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1940

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

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Labor (N-C) candidate	State Labor candidate	Other candidates

Barton	United Australia	H. V. Evatt	Albert Lane (UAP)	John Rose	Sam Lewis	John Mackay (Ind) Robert Mackie (ADM)
Calare	Country	John Breen	Herbert Hodby (CP) Harold Thorby (CP)	John Heiss	Greg McGirr	Richard Brazier (Ind)
Cook	Labor	Jock Garden		Tom Sheehan		Cyril Glassop (Ind Lab)
Cowper	Country	Myles Kelly	Sir Earle Page (CP)			John Cain (Ind) Joseph McElhone (Ind)
Dalley	Labor	Donald Cochrane	Hubert O'Connell (UAP)	Sol Rosevear	Edmund Ryan
Darling	Labor	Joe Clark		Les Murphy		Alexander Huie (Ind)
East Sydney	Labor	Eddie Ward	James Catts (UAP) Lewis Nott (UAP)	Steve Gould		Fred Aarons (Ind) Diana Gould (Ind) Louis Phillips (Atokist)
Eden-Monaro	United Australia	Herb Turner	Frank Louat (UAP) Roy May (UAP) Pat Osborne (UAP) John Perkins* (UAP)	Benjamin Kelly		George Alam (Ind) Rupert Beale (Ind)
Gwydir	Labor	William Scully	Ernest Batchelor (CP) Ben Wade (CP)			Frederick Deakins (Ind)
Hume	Country	Clarence Nolan	Thomas Collins (CP)	Arthur Fuller	John Fisher	Eric Roberts (ADM)
Hunter	Labor	Rowley James			Bill Gollan
Lang	Labor	John Metcalfe	Matthew Calman (UAP) Bertram Stevens (UAP) Stanley Willmott (UAP)	Dan Mulcahy	Arthur Robinson
Macquarie	United Australia	Ben Chifley	John Lawson (UAP)	Bernard Cunningham
Martin	United Australia	Raymond Watt	William McCall (UAP)		Rupert Lockwood
New England	Country	Leigh Cuthbertson	Joe Abbott* (CP) Donald Shand (CP) Victor Thompson (CP)
Newcastle	Labor	David Watkins			Tom Hickey	Arthur Clarke (Ind)
North Sydney	United Australia	James Dooley	Billy Hughes (UAP)	John Steel	William Wilson
Parkes	United Australia	Daniel Murphy	Sir Charles Marr (UAP)			David Knox (Ind)
Parramatta	United Australia	Albert Rowe	Norman Rydge (UAP) Sir Frederick Stewart* (UAP) Gordon Wallace (UAP)	James Dalton	Bill Wood
Reid	Labor	Charles Morgan		Joe Gander	Jack Hughes	Leslie Brown (Ind UAP) Edward James (Ind)
Richmond	Country	Jim Fredericks	Larry Anthony (CP)		Alexander Collingridge
Riverina	Country	Joe Langtry	Horace Nock (CP) Hugh Roberton (CP)	William Quirk	Charles Lenon	Ronald Cuttle (Ind) John Hogan (ADM)
Robertson	United Australia	Thomas Williams	Sydney Gardner (UAP) Campbell Marshall (UAP) Eric Spooner* (UAP)	Michael McKeon	James Russell	William Cox (Ind) Edward Down (Ind)
Warringah	Independent UAP	Bessie Frewin	Joseph Hamlet (UAP) Percy Spender* (UAP)		Arthur Warren	Patrick Esplin (ADM)
Watson	United Australia	Max Falstein	John Jennings (UAP)	Cecil Irwin	Richard Wilson
Wentworth	United Australia	Norman Smith	Norman Cowper (UAP) Eric Harrison* (UAP) Richard Stranger (UAP)		Jim Morley	George McDonald (Ind Nat)
Werriwa	Labor	Bert Lazzarini	Walter Duncan (UAP) Charles Hardwick (UAP) Lyell Scott (UAP) Mont Sheppard (UAP) Joseph Worland (UAP)	Con Quilkey	Rex Connor
West Sydney	Labor	Henry Mulcahy		Jack Beasley	Peter Burke	Malinda Ivey (Ind) Stan Moran (Ind)

Northern Territory

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Other candidates

Northern Territory	Independent	Lindsay Craig	Adair Blain* (Ind) Fred Colson (Ind) John McDonald (Ind Lab)

