Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1943–1945

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1943 to 1945, as elected at the 1943 state election.

On 25 September 1945, a cross-party group of five United Australia members, two Country members and one Independent voted with Labor and two left-wing Independents to defeat the Dunstan Ministry. The end result, on 2 October 1945, was the swearing in of the Macfarlan Ministry and the calling of the 1945 election.

¹ Independent Nunawading MLA Ivy Weber resigned in July 1943 to contest the Division of Henty at the 1943 federal election. Labor candidate Bob Gray won the resulting by-election in September 1943. ² Country Party Waranga MLA Ernest Coyle died on 31 August 1943. Country Party candidate Wollaston Heily won the resulting by-election in October 1943. ³ Country Party Lowan MLA Hamilton Lamb died on 7 December 1943 at a Japanese prisoner of war camp on the Burma Railway in Thailand. Official notification of his death did not reach Australia until 1 September 1944, nearly nine months later. Country candidate Wilfred Mibus won the resulting by-election on 4 November 1944. ⁴ Country Party Rodney MLA William Dunstone died on 12 April 1944. Country Party candidate Richard Brose won the resulting by-election in June 1944. ⁵ Country Party Bulla and Dalhousie MLA Reginald James died on 27 September 1944. Country Party candidate Leslie Webster won the resulting by-election in November. ⁶ Labor Bendigo MLA Arthur Cook died on 10 April 1945. Labor candidate Bill Galvin won the resulting by-election on 26 May 1945. ⁷ Labor Clifton Hill MLA Bert Cremean died on 24 May 1945. Labor candidate Jack Cremean, his brother, won the resulting by-election on 7 July 1945. ⁸ Liberal Prahran MLA John Ellis died on 2 July 1945. Labor candidate Bill Quirk won the resulting by-election on 18 August 1945. ⁹ Heidelberg MLA Henry Zwar announced on 8 October 1945 that he would not be an endorsed Liberal for the upcoming election and did not belong to the Liberal Party.