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

See also

• 1943 Victorian state election
• Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1943–1945

References

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.