COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== THE SENATE ==================================================================== SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Three senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 375,205 +03.5 Votes cast: 359,000 95.7 -01.0 Informal votes: 29,443 08.2 -05.2 Formal votes: 329,557 91.8 +05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Finlay ALP 125,134 38.0 Group A Albert Hoare ALP 8,356 02.5 Herman Dolling ALP 7,152 02.2 James McLachlan * UAP 163,858 49.7 Group B Hon George McLeay * UAP 11,574 03.5 Oliver Uppill * UAP 6,465 02.0 Thomas Garland 7,018 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 29,443 08.2Total 329,557 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Finlay, see Senate South Australia 1943. 2. Hoare was a Senator for South Australia 1922-35. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy, 2nd count: Uppill's 6,465 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Finlay 411 06.4 125,545 38.1 Hoare 239 03.7 8,595 02.6 Dolling 399 06.2 7,551 02.3 McLACHLAN * 1,773 27.4 165,631 50.3 ELECTED 1 McLeay * 3,404 52.7 14,978 04.5 Garland 239 03.7 7,257 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,465 329,557 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy: McLachlan's 163,858 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Finlay 1,564 01.0 126,698 38.4 Hoare 749 00.5 9,105 02.8 Dolling 602 00.4 7,754 02.4 McLACHLAN * E ELECTED 1 McLEAY * 157,428 96.1 169,002 51.3 ELECTED 2 Uppill * 2,672 01.6 9,137 02.8 Garland 843 00.5 7,861 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 163,858 329,557 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: McLachlan's 163,858 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Finlay 2,715 01.7 127,849 38.8 Hoare 1,191 00.7 9,547 02.9 Dolling 1,063 00.6 8,215 02.5 McLACHLAN * E ELECTED 1 McLEAY * E 11,574 03.5 ELECTED 2 Uppill * 157,737 96.3 164,202 49.8 Garland 1,152 00.7 8,170 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 163,858 329,557 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: McLeay's 11,574 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Finlay 1,132 09.8 128,981 39.1 Hoare 560 04.8 10,107 03.1 Dolling 614 05.3 8,829 02.7 McLACHLAN * E ELECTED 1 McLEAY * E ELECTED 2 UPPILL * 8,889 76.8 173,091 52.5 ELECTED 3 Garland 379 03.3 8,549 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,574 329,557 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1941. McLachlan, McLeay and Uppill elected for a term ending 30 June 1947. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1944): Hon Alexander McLACHLAN (UAP), Hon Philip McBRIDE (UAP), Keith WILSON (UAP). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Philip Albert Martin McBride (1892-1982): Appointed 1937 Minister for Repatriation to 28 October 1940 Minister for the Army to 28 October 1940 Minister for Supply and Development 28 October 1940 to 26 June 1941 Minister for Munitions 28 October 1940 to 29 August 1941 > Alexander John McLachlan (1872-1956): Elected 1925, 1931, 1937 McLachlan retired at the 1943 election. Died 28 May 1956 > James McLachlan (1871-1956): Elected 1934, 1940 > George McLeay (1894-1955): Elected 1934, 1940 Minister for Trade and Customs to 28 October 1940 Postmaster-General 28 October 1940 to 26 June 1941 Minister for Repatriation 28 October 1940 to 26 June 1941 Minister for Supply and Development 26 June 1941 to 29 August 1941 > Oliver Uppill (1876-1946): Elected 1934, 1940 > Keith Cameron Wilson (1900-87): Elected 1937 --------------------------------------------------------------------