It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1940 redistribution.

The campaign was overshadowed by the course of World War II and the Sydney Morning Herald noted that in such an uncertain environment it was difficult for any party to make extensive plans for the future.

Its poor showing had resulted in its dissolution shortly after the election and most members then joined the Communist Party of Australia.

White claimed that the UAP and Democratic Party had been overly concerned with infighting and were no longer able to give coherence to conservative political aspirations.

His party while supporting an extension of the welfare safety-net called for an increased effort to win the war including the mandatory deregistration of unions involved in unreasonable strike action.