The
1945 Victorian state election
The 1945 Victorian state election was held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 10 November 1945 to elect 65 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
Results
Legislative Assembly
Notes:
*Eleven seats were uncontested ...
was held on 10 November 1945.
The incumbent government at this election was led by
Ian Macfarlan
Ian Macfarlan (born John Robert Macfarlan; 21 November 1881 – 19 March 1964) was the Deputy Leader of the Australian Liberal Party in the Australian state of Victoria during 1945. He was briefly commissioned as the 35th Premier of Victor ...
, and
consisted of Liberal, Country Party and Independent members. Although none of these were endorsed by parties, they maintained affiliations. A Ministerial column, comprising members who explicitly supported the Macfarlan government, is included in the table below, with other party affiliations indicated in brackets.
Seat changes
*
Boroondara
The City of Boroondara () is a local government area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It was formed in June 1994 from the amalgamation of the Cities of Kew, Camberwell and Hawthorn.
It has an area of ...
Liberal MLA
Trevor Oldham
Trevor Donald Oldham (10 March 1900 – 2 May 1953) was an Australian politician, who was the leader of the Liberal Party in the state of Victoria from 1952 until his death in 1953. The eldest of three sons born to Arthur and Ethel Oldham, he wa ...
contested
Malvern
Malvern or Malverne may refer to:
Places Australia
* Malvern, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide
* Malvern, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
* City of Malvern, a former local government area near Melbourne
* Electoral district of Malvern, an e ...
.
*
Bulla and Dalhousie Country MLA
Leslie Webster contested
Mernda
Mernda is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 km north-east of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Whittlesea local government area. Mernda recorded a population of 23,369 at the 2021 census.
Hi ...
.
*
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
* Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
* Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United Ki ...
Labor MLA
Samuel Merrifield contested
Moonee Ponds
Moonee Ponds is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Moonee Valley local government area. Moonee Ponds recorded a population of 16,224 at the 2 ...
.
*
Flemington Labor MLA
Jack Holland contested
Footscray.
*
Goulburn Valley
The Goulburn Valley is a sub-region, part of the Hume region of the Australian state of Victoria. The sub-region consists of those areas in the catchment of the Goulburn River and other nearby streams, and is part of the Murray-Darling Basin. T ...
Country MLA
John McDonald contested
Shepparton.
*
Heidelberg
Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...
Independent Liberal MLA
Henry Zwar
Henry Peter Zwar, OBE (2 December 1873 – 12 January 1959) was an Australian liberal/conservative politician, local government councillor, local government head, Member of Lower House and tannery owner.
Early life
Zwar was born in 1873 in Br ...
contested
Preston.
*
Kara Kara and Borung Country MLA
Finlay Cameron
Finlay Arthur Cameron (22 June 1886 – 21 February 1959) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Wauraltee in South Australia to farmer George Muir Cameron and Elizabeth Jane Miller. His family moved to Victoria in 1891 and Cameron at ...
contested
Borung.
*
Korong and Eaglehawk Country MLA
Albert Dunstan
Sir Albert Arthur Dunstan, KCMG (26 July 1882 – 14 April 1950) was an Australian politician. A member of the Country Party (now National Party), Dunstan was the 33rd premier of Victoria. His term as premier was the second-longest in th ...
contested
Korong.
*
Lowan Country MLA
Wilfred Mibus
Johan Wilfred John "Mick" Mibus, known as Wilfred Mibus or Mick Mibus (14 September 1900 – 18 April 1964) was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party representative of the electoral district of Lowan (called Borung from 1945 to 1955 ...
contested
Borung.
*
Maryborough and Daylesford Labor MLA
Clive Stoneham
Clive Philip Stoneham, OBE (12 April 1909 – 3 July 1992) was an Australian politician. He was an ALP member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for over 27 years from November 1942 to April 1970, representing the electorates of Maryborou ...
contested
Midlands.
*
Nunawading
Nunawading is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 18 km (11 miles) east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Whitehorse, Whitehorse Local g ...
Labor MLA
Bob Gray contested
Box Hill.
*
Ouyen
Ouyen is a town in Victoria, Australia, located in the Rural City of Mildura at the junction of the Calder Highway and Mallee Highway, south of Mildura, and northwest of Melbourne. At the 2016 census, the town had a population of 1,045.
His ...
Country MLA
Keith Dodgshun
Keith Dodgshun (31 July 1893 – 12 May 1971) was a politician in Victoria, Australia. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for just under 17 years, representing the electorates of Ouyen and Rainbow for the Country Party f ...
contested
Rainbow
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.
*
Port Fairy and Glenelg Country MLA
Harry Hedditch contested
Portland
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* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
.
*
Stawell and Ararat Country MLA
Alec McDonald contested
Ripon
Ripon () is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the city ...
.
*
Upper Goulburn ex-Country Independent MLA
Edwin Mackrell contested
Goulburn
Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters pate ...
.
*
Upper Yarra Liberal MLA
George Knox
The Honourable George Knox PC, FRS (14 January 1765 – 13 June 1827), was an Irish Tory politician.
Knox was the fifth son of Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland. In 1790, Knox entered the Irish House of Commons for Dungannon. Subsequently, ...
contested
Scoresby Scoresby may refer to:
People
* William Scoresby (1789–1857), British Arctic explorer, scientist and clergyman
* William F. Scoresby (1840–1884), New York politician
* William Scoresby Routledge (1859–1939), British ethnographer, anthropolo ...
.
*
Walhalla Country MLA
William Moncur contested
Gippsland North.
*
Waranga Country MLA
Wollaston Heily contested
Rodney.
*
Warrenheip and Grenville Labor MLA
Raymond Hyatt contested
Hampden.
Retiring Members
*Country MLA
Norman Martin (
Gunbower) had resigned in September; no by-election had yet been held.
Labor
*
Ted Cotter MLA (
Richmond
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* Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States
* Richmond, London, a part of London
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England
* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, ...
)
*
Bill Hodson MLA (
Castlemaine and Kyneton)
*
Jack Mullens MLA (
Footscray)
Country
*
Lot Diffey MLA (
Wangaratta and Ovens)
Legislative Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.
See also
*
1946 Victorian Legislative Council election Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 15 June 1946 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLCs were elected in single-member provinces using preferential voting.
Results
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References
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Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive
Victoria
Victoria most commonly refers to:
* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
Candidates for Victorian state elections