1940 Victorian Legislative Council election

April 2022 Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday 15 June 1940 to elect 17 of the 34 members of the state's Legislative Council for six year terms. MLC were elected using preferential voting. Results Legislative Council Victorian Legislative Council election, 15 June 1940http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1940council.txt Victorian Legislative Council election of 15 June 1940 Psephos Carr Adam Legislative Council Victorian Legislative Council election 1937 1943 yes 471,843 178,666 37.9 −8.6 2,823 1.6 +0.4 Labor VIC 50,349 28.6 +11.4 4 7 UAP 49,654 28.2 −23.7 8 16 Country VIC 38,244 21.7 −3.2 5 11 Others 37,596 21.3 +15.4 0 0 175,843 17 34 |} Retiring Members United Australia Sir Alan Currie MLC (Nelson) John Jones MLC (South Western) Candidates 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. Province Held by Labor candidates UAP candidates Country candidates Other candidates  Ballarat UAP George Bolster Bendigo UAP George Lansell Doutta Galla Labor Paul Jones Alfred Carter East Yarra UAP Clifden Eager Gippsland Country James Balfour Higinbotham UAP James Disney* William Tyner Melbourne Labor William Beckett Melbourne North Independent Archibald Fraser Esmond Kiernan (Ind)Melbourne West Labor Pat Kennelly Charles Beever (Ind)Monash UAP Archibald Crofts Northern Country Richard Kilpatrick* Dudley Walters North Eastern Country John Harris North Western Country Henry Pye Southern UAP William Angliss South Eastern UAP Cyril Isaac Alexander Goudie South Western UAP Allan McDonald James Guthrie (Ind)Western UAP Marcus Saltau Robert Rankin Horace Holmes (Ind) See also 1940 Victorian state election References Category:1940 elections in Australia Category:Elections in Victoria (state) Category:1940s in Victoria (state) Victorian Legislative Council election