VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 12 JUNE 1943 ==================================================================== Shows ministerial and parliamentary offices held by MLCs in the period from 12 June 1943 to 15 June 1946 Voting figures are taken from Colin Hughes and Don Aitkin, "Voting for the Australian state upper houses, 1890-1984," ANU Press 1986. Candidates' given names are taken from "The Argus." SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS ========================================================================= Voters enrolled: 485,637 Total votes cast: 83,568 17.2 Informal votes: 2,135 02.6 Formal votes 81,433 97.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Party Votes % 1940 1943 Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Aust Party 14,263 17.5 -10.7 8 7 -01 15 -01 Country Party 14,083 17.3 -04.4 5 6 11 Labor Party 27,533 33.8 +05.2 4 3 7 Others 25,554 31.4 - 1 +01 1 +01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 175,843 17 17 34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Four of 17 Provinces were contested. Turnout in contested provinces averaged 71.0%. 3. Labor contested four Provinces (two unopposed). 4. The Country Party contested six Provinces (five unopposed and one contested by two CP candidates). 5. The table shows members elected in 1940, for terms ending in 1946, and members elected at this election, for terms ending in 1949. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== BALLARAT PROVINCE 19,529 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Alfred J PITTARD * United Australia Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred James Pittard (1868-1950): Elected 1931, 1937, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Ballarat Province 1943-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Bolster (1877-1948): Elected 1934, 1940 Bolster retired in 1946. Died 26 October 1948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BENDIGO PROVINCE 21,408 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John LIENHOP * Country Party Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Herman Lienhop (1886-1967): Elected 1937, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without portfolio to 14 September 1943 Commissioner of Public Works 18 September 1943 to 2 October 1945 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works 18 September 1943 to 2 October 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Bendigo Province 1943-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Victor Lansell (1883-1959): Elected 1928, 1934, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DOUTTA GALLA PROVINCE 39,529 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Percy J CLAREY * Labor Party Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy James Clarey (1890-1960): Elected 1937, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Labour 14 September 1943 to 18 September 1943 Minister of Public Health 14 September 1943 to 18 September 1943 Minister of Labour from 21 November 1945 Minister of Employment from 21 November 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Doutta Galla Province 1943-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Jones (1878-1972): Elected 1938 by, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without portfolio 14 September 1943 to 18 September 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EAST YARRA PROVINCE 39,995 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William H EDGAR * United Australia Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Haslem Edgar (1858-1948): Elected 1904, 1907. Defeated 1913. Elected 1917 by, 1919, 1925, 1931, 1937, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for East Yarra Province 1943-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clifden Henry Andrews Eager (1882-1969): Elected 1930 by, 1934, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council from 29 June 1943 Knighted 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND PROVINCE 18,793 enrolled, 14,355 (76.4%%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- P C Trevor Harvey Country Party 7,010 49.8 Hon William MacAULAY * Country Party 7,073 50.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 272 (01.9%) informal 14,083 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Harvey, See Gippsland Province by-election 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William MacAulay (1893-1957): Elected 1937, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Gippsland Province 1943-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Miller Balfour (1874-1943): Elected 1936 by, 1940 Died 31 July 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGINBOTHAM PROVINCE 36,478 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James A KENNEDY * United Australia Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Arthur Kennedy (1882-1954): Elected 1937, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Transport 18 September 1943 to 2 October 1945 Minister of Mines 18 September 1943 to 2 October 1945 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works 18 September 1943 to 2 October 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Higinbotham Province 1943-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Stanley Disney (1896-1952): Elected 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Transport 2 October 1945 to 21 October 1945 Minister of Mines 2 October 1945 to 21 October 1945 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works 2 October 1945 to 21 October 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PROVINCE 31,760 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Daniel L McNAMARA * Labor Party Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Laurence McNamara (1876-1947): Elected 1916. Disqualified 1916. Elected 1917 by, 1919, 1925, 1931, 1937, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Board of Land and Works 14 September 1943 to 18 September 1943 Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey 14 September 1943 to 18 September 1943 Minister of Forests 14 September 1943 to 18 September 1943 Minister of Water Supply 14 September 1943 to 18 September 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne Province 1943-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James Beckett (1870-1965): Elected 1914 by, 1919, 1925. Defeated 1931. Elected 1934, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE NORTH PROVINCE 42,510 enrolled, 30,892 (72.7%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Likely H McBRIEN 16,829 55.9 J J Ryan Labor Party 13,295 44.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 768 (02.5%) informal 30,124 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Likely Herman McBrien (1892-1956): Elected 1943 Born: 7 December 1892, Melbourne Career: Educated state school. "Age" messenger and circulation manager. Secretary Newsagents Association. Secretary Vic Football League 1929-56. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of Public Works 2 October 1945 to 21 November 1945 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works 2 October 1945 to 21 November 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne North Province 1943-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald McDonald Fraser (1896-1979): Elected 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without portfolio from 21 November 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE WEST PROVINCE 32,143 enrolled, 23,755 (73.9%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James H DISNEY * Labor Party 14,238 62.0 Ernest W Jackson 8,725 38.