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 AllnuttCountry/Min.Mildura1927–1945
Hon Henry BaileyCountryWarrnambool1914–1932, 1935–1950
Bill BarryLaborCarlton1932–1955
Matthew BennettCountryGippsland West1929–1950
Richard Brose[4]CountryRodney1944–1964
Fanny BrownbillLaborGeelong1938–1948
John CainLaborNorthcote1917–1957
Finlay CameronCountryKara Kara and Borung1935–1945
Arthur Cook [6]LaborBendigo1924–1945
Frederick CookMcEwen CountryBenalla1936–1961
Tom CorriganLaborPort Melbourne1942–1952
Ted CotterLaborRichmond1908–1945
Ernest Coyle[2]CountryWaranga1927–1943
Bert Cremean[7]LaborClifton Hill1929–1945
Jack Cremean[7]LaborClifton Hill1945–1949
William CummingUnited Australia/Min.Hampden1935–1945
Patrick DeniganLaborAllandale1936–1945
Lot DiffeyCountryWangaratta and Ovens1929–1945
Keith DodgshunCountryOuyen1938–1955
Hon Albert DunstanCountryKorong and Eaglehawk1920–1950
William Dunstone[4]CountryRodney1936–1944
John Ellis[8]United Australia/LiberalPrahran1932–1945
William EverardUnited Australia/Min.Evelyn1917–1950
Frank FieldLaborDandenong1937–1947
Bill FultonCountryGippsland North1942–1945; 1947–1952
Bill Galvin [6]LaborBendigo1945–1964
Bob Gray[1]LaborNunawading1943–1947; 1952–1955
Edward GuyeCountryPolwarth1940–1958
William HaworthUnited Australia/Min.Albert Park1937–1945
Tom HayesLaborMelbourne1924–1955
Harry HedditchCountryPort Fairy and Glenelg1943–1945; 1947–1950
Wollaston Heily[2]CountryWaranga1943–1945
Bill HodsonLaborCastlemaine and Kyneton1940–1945
Frederick HoldenIndependent/CountryGrant1932–1950
Jack HollandLaborFlemington1925–1955
Leslie HollinsSocial Credit/Min.Hawthorn1940–1945
Thomas HollwayUnited Australia/LiberalBallarat1932–1955
Andrew HughesIndependent SocialistCaulfield1943–1945
Col. Wilfrid Kent HughesUnited Australia/LiberalKew1927–1949
Raymond HyattLaborWarrenheip and Grenville1943–1947
Hon Herbert HylandCountryGippsland South1929–1970
Reginald James [5]CountryBulla and Dalhousie1943–1944
James JewellLaborBrunswick1910–1949
Alfred KirtonCountryMornington1932–1947
Brig. Sir George KnoxUnited Australia/LiberalUpper Yarra1927–1960
Hamilton Lamb[3]CountryLowan1935–1943
Hon John LemmonLaborWilliamstown1904–1955
Hon Albert LindCountryGippsland East1920–1961
Alec McDonaldCountryStawell and Ararat1935–1945
John McDonaldCountryGoulburn Valley1936–1955
Ian MacfarlanUnited Australia/Min.Brighton1928–1945
William McKenzieLaborWonthaggi1927–1947
Edwin MackrellCountry/Min.Upper Goulburn1920–1945
Thomas MaltbyUnited Australia/Min.Barwon1929–1961
Hon Norman MartinCountryGunbower1934–1945
Samuel MerrifieldLaborEssendon1943–1955
Wilfred Mibus[3]CountryLowan1944–1964
Archie MichaelisUnited Australia/Min.St Kilda1932–1952
William MoncurCountryWalhalla1927–1945
Jack MullensLaborFootscray1937–1945
Charlie MuttonInd. LaborCoburg1940–1967
Hon Francis OldCountrySwan Hill1919–1945
Trevor OldhamUnited Australia/LiberalBoroondara1933–1953
Roy PatonCountryBenambra1932–1947
Bill Quirk[8]LaborPrahran1945–1948
Squire ReidLaborOakleigh1927–1932; 1937–1947
Hon Bill SlaterLaborDundas1917–1947
Clive StonehamLaborMaryborough and Daylesford1942–1970
Harold ThonemannUnited Australia/LiberalToorak1941–1945
Hon Tom TunnecliffeLaborCollingwood1903–1904; 1907–1920;
1921–1947
Ivy Weber[1]IndependentNunawading1937–1943
Leslie Webster [5]CountryBulla and Dalhousie1944–1947
Henry Zwar [9]United Australia/Liberal/
Independent Liberal [9]		Heidelberg1932–1945
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.

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