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Results of the 1938 Queensland state election

Queensland state election, 2 April 1938[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1935–1941 >>

Enrolled voters 582,711[1]
Votes cast 539,037 Turnout 92.51% –0.19
Informal votes 7,058 Informal 1.31% –0.43
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 250,943 47.17% –6.26 44 – 2
  Country 120,469 22.65% · 13 ·
  United Australia 74,328 13.97% · 4 ·
  Protestant Labor 46,568 8.75% +8.75% 1 + 1
  Social Credit 27,758 5.22% –1.80% 0 ± 0
  Communist 8,510 1.60% +0.28 0 ± 0
  Independent 3,403 0.64% –2.73 0 ± 0
Total 531,979     62  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1938 Queensland state election.

At the time, the voting system in Queensland was based on contingency voting, which was similar to the modern optional preferential voting system. In electorates with 3 or more candidates, preferences were not distributed if a candidate received more than 50% of the primary vote.

If none received more than 50%, all except the top two candidates were eliminated from the count and their preferences distributed between the two leaders, with the one receiving the most votes declared the winner.

Results by electoral district edit

Albert edit

1938 Queensland state election: Albert[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Plunkett 3,713 40.5 -13.0
Labor John Bray 2,622 28.6 +28.6
Protestant Labor Robert Elliott 1,542 16.8 +16.8
Social Credit George Gray 1,289 14.1 -32.4
Total formal votes 9,166 99.0 +1.9
Informal votes 95 1.0 -1.9
Turnout 9,261 92.4 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tom Plunkett 4,195 54.9 +1.4
Labor John Bray 3,446 45.1 +45.1
Country hold Swing N/A

Aubigny edit

1938 Queensland state election: Aubigny
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Arthur Moore 5,408 65.7 -34.3
Labor James Strofeld 1,976 24.0 +24.0
Independent Hermann Wrembeck 844 10.3 +10.3
Total formal votes 8,228 98.9
Informal votes 91 1.1
Turnout 8,319 92.6
Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Barcoo edit

1938 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Bulcock unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Baroona edit

1938 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Power 4,571 49.6 -19.6
Protestant Labor Ralph Powell 2,539 27.6 +27.6
United Australia Edwyn Roper 2,103 22.8 +22.8
Total formal votes 9,213 98.7 +2.4
Informal votes 123 1.3 -2.4
Turnout 9,336 92.4 +2.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Bill Power 4,736 57.7 -11.5
Protestant Labor Ralph Powell 3,478 42.3 +42.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Bowen edit

1938 Queensland state election: Bowen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernest Riordan 3,098 39.2 -13.4
Communist Fred Paterson 2,319 29.3 +13.7
Country Ernest Forde 2,135 27.0 -2.4
Social Credit Henry Beck 355 4.5 +4.5
Total formal votes 7,907 99.2 +0.7
Informal votes 62 0.8 -0.7
Turnout 7,969 94.6 +0.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Ernest Riordan 3,308 56.2
Communist Fred Paterson 2,579 43.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Bremer edit

1938 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Cooper 7,099 83.4 -4.1
Communist Geordie Burns 1,414 16.6 +4.1
Total formal votes 8,513 96.9 -0.5
Informal votes 276 3.1 +0.5
Turnout 8,789 95.0 +0.4
Labor hold Swing -4.1

Brisbane edit

1938 Queensland state election: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Johnno Mann 5,704 66.0 +1.6
United Australia Benjamin White 2,933 34.0 +34.0
Total formal votes 8,637 98.3 +1.1
Informal votes 146 1.7 -1.1
Turnout 8,637 88.2 +3.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Bulimba edit

1938 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Marriott 5,847 59.8 -7.0
United Australia Robert Larmar 2,132 21.8 -5.3
Social Credit Julius Streeter 1,221 12.5 +12.5
Independent Bernard Dent 577 5.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 9,777 97.6 -0.8
Informal votes 240 2.4 +0.8
Turnout 10,017 95.4 +0.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Bundaberg edit

1938 Queensland state election: Bundaberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bernard McLean 4,356 44.1 -8.3
Country Laurence Scotney 2,393 24.2 +10.1
Social Credit Henry Clegton 1,699 17.2 -16.3
Protestant Labor Ernest Miles 1,439 14.6 -18.9
Total formal votes 9,887 99.2 -0.1
Informal votes 83 0.8 +0.1
Turnout 9,970 95.5 -1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bernard McLean 4,694 59.1
Country Laurence Scotney 3,247 40.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Buranda edit

