.4	4	7
	United Australia	49,654	28.2	−23.7	8	16
	Country	38,244	21.7	−3.2	5	11
	Other	37,596	21.3	+15.4	0	0
Total		175,843			17	34

Retiring Members

United Australia

• Sir Alan Currie MLC (Nelson)
• John Jones MLC (South Western)

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		George Bolster
Bendigo	UAP		George Lansell
Doutta Galla	Labor	Paul Jones	Alfred Carter
East Yarra	UAP		Clifden Eager
Gippsland	Country			James Balfour
Higinbotham	UAP		James Disney* William Tyner
Melbourne	Labor	William Beckett
Melbourne North	Independent	Archibald Fraser			Esmond Kiernan (Ind)
Melbourne West	Labor	Pat Kennelly			Charles Beever (Ind)
Monash	UAP		Archibald Crofts
Northern	Country			Richard Kilpatrick* Dudley Walters
North Eastern	Country			John Harris
North Western	Country			Henry Pye
Southern	UAP		William Angliss
South Eastern	UAP		Cyril Isaac	Alexander Goudie
South Western	UAP			Allan McDonald	James Guthrie (Ind)
Western	UAP		Marcus Saltau	Robert Rankin	Horace Holmes (Ind)

See also

• 1940 Victorian state election

References

1. Carr, Adam. "Victorian Legislative Council election of 15 June 1940". Psephos.