COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== THE SENATE ==================================================================== VICTORIA (Four senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 1,190,566 +03.7 Votes cast: 1,138,426 95.6 -00.5 Informal votes: 101,107 08.9 -04.5 Formal votes: 1,037,319 91.1 +04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles BRAND * UAP 534,663 51.5 ELECTED 1 Hon William Gibson * CP 16,953 01.6 Group A John Leckie * UAP 8,966 00.9 John Spicer UAP 7,590 00.7 James Sheehan * ALP 413,085 39.8 Group B Hon Parker Moloney ALP 15,247 01.5 Albion Hendrickson ALP 4,658 00.4 William McAdam ALP 7,390 00.7 Dr Gerald O'Day 23,575 02.3 Claude Peace 5,192 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,037,319 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Victoria elected four Senators because of the death of Hon John Barnes, a Senator-elect, in 1938. The fourth Senator elected filled the remainder of Barnes's term. 2. For Hendrickson, see Senate Victoria 1946. 3. McAdam was Vic MLA for Ballarat East 1924-27, Ballarat 1927-32. 6. Moloney was MHR for Indi 1910-13, 1914-17 and for Hume, NSW, 1919-31. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st vacancy: Brand elected with an absolute majority of first preference votes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd vacancy: Brand's 534,663 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRAND * E ELECTED 1 GIBSON * 514,200 96.2 531,153 51.2 ELECTED 2 Leckie * 9,996 01.9 18,962 01.8 Spicer 3,340 00.6 10,930 01.1 Sheehan * 2,859 00.5 415,944 40.1 Moloney 1,491 00.3 16,738 01.6 Hendrickson 565 00.1 5,223 00.5 McAdam 710 00.1 8,100 00.8 O'Day 452 00.1 24,027 02.3 Peace 1,050 00.2 6,242 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 534,663 1,037,319 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd vacancy: Brand's 534,663 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRAND * E ELECTED 1 GIBSON * E 16,953 01.6 ELECTED 2 LECKIE * 517,242 96.7 526,208 50.7 ELECTED 3 Spicer 7,452 01.4 15,042 01.5 Sheehan * 3,994 00.7 417,079 40.2 Moloney 1,984 00.4 17,231 01.7 Hendrickson 984 00.2 5,642 00.5 McAdam 1,161 00.2 8,551 00.8 O'Day 599 00.1 24,174 02.3 Peace 1,247 00.2 6,439 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 534,663 1,037,319 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th vacancy: Brand's 534,663 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRAND * E ELECTED 1 GIBSON * E 16,953 01.6 ELECTED 2 LECKIE * E 8,966 00.9 ELECTED 3 SPICER 520,928 97.4 528,518 51.0 ELECTED 4 Sheehan * 5,780 01.1 418,865 40.4 Moloney 2,638 00.5 17,885 01.7 Hendrickson 1,355 00.3 6,013 00.6 McAdam 1,782 00.3 9,172 00.9 O'Day 741 00.1 24,316 02.3 Peace 1,439 00.3 6,631 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 534,663 1,037,319 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Spicer's term began 21 September 1940. Brand's, Gibson's and Leckie's terms began 1 July 1941. Brand, Gibson and Leckie elected for a term ending 30 June 1947. Spicer elected for a term ending 30 June 1944 (remainder of Barnes's term). Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1944): Donald CAMERON (ALP), Richard KEANE (ALP). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sheehan's term ended and Spicer's term began on 21 September 1940 because Sheehan had been appointed to the remainder of Senator-elect John Barnes's term in 1938. Since Barnes's term was technically unexpired, Spicer was held to have replaced Sheehan from the date of the election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Charles Henry Brand (1873-1961): Elected 1934, 1940 > Donald Cameron (1878-1962): Elected 1937 Minister for Aircraft Production from 7 October 1941 > William Gerrand Gibson (1969-1955): Elected 1934, 1940 > Richard Valentine Keane (1882-1946): Elected 1937 Minister for Trade and Customs from 7 October 1941 Vice-President of the Executive Council from 7 October 1941 > John William Leckie (1872-1947): Elected 1934, 1940 Minister without portfolio 28 October 1940 to 26 June 1941 Minister for Aircraft Production 26 June 1941 to 7 October 1941 > James Michael Sheehan (1889-1967): Appointed 1938. Defeated 1940 Later career: See Senate Victoria 1943 > John Armstrong Spicer (1898-1977): Elected 1940 Born: 5 March 1898, Melbourne Career: Educated Torquay, England, University of Melbourne. Barrister 1921. --------------------------------------------------------------------