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Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1943–1945

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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 Allnutt Country/Min. Mildura 1927–1945
Hon Henry Bailey Country Warrnambool 1914–1932, 1935–1950
Bill Barry Labor Carlton 1932–1955
Matthew Bennett Country Gippsland West 1929–1950
Richard Brose[4] Country Rodney 1944–1964
Fanny Brownbill Labor Geelong 1938–1948
John Cain Labor Northcote 1917–1957
Finlay Cameron Country Kara Kara and Borung 1935–1945
Arthur Cook [6] 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[2] Country Waranga 1927–1943
Bert Cremean[7] Labor Clifton Hill 1929–1945
Jack Cremean[7] Labor Clifton Hill 1945–1949
William Cumming United Australia/Min. Hampden 1935–1945
Patrick Denigan Labor Allandale 1936–1945
Lot Diffey Country Wangaratta and Ovens 1929–1945
Keith Dodgshun Country Ouyen 1938–1955
Hon Albert Dunstan Country Korong and Eaglehawk 1920–1950
William Dunstone[4] Country Rodney 1936–1944
John Ellis[8] United Australia/Liberal Prahran 1932–1945
William Everard United Australia/Min. Evelyn 1917–1950
Frank Field Labor Dandenong 1937–1947
Bill Fulton Country Gippsland North 1942–1945; 1947–1952
Bill Galvin [6] Labor Bendigo 1945–1964
Bob Gray[1] Labor Nunawading 1943–1947; 1952–1955
Edward Guye Country Polwarth 1940–1958
William Haworth United Australia/Min. Albert Park 1937–1945
Tom Hayes Labor Melbourne 1924–1955
Harry Hedditch Country Port Fairy and Glenelg 1943–1945; 1947–1950
Wollaston Heily[2] Country Waranga 1943–1945
Bill Hodson Labor Castlemaine and Kyneton 1940–1945
Frederick Holden Independent/Country Grant 1932–1950
Jack Holland Labor Flemington 1925–1955
Leslie Hollins Social Credit/Min. Hawthorn 1940–1945
Thomas Hollway United Australia/Liberal Ballarat 1932–1955
Andrew Hughes Independent Socialist Caulfield 1943–1945
Col. Wilfrid Kent Hughes United Australia/Liberal Kew 1927–1949
Raymond Hyatt Labor Warrenheip and Grenville 1943–1947
Hon Herbert Hyland Country Gippsland South 1929–1970
Reginald James [5] Country Bulla and Dalhousie 1943–1944
James Jewell Labor Brunswick 1910–1949
Alfred Kirton Country Mornington 1932–1947
Brig. Sir George Knox United Australia/Liberal Upper Yarra 1927–1960
Hamilton Lamb[3] 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
John McDonald Country Goulburn Valley 1936–1955
Ian Macfarlan United Australia/Min. Brighton 1928–1945
William McKenzie Labor Wonthaggi 1927–1947
Edwin Mackrell Country/Min. Upper Goulburn 1920–1945
Thomas Maltby United Australia/Min. Barwon 1929–1961
Hon Norman Martin Country Gunbower 1934–1945
Samuel Merrifield Labor Essendon 1943–1955
Wilfred Mibus[3] Country Lowan 1944–1964
Archie Michaelis United Australia/Min. St Kilda 1932–1952
William Moncur Country Walhalla 1927–1945
Jack Mullens Labor Footscray 1937–1945
Charlie Mutton Ind. Labor Coburg 1940–1967
Hon Francis Old Country Swan Hill 1919–1945
Trevor Oldham United Australia/Liberal Boroondara 1933–1953
Roy Paton Country Benambra 1932–1947
Bill Quirk[8] Labor Prahran 1945–1948
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/Liberal Toorak 1941–1945
Hon Tom Tunnecliffe Labor Collingwood 1903–1904; 1907–1920;
1921–1947
Ivy Weber[1] Independent Nunawading 1937–1943
Leslie Webster [5] Country Bulla and Dalhousie 1944–1947
Henry Zwar [9] United Australia/Liberal/
Independent Liberal [9]
Heidelberg 1932–1945
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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