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The 1940's

1940 - Thursday, February 15

Dissolution of 33rd Victorian Parliament.

1940 - Saturday, March 16

A general election was held in Victoria.

1940 - Wednesday, May 1

The Opening of the 34th Victorian Parliament was celebrated.

The Hon. William Slater became Victoria's 19th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

1940 - Sunday, May 5

Royal Commission to inquire into allegations of bribery in connexion with the Money Lenders Bill 1938, and the Milk Board Bill 1938 presented its final report to Parliament.

1940 - Saturday, November 23

Former Victorian Premier Sir Stanley Seymour Argyle died.

1941 - Tuesday, October 7

Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon the constitution and functions of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works established.

1942 - Tuesday, March 17

US General Douglas MacArthur arrives in Australia and sets up military headquarters in Melbourne.

1942 - Monday, September 7

Royal Commission to inquire into certain allegations regarding the administration of the licensing laws of Victoria established.

1942 - Wednesday, October 21

The Hon. Brigadier Sir George Hodges Knox became Victoria's 20th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

1942 - Saturday, November 7

Royal Commission to inquire into certain allegations regarding the administration of the licensing laws of Victoria presented its final report to Parliament.

1943 - Thursday, April 29

Dissolution of 34th Victorian Parliament.

1943 - Friday, May 7

Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon the constitution and functions of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works presented its final report to Parliament.

1943 - Saturday, May 8

Twenty-five Australian defence personnel die when their bus collides with a train at a level crossing near Wodonga, Victoria.

1943 - Saturday, June 12

A general election was held in Victoria.

1943 - Tuesday, June 29

Opening of 35th Victorian Parliament.

Hon Sir Clifden Henry Andrews Eager became Victoria's 9th President of the Legislative Council.

1943 - Friday, August 20

Former Victorian Premier William Hill Irvine died.

1943 - Tuesday, September 14

Premier of Victoria Albert Arthur Dunstan retired from office having served 3088 days.

John Cain (Snr) assumed office as Premier of Victoria.

1943 - Saturday, September 18

Albert Arthur Dunstan assumed office for his second term as Premier of Victoria.

Premier of Victoria John Cain (Snr) retired from office after serving just five days in office.

1943 - Tuesday, December 7

George Hamilton Lamb died as a prisoner of war on the Burma Railway whilst still a Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was the only sitting Victorian Member of Parliament to pass away during active war service, whilst in office. George Lamb was MLA for Lowan from March 1935 to December 1943. He served in the Australian Imperial Force 1940-1943, 2/2nd Pioneer battalion, Middle East and Java as a lieutenant. He became a Prisoner of War in Java in 1942.

1944 - Saturday, February 19

Royal Commission to inquire into the place of origin and the causes of the fires which commenced at Yallourn on the 14th day of February, 1944 established.

1944 - Saturday, March 25

Royal Commission to inquire into the place of origin and the causes of the fires which commenced at Yallourn on the 14th day of February, 1944 presented its final report to Parliament.

1944 - Monday, July 17

The 5000th Act of the Victorian Parliament was passed. The Local Government (Polling Booths) Act 1944 became operative 17 July 1944

1945 - Thursday, July 5

Prime Minister, John Joseph Curtin, died of heart problems at the Lodge in Canberra, aged 60.

1945 - Tuesday, October 2

Premier of Victoria Albert Arthur Dunstan retired from his second term as Premier having served 740 days.

Ian MacFarlan assumed office as Premier of Victoria.

1945 - Wednesday, October 3

Dissolution of 35th Victorian Parliament.

1945 - Saturday, November 10

A general election was held in Victoria.

1945 - Wednesday, November 21

Premier of Victoria Ian MacFarlan retired from office having served 51 days.

John Cain (Snr) assumed office for his second term as Premier of Victoria.

1945 - Wednesday, November 28

Opening of 36th Victorian Parliament.

1946 - Tuesday, June 25

Royal Commission to inquire into forest grazing established.

1946 - Friday, September 13

William Alexander Watt, Victorian politician, Premier and acting Prime Minister, died at Toorak, Melbourne, aged 74.

1946 - Monday, September 16

Royal Commission to inquire into forest grazing presented its final report to Parliament.

1947 - Thursday, March 27

Royal Commission into electricity supply established.

1947 - Friday, August 29

Royal Commission into electricity supply presented its final report to Parliament.

1947 - Wednesday, October 8

Victorian Premier, John Cain (Snr), secured a double Dissolution of the Parliament from the Governor, Sir Winston Dugan, following the blocking of the Supply Bill for the third time in the Legislative Council.

1947 - Thursday, October 9

Dissolution of 36th Victorian Parliament.

1947 - Saturday, November 8

A general election was held in Victoria.

1947 - Thursday, November 20

Premier of Victoria John Cain (Snr) retired from his second term in office having served 730 days.

Thomas Tuke Hollway assumed office as Premier of Victoria.

1947 - Tuesday, December 2

The Opening of the 37th Victorian Parliament was celebrated.

The Hon. Sir Thomas Karran Maltby became Victoria's 21st Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

1948 - Tuesday, March 2

Jeffrey Gibb Kennett, Premier of Victoria from 1992-99, was born.

1948 - Sunday, June 6

Victoria's oldest MP, William Edgar, MLC for East Yarra died aged 90 years and four months.

1948 - Monday, November 29

The first Holden (FX 48/125) was rolled out at Fishermen's Bend, Melbourne and unveiled by Prime Minister Ben Chifley.

1948 - Friday, December 3

Thomas Tuke Hollway assumed office as Premier of Victoria for a second term.

1949 - Sunday, February 20

Major-General Sir Winston Joseph Dugan, G.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O. retired as Governor of Victoria

1949 - Thursday, April 14

Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon the effects of the organization and practices of the bread industry in Victoria established.

1949 - Thursday, May 19

Royal Commission inquiring into the origins, aims, objects and funds of the Communist Party in Victoria and other related matters was established.

1949 - Saturday, July 30

Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon the effects of the organization and practices of the bread industry in Victoria presented its final report to Parliament.

1949 - Tuesday, October 18

General Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. was sworn in as Governor of Victoria