1940 Victorian state election

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1940 Victorian state election
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  1937 16 March 1940 (1940-03-16) 1943  

44 (of the 65) seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
33 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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Albert Dunstan (cropped).jpg
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Leader John Cain Albert Dunstan Sir Stanley Argyle
Party Labor United Country United Australia
Leader since18 October 193714 March 19353 September 1930
Leader's seat Northcote Korong and Eaglehawk Toorak
Last election20 seats20 seats21 seats
Seats before21 seats22 seats18 seats
Seats won22 seats22 seats16 seats
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 2
Percentage33.17%14.16%35.41%
SwingDecrease2.svg 7.86Increase2.svg 2.81Decrease2.svg 4.15

Premier before election

Albert Dunstan
United Country

Elected Premier

Albert Dunstan
United Country

The 1940 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 16 March 1940 to elect 44 of the 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

Contents

Background

Several events had taken place since the previous state election on 2 October 1937, which had changed the breakdown of the parties in the Assembly:

Results

Legislative Assembly

Victorian state election, 16 March 1940 [7] [8]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters841,864
Votes cast786,359 Turnout 93.41−0.55
Informal votes12,287Informal1.56+0.19
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  United Australia 274,11335.41−4.1516−2
  Labor 256,74433.17−7.8622+1
  United Country 109,62614.06−2.7122±0
  Liberal Country 18,1042.34+2.341±0
  Communist 2,9350.38−0.340±0
  Independent 112,55014.53+7.204+1
Total774,072  65 

See also

References

  1. "DUNSTAN GOVERNMENT PRAISED". Gippsland Times . Vic.: National Library of Australia. 25 November 1937. p. 6. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  2. "SIGNIFICANCE OF SEATS". The Argus . Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 20 October 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  3. "READMITTED TO LABOR PARTY". The Advocate . Burnie, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 19 April 1938. p. 11. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  4. "BY-ELECTION IN VICTORIA". The Mercury . Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 9 November 1938. p. 11. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  5. "U.C.P. RECRUIT". The Argus . Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 30 August 1939. p. 10. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  6. Parliament of Victoria (2001). "Cook, Frederick Albert". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  7. Election held on 16 March 1940, Australian Politics and Elections Database (University of Western Australia).
  8. Colin A Hughes, A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics 1890-1964, Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968 ( ISBN   0708102700).