sentences:  Evatt and Arthur Calwell both entered parliament at this election.Until the 1940 Canberra air disaster on 13 August, Menzies was not planning an election so early, as it was not due until December 1940 or even as late as January 1941.However, the loss of three Cabinet ministers meant that three by-elections would have been required, followed within a few short months by a general election.