# Candidates of the 1945 Victorian state election

The 1945 Victorian state election was held on 10 November 1945.
The incumbent government at this election was led by Ian Macfarlan, 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 Liberal MLA Trevor Oldham contested Malvern.
* Bulla and Dalhousie Country MLA Leslie Webster contested Mernda.
* Essendon Labor MLA Samuel Merrifield contested Moonee Ponds.
* Flemington Labor MLA Jack Holland contested Footscray.
* Goulburn Valley Country MLA John McDonald contested Shepparton.
* Heidelberg Independent Liberal MLA Henry Zwar contested Preston.
* Kara Kara and Borung Country MLA Finlay Cameron contested Borung.
* Korong and Eaglehawk Country MLA Albert Dunstan contested Korong.
* Lowan Country MLA Wilfred Mibus contested Borung.
* Maryborough and Daylesford Labor MLA Clive Stoneham contested Midlands.
* Nunawading Labor MLA Bob Gray contested Box Hill.
* Ouyen Country MLA Keith Dodgshun contested Rainbow.
* Port Fairy and Glenelg Country MLA Harry Hedditch contested Portland.
* Stawell and Ararat Country MLA Alec McDonald contested Ripon.
* Upper Goulburn ex-Country Independent MLA Edwin Mackrell contested Goulburn.
* Upper Yarra Liberal MLA George Knox contested Scoresby.
* 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)
* 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.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Country candidates | Ministerial candidates | Other candidates |
| Albert Park | Liberal | Frank Crean | John Rasmussen | | William Haworth (Lib) | James Coull (Ind Soc) |
| Allandale | Labor | Patrick Denigan | Albert Woodward | Russell White | | |
| Ballarat | Liberal | Stanley Glover | Thomas Hollway | | | Albert Black (CPA) |
| Barwon | Liberal | Don Ferguson | Robert Shirra | James Henderson | Thomas Maltby (Lib) | |
| Benalla | Country | | | Frederick Cook* Percy Johnson | | |
| Benambra | Country | Charles Pollard | | Roy Paton | | |
| Bendigo | Labor | Bill Galvin | | | | |
| Borung | Country | Arthur Ackland | | Finlay Cameron Wilfred Mibus* | | Florence Rodan (Ind) Winton Turnbull (Ind CP) |
| Box Hill | Labor | Bob Gray | Ronald Emerson | | | Ivy Weber (Ind) |
| Brighton | Liberal | Val Doube | Ray Tovell | | Ian Macfarlan (Lib) | |
| Brunswick | Labor | James Jewell | Alfred Wall | | | |
| Camberwell | Liberal | | Robert Whately | | Norman Mackay (Lib) | Walter Fordham (Ind) Dora Nankivell (Ind) |
| Carlton | Labor | Bill Barry | | | | Gerald O'Day (CPA) |
| Caulfield | Independent | | Alexander Dennett | | | Andrew Hughes (Ind) |
| Clifton Hill | Labor | Jack Cremean | Neil McKay | | | Kenneth Miller (CPA) |
| Coburg | Independent | Arthur Lewis | Allen Bateman | | | Charlie Mutton (Ind Lab) |
| Collingwood | Labor | Tom Tunnecliffe | | | | |
| Dandenong | Labor | Frank Field | Alexander Caldwell | | | Clyde Hoffman (Ind Lib) Gladys Roberts (Ind) |
| Dundas | Labor | Bill Slater | | Arthur Carracher | | |
| Elsternwick | Liberal | | John Don | | Roy Schilling (Lib) | Karl Dorr (Ind) |
| Essendon | Labor | Arthur Drakeford | James Dillon | | | |
| Evelyn | Liberal | Clifford Wolfe | Frank Le Leu | | William Everard (Lib) | |
| Footscray | Labor | Jack Holland | | | | |
| Geelong | Labor | Fanny Brownbill | | | | |
| Gippsland East | Country | Reuben Basham | | Albert Lind | | |
| Gippsland North | Country | James Johns | | Bill Fulton William Moncur | | David White (Ind) |
| Gippsland South | Country | Cecil Shellew | | Herbert Hyland | | |
| Gippsland West | Country | Robert Baker | | Matthew Bennett | | George Calderwood (Ind) |
| Glen Iris | Liberal | Thomas Brennan | Alan Moir | | | Ian McLaren (Ind) |
| Goulburn | Country | Joseph Smith | Philip Grimwade | Cyril Davy | Edwin Mackrell (CP) | |
| Grant | Country | Geoffrey Ryan | Albert Pennell | Frederick Holden | | |
| Hampden | Liberal | Raymond Hyatt | Henry Bolte | Harold McLennan | William Cumming (Lib) | |
| Hawthorn | Independent | Charles Murphy | Fred Edmunds | | Leslie Hollins (Ind) | |
| Ivanhoe | Liberal | | Maxwell Dunn | | | Robert Gardner (Ind) |
| Kew | Liberal | | Wilfrid Kent Hughes | | | |
| Korong | Country | William Casey | | Albert Dunstan | | |
| Malvern | Liberal | | Trevor Oldham | | | |
| Melbourne | Labor | Tom Hayes | | | | |
| Mentone | Liberal | George White | John Warren | | | Robert Roberts (Ind) |
| Mernda | Country | Arthur Turtle | Arthur Ireland | Leslie Webster | | |
| Midlands | Labor | Clive Stoneham | | Thomas Grigg | | |
| Mildura | Country | Louis Garlick | | Nathaniel Barclay John Edey | Albert Allnutt (CP) | |
| Moonee Ponds | Labor | Samuel Merrifield | | | | |
| Mornington | Country | | Frank Sharpe | Alfred Kirton | | |
| Murray Valley | Country | John McCabe | | George Moss | | Percy Snowden (Ind CP) |
| Northcote | Labor | John Cain | | | | |
| Oakleigh | Labor | Squire Reid | James Smith | | | |
| Polwarth | Country | Thomas Carmody | | Edward Guye | | |
| Portland | Country | Robert Holt | | Harry Hedditch | | |
| Port Melbourne | Labor | Tom Corrigan | | | | Ralph Gibson (CPA) |
| Prahran | Labor | Bill Quirk | Peter Isaacson | | | Arthur Jackson (Ind Lab) |
| Preston | Liberal | William Ruthven | | | Henry Zwar (Ind) | Albert Davis (Ind) |
| Rainbow | Country | John Tripovich | | Keith Dodgshun | | |
| Richmond | Labor | Stan Keon | | | | Bart Flanagan (CPA) |
| Ripon | Country | Ernie Morton | | Alec McDonald | | |
| Rodney | Country | George White | | Richard Brose* Wollaston Heily | | Morton Garner (Ind) |
| Scoresby | Liberal | | George Knox | | | |
| Shepparton | Country | Frederick Hargreaves | | John McDonald | | |
| St Kilda | Liberal | George Dethbridge | Leslie Lord | | Archie Michaelis (Lib) | |
| Sunshine | Labor | Ernie Shepherd | | | | |
| Swan Hill | Country | William Kent | | Francis Old | | John Hipworth (Ind CP) |
| Toorak | Liberal | | Harold Thonemann | | Robert Bruce (Lib) | Robert Hamilton* (Ind Lib) Charles Kennett (Ind Lib) Albert Nicholls (Ind Lab) John Smith (Ind Lab) |
| Warrnambool | Country | James Farrell | | Henry Bailey | | |
| Williamstown | Labor | John Lemmon | William Gray | | | Alexander Dobbin (CPA) |
| Wonthaggi | Labor | William McKenzie | | Alexander Shackleford | | |