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 792 (03.3%) informal 22,963 12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Herbert Disney (1864-1943): Elected 1916 by, 1919, 1925, 1931, 1937, 1943 Died 28 July 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Melbourne West Province 1943-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick John Kennelly (1900-81): Elected 1938 by, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without portfolio 14 September 1943 to 18 September 1943 Commissioner of Public Works from 21 November 1945 Minister in charge of Electrical Undertakings from 21 November 1945 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works from 21 November 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MONASH PROVINCE 40,000 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Francis G CLARKE * United Australia Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Grenville Clarke (1879-1955): Elected 1913, 1919, 1925, 1931, 1937, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Monash Province 1943-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire (1891-1956): Elected 1942 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Resigned August 1943 Later career: Contested Senate at 1943 federal election, defeated. See Monash Province by-election 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN PROVINCE 18,449 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon George J TUCKETT * Country Party Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Joseph Tuckett (1873-1963): Elected 1925, 1931, 1937, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Board of Land and Works to 14 September 1943 Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey to 14 September 1943 Minister without portfolio 18 September 1943 to 2 October 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Northern Province 1943-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Kilpatrick (1878-1947): Elected 1928, 1934, 1940 Kilpatrick retired in 1946. Died 12 March 1947 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 16,390 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Percival P INCHBOLD * Country Party Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percival Pennell Inchbold (1884-1953): Elected 1935 by, 1937, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for North-Eastern Province 1943-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Richards Harris (1868-1946): Elected 1920 by, 1922, 1928, 1934, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE 18,342 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon George L GOUDIE * Country Party Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Louis Goudie (1866-1949): Elected 1919, 1925, 1931, 1937, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of Public Works to 14 September 1943 Minister in charge of Immigration to 14 September 1943 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works to 14 September 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for North-Western Province 1943-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Thomas Byrnes (1893-1973): Elected 1942 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE 24,797 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Gilbert L CHANDLER * United Australia Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilbert Laurence Chandler (1903-74): Elected 1935 by, 1937, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without portfolio 18 September 1943 to 2 October 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Southern Province 1943-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Charles Angliss (1865-1957): Elected 1912 by, 1916, 1922, 1928, 1934, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 23,958 enrolled, 14,566 (60.8%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Charles P GARTSIDE * United Australia 8,231 57.7 William Dawson-Davie United Australia 6,032 42.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 303 (02.1%) informal 14,263 07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Percival Gartside (1887-1958): Elected 1937, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for South-Eastern Province 1943-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyril Everett Isaac (1884-1965): Elected 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE 22,101 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Gordon S McARTHUR * United Australia Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Stewart McArthur (1896-1965): Elected 1931, 1937, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for South-Western Province 1943-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan Elliott McDonald (1903-57): Elected 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE 18,872 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Leonard R RODDA * Country Party Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Roy Rodda (1892-1970): Elected 1937, 1943 Resigned July 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without portfolio to 20 July 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other member for Western Province 1943-46 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Chisholm Rankin (1896-1955): Elected 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1943-46 ==================================================================== MONASH PROVINCE 46,073 enrolled ==================================================================== 8 October 1943, following the resignation of Hon Frank Beaurepaire -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Frank J E BEAUREPAIRE United Australia Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Beaurepaire was MLC for Monash Province 1942-43. He had resigned to contest the 1943 Senate election, and having been unsuccessful he contested the by-election caused by his own resignation. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire (1891-1956): Elected 1940 by. Resigned 1943. Elected 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND PROVINCE 21,252 enrolled, 15,415 (72.5%%) voted ==================================================================== 23 October 1943, following the death of Hon James Balfour -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- P C Trevor HARVEY Country Party 9,096 59.5 Gordon S Telfer Country Party 6,186 40.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 133 (00.9%) informal 15,282 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Christopher Trevor Harvey (1885-1952): Elected 1943 by Born: 30 May 1885, Melbourne Career: Dairy farmer at Boisdale from 1911. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE WEST PROVINCE 38,335 enrolled, 28,928 (75.5%) voted ==================================================================== 23 October 1943, following the death of Hon James Disney -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick L COLEMAN Labor Party 17,311 60.6 Daniel Scott 11,264 39.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 353 (01.2%) informal 28,575 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Leslie Coleman (1895-1974): Elected 1943 by Born: 21 January 1895, Melbourne Career: Educated Christian Brothers school. Accountant with state taxation office, Education Department. Public accountant. Publican from 1922. Melbourne City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without portfolio from 21 November 1945 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE 20,503 enrolled, 13,886 (67.7%) voted ==================================================================== 23 October 1943, following the resignation of Hon Leonard Rodda -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- J Claude Moodie 4,968 36.0 Hon Leonard R RODDA Country Party 8,829 64.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 89 (00.6%) informal 13,797 14.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Roy Rodda (1892-1970): Elected 1937, 1943. Resigned 1943. Elected 1943 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rodda had resigned to contest the seat of Wannon at the 1943 federal election. Having failed to win the seat he contested the by-election caused by his own resignation. --------------------------------------------------------------------