Queensland

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Other candidates

Brisbane	Labor	George Lawson	John Fletcher (UAP)
Capricornia	Labor	Frank Forde	Edwin Hiskens (CP)
Darling Downs	Country	Leslie Bailey	Arthur Fadden (CP)
Griffith	Labor	William Conelan	Peter McCowan (UAP)
Herbert	Labor	George Martens	Thomas Mann (CP)	Louis Haydon (Ind RSL) Fred Paterson (Ind)
Kennedy	Labor	Bill Riordan	Wilfrid Simmonds (CP)
Lilley	United Australia	Gordon Lovell	William Jolly (UAP)	Charles Mitchell (Ind)
Maranoa	Country	Frank Baker	Bob McGeoch (CP)	Henry Madden (Ind)
Moreton	United Australia	Henry Herbert	Josiah Francis (UAP)
Wide Bay	Country	Samuel Round	Bernard Corser (CP)	John Rex (PLP)

South Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Other candidates

Adelaide	United Australia	Edgar Dawes	Fred Stacey (UAP)	Raymond Davis (ADLP) Bert Edwards (Ind Lab)
Barker	Country	Cecil Skitch	Archie Cameron (CP)	Charles Lloyd (Ind)
Boothby	United Australia	George Edwin Yates	John Price (UAP)	William Adey (Ind)
Grey	Country	Charles Davis	Oliver Badman (CP)	Percy McFarlane (Ind)
Hindmarsh	Labor	Norman Makin	Harry Hatwell (UAP)
Wakefield	Labor	Sydney McHugh	Jack Duncan-Hughes (UAP)

Tasmania

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	UAP candidate	Independent candidates

Bass	Labor	Claude Barnard	Algie Findlay Desmond Oldham	John Watson
Darwin	United Australia	Eric Reece	George Bell
Denison	Labor	Gerald Mahoney	Arthur Beck
Franklin	Labor	Charles Frost	Hugh Warner
Wilmot	Labor	Lancelot Spurr	Frank Edwards Allan Guy*

Victoria

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Other candidates

Balaclava	United Australia	Charles Sandford	Thomas White (UAP)	Harry Moffat (Ind)
Ballaarat	Labor	Reg Pollard	Edward Montgomery (UAP)	Alex Russell (Ind)
Batman	Labor	Frank Brennan	Albert Peters (UAP)
Bendigo	Country	Bert de Grandi	George Rankin (UCP)	John Barton (Ind UCP)
Bourke	Labor	Maurice Blackburn	Charles Lucas (UAP)
Corangamite	United Australia	Harold Miller	Allan McDonald (UAP)
Corio	Labor	John Dedman	Gerald Patterson (UAP)	Harry Lyall (Ind)
Deakin	United Australia	Frank Williamson	William Hutchinson (UAP)	Frank Fisher (Ind) Duncan McCallum (Ind)
Fawkner	United Australia	Arthur Fraser	Harold Holt (UAP)	Alexander Mills (Ind)
Flinders	United Australia	Frank Lee	Rupert Ryan (UAP)	Alexander Amess (Ind) Edward Mann (Ind)
Gippsland	Country	James McKenna	George Bowden (UCP) Thomas Paterson* (LCP)	Calvert Wyeth (Ind)
Henty	United Australia	Arthur Haywood		Arthur Coles* (Ind) Edward Riley (Ind) Samuel Thomas (Ind) Eric Young (Ind)
Indi	Country	Jack Devlin	John McEwen (LCP)
Kooyong	United Australia	Thomas Brennan	Robert Menzies (UAP)	Drysdale Bett (Ind) John Dale (Ind) Francis Foster (Ind) Frank Hartnett (Ind)
Maribyrnong	Labor	Arthur Drakeford	Robert Vroland (UAP)
Melbourne	Labor	Arthur Calwell	Richard Griffiths (UAP)	James Baker (ADLP) Edward Whitcombe (Ind Lab)
Melbourne Ports	Labor	Jack Holloway	Raymond Trickey (UAP)
Wannon	United Australia	Don McLeod	Thomas Scholfield (UAP)	John Crawford (Ind CP) Jabez Potts (Ind)
Wimmera	Independent	Michael Nolan	Hugh McClelland (UCP)	Robert Johnstone (Ind) Alexander Wilson* (Ind)
Yarra	Labor	James Scullin	Fred Edmunds (UAP)	Ralph Gibson (Ind)

Western Australia

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Other candidates

Forrest	Country	Vane Green	John Prowse (CP)
Fremantle	Labor	John Curtin	Frederick Lee (UAP)	Gil Clarke (Ind UAP)
Kalgoorlie	Labor	Albert Green
Perth	United Australia	Gavan McMillan	Walter Nairn (UAP)	James Bolitho (Ind)
Swan	Country	Jim Dinan	Henry Gregory* (CP) Thomas Marwick (CP)	Claude Barker (Ind) John Tregenza (BIWF)