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

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

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Labor (N-C) candidate State Labor candidate Other candidates
BartonUnited AustraliaH. V. EvattAlbert Lane (UAP)John RoseSam LewisJohn Mackay (Ind)
Robert Mackie (ADM)
CalareCountryJohn BreenHerbert Hodby (CP)
Harold Thorby (CP)
John HeissGreg McGirrRichard Brazier (Ind)
CookLaborJock GardenTom SheehanCyril Glassop (Ind Lab)
CowperCountryMyles KellySir Earle Page (CP)John Cain (Ind)
Joseph McElhone (Ind)
DalleyLaborDonald CochraneHubert O'Connell (UAP)Sol RosevearEdmund Ryan
DarlingLaborJoe ClarkLes MurphyAlexander Huie (Ind)
East SydneyLaborEddie WardJames Catts (UAP)
Lewis Nott (UAP)
Steve GouldFred Aarons (Ind)
Diana Gould (Ind)
Louis Phillips (Atokist)
Eden-MonaroUnited AustraliaHerb TurnerFrank Louat (UAP)
Roy May (UAP)
Pat Osborne (UAP)
John Perkins* (UAP)
Benjamin KellyGeorge Alam (Ind)
Rupert Beale (Ind)
GwydirLaborWilliam ScullyErnest Batchelor (CP)
Ben Wade (CP)
Frederick Deakins (Ind)
HumeCountryClarence NolanThomas Collins (CP)Arthur FullerJohn FisherEric Roberts (ADM)
HunterLaborRowley JamesBill Gollan
LangLaborJohn MetcalfeMatthew Calman (UAP)
Bertram Stevens (UAP)
Stanley Willmott (UAP)
Dan MulcahyArthur Robinson
MacquarieUnited AustraliaBen ChifleyJohn Lawson (UAP)Bernard Cunningham
MartinUnited AustraliaRaymond WattWilliam McCall (UAP)Rupert Lockwood
New EnglandCountryLeigh CuthbertsonJoe Abbott* (CP)
Donald Shand (CP)
Victor Thompson (CP)
NewcastleLaborDavid WatkinsTom HickeyArthur Clarke (Ind)
North SydneyUnited AustraliaJames DooleyBilly Hughes (UAP)John SteelWilliam Wilson
ParkesUnited AustraliaDaniel MurphySir Charles Marr (UAP)David Knox (Ind)
ParramattaUnited AustraliaAlbert RoweNorman Rydge (UAP)
Sir Frederick Stewart* (UAP)
Gordon Wallace (UAP)
James DaltonBill Wood
ReidLaborCharles MorganJoe GanderJack HughesLeslie Brown (Ind UAP)
Edward James (Ind)
RichmondCountryJim FredericksLarry Anthony (CP)Alexander Collingridge
RiverinaCountryJoe LangtryHorace Nock (CP)
Hugh Roberton (CP)
William QuirkCharles LenonRonald Cuttle (Ind)
John Hogan (ADM)
RobertsonUnited AustraliaThomas WilliamsSydney Gardner (UAP)
Campbell Marshall (UAP)
Eric Spooner* (UAP)
Michael McKeonJames RussellWilliam Cox (Ind)
Edward Down (Ind)
WarringahIndependent UAPBessie FrewinJoseph Hamlet (UAP)
Percy Spender* (UAP)
Arthur WarrenPatrick Esplin (ADM)
WatsonUnited AustraliaMax FalsteinJohn Jennings (UAP)Cecil IrwinRichard Wilson
WentworthUnited AustraliaNorman SmithNorman Cowper (UAP)
Eric Harrison* (UAP)
Richard Stranger (UAP)
Jim MorleyGeorge McDonald (Ind Nat)
WerriwaLaborBert LazzariniWalter Duncan (UAP)
Charles Hardwick (UAP)
Lyell Scott (UAP)
Mont Sheppard (UAP)
Joseph Worland (UAP)
Con QuilkeyRex Connor
West SydneyLaborHenry MulcahyJack BeasleyPeter BurkeMalinda Ivey (Ind)
Stan Moran (Ind)

Northern Territory

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Other candidates
Northern TerritoryIndependentLindsay CraigAdair Blain* (Ind)
Fred Colson (Ind)
John McDonald (Ind Lab)

