Candidates of the 1940 Australian federal election

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This article provides information on candidates who stood for the 1940 Australian federal election. The election was held on 21 September 1940.

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Earlier in 1940, the Lang Labor supporters had again broken away from the federal Australian Labor Party. Seats held by the defectors are designated as Labor seats.

By-elections, appointments and defections

By-elections and appointments

Defections

Retiring Members and Senators

Labor

United Australia

Country

House of Representatives

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

New South Wales

ElectorateHeld by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Labor (N-C) candidate State Labor candidateOther candidates
Barton United Australia H. V. Evatt Albert Lane (UAP)John Rose Sam Lewis John Mackay (Ind)
Robert Mackie (ADM)
Calare Country John Breen Herbert Hodby (CP)
Harold Thorby (CP)
John Heiss Greg McGirr Richard Brazier (Ind)
Cook Labor Jock Garden Tom Sheehan Cyril Glassop (Ind Lab)
Cowper Country Myles Kelly Sir Earle Page (CP)John Cain (Ind)
Joseph McElhone (Ind)
Dalley Labor Donald Cochrane Hubert O'Connell (UAP) Sol Rosevear Edmund Ryan
Darling Labor Joe Clark Les Murphy Alexander Huie (Ind)
East Sydney Labor Eddie Ward James Catts (UAP)
Lewis Nott (UAP)
Steve GouldFred Aarons (Ind)
Diana Gould (Ind)
Louis Phillips (Atokist)
Eden-Monaro United Australia Herb Turner Frank Louat (UAP)
Roy May (UAP)
Pat Osborne (UAP)
John Perkins * (UAP)
Benjamin KellyGeorge Alam (Ind)
Rupert Beale (Ind)
Gwydir Labor William Scully Ernest Batchelor (CP)
Ben Wade (CP)
Frederick Deakins (Ind)
Hume Country Clarence Nolan Thomas Collins (CP) Arthur Fuller John Fisher Eric Roberts (ADM)
Hunter Labor Rowley James Bill Gollan
Lang Labor John MetcalfeMatthew Calman (UAP)
Bertram Stevens (UAP)
Stanley Willmott (UAP)
Dan Mulcahy Arthur Robinson
Macquarie United Australia Ben Chifley John Lawson (UAP)Bernard Cunningham
Martin United Australia Raymond Watt William McCall (UAP) Rupert Lockwood
New England Country Leigh Cuthbertson Joe Abbott* (CP)
Donald Shand (CP)
Victor Thompson (CP)
Newcastle Labor David Watkins Tom HickeyArthur Clarke (Ind)
North Sydney United Australia James Dooley Billy Hughes (UAP)John SteelWilliam Wilson
Parkes United Australia Daniel Murphy Sir Charles Marr (UAP)David Knox (Ind)
Parramatta United Australia Albert Rowe Norman Rydge (UAP)
Sir Frederick Stewart * (UAP)
Gordon Wallace (UAP)
James DaltonBill Wood
Reid Labor Charles Morgan Joe Gander Jack Hughes Leslie Brown (Ind UAP)
Edward James (Ind)
Richmond Country Jim Fredericks Larry Anthony (CP)Alexander Collingridge
Riverina Country Joe Langtry Horace Nock (CP)
Hugh Roberton (CP)
William QuirkCharles LenonRonald Cuttle (Ind)
John Hogan (ADM)
Robertson United Australia Thomas Williams Sydney Gardner (UAP)
Campbell Marshall (UAP)
Eric Spooner* (UAP)
Michael McKeonJames RussellWilliam Cox (Ind)
Edward Down (Ind)
Warringah Independent UAP Bessie FrewinJoseph Hamlet (UAP)
Percy Spender * (UAP)
Arthur WarrenPatrick Esplin (ADM)
Watson United Australia Max Falstein John Jennings (UAP)Cecil IrwinRichard Wilson
Wentworth United Australia Norman Smith Norman Cowper (UAP)
Eric Harrison * (UAP)
Richard Stranger (UAP)
Jim Morley George McDonald (Ind Nat)
Werriwa Labor Bert Lazzarini Walter Duncan (UAP)
Charles Hardwick (UAP)
Lyell Scott (UAP)
Mont Sheppard (UAP)
Joseph Worland (UAP)
Con Quilkey Rex Connor
West Sydney Labor Henry Mulcahy Jack Beasley Peter BurkeMalinda Ivey (Ind)
Stan Moran (Ind)

