Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1940–1943
# Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1940–1943

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1940 to 1943, as elected at the 1940 state election:

| Name | Party | Electorate | Term in office |
| - | - | - | - |
| Albert Allnutt | Country | Mildura | 1927–1945 |
| Hon Sir Stanley Argyle | United Australia | Toorak | 1920–1940 |
| Hon Henry Bailey | Country | Warrnambool | 1914–1932, 1935–1950 |
| Bill Barry | Labor | Carlton | 1932–1955 |
| Matthew Bennett | Country | Gippsland West | 1929–1950 |
| Ernie Bond | Labor | Port Fairy and Glenelg | 1924–1943 |
| Alexander Borthwick | Country | Gippsland North | 1938–1942 |
| Fanny Brownbill | Labor | Geelong | 1938–1948 |
| John Cain | Labor | Northcote | 1917–1957 |
| Finlay Cameron | Country | Kara Kara and Borung | 1935–1945 |
| Col. Hon Harold Cohen | United Australia | Caulfield | 1935–1943 |
| 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 |
| William Cumming | United Australia | Hampden | 1935–1945 |
| Patrick Denigan | Labor | Allandale | 1936–1945 |
| Lot Diffey | Country | Wangaratta and Ovens | 1929–1945 |
| James Dillon | United Australia | Essendon | 1932–1943 |
| 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 | Prahran | 1932–1945 |
| William Everard | United Australia | Evelyn | 1917–1950 |
| Frank Field | Labor | Dandenong | 1937–1947 |
| George Frost | Labor | Maryborough and Daylesford | 1920–1942 |
| Bill Fulton | Country | Gippsland North | 1942–1945; 1947–1952 |
| Edward Guye | Country | Polwarth | 1940–1958 |
| William Haworth | United Australia | Albert Park | 1937–1945 |
| Tom Hayes | Labor | Melbourne | 1924–1955 |
| Bill Hodson | Labor | Castlemaine and Kyneton | 1940–1945 |
| Leslie Hollins | Social Credit | Hawthorn | 1940–1945 |
| Hon Edmond Hogan | Country | Warrenheip and Grenville | 1913–1943 |
| Frederick Holden | Independent/Country | Grant | 1932–1950 |
| Jack Holland | Labor | Flemington | 1925–1955 |
| Thomas Hollway | United Australia | Ballarat | 1932–1955 |
| Col. Wilfrid Kent Hughes | United Australia | Kew | 1927–1949 |
| Hon Herbert Hyland | Country | Gippsland South | 1929–1970 |
| James Jewell | Labor | Brunswick | 1910–1949 |
| Frank Keane | Labor | Coburg | 1924–1940 |
| Alfred Kirton | Country | Mornington | 1932–1947 |
| Brig. Sir George Knox | United Australia | 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 |
| Allan McDonald | United Australia | Polwarth | 1933–1940 |
| John McDonald | Country | Goulburn Valley | 1936–1955 |
| Ian Macfarlan | Independent | Brighton | 1928–1945 |
| William McKenzie | Labor | Wonthaggi | 1927–1947 |
| Edwin Mackrell | Country | Upper Goulburn | 1920–1945 |
| Thomas Maltby | United Australia | Barwon | 1929–1961 |
| Hon Norman Martin | Country | Gunbower | 1934–1945 |
| Archie Michaelis | United Australia | St Kilda | 1932–1952 |
| William Moncur | Country | Walhalla | 1927–1945 |
| Jack Mullens | Labor | Footscray | 1937–1945 |
| James Murphy | Labor | Port Melbourne | 1917–1942 |
| Charlie Mutton | Ind. Labor | Coburg | 1940–1967 |
| Hon Francis Old | Country | Swan Hill | 1919–1945 |
| Trevor Oldham | United Australia | Boroondara | 1933–1953 |
| Roy Paton | Country | Benambra | 1932–1947 |
| 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 | Toorak | 1941–1945 |
| Hon Tom Tunnecliffe | Labor | Collingwood | 1903–1904; 1907–1920; 1921–1947 |
| Ivy Weber | Independent | Nunawading | 1937–1943 |
| Harry White | United Australia | Bulla and Dalhousie | 1932–1943 |
| Henry Zwar | United Australia | Heidelberg | 1932–1945 |

    $^1$ On 15 May 1940, the Labor member for Coburg, Frank Keane, died. Independent Labor candidate Charlie Mutton, who had been expelled from the Labor Party for running against the endorsed candidate, won the resulting by-election on 13 July 1940.
    $^2$ In August 1940, the United Australia member for Polwarth, Allan McDonald, resigned to contest Division of Corangamite in the 1940 federal election. Country candidate Edward Guye won the resulting by-election on 2 November 1940.
    $^3$ On 23 November 1940, the United Australia member for Toorak, Sir Stanley Argyle, died. United Australia candidate Henry Thonemann won the resulting by-election on 11 January 1941.
    $^4$ On 17 February 1942, the Labor member for Port Melbourne, James Murphy, died. Labor candidate Tom Corrigan won the resulting by-election on 18 April 1942.
    $^5$ On 5 May 1942, the Country member for Gippsland North, Alexander Borthwick, died. Country candidate Bill Fulton won the resulting by-election on 20 June 1942.
    $^6$ On 26 October 1942, the Labor member for Maryborough and Daylesford, George Frost, died. Labor candidate Clive Stoneham won the resulting by-election on 28 November 1942.

## Sources

* Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.
* Victorian Year Book, 1940–1941, page 42–43.
