Candidates of the New South Wales state election, 1938

This is a list of candidates for the 1938 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 26 March 1938.

Retiring Members

United Australia

• Harold Mason MLA (Woollahra)
• John Ness MLA (Dulwich Hill)

Country

• Ernest Buttenshaw MLA (Lachlan)
• Hugh Main MLA (Temora)

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk (*) is also used.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Other candidates
Albury	United Australia	Edward Jones	Alexander Mair (UAP)
Annandale	Labor	Bob Gorman
Armidale	Country		David Drummond (CP)	William Broun (Ind) Charles Hobbs (Ind)
Arncliffe	Labor	Joseph Cahill	Ernest Barton (UAP)
Ashburnham	Country	Edgar Dring	Hilton Elliott (CP)	William Gibbons (Ind)
Ashfield	United Australia		Athol Richardson (UAP)	Thomas Cavill (Ind)
Auburn	Labor	Jack Lang		Jack Hooke (ILP)
Balmain	Labor	John Quirk		John O'Carroll (Ind) Thomas Payne (CPA)
Bankstown	Labor	James McGirr
Barwon	Country	Thomas Kane	Ben Wade (CP)
Bathurst	Labor	Gus Kelly	Roland Green (CP) Thomas Mutch (UAP)
Bondi	United Australia	Henry Collins	Norman Thomas (UAP)	Richard Brown (Ind) Thomas Hogan (Ind)
Botany	Labor	Francis Kelly		Bob Heffron (ILP)
Bulli	Labor	John Sweeney		Jack Miles (CPA) Edward Ryan (Ind)
Burwood	United Australia		Gordon Jackett (UAP) Harrie Mitchell* (UAP)
Byron	Country		Arthur Budd (CP)	Frederick Stuart (Ind)
Canterbury	Labor	Arthur Tonge	Edward Hocking (UAP)
Casino	Country		John Reid (CP)
Castlereagh	Country	Les Murphy	Alfred Yeo (CP)
Cessnock	Labor	Jack Baddeley		Eugene O'Neill (ILP)
Clarence	Country		Alfred Henry (CP) Cecil Wingfield* (CP)
Cobar	Labor	Mat Davidson
Concord	United Australia	Leonard Thompson	Stan Lloyd (UAP)
Coogee	United Australia		John Dunningham (UAP)	Mark Foots (Ind)
Cootamundra	Country	Ken Hoad	Bill Ross (CP)
Corowa	Independent		Ebenezer Kendell	Christopher Lethbridge* (Ind) Clive Walker (Ind)
Croydon	United Australia		Bertram Stevens (UAP)	Garry Gordon (Ind)
Drummoyne	United Australia	Ray Maher	John Lee (UAP)
Dubbo	Country	Leo Taylor	George Wilson (CP)
Dulwich Hill	United Australia	Leslie Morrow	Guy Arkins* (UAP) Ronald McCredie (UAP)
George's River	United Australia	Albert Kealman	Cecil Monro (UAP)
Glebe	Labor	Bill Carlton		Horace Foley (ILP) Bertie Lewis (Ind)
Gloucester	United Australia		Charles Bennett (UAP)	Ray Fitzgerald (Ind) Henry Rooke (Ind)
Gordon	United Australia		William Milne (UAP) Harry Turner* (UAP)
Goulburn	Labor	Jack Tully	Frederick Davies (CP) Peter Loughlin (UAP)	Robert Tatham (Ind)
Granville	United Australia	Bill Lamb	Claude Fleck (UAP)
Hamilton	Labor	Joshua Arthur
Hartley	Labor	Hamilton Knight
Hawkesbury	United Australia		Ronald Walker (UAP)	Victor Gillespie (Ind)
Hornsby	United Australia		William Henson (UAP) James Shand* (UAP) Sydney Storey (UAP)	Howard Miscamble (Ind)
Hurstville	United Australia	Michael Croot	James Webb (UAP)
Illawarra	Labor	Billy Davies
King	Labor	Daniel Clyne	Rowland Bowen (UAP)	Patrick McDonnell (Ind) Josiah Trenerry (Ind)
Kogarah	United Australia	John Hibberd	James Ross (UAP)	John Battye (Ind)
Kurri Kurri	Labor	George Booth
Lachlan	Country	John Grace	Griffith Evans* (CP) John Parker (CP) Charles Thomas (CP)	George Berry (Ind)
Lakemba	Labor	Fred Stanley		William Dowe (Ind)
Lane Cove	United Australia		Herbert FitzSimons
Leichhardt	Labor	Claude Matthews		Arthur Doughty (Ind) James Dunn (ILP)
Lismore	Country		William Frith (CP)
Liverpool Plains	Country	Thomas Ryan	Harry Carter (CP)
Maitland	United Australia	Walter O'Hearn	Walter Howarth (UAP)
Manly	United Australia		Robert Miller (UAP) Alfred Reid* (UAP) Alfred Seller (UAP)	Richard Fitzgerald (Ind)
Marrickville	Labor	Leslie Balzen	Frederick Rushton (UAP)	Carlo Lazzarini (ILP)
Monaro	Country	Clarence Moore	William Hedges (CP)
Mosman	United Australia		Herbert Lloyd* (UAP) Henry Storey (UAP)
Mudgee	Labor	Bill Dunn	Eric Pye (CP) Reginald Wilson (CP)
Murray	Country	James Lloyd	Joe Lawson (CP)
Murrumbidgee	Country	George Enticknap	Robert Hankinson (CP)
Namoi	Country	Ernest Hogan	Colin Sinclair (CP)
Nepean	United Australia	John Jackson	Arthur Hebblewhite (UAP) Joseph Jackson* (UAP)
Neutral Bay	United Australia		Reginald Weaver (UAP)
Newcastle	Labor	Frank Hawkins		Claude Dalby (Ind)
Newtown	Labor	Frank Burke		Cyril Glassop (Ind)
North Sydney	United Australia	Henry Clayden	Hubert Primrose (UAP)
Orange	United Australia	Edward McGarry	Alwyn Tonking (UAP)
Oxley	United Australia		Lewis Martin (UAP)	George Mitchell (Ind)
Paddington	Labor	Maurice O'Sullivan		Lance Sharkey (CPA)
Parramatta	Labor	Albert Rowe	George Gollan (UAP)
Petersham	United Australia	Bill Sheahan	Eric Solomon (UAP)
Phillip	Labor	Tom Shannon
Raleigh	Country	John Devine	Roy Vincent (CP)	Les Jordan (Ind)
Randwick	United Australia	Bob O'Halloran	Arthur Moverly (UAP)
Redfern	Labor	William McKell
Ryde	United Australia	James Walsh	Eric Spooner (UAP)	William Harrison (Ind)
South Coast	United Australia		Henry Bate (UAP)
Sturt	Labor	Ted Horsington
Tamworth	United Australia	John Killalea	Frank Chaffey (UAP)	Augustine Logue (Ind)
Temora	Country		Doug Dickson* (CP) Hugh Roberton (CP)	Alfred Holland (Ind) Harold Munro (Ind) Lancelot Redgrave (Ind)
Tenterfield	Country		Michael Bruxner (CP)	William McCotter (Ind) Edward Ogilvie (Ind)
Upper Hunter	Country		Malcolm Brown (CP)
Vaucluse	United Australia		Murray Robson (UAP)
Wagga Wagga	Country	Eric McKeig	Matthew Kilpatrick (CP)
Waratah	Labor	Robert Cameron		Robert Cram (CPA)
Waverley	United Australia	William Clementson	John Waddell (UAP)
Willoughby	United Australia		Edward Sanders (UAP)
Wollondilly	United Australia		Mark Morton (UAP)
Woollahra	United Australia		Arthur Butterell (UAP) Vernon Treatt* (UAP)
Yass	United Australia		George Ardill (UAP)	Vivian Partridge (Ind)
Young	Country	Reginald Phillips	Albert Reid (CP)

See also

• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1938–1941
• New South Wales state election, 1938

References

• Green, Antony. 1938 Election, New South Wales Parliament