1938 Queensland state election: Buranda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Hanson 5,168 50.9 -13.3
United Australia Hector Annat 2,432 23.9 -3.0
Protestant Labor Joseph Webster 2,202 21.7 +21.7
Social Credit Harold Tapper 358 3.5 -5.5
Total formal votes 10,160 98.5 -0.2
Informal votes 155 1.5 +0.2
Turnout 10,315 94.1 +0.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Cairns edit

1938 Queensland state election: Cairns
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John O'Keefe 4,597 56.3 -13.0
Country William Chapman 1,830 22.4 +22.4
Protestant Labor Robert Smith 1,740 21.3 +21.3
Total formal votes 8,167 98.8 +0.7
Informal votes 99 1.2 -0.7
Turnout 8,266 90.6 +0.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Carnarvon edit

1938 Queensland state election: Carnarvon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Hilton 4,514 56.2 +3.4
Country John Leahy 3,515 43.8 +4.3
Total formal votes 8,029 99.3 +0.1
Informal votes 55 0.7 -0.1
Turnout 8,084 91.6 -0.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Carpentaria edit

1938 Queensland state election: Carpentaria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Mullan 3,501 55.8 -44.2
Country James Boyd 2,775 44.2 +44.2
Total formal votes 6,276 98.8
Informal votes 75 1.2
Turnout 6,351 79.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Charters Towers edit

1938 Queensland state election: Charters Towers
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Wellington unopposed
Labor hold Swing

By-election edit

  • This by-election was caused by the death of William Wellington. It was held on 27 May 1939.
1939 Charters Towers state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Jones 2,925 44.9 -55.1
Protestant Labor William Hocking 1,689 25.9 +25.9
Country Robert Smith 1,637 25.1 +25.1
Independent William Millett 265 4.1 +4.1
Total formal votes 6,516 99.3
Informal votes 44 0.7
Turnout 6,560 84.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Arthur Jones 3,073 58.6 -41.4
Protestant Labor William Hocking 2,170 41.4 +41.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Cook edit

1938 Queensland state election: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harold Collins 4,485 59.0 +5.3
Country George Weaver 2,574 33.8 +7.8
Social Credit Joseph Mears 547 7.2 -13.1
Total formal votes 7,606 98.0 -0.4
Informal votes 157 2.0 +0.4
Turnout 7,763 90.4 -0.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Cooroora edit

1938 Queensland state election: Cooroora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harry Walker 5,353 59.5 -7.1
Labor Andrew Thompson 2,283 25.4 +25.4
Social Credit Denis Hannay 1,364 15.1 +15.1
Total formal votes 9,000 98.9 +0.8
Informal votes 100 1.1 -0.8
Turnout 9,100 94.4 +0.7
Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Cunningham edit

1938 Queensland state election: Cunningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Deacon unopposed
Country hold Swing

Dalby edit

1938 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Aubrey Slessar 4,661 50.3 +2.1
Country Godfrey Morgan 4,604 49.7 -2.1
Total formal votes 9,265 98.9 -0.1
Informal votes 102 1.1 +0.1
Turnout 9,367 91.7 -1.4
Labor gain from Country Swing +2.1

East Toowoomba edit

1938 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Kane 3,831 45.4 -9.0
Country Herbert Yeates 2,626 31.1 -14.5
Ind. United Australia James Annand 1,986 23.5 +23.5
Total formal votes 8,443 98.6 +0.1
Informal votes 120 1.4 -0.1
Turnout 8,563 90.1 -2.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Herbert Yeates 4,198 51.3 +5.7
Labor James Kane 3,977 48.7 -5.7
Country gain from Labor Swing +5.7

Enoggera edit

1938 Queensland state election: Enoggera
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Taylor 5,689 54.7 -14.3
Protestant Labor James Underhill 2,390 23.0 +23.0
United Australia Robert Gardiner 2,326 22.3 -8.7
Total formal votes 10,405 99.2 +0.8
Informal votes 83 0.8 -0.8
Turnout 10,488 94.9 +1.0
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Fassifern edit

1938 Queensland state election: Fassifern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Alf Muller 6,086 67.3 +5.2
Labor John Holman 2,951 32.7 -5.2
Total formal votes 9,037 98.6 -0.3
Informal votes 124 1.4 +0.3
Turnout 9,161 94.7 +0.3
Country hold Swing +5.2

