Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1943–1945
# Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1943–1945

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1943 to 1945, as elected at the 1943 state election.

On 25 September 1945, a cross-party group of five United Australia members, two Country members and one Independent voted with Labor and two left-wing Independents to defeat the Dunstan Ministry. The end result, on 2 October 1945, was the swearing in of the Macfarlan Ministry and the calling of the 1945 election.

| Name | Party | Electorate | Term in office |
| - | - | - | - |
| Albert Allnutt | Country/Min. | Mildura | 1927–1945 |
| Hon Henry Bailey | Country | Warrnambool | 1914–1932, 1935–1950 |
| Bill Barry | Labor | Carlton | 1932–1955 |
| Matthew Bennett | Country | Gippsland West | 1929–1950 |
| Richard Brose | Country | Rodney | 1944–1964 |
| Fanny Brownbill | Labor | Geelong | 1938–1948 |
| John Cain | Labor | Northcote | 1917–1957 |
| Finlay Cameron | Country | Kara Kara and Borung | 1935–1945 |
| Arthur Cook | Labor | Bendigo | 1924–1945 |
| Frederick Cook | McEwen Country | Benalla | 1936–1961 |
| Tom Corrigan | Labor | Port Melbourne | 1942–1952 |
| Ted Cotter | Labor | Richmond | 1908–1945 |
| Ernest Coyle | Country | Waranga | 1927–1943 |
| Bert Cremean | Labor | Clifton Hill | 1929–1945 |
| Jack Cremean | Labor | Clifton Hill | 1945–1949 |
| William Cumming | United Australia/Min. | Hampden | 1935–1945 |
| Patrick Denigan | Labor | Allandale | 1936–1945 |
| Lot Diffey | Country | Wangaratta and Ovens | 1929–1945 |
| Keith Dodgshun | Country | Ouyen | 1938–1955 |
| Hon Albert Dunstan | Country | Korong and Eaglehawk | 1920–1950 |
| William Dunstone | Country | Rodney | 1936–1944 |
| John Ellis | United Australia/Liberal | Prahran | 1932–1945 |
| William Everard | United Australia/Min. | Evelyn | 1917–1950 |
| Frank Field | Labor | Dandenong | 1937–1947 |
| Bill Fulton | Country | Gippsland North | 1942–1945; 1947–1952 |
| Bill Galvin | Labor | Bendigo | 1945–1964 |
| Bob Gray | Labor | Nunawading | 1943–1947; 1952–1955 |
| Edward Guye | Country | Polwarth | 1940–1958 |
| William Haworth | United Australia/Min. | Albert Park | 1937–1945 |
| Tom Hayes | Labor | Melbourne | 1924–1955 |
| Harry Hedditch | Country | Port Fairy and Glenelg | 1943–1945; 1947–1950 |
| Wollaston Heily | Country | Waranga | 1943–1945 |
| Bill Hodson | Labor | Castlemaine and Kyneton | 1940–1945 |
| Frederick Holden | Independent/Country | Grant | 1932–1950 |
| Jack Holland | Labor | Flemington | 1925–1955 |
| Leslie Hollins | Social Credit/Min. | Hawthorn | 1940–1945 |
| Thomas Hollway | United Australia/Liberal | Ballarat | 1932–1955 |
| Andrew Hughes | Independent Socialist | Caulfield | 1943–1945 |
| Col. Wilfrid Kent Hughes | United Australia/Liberal | Kew | 1927–1949 |
| Raymond Hyatt | Labor | Warrenheip and Grenville | 1943–1947 |
| Hon Herbert Hyland | Country | Gippsland South | 1929–1970 |
| Reginald James | Country | Bulla and Dalhousie | 1943–1944 |
| James Jewell | Labor | Brunswick | 1910–1949 |
| Alfred Kirton | Country | Mornington | 1932–1947 |
| Brig. Sir George Knox | United Australia/Liberal | Upper Yarra | 1927–1960 |
| Hamilton Lamb | Country | Lowan | 1935–1943 |
| Hon John Lemmon | Labor | Williamstown | 1904–1955 |
| Hon Albert Lind | Country | Gippsland East | 1920–1961 |
| Alec McDonald | Country | Stawell and Ararat | 1935–1945 |
| John McDonald | Country | Goulburn Valley | 1936–1955 |
| Ian Macfarlan | United Australia/Min. | Brighton | 1928–1945 |
| William McKenzie | Labor | Wonthaggi | 1927–1947 |
| Edwin Mackrell | Country/Min. | Upper Goulburn | 1920–1945 |
| Thomas Maltby | United Australia/Min. | Barwon | 1929–1961 |
| Hon Norman Martin | Country | Gunbower | 1934–1945 |
| Samuel Merrifield | Labor | Essendon | 1943–1955 |
| Wilfred Mibus | Country | Lowan | 1944–1964 |
| Archie Michaelis | United Australia/Min. | St Kilda | 1932–1952 |
| William Moncur | Country | Walhalla | 1927–1945 |
| Jack Mullens | Labor | Footscray | 1937–1945 |
| Charlie Mutton | Ind. Labor | Coburg | 1940–1967 |
| Hon Francis Old | Country | Swan Hill | 1919–1945 |
| Trevor Oldham | United Australia/Liberal | Boroondara | 1933–1953 |
| Roy Paton | Country | Benambra | 1932–1947 |
| Bill Quirk | Labor | Prahran | 1945–1948 |
| Squire Reid | Labor | Oakleigh | 1927–1932; 1937–1947 |
| Hon Bill Slater | Labor | Dundas | 1917–1947 |
| Clive Stoneham | Labor | Maryborough and Daylesford | 1942–1970 |
| Harold Thonemann | United Australia/Liberal | Toorak | 1941–1945 |
| Hon Tom Tunnecliffe | Labor | Collingwood | 1903–1904; 1907–1920; 1921–1947 |
| Ivy Weber | Independent | Nunawading | 1937–1943 |
| Leslie Webster | Country | Bulla and Dalhousie | 1944–1947 |
| Henry Zwar | United Australia/Liberal/ Independent Liberal | Heidelberg | 1932–1945 |

