Results of the Victorian state election, 1940 (Legislative Assembly K-Z)
Victorian state election, 16 March 1940[1][2] | ||||||
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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 for electorates from K to Z.
Results by electoral district
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Wilfrid 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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Frost | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Melbourne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Hayes | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Murphy | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Cotter | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
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
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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Stanley Argyle | unopposed | |||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Upper Goulburn
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Edwin Mackrell | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
Upper Yarra
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | George Knox | unopposed | |||
United Australia hold | Swing | ||||
Walhalla
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | William Moncur | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ernest Coyle | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing | ||||
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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William McKenzie | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
See also
- Results of the Victorian state election, 1940 (Legislative Assembly A-J)
- Victorian state election, 1940
- Candidates of the Victorian state election, 1940
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1940–1943
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).
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