Northern Territory

ElectorateHeld by Labor candidateOther candidates
Northern Territory Independent Lindsay Craig Adair Blain * (Ind)
Fred Colson (Ind)
John McDonald (Ind Lab)

Queensland

ElectorateHeld by Labor candidate Coalition candidateOther candidates
Brisbane Labor George Lawson John Fletcher (UAP)
Capricornia Labor Frank Forde Edwin Hiskens (CP)
Darling Downs Country Leslie Bailey Arthur Fadden (CP)
Griffith Labor William Conelan Peter McCowan (UAP)
Herbert Labor George Martens Thomas Mann (CP)Louis Haydon (Ind RSL)
Fred Paterson (Ind)
Kennedy Labor Bill Riordan Wilfrid Simmonds (CP)
Lilley United Australia Gordon Lovell William Jolly (UAP)Charles Mitchell (Ind)
Maranoa Country Frank Baker Bob McGeoch (CP)Henry Madden (Ind)
Moreton United Australia Henry Herbert Josiah Francis (UAP)
Wide Bay Country Samuel Round Bernard Corser (CP)John Rex (PLP)

South Australia

ElectorateHeld by Labor candidate Coalition candidateOther candidates
Adelaide United Australia Edgar Dawes Fred Stacey (UAP)Raymond Davis (ADLP)
Bert Edwards (Ind Lab)
Barker Country Cecil Skitch Archie Cameron (CP)Charles Lloyd (Ind)
Boothby United Australia George Edwin Yates John Price (UAP) William Adey (Ind)
Grey Country Charles Davis Oliver Badman (CP)Percy McFarlane (Ind)
Hindmarsh Labor Norman Makin Harry Hatwell (UAP)
Wakefield Labor Sydney McHugh Jack Duncan-Hughes (UAP)

Tasmania

ElectorateHeld by Labor candidate UAP candidate Independent candidates
Bass Labor Claude Barnard Algie Findlay
Desmond Oldham
John Watson
Darwin United Australia Eric Reece George Bell
Denison Labor Gerald Mahoney Arthur Beck
Franklin Labor Charles Frost Hugh Warner
Wilmot Labor Lancelot Spurr Frank Edwards
Allan Guy*

Victoria

ElectorateHeld by Labor candidate Coalition candidateOther candidates
Balaclava United Australia Charles Sandford Thomas White (UAP)Harry Moffat (Ind)
Ballaarat Labor Reg Pollard Edward Montgomery (UAP) Alex Russell (Ind)
Batman Labor Frank Brennan Albert Peters (UAP)
Bendigo Country Bert de Grandi George Rankin (UCP)John Barton (Ind UCP)
Bourke Labor Maurice Blackburn Charles Lucas (UAP)
Corangamite United Australia Harold Miller Allan McDonald (UAP)
Corio Labor John Dedman Gerald Patterson (UAP)Harry Lyall (Ind)
Deakin United Australia Frank Williamson William Hutchinson (UAP)Frank Fisher (Ind)
Duncan McCallum (Ind)
Fawkner United Australia Arthur Fraser Harold Holt (UAP) Alexander Mills (Ind)
Flinders United Australia Frank Lee Rupert Ryan (UAP)Alexander Amess (Ind)
Edward Mann (Ind)
Gippsland Country James McKenna George Bowden (UCP)
Thomas Paterson * (LCP)
Calvert Wyeth (Ind)
Henty United Australia Arthur Haywood Arthur Coles* (Ind)
Edward Riley (Ind)
Samuel Thomas (Ind)
Eric Young (Ind)
Indi Country Jack Devlin John McEwen (LCP)
Kooyong United Australia Thomas Brennan Robert Menzies (UAP)Drysdale Bett (Ind)
John Dale (Ind)
Francis Foster (Ind)
Frank Hartnett (Ind)
Maribyrnong Labor Arthur Drakeford Robert Vroland (UAP)
Melbourne Labor Arthur Calwell Richard Griffiths (UAP)James Baker (ADLP)
Edward Whitcombe (Ind Lab)
Melbourne Ports Labor Jack Holloway Raymond Trickey (UAP)
Wannon United Australia Don McLeod Thomas Scholfield (UAP)John Crawford (Ind CP)
Jabez Potts (Ind)
Wimmera Independent Michael Nolan Hugh McClelland (UCP)Robert Johnstone (Ind)
Alexander Wilson * (Ind)
Yarra Labor James Scullin Fred Edmunds (UAP) Ralph Gibson (Ind)

