Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1943–1945


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.
NamePartyElectorateTerm in office
Albert AllnuttCountry/Min.Mildura1927–1945
Hon Henry BaileyCountryWarrnambool1914–1932, 1935–1950
Bill BarryLaborCarlton1932–1955
Matthew BennettCountryGippsland West1929–1950
Richard BroseCountryRodney1944–1964
Fanny BrownbillLaborGeelong1938–1948
John CainLaborNorthcote1917–1957
Finlay CameronCountryKara Kara and Borung1935–1945
Arthur Cook LaborBendigo1924–1945
Frederick CookMcEwen CountryBenalla1936–1961
Tom CorriganLaborPort Melbourne1942–1952
Ted CotterLaborRichmond1908–1945
Ernest CoyleCountryWaranga1927–1943
Bert CremeanLaborClifton Hill1929–1945
Jack CremeanLaborClifton Hill1945–1949
William CummingUnited Australia/Min.Hampden1935–1945
Patrick DeniganLaborAllandale1936–1945
Lot DiffeyCountryWangaratta and Ovens1929–1945
Keith DodgshunCountryOuyen1938–1955
Hon Albert DunstanCountryKorong and Eaglehawk1920–1950
William DunstoneCountryRodney1936–1944
John EllisUnited Australia/LiberalPrahran1932–1945
William EverardUnited Australia/Min.Evelyn1917–1950
Frank FieldLaborDandenong1937–1947
Bill FultonCountryGippsland North1942–1945; 1947–1952
Bill Galvin LaborBendigo1945–1964
Bob GrayLaborNunawading1943–1947; 1952–1955
Edward GuyeCountryPolwarth1940–1958
William HaworthUnited Australia/Min.Albert Park1937–1945
Tom HayesLaborMelbourne1924–1955
Harry HedditchCountryPort Fairy and Glenelg1943–1945; 1947–1950
Wollaston HeilyCountryWaranga1943–1945
Bill HodsonLaborCastlemaine and Kyneton1940–1945
Frederick HoldenIndependent/CountryGrant1932–1950
Jack HollandLaborFlemington1925–1955
Leslie HollinsSocial Credit/Min.Hawthorn1940–1945
Thomas HollwayUnited Australia/LiberalBallarat1932–1955
Andrew HughesIndependent SocialistCaulfield1943–1945
Col. Wilfrid Kent HughesUnited Australia/LiberalKew1927–1949
Raymond HyattLaborWarrenheip and Grenville1943–1947
Hon Herbert HylandCountryGippsland South1929–1970
Reginald James CountryBulla and Dalhousie1943–1944
James JewellLaborBrunswick1910–1949
Alfred KirtonCountryMornington1932–1947
Brig. Sir George KnoxUnited Australia/LiberalUpper Yarra1927–1960
Hamilton LambCountryLowan1935–1943
Hon John LemmonLaborWilliamstown1904–1955
Hon Albert LindCountryGippsland East1920–1961
Alec McDonaldCountryStawell and Ararat1935–1945
John McDonaldCountryGoulburn Valley1936–1955
Ian MacfarlanUnited Australia/Min.Brighton1928–1945
William McKenzieLaborWonthaggi1927–1947
Edwin MackrellCountry/Min.Upper Goulburn1920–1945
Thomas MaltbyUnited Australia/Min.Barwon1929–1961
Hon Norman MartinCountryGunbower1934–1945
Samuel MerrifieldLaborEssendon1943–1955
Wilfred MibusCountryLowan1944–1964
Archie MichaelisUnited Australia/Min.St Kilda1932–1952
William MoncurCountryWalhalla1927–1945
Jack MullensLaborFootscray1937–1945
Charlie MuttonInd. LaborCoburg1940–1967
Hon Francis OldCountrySwan Hill1919–1945
Trevor OldhamUnited Australia/LiberalBoroondara1933–1953
Roy PatonCountryBenambra1932–1947
Bill QuirkLaborPrahran1945–1948
Squire ReidLaborOakleigh1927–1932; 1937–1947
Hon Bill SlaterLaborDundas1917–1947
Clive StonehamLaborMaryborough and Daylesford1942–1970
Harold ThonemannUnited Australia/LiberalToorak1941–1945
Hon Tom TunnecliffeLaborCollingwood1903–1904; 1907–1920;
1921–1947
Ivy WeberIndependentNunawading1937–1943
Leslie Webster CountryBulla and Dalhousie1944–1947
Henry Zwar United Australia/Liberal/
Independent Liberal 		Heidelberg1932–1945