    $^1$ Independent Nunawading MLA Ivy Weber resigned in July 1943 to contest the Division of Henty at the 1943 federal election. Labor candidate Bob Gray won the resulting by-election in September 1943.
    $^2$ Country Party Waranga MLA Ernest Coyle died on 31 August 1943. Country Party candidate Wollaston Heily won the resulting by-election in October 1943.
    $^3$ Country Party Lowan MLA Hamilton Lamb died on 7 December 1943 at a Japanese prisoner of war camp on the Burma Railway in Thailand. Official notification of his death did not reach Australia until 1 September 1944, nearly nine months later. Country candidate Wilfred Mibus won the resulting by-election on 4 November 1944.
    $^4$ Country Party Rodney MLA William Dunstone died on 12 April 1944. Country Party candidate Richard Brose won the resulting by-election in June 1944.
    $^5$ Country Party Bulla and Dalhousie MLA Reginald James died on 27 September 1944. Country Party candidate Leslie Webster won the resulting by-election in November.
    $^6$ Labor Bendigo MLA Arthur Cook died on 10 April 1945. Labor candidate Bill Galvin won the resulting by-election on 26 May 1945.
    $^7$ Labor Clifton Hill MLA Bert Cremean died on 24 May 1945. Labor candidate Jack Cremean, his brother, won the resulting by-election on 7 July 1945.
    $^8$ Liberal Prahran MLA John Ellis died on 2 July 1945. Labor candidate Bill Quirk won the resulting by-election on 18 August 1945.
    $^9$ Heidelberg MLA Henry Zwar announced on 8 October 1945 that he would not be an endorsed Liberal for the upcoming election and did not belong to the Liberal Party.

## Sources

* Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.