Fitzroy edit

1938 Queensland state election: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Clark 5,222 55.0 -8.3
Country Edwin Hiskens 3,616 38.1 +1.5
Social Credit Sidney Cooper 650 6.9 +6.9
Total formal votes 9,488 99.4 +0.9
Informal votes 57 0.6 -0.9
Turnout 9,545 93.4 -0.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Fortitude Valley edit

1938 Queensland state election: Fortitude Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Samuel Brassington 5,136 56.4 -15.9
United Australia William Boden 2,492 27.4 +2.3
Protestant Labor Andrew Knox 1,476 16.2 +16.2
Total formal votes 9,104 98.7 -0.2
Informal votes 118 1.3 +0.2
Turnout 9,222 93.3 +0.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Gregory edit

1938 Queensland state election: Gregory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Pollock 3,785 64.9 -35.1
Country Edward Phillott 2,045 35.1 +35.1
Total formal votes 5,830 97.9
Informal votes 125 2.1
Turnout 5,955 81.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

By-election edit

  • This by-election was caused by the death of George Pollock. It was held on 27 May 1939.
1939 Gregory state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Charles Brown 2,926 52.9 +52.9
Labor Vincent Thompson 2,600 47.1 -17.8
Total formal votes 5,526
Informal votes
Turnout
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A

Gympie edit

1938 Queensland state election: Gympie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Dunstan 3,040 43.0 -13.7
Protestant Labor William Millett 2,264 32.0 +32.0
Country Vivian Tozer 1,526 21.6 -21.7
Social Credit Alfred Taylor 246 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 7,076 99.3 +0.2
Informal votes 51 0.7 -0.2
Turnout 7,127 93.7 -0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Thomas Dunstan 3,203 55.3 -1.4
Protestant Labor William Millett 2,590 44.7 +44.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Hamilton edit

1938 Queensland state election: Hamilton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Hugh Russell 6,573 68.7 +2.9
Labor William Pinder 3,001 31.3 -2.9
Total formal votes 9,574 98.7 +0.2
Informal votes 129 1.3 -0.2
Turnout 9,703 94.3 +4.3
United Australia hold Swing +2.9

Herbert edit

1938 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Percy Pease 4,858 52.9 -10.8
Country Clarence Page 1,643 17.9 +17.9
Communist Jack Henry 1,563 17.0 -0.3
Protestant Labor Ernest Malin 1,121 12.2 +12.2
Total formal votes 9,185 98.4 +0.2
Informal votes 146 1.6 -0.2
Turnout 9,331 87.2 -0.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

By-election edit

  • This by-election was caused by the death of Percy Pease. It was held on 9 November 1940.
1940 Herbert state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stephen Theodore 4,839 53.8 +0.9
Country Alfred Moule 2,472 27.5 +9.6
Independent Socialist Jack Wells 1,683 18.7 +18.7
Total formal votes 8,994
Informal votes
Turnout
Labor hold Swing N/A

Ipswich edit

1938 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Gledson 6,289 66.0 -34.0
United Australia Henry Beverley 3,235 34.0 +34.0
Total formal votes 9,524 98.4
Informal votes 150 1.6
Turnout 9,674 95.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Isis edit

1938 Queensland state election: Isis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Brand 5,247 64.7 +6.6
Labor Ernest Widdup 2,857 35.3 -6.6
Total formal votes 8,104 98.6 +0.1
Informal votes 113 1.4 -0.1
Turnout 8,217 94.7 -0.3
Country hold Swing +6.6

Ithaca edit

1938 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ned Hanlon 5,145 49.9 -50.1
Protestant Labor George Webb 3,448 33.4 +33.4
United Australia Kenneth Morris 1,727 16.7 +16.7
Total formal votes 10,320 99.1
Informal votes 97 0.9
Turnout 10,417 94.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Ned Hanlon 5,226 52.3 -47.7
Protestant Labor George Webb 4,770 47.7 +47.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Kelvin Grove edit

1938 Queensland state election: Kelvin Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Waters 4,375 42.5 -27.2
Protestant Labor George Morris 3,684 35.8 +35.8
United Australia Edgar Ralph 2,229 21.7 -8.6
Total formal votes 10,228 99.5 +1.1
Informal votes 51 0.5 -1.1
Turnout 10,339 95.3 +1.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Protestant Labor George Morris 4,779 51.6 +51.6
Labor Frank Waters 4,479 48.4 -21.3
Protestant Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A