Western Australia

ElectorateHeld by Labor candidate Coalition candidateOther candidates
Forrest Country Vane Green John Prowse (CP)
Fremantle Labor John Curtin Frederick Lee (UAP)Gil Clarke (Ind UAP)
Kalgoorlie Labor Albert Green
Perth United Australia Gavan McMillan Walter Nairn (UAP)James Bolitho (Ind)
Swan Country Jim Dinan Henry Gregory * (CP)
Thomas Marwick (CP)
Claude Barker (Ind)
John Tregenza (BIWF)

Senate

Sitting Senators are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one Senator are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are identified by an asterisk (*).

New South Wales

Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party-Country Party Coalition was defending two seats. The Labor Party was defending one seat. Labor Senators Stan Amour, John Armstrong and Tom Arthur were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Labor (N-C) candidates State Labor candidates Defence candidatesUngrouped candidates
  1. Bill Ashley *
  2. James Arnold*
  3. William Large*
  1. Dick Dein (UAP)
  2. Mac Abbott (CP)
  3. James Patrick (UAP)
  1. Stanley Allen
  2. John Kerin
  3. James Walker
  1. Edwin Barker
  2. Clarrie Campbell
  3. Albert Crowe
  1. Peter Pollack
  2. William Hulks
  3. Wilbred Taylor

Adela Walsh
Stanley White
Lance Sharkey
Harry Bohland
William Adkins
John O'Carroll

Queensland

Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party-Country Party Coalition was defending three seats. Labor Senators Gordon Brown, Joe Collings and Ben Courtice were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidatesUngrouped candidates
  1. William Bertram
  2. William Collins
  3. Austin Elliott
  1. Walter Cooper * (CP)
  2. Thomas Crawford * (UAP)
  3. Harry Foll * (UAP)

Jim Slater (Ind Soc)

South Australia

Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators Philip McBride, Alexander McLachlan and Keith Wilson were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates UAP candidatesUngrouped candidates
  1. Alex Finlay
  2. Bert Hoare
  3. Herman Dolling
  1. James McLachlan *
  2. George McLeay *
  3. Oliver Uppill *

Tom Garland

Tasmania

Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party was defending three seats. Labor Senators Bill Aylett, Richard Darcey and Charles Lamp were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates UAP candidatesUngrouped candidates
  1. John Brown
  2. Howard D'Alton
  3. Maurice Weston
  1. Herbert Hays *
  2. John Hayes *
  3. Bayard Edgell
  4. John Millen
  5. Burford Sampson*

Donald Cameron

Victoria

Four seats were up for election. One of these was a short-term vacancy caused by Labor Senator-elect John Barnes's death; this had been filled in the interim by Labor's Jim Sheehan. The United Australia Party-Country Party Coalition was defending three seats. The Labor Party was defending one seat. Labor Senators Don Cameron and Richard Keane were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidatesUngrouped candidates
  1. Jim Sheehan
  2. Parker Moloney
  3. Bert Hendrickson
  4. William McAdam
  1. Charles Brand * (UAP)
  2. William Gibson * (CP)
  3. John Leckie * (UAP)
  4. John Spicer* (UAP)

Gerry O'Day (Ind)
Claude Peace (TR)

Western Australia

Three seats were up for election. The United Australia Party-Country Party Coalition was defending three seats. Labor Senators Robert Clothier, James Cunningham and James Fraser were not up for re-election.

Labor candidates Coalition candidates Soldiers candidatesUngrouped candidates
  1. Frank Trainer
  2. Dorothy Tangney
  3. Herb Graham
  1. Herbert Collett * (UAP)
  2. Bertie Johnston * (CP)
  3. Allan MacDonald * (UAP)
  1. Arthur Richards
  2. Alexander Cunningham
  3. Stanley Dival

Carlyle Ferguson (Ind)
Claude Swaine (Emp. Co-op.)

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