# Candidates of the 1940 Victorian state election

The 1940 Victorian state election was held on 16 March 1940.

## Retiring Members
### United Australia

* Clive Shields MLA (Castlemaine and Kyneton)

## 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 | UAP candidates | Country candidates | Other candidates |
| Albert Park | UAP | David Casey | William Haworth | | |
| Allandale | Labor | Patrick Denigan | | Albert Hocking | William Chapman (LCP) |
| Ballarat | UAP | Thomas Jude | Thomas Hollway | | |
| Barwon | UAP | | Thomas Maltby | | |
| Benalla | Country | | | Manvers Meadows | Frederick Cook (LCP) |
| Benambra | Country | | | Roy Paton | |
| Bendigo | Labor | Arthur Cook | | | |
| Boroondara | UAP | | Trevor Oldham | | Reuben Kefford (Ind) |
| Brighton | UAP | | Robert Breen | | Ian Macfarlan* (Ind) John Warren (Ind) |
| Brunswick | Labor | James Jewell | | | |
| Bulla and Dalhousie | UAP | Charlie Mutton | Harry White | John Milligan | |
| Carlton | Labor | Bill Barry | David Mandie | | Ralph Gibson (CPA) |
| Castlemaine and Kyneton | UAP | Bill Hodson | Charles Lucas | | |
| Caulfield | UAP | | Harold Cohen | | Mary Jones (Ind) |
| Clifton Hill | Labor | Bert Cremean | Reginald Archer | | |
| Coburg | Labor | Frank Keane | Richard Griffiths | | |
| Collingwood | Labor | Tom Tunnecliffe | Frederick Dods | | James Baker (Ind Lab) John Blake (CPA) |
| Dandenong | Labor | Frank Field | Leslie Sheppard | | |
| Dundas | Labor | Bill Slater | William Ellis | | |
| Essendon | UAP | Arthur Clarey | James Dillon | | |
| Evelyn | UAP | | William Everard | | |
| Flemington | Labor | Jack Holland | Raymond Trickey | | |
| Footscray | Labor | Jack Mullens | | | |
| Geelong | Labor | Fanny Brownbill | Nathaniel White | | |
| Gippsland East | Country | | | Albert Lind | |
| Gippsland North | Country | Albert Ainsworth | | Alexander Borthwick | Stephen Ashton (LCP) |
| Gippsland South | Country | | | Herbert Hyland | |
| Gippsland West | Country | | | Matthew Bennett | Harold Edwards (Ind) Clement McCrostie (LCP) |
| Goulburn Valley | Country | | | John McDonald | |
| Grant | UAP | | | | Frederick Holden (Ind) |
| Gunbower | Country | | | Norman Martin | |
| Hampden | UAP | Walter Kervin | William Cumming | Thomas Moore | |
| Hawthorn | UAP | | Les Tyack | | Leslie Hollins (Ind) |
| Heidelberg | UAP | James O'Meara | Henry Zwar | | |
| Kara Kara and Borung | Country | | | Finlay Cameron* Patrick Toohey | John Green (Ind) |
| Kew | UAP | Arthur Kyle | Wilfrid Kent Hughes | | |
| Korong and Eaglehawk | Country | | Powley Smith | Albert Dunstan | |
| Lowan | Country | | Arthur Bennett | Hamilton Lamb | Winton Turnbull (Ind) Marcus Wettenhall (Ind) |
| Maryborough and Daylesford | Labor | George Frost | | | |
| Melbourne | Labor | Tom Hayes | | | |
| Mildura | Country | | | Albert Allnutt* Alfred Rawlings | John Egan (Ind Lab) |
| Mornington | UAP | | Harold Smith | Alfred Kirton | |
| Northcote | Labor | John Cain | Herbert Rasmussen | | |
| Nunawading | Independent | Thomas Brennan | William Dimmick | | Ivy Weber (Ind) |
| Oakleigh | Labor | Squire Reid | Lyston Chisholm | | |
| Ouyen | Country | | | Keith Dodgshun | Robert Johnstone (Ind) |
| Polwarth | UAP | | Allan McDonald | Leonard Parker | |
| Port Fairy and Glenelg | Independent | Ernie Bond | Sydney Patterson | Robert Rankin | |
| Port Melbourne | Labor | James Murphy | | | |
| Prahran | UAP | Roy Cameron | John Ellis | | |
| Richmond | Labor | Ted Cotter | | | |
| Rodney | Country | | | William Dunstone | Archibald McFadyen (LCP) |
| St Kilda | UAP | | Archie Michaelis | | Francis Dawkins (Ind) |
| Stawell and Ararat | Country | Stanley Freeland | | Alec McDonald | |
| Swan Hill | Country | | | Percy Byrnes Launcelot Nind Francis Old* | |
| Toorak | UAP | | Sir Stanley Argyle | | |
| Upper Goulburn | Country | | | Edwin Mackrell | |
| Upper Yarra | UAP | | George Knox | | |
| Walhalla | Country | | | William Moncur | |
| Wangaratta and Ovens | Country | | | Lot Diffey | Rupert Whalley (LCP) |
| Waranga | Country | | | Ernest Coyle | |
| Warrenheip and Grenville | Country | | | Edmond Hogan | James Ryan (Ind) Albert Woodward (Ind) |
| Warrnambool | Country | | Keith McGarvie | Henry Bailey | |
| Williamstown | Labor | John Lemmon | | | George Paine (Ind) |
| Wonthaggi | Labor | William McKenzie | | | |