Kennedy edit

1938 Queensland state election: Kennedy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cecil Jesson 5,492 63.8 -0.1
Country James Kennedy 3,120 36.2 +0.1
Total formal votes 8,612 97.9 +1.1
Informal votes 183 2.1 -1.1
Turnout 8,795 90.1 -1.4
Labor hold Swing -0.1

Keppel edit

1938 Queensland state election: Keppel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country David Daniel 4,391 54.2 +4.8
Social Credit John Harding 2,484 30.7 +13.1
Independent John Salmon 1,227 15.1 +15.1
Total formal votes 8,102 98.7 -0.1
Informal votes 125 1.3 +0.1
Turnout 8,227 92.3 -3.0
Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Kurilpa edit

1938 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kerry Copley 4,545 46.8 -17.1
United Australia John Pringle 2,437 25.5 -5.7
Protestant Labor Joseph Moore 2,313 24.0 +24.0
Communist Alec MacDonald 426 4.4 +4.4
Total formal votes 9,721 98.6 +0.3
Informal votes 133 1.4 -0.3
Turnout 9,854 91.3 -0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kerry Copley 4,960 56.1
United Australia John Pringle 3,880 43.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Logan edit

1938 Queensland state election: Logan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Brown 5,320 49.6 -11.4
United Australia Allan Trotter 3,451 32.2 -6.8
Protestant Labor John Becconsall 1,746 16.3 +16.3
Independent Mary DeMattos 209 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 10,726 98.3 +0.2
Informal votes 182 1.7 -0.2
Turnout 10,908 94.2 -0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Brown 4,671 55.8 -5.2
United Australia Allan Trotter 4,494 44.2 +5.2
Labor hold Swing -5.2

Mackay edit

1938 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Forgan Smith 7,153 80.6 +9.0
Social Credit John Neville 1,717 19.4 +12.2
Total formal votes 8,870 97.3 -1.4
Informal votes 242 2.7 +1.4
Turnout 9,112 89.7 0.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Maranoa edit

1938 Queensland state election: Maranoa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charles Conroy 4,476 60.0 -10.5
Country Royland Hembrow 2,986 40.0 +40.0
Total formal votes 7,462 95.9 -1.4
Informal votes 321 4.1 +1.4
Turnout 7,783 88.4 +2.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Maree edit

1938 Queensland state election: Maree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William King 5,201 53.3 -16.6
United Australia William Carter 3,830 39.2 +9.1
Social Credit Charles Martin 727 7.5 +7.5
Total formal votes 9,758 98.7 +1.4
Informal votes 128 1.3 -1.4
Turnout 9,886 94.4 +0.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Maryborough edit

1938 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Farrell 5,645 61.2 -29.2
United Australia Harold Reed 2,751 29.8 +29.8
Social Credit Noel Bromiley 834 9.0 +9.0
Total formal votes 9,230 99.5 +2.0
Informal votes 50 0.5 -2.0
Turnout 9,280 94.7 -0.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Merthyr edit

1938 Queensland state election: Merthyr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Keogh 4,801 49.3 -17.2
United Australia Edmund Cuppaidge 2,903 29.8 -3.7
Protestant Labor Frederick Brown 2,042 20.9 +20.9
Total formal votes 9,746 99.0 +0.7
Informal votes 97 1.0 -0.7
Turnout 9,843 90.9 -0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor James Keogh 4,982 53.8 -12.7
United Australia Edmund Cuppaidge 4,272 46.2 +12.7
Labor hold Swing -12.7

By-election edit

  • This by-election was caused by the death of James Keogh. It was held on 9 November 1940.
1940 Merthyr state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Moore 4,839 57.5 +8.2
United Australia Patrick Kerwin 3,574 42.5 +12.7
Total formal votes 8,413
Informal votes
Turnout
Labor hold Swing +3.7

Mirani edit

1938 Queensland state election: Mirani
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Walsh 4,337 48.8 -0.1
Country James Wilkie 3,601 40.5 -6.0
Social Credit Edwin Hill 952 10.7 +6.1
Total formal votes 8,890 99.0 -0.1
Informal votes 89 1.0 +0.1
Turnout 8,979 91.9 -1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ted Walsh 4,507 54.8 +3.4
Country James Wilkie 3,723 45.2 -3.4
Labor hold Swing +3.4

Mundingburra edit

1938 Queensland state election: Mundingburra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Dash 4,773 50.3 -17.1
Country Francis Hughes 2,128 22.4 -2.2
Protestant Labor Lionel Parsons 1,733 18.3 +18.3
Communist Doug Olive 856 9.0 +9.0
Total formal votes 9,490 98.6 +0.2
Informal votes 130 1.4 -0.2
Turnout 9,620 93.0 -1.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Murrumba edit

