This article provides information on candidates who stood for the
1943 Australian federal election
The 1943 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 21 August 1943. All 74 seats in the House of Representatives and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Prime Minister John Curtin, ...
. The election was held on 21 August 1943.
In 1941, the
Lang Labor supporters had rejoined the
Australian Labor Party. Their seats are still designated as Lang Labor seats.
By-elections, appointments and defections
By-elections and appointments
*On 16 November 1940,
Herbert Johnson Herbert Johnson may refer to:
* Herbert Fisk Johnson Sr. (1868–1928), second-generation business magnate (S.C. Johnson & Son)
* Herbert Johnson (cartoonist) (1878–1946), American cartoonist
* Herb Johnson (footballer) (1879–1942), Australian ...
(
Labor) was
elected to replace
Albert Green (
Labor) as the member for
Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is sometimes referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder, as the surrounding urban area includ ...
.
*On 21 December 1940,
Thomas Marwick
Thomas William Marwick (29 April 1895 – 3 April 1960) was an Australian farmer and politician. He was a member of the Country Party and served both as a Senator for Western Australia (1936–1937) and as a member of the House of Rep ...
(
Country) was
elected to replace
Henry Gregory (
Country) as the member for
Swan
Swans are birds of the family (biology), family Anatidae within the genus ''Cygnus''. The swans' closest relatives include the goose, geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form t ...
.
*On 24 May 1941,
Grenfell Price
Sir Archibald Grenfell Price CMG FRGS (28 January 1892 – 20 July 1977) was an Australian geographer, historian and educationist.
Life
Price was born at North Adelaide and was the only surviving son of Henry Archibald Price, banker and busine ...
(
UAP) was
elected to replace
John Price (
UAP) as the member for
Boothby.
*On 8 October 1942,
Charles Latham
Sir Charles George Latham (26 January 1882 – 26 August 1968), often shortened to simply C. G. Latham, was an Australian politician, former leader of the opposition in Western Australia and the 10th President of the Western Australian Legislat ...
(
Country) was appointed a Western Australian Senator to replace
Bertie Johnston (
Country).
Defections
*In 1941,
Labor MP
Maurice Blackburn (
Bourke) was expelled from the Labor Party and subsequently sat as an
Independent.
*In 1941, the
Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist) was reabsorbed into the federal
Labor Party. Non-Communist members Senator
Stan Amour
Stanley Kerin Amour (2 April 1900 – 29 November 1979) was an Australian politician. Born in Hamilton, New South Wales, he was educated at Catholic schools before becoming an insurance agent. He served in the military from 1915–1917. In 1937, ...
(New South Wales), Senator
John Armstrong (New South Wales),
Jack Beasley (
West Sydney),
Dan Mulcahy
Daniel Mulcahy (7 January 1882 – 13 July 1953) was an Australian politician. Born in Milltown, Ireland, he was educated at Irish Catholic schools and migrated to Australia as a youth. He became a publican in Sydney and served on both Waterlo ...
(
Lang),
Sol Rosevear (
Dalley) and
Tom Sheehan (
Cook) were all readmitted to the ALP.
*In 1943,
Country Party MP
Thomas Marwick
Thomas William Marwick (29 April 1895 – 3 April 1960) was an Australian farmer and politician. He was a member of the Country Party and served both as a Senator for Western Australia (1936–1937) and as a member of the House of Rep ...
(
Swan
Swans are birds of the family (biology), family Anatidae within the genus ''Cygnus''. The swans' closest relatives include the goose, geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form t ...
) left the party to sit as an
Independent.
*In 1943,
Labor Senator
Tom Arthur lost his place on the Labor ticket. He contested the election as an
Independent.
Retiring Members and Senators
United Australia
*
Sir George Bell MP (
Darwin
Darwin may refer to:
Common meanings
* Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection
* Darwin, Northern Territory, a territorial capital city i ...
, Tas)
* Senator
Alexander McLachlan (SA)
Country
*
Thomas Paterson MP (
Gippsland, Vic)
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
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
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
Labor Party was defending three seats. Labor Senators
James Arnold,
Bill Ashley and
William Large were not up for re-election.
Queensland
Three seats were up for election. The
Labor Party was defending three seats.
United Australia Party Senators
Thomas Crawford and
Harry Foll
Hattil Spencer "Harry" Foll (30 May 1890 – 7 July 1977) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Queensland from 1917 to 1947. He took office at the age of 27, and at the time was the youngest person to serve in the Senate. Fo ...
and
Country Party Senator
Walter Cooper were not up for re-election.
South Australia
Three seats were up for election. The
United Australia Party was defending three seats. United Australia Party Senators
James McLachlan,
George McLeay and
Oliver Uppill were not up for re-election.
Tasmania
Three seats were up for election. The
Labor Party was defending three seats.
United Australia Party Senators
John Hayes,
Herbert Hays and
Burford Sampson were not up for re-election.
Victoria
Three seats were up for election. The
Labor Party was defending two seats. The
United Australia Party was defending one seat. United Australia Party Senators
Charles Brand and
John Leckie and
Country Party Senator
William Gibson were not up for re-election.
Western Australia
Four seats were up for election. One of these was a short-term vacancy caused by Country Party Senator
Bertie Johnston's death; this was filled in the interim by the Country Party's
Charles Latham
Sir Charles George Latham (26 January 1882 – 26 August 1968), often shortened to simply C. G. Latham, was an Australian politician, former leader of the opposition in Western Australia and the 10th President of the Western Australian Legislat ...
. The
Labor Party was defending three seats. The
Country Party was defending one seat.
United Australia Party Senators
Herbert Collett
Herbert Brayley Collett (12 November 1877 – 15 August 1947) was an Australian politician, librarian and soldier.
Collett was born in St. Peter Port, Guernsey and arrived with his family in Western Australia in October 1884. He was educated ...
and
Allan MacDonald
Allan Macdonald (November 21, 1794 White Plains, Westchester County, New York – January 1862) was an American politician from New York.
Life
He was the son of Dr. Archibald Macdonald (d. 1813), a native of Scotland.
Allan Macdonald was Postm ...
were not up for re-election.
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Coalition
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Formation
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James Fraser*
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Robert Clothier*
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Richard Nash*
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Dorothy Tangney
Dame Dorothy Margaret Tangney DBE (13 March 19073 June 1985) was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1943 to 1968. She was the first woman elected to ...
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UAP)
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John Teasdale (
UAP)
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UAP)
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Charles Latham
Sir Charles George Latham (26 January 1882 – 26 August 1968), often shortened to simply C. G. Latham, was an Australian politician, former leader of the opposition in Western Australia and the 10th President of the Western Australian Legislat ...
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CP)
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Cropper Milligan
Colin Unwin
Claude Swaine
See also
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1943 Australian federal election
The 1943 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 21 August 1943. All 74 seats in the House of Representatives and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Prime Minister John Curtin, ...
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1940–1943
This is a list of the members of the Australian House of Representatives in the 16th Australian Parliament, which was elected at the 1940 election on 21 September 1940. The incumbent United Australia Party led by Prime Minister of Australia ...
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1943–1946
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Members of the Australian Senate, 1941–1944
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Members of the Australian Senate, 1944–1947
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List of political parties in Australia
References
Adam Carr's Election Archive - House of Representatives 1943Adam Carr's Election Archive - Senate 1943
1943 in Australia
Candidates for Australian federal elections