Queensland

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
BrisbaneLaborGeorge LawsonJohn Fletcher (UAP)
CapricorniaLaborFrank FordeEdwin Hiskens (CP)
Darling DownsCountryLeslie BaileyArthur Fadden (CP)
GriffithLaborWilliam ConelanPeter McCowan (UAP)
HerbertLaborGeorge MartensThomas Mann (CP)Louis Haydon (Ind RSL)
Fred Paterson (Ind)
KennedyLaborBill RiordanWilfrid Simmonds (CP)
LilleyUnited AustraliaGordon LovellWilliam Jolly (UAP)Charles Mitchell (Ind)
MaranoaCountryFrank BakerBob McGeoch (CP)Henry Madden (Ind)
MoretonUnited AustraliaHenry HerbertJosiah Francis (UAP)
Wide BayCountrySamuel RoundBernard Corser (CP)John Rex (PLP)

South Australia

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
AdelaideUnited AustraliaEdgar DawesFred Stacey (UAP)Raymond Davis (ADLP)
Bert Edwards (Ind Lab)
BarkerCountryCecil SkitchArchie Cameron (CP)Charles Lloyd (Ind)
BoothbyUnited AustraliaGeorge Edwin YatesJohn Price (UAP)William Adey (Ind)
GreyCountryCharles DavisOliver Badman (CP)Percy McFarlane (Ind)
HindmarshLaborNorman MakinHarry Hatwell (UAP)
WakefieldLaborSydney McHughJack Duncan-Hughes (UAP)

Tasmania

Electorate Held by Labor candidate UAP candidate Independent candidates
BassLaborClaude BarnardAlgie Findlay
Desmond Oldham
John Watson
DarwinUnited AustraliaEric ReeceGeorge Bell
DenisonLaborGerald MahoneyArthur Beck
FranklinLaborCharles FrostHugh Warner
WilmotLaborLancelot SpurrFrank Edwards
Allan Guy*

Victoria

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
BalaclavaUnited AustraliaCharles SandfordThomas White (UAP)Harry Moffat (Ind)
BallaaratLaborReg PollardEdward Montgomery (UAP)Alex Russell (Ind)
BatmanLaborFrank BrennanAlbert Peters (UAP)
BendigoCountryBert de GrandiGeorge Rankin (UCP)John Barton (Ind UCP)
BourkeLaborMaurice BlackburnCharles Lucas (UAP)
CorangamiteUnited AustraliaHarold MillerAllan McDonald (UAP)
CorioLaborJohn DedmanGerald Patterson (UAP)Harry Lyall (Ind)
DeakinUnited AustraliaFrank WilliamsonWilliam Hutchinson (UAP)Frank Fisher (Ind)
Duncan McCallum (Ind)
FawknerUnited AustraliaArthur FraserHarold Holt (UAP)Alexander Mills (Ind)
FlindersUnited AustraliaFrank LeeRupert Ryan (UAP)Alexander Amess (Ind)
Edward Mann (Ind)
GippslandCountryJames McKennaGeorge Bowden (UCP)
Thomas Paterson* (LCP)
Calvert Wyeth (Ind)
HentyUnited AustraliaArthur HaywoodArthur Coles* (Ind)
Edward Riley (Ind)
Samuel Thomas (Ind)
Eric Young (Ind)
IndiCountryJack DevlinJohn McEwen (LCP)
KooyongUnited AustraliaThomas BrennanRobert Menzies (UAP)Drysdale Bett (Ind)
John Dale (Ind)
Francis Foster (Ind)
Frank Hartnett (Ind)
MaribyrnongLaborArthur DrakefordRobert Vroland (UAP)
MelbourneLaborArthur CalwellRichard Griffiths (UAP)James Baker (ADLP)
Edward Whitcombe (Ind Lab)
Melbourne PortsLaborJack HollowayRaymond Trickey (UAP)
WannonUnited AustraliaDon McLeodThomas Scholfield (UAP)John Crawford (Ind CP)
Jabez Potts (Ind)
WimmeraIndependentMichael NolanHugh McClelland (UCP)Robert Johnstone (Ind)
Alexander Wilson* (Ind)
YarraLaborJames ScullinFred Edmunds (UAP)Ralph Gibson (Ind)

Western Australia

Electorate Held by Labor candidate Coalition candidate Other candidates
ForrestCountryVane GreenJohn Prowse (CP)
FremantleLaborJohn CurtinFrederick Lee (UAP)Gil Clarke (Ind UAP)
KalgoorlieLaborAlbert Green
PerthUnited AustraliaGavan McMillanWalter Nairn (UAP)James Bolitho (Ind)
SwanCountryJim DinanHenry 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 candidates Ungrouped 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 candidates Ungrouped 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 candidates Ungrouped 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 candidates Ungrouped 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 candidates Ungrouped 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 candidates Ungrouped 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.)

See also

References

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