1938 Queensland state election: Murrumba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frank Nicklin 4,930 52.9 -10.9
Social Credit Geoffrey Nichols 2,733 29.4 +29.4
Labor George Watson 1,648 17.7 +17.7
Total formal votes 9,311 98.7 +1.5
Informal votes 118 1.3 -1.5
Turnout 9,429 95.1 +0.4
Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Nanango edit

1938 Queensland state election: Nanango
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Jim Edwards 3,719 42.6 -21.1
Ind. Social Credit Henry Madden 2,524 29.0 +29.0
Labor Horace Davies 2,476 28.4 +28.4
Total formal votes 8,719 99.3 +1.4
Informal votes 63 0.7 -1.4
Turnout 8,782 94.6 +2.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Jim Edwards 4,079 57.9 -5.8
Ind. Social Credit Henry Madden 2,963 42.1 +42.1
Country hold Swing N/A

Normanby edit

1938 Queensland state election: Normanby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Foley 4,052 53.8 -14.2
Country Harry Brake 2,781 36.9 +36.9
Social Credit Albert Webb 693 9.2 -22.8
Total formal votes 7,526 98.8 +2.3
Informal votes 94 1.2 -2.3
Turnout 7,620 88.5 -1.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Nundah edit

1938 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Hayes 5,014 48.4 -18.1
Protestant Labor Thomas Denovan 2,707 26.1 +26.1
United Australia William Kelso 2,644 25.5 -8.0
Total formal votes 10,365 99.0 +0.1
Informal votes 101 1.0 -0.1
Turnout 10,466 95.9 +2.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor John Hayes 5,167 53.2 -13.3
Protestant Labor Thomas Denovan 4,544 46.8 +46.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Oxley edit

1938 Queensland state election: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Thomas Nimmo 6,316 60.3 +6.9
Labor Wilhelm Thieme 4,153 39.7 -6.9
Total formal votes 10,469 98.5 +1.1
Informal votes 155 1.5 -1.1
Turnout 10,624 94.0 +0.1
United Australia hold Swing +6.9

Port Curtis edit

1938 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tommy Williams 5,452 57.1 +2.1
Country James Heading 4,102 42.9 +11.3
Total formal votes 9,554 98.9 +1.9
Informal votes 108 1.1 -1.9
Turnout 9,662 93.2 -2.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Rockhampton edit

1938 Queensland state election: Rockhampton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Larcombe 5,939 60.9 -11.5
Country Thomas Parris 2,732 28.0 +28.0
Social Credit Vivian Pugh 1,086 11.1 -16.5
Total formal votes 9,757 99.2 +1.0
Informal votes 80 0.8 -1.0
Turnout 9,837 91.8 -0.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Sandgate edit

1938 Queensland state election: Sandgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roland Hislop 4,515 45.4 -9.6
United Australia James Fry 3,849 38.7 -6.3
Protestant Labor Richard Vane-Millbank 1,237 12.5 +12.5
Social Credit Leonard Jones 336 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 9,937 98.8 +0.3
Informal votes 116 1.2 -0.3
Turnout 10,053 95.5 +0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roland Hislop 4,801 52.3 -2.7
United Australia James Fry 4,386 47.7 +2.7
Labor hold Swing -2.7

South Brisbane edit

1938 Queensland state election: South Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Vince Gair 5,105 49.8 -17.8
United Australia William Kingwell 3,135 30.6 -1.8
Protestant Labor James McCann 2,016 19.7 +19.7
Total formal votes 10,256 99.1 +2.0
Informal votes 97 0.9 -2.0
Turnout 10,353 93.1 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Vince Gair 5,295 55.4 -12.2
United Australia William Kingwell 4,260 44.6 +12.2
Labor hold Swing -12.2

Stanley edit

1938 Queensland state election: Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Duncan MacDonald 5,344 62.2 -1.8
Labor Frank Gillies 3,251 37.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 8,595 99.0 -0.1
Informal votes 88 1.0 +0.1
Turnout 8,683 95.4 -0.2
Country hold Swing -1.8

The Tableland edit

1938 Queensland state election: The Tableland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harry Bruce 5,110 57.8 -8.6
Country Henry Bonar 2,709 30.6 +4.3
Communist Les Sullivan 1,025 11.6 +4.3
Total formal votes 8,844 98.2 -0.6
Informal votes 166 1.8 +0.6
Turnout 9,010 89.4 +1.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Toowong edit

