Candidates of the 1945 Victorian state election
Legislative Assembly
Table:
Electorate	Held by	Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Country candidates	Ministerialist 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

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