AuspolDB: Elections

1940 Federal Election

Electoral System	FPV
Government Type	Minority
Outgoing Government Party	United Australia Party
Incoming Government Party	United Australia Party
Government Seats	36
Nongovernment Seats	39
Majority The difference between the number of Government seats and non-government seats.	N/A
Date	21/08/1940
House Composition	32 Australian Labor Party 23 United Australia Party 13 The Nationals/Country Party 4 Lang Labor 3 Independent

Candidate	Party	Electorate	Votes	Swing	Status
Allan Mcdonald	United Australia Party	Corangamite	26665	2.30	Incoming
Herbert Vere Evatt	Australian Labor Party	Barton	35425	16.40	Incoming
Arthur Calwell	Australian Labor Party	Melbourne	28590	0.00	Incoming
Herbert Turner	Australian Labor Party	Eden-Monaro	16736	-8.00	Incoming
Arthur Coles	Independent	Henty	35542	0.00	Incoming
Thomas Williams	Australian Labor Party	Robertson	17712	-11.00	Incoming
Francis Baker	Australian Labor Party	Maranoa	24105	6.50	Incoming
Joseph Abbott	The Nationals/Country Party	New England	16898	0.00	Incoming
John Duncan-Hughes	United Australia Party	Wakefield	27357	-10.00	Incoming
Arthur Beck	United Australia Party	Denison	12969	9.80	Incoming
Ben Chifley	Australian Labor Party	Macquarie	22660	-3.30	Incoming
Donald Mcleod	Australian Labor Party	Wannon	24533	9.30	Incoming
Rupert Ryan	United Australia Party	Flinders	22154	-13.30	Incoming
Sydney Mchugh	Australian Labor Party	Wakefield	23870	10.00	Outgoing
John Perkins	United Australia Party	Eden-Monaro	13092	0.00	Outgoing
Thomas Scholfield	United Australia Party	Wannon	21271	4.90	Outgoing
Albert Lane	United Australia Party	Barton	21845	-13.90	Outgoing
Sydney Gardner	United Australia Party	Robertson	9142	0.00	Outgoing
Victor Thompson	The Nationals/Country Party	New England	11635	0.00	Outgoing
John Lawson	United Australia Party	Macquarie	20468	-11.80	Outgoing
Gerald Mahoney	Australian Labor Party	Denison	12433	1.40	Outgoing

Name	Jurisdiction	Type
Adelaide	SA	Division
Balaclava	VIC	Division
Ballaarat	VIC	Division
Barker	SA	Division
Barton	NSW	Division
Bass	TAS	Division
Batman	VIC	Division
Bendigo	VIC	Division
Boothby	SA	Division
Bourke	VIC	Division
Brisbane	QLD	Division
Calare	NSW	Division
Capricornia	QLD	Division
Cook	NSW	Division
Corangamite	VIC	Division
Corio	VIC	Division
Cowper	NSW	Division
Dalley	NSW	Division
Darling	NSW	Division
Darling Downs	QLD	Division
Darwin	TAS	Division
Deakin	VIC	Division
Denison	TAS	Division
East Sydney	NSW	Division
Eden-Monaro	NSW	Division
Fawkner	VIC	Division
Flinders	VIC	Division
Forrest	WA	Division
Franklin	TAS	Division
Fremantle	WA	Division
Gippsland	VIC	Division
Grey	SA	Division
Griffith	QLD	Division
Gwydir	NSW	Division
Henty	VIC	Division
Herbert	QLD	Division
Hindmarsh	SA	Division
Hume	NSW	Division
Hunter	NSW	Division
Indi	VIC	Division
Kalgoorlie	WA	Division
Kennedy	QLD	Division
Kooyong	VIC	Division
Lang	NSW	Division
Lilley	QLD	Division
Macquarie	NSW	Division
Maranoa	QLD	Division
Maribyrnong	VIC	Division
Martin	NSW	Division
Melbourne	VIC	Division
Melbourne Ports	VIC	Division
Moreton	QLD	Division
New England	NSW	Division
Newcastle	NSW	Division
North Sydney	NSW	Division
Northern Territory	NT	Division
Parkes	NSW	Division
Parramatta	NSW	Division
Perth	WA	Division
Reid	NSW	Division
Richmond	NSW	Division
Riverina	NSW	Division
Robertson	NSW	Division
Swan	WA	Division
Wakefield	SA	Division
Wannon	VIC	Division
Warringah	NSW	Division
Watson	NSW	Division
Wentworth	NSW	Division
Werriwa	NSW	Division
West Sydney	NSW	Division
Wide Bay	QLD	Division
Wilmot	TAS	Division
Wimmera	VIC	Division
Yarra	VIC	Division

Candidate	Party	State	Votes	Elected
Stanley Allen	Lang Labor	NSW	263096	No
John Kerin	Lang Labor	NSW	5503	No
James Walker	Lang Labor	NSW	6262	No
Edwin Barker	State Labor	NSW	65096	No
Clarence Campbell	State Labor	NSW	3262	No
Albert Crowe	State Labor	NSW	1733	No
Peter Pollack	Australian Defence Movement	NSW	7399	No
William Hulks	Australian Defence Movement	NSW	803	No
Wilbred Taylor	Australian Defence Movement	NSW	1334	No
William Ashley	Australian Labor Party	NSW	404247	Yes (1)
James Arnold	Australian Labor Party	NSW	4006	Yes (2)
William Large	Australian Labor Party	NSW	4736	Yes (3)
Adam Dein	United Australia Party	NSW	542859	No
Macartney Abbott	The Nationals/Country Party	NSW	27801	No
James Patrick	United Australia Party	NSW	33800	No
Adela Walsh	Independent	NSW	3962	No
Stanley White	Independent	NSW	1699	No
Lance Sharkey	Independent	NSW	11010	No
Harry Bohland	Independent	NSW	514	No
William Adkins	Independent	NSW	582	No
John O`Carroll	Independent	NSW	3230	No
Charles Brand	United Australia Party	VIC	534663	Yes (1)
William Gibson	The Nationals/Country Party	VIC	16953	Yes (2)
John Leckie	United Australia Party	VIC	8966	Yes (3)
John Spicer	United Australia Party	VIC	7590	Yes (4)
James Sheehan	Australian Labor Party	VIC	413085	No
Parker Moloney	Australian Labor Party	VIC	15247	No
Albion Hendrickson	Australian Labor Party	VIC	4658	No
William Mcadam	Australian Labor Party	VIC	7390	No
Gerald O`Day	Independent	VIC	23575	No
Claude Peace	Taxation Reform Party	VIC	5192	No
Walter Cooper	The Nationals/Country Party	QLD	261594	Yes (1)
Thomas Crawford	United Australia Party	QLD	7732	Yes (2)
Harry Foll	United Australia Party	QLD	19169	Yes (3)
William Bertram	Australian Labor Party	QLD	222646	No
William Collins	Australian Labor Party	QLD	9366	No
Robert Elliott	Australian Labor Party	QLD	4206	No
James Slater	Independent	QLD	11318	No
Herbert Collett	United Australia Party	WA	107619	Yes (1)
Edward Johnston	The Nationals/Country Party	WA	9866	Yes (2)
Allan Macdonald	United Australia Party	WA	8929	Yes (3)
Arthur Richards	Western Australians Soldiers Party	WA	3725	No
Alexander Cunningham	Western Australians Soldiers Party	WA	2413	No
Stanley Dival	Western Australians Soldiers Party	WA	1029	No
Frank Trainer	Australian Labor Party	WA	67905	No
Dorothy Tangney	Australian Labor Party	WA	11304	No
Herbert Graham	Australian Labor Party	WA	4467	No
Carlyle Ferguson	Independent	WA	5074	No
Frederick Swaine	Independent	WA	926	No
Alexander Finlay	Australian Labor Party	SA	125134	No
Albert Hoare	Australian Labor Party	SA	8356	No
Herman Dolling	Australian Labor Party	SA	7152	No
James Mclachlan	United Australia Party	SA	163858	Yes (1)
George Mcleay	United Australia Party	SA	11574	Yes (2)
Oliver Uppill	United Australia Party	SA	6465	Yes (3)
Thomas Garland	Independent	SA	7018	No
Herbert Hays	United Australia Party	TAS	23975	Yes (1)
John Hayes	United Australia Party	TAS	10705	Yes (2)
Bayard Edgell	United Australia Party	TAS	5504	No
John Millen	United Australia Party	TAS	4160	No
Burford Sampson	United Australia Party	TAS	17356	Yes (3)
John Brown	Australian Labor Party	TAS	26051	No
Howard D`Alton	Australian Labor Party	TAS	14058	No
Maurice Weston	Australian Labor Party	TAS	9058	No
Don Cameron	Independent	TAS	2852	No

1940 Federal Election

Incoming/Outgoing Members

Lower House

Upper House