1938 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. United Australia Harry Massey 3,137 31.9 +31.9
Labor John O'Shea 2,561 26.0 -13.1
United Australia Nicholas Lockyer 2,499 25.4 -27.1
Protestant Labor Joseph West 1,639 16.7 +16.7
Total formal votes 9,836 98.7 +0.1
Informal votes 125 1.3 -0.1
Turnout 9,961 94.9 0.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Ind. United Australia Harry Massey 5,264 66.2
Labor John O'Shea 2,690 33.8
Ind. United Australia gain from United Australia Swing N/A

Toowoomba edit

1938 Queensland state election: Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Duggan 5,189 52.5 -6.3
Country Leslie Boyce 3,373 34.1 +2.1
Protestant Labor James Neil 1,331 13.4 +13.4
Total formal votes 9,893 98.4 -0.6
Informal votes 164 1.6 +0.6
Turnout 10,057 91.7 +1.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Townsville edit

1938 Queensland state election: Townsville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice Hynes 4,379 50.0 -27.0
Protestant Labor Alfred Loveridge 2,378 27.2 +27.2
Country Spenser Hopkins 1,445 16.5 -6.5
Communist Albert Robinson 548 6.3 +6.3
Total formal votes 8,750 99.2 +0.9
Informal votes 66 0.8 -0.9
Turnout 8,816 89.5 +1.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

By-election edit

  • This by-election was caused by the death of Maurice Hynes. It was held on 27 May 1939.
1939 Townsville state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Keyatta 4,033 45.4 -4.6
Protestant Labor George Webb 2,047 23.0 -4.2
Communist Fred Paterson 1,509 17.0 +10.7
Country Russell Skerman 1,297 14.6 -1.9
Total formal votes 8,886
Informal votes
Turnout
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George Keyatta 4,747 65.5
Protestant Labor George Webb 2,501 34.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Warrego edit

1938 Queensland state election: Warrego
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Randolph Bedford 4,670 69.7 -30.3
Country Charles Russell 2,027 30.3 +30.3
Total formal votes 6,697 99.2
Informal votes 51 0.8
Turnout 6,748 80.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Warwick edit

1938 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Healy 4,693 52.8 +7.0
Country Edward Costello 4,196 47.2 +5.5
Total formal votes 8,889 99.2 -0.2
Informal votes 68 0.8 +0.2
Turnout 8,957 93.0 -1.3
Labor hold Swing +2.6

West Moreton edit

1938 Queensland state election: West Moreton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ted Maher 5,623 67.9 -0.2
Social Credit James Kidman 2,296 27.7 +27.7
Communist Jim Slater 359 4.3 +4.3
Total formal votes 8,278 98.8 -0.2
Informal votes 101 1.2 +0.2
Turnout 8,379 96.6 +0.4
Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Wide Bay edit

1938 Queensland state election: Wide Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harry Clayton 4,173 49.3 -6.3
Social Credit John Rex 2,597 30.7 -13.7
Labor Benjamin Telfer 1,699 20.1 +20.1
Total formal votes 8,469 98.6 -0.2
Informal votes 116 1.4 +0.2
Turnout 8,585 96.2 +2.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Harry Clayton 4,297 59.9 +4.3
Social Credit John Rex 2,871 40.1 -4.3
Country hold Swing +4.3

Windsor edit

1938 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Herbert Williams 4,592 46.2 -11.3
United Australia Edward Simpson 3,521 35.3 -7.2
Protestant Labor Cecil Maxwell 1,291 13.0 +13.0
Independent Labor Henry Bond 546 5.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 9,950 98.8 +0.3
Informal votes 124 1.2 -0.3
Turnout 10,074 94.6 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Herbert Williams 4,880 54.7 -2.8
United Australia Edward Simpson 4,042 45.3 +2.8
Labor hold Swing -2.8

Wynnum edit

1938 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Donnelly 4,041 36.5 -14.0
United Australia Bill Dart 3,687 33.3 -1.4
Protestant Labor Samuel Greene 2,290 20.7 +20.7
Social Credit Thomas Ebbage 1,050 9.5 -5.3
Total formal votes 11,068 98.6 0.0
Informal votes 154 1.4 0.0
Turnout 11,222 94.0 -0.8
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Bill Dart 4,671 52.1
Labor John Donnelly 4,298 47.9
United Australia gain from Labor Swing N/A

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 11 May 1935". Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  2. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.
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