Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1938
This is a list of candidates who stood for the 1938 Queensland state election. The election was held on 2 April 1938.
The main parties in the election were the Labor Party, led by Premier William Forgan Smith, the Country Party, led by Leader of the Opposition Ted Maher, and the United Australia Party, led by Hugh Russell. Significant minor parties were the Protestant Labor Party and the Social Credit Party.
By-elections
- On 14 December 1935, Jack Duggan (Labor) was elected to succeed Evan Llewelyn (Labor), who had resigned on 28 November, as the member for Toowoomba.
- On 4 April 1936, John Henry Mann (Labor) was elected to succeed Robert Funnell (Labor), who had died on 3 January, as the member for Brisbane.
- On 4 April 1936, David Daniel (Country) was elected to succeed Owen Daniel (Country), who had died on 5 January, as the member for Keppel.
- On 20 June 1936, Ernest Riordan (Labor) was elected to succeed Charles Collins (Labor), who had died on 28 March, as the member for Bowen.
- On 27 February 1937, William Demaine (Labor) was elected to succeed James Stopford (Labor), who had died on 30 November 1936, as the member for Maryborough.
Retiring Members
Labor
Country
United Australia
Candidates
Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Country candidate | UAP candidate | Other party candidate(s) | Independent candidate(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert | Country | John Bray | Thomas Plunkett Jr. | R. C. Elliott (Protestant Labor) George Gray (Social Credit) | ||
| Aubigny | Country | J. J. Strohfeld | Arthur Moore | H. J. Wrembeck | ||
| Barcoo | Labor | Frank Bulcock | ||||
| Baroona | Labor | William Power | E. G. Roper | Ralph Powell (Protestant Labor) | ||
| Bowen | Labor | Ernest Riordan | E. W. Forde | Fred Paterson (Communist) Henry Beck (Social Credit) | ||
| Bremer | Labor | Frank Cooper | Geordie Burns (Communist) | |||
| Brisbane | Labor | John Henry Mann | Benjamin White | |||
| Bulimba | Labor | George Marriott | Robert Larmar | Julius Streeter (Social Credit) | B. P. Dent | |
| Bundaberg | Labor | Bernard McLean | L. Scotney | E. N. Miles (Protestant Labor) H. Clegton (Social Credit) | ||
| Buranda | Labor | Edward Hanson | Hector Annat | Joseph Webster (Protestant Labor) H. Tapper (Social Credit) | ||
| Cairns | Labor | John O'Keefe | W. W. Chapman | R. J. Smith (Protestant Labor) | ||
| Carnarvon | Labor | Paul Hilton | John Leahy | |||
| Carpentaria | Labor | John Mullan | James Boyd | |||
| Charters Towers | Labor | William Wellington | ||||
| Cook | Labor | Harold Collins | G. A. Weaver | J. C. Mears (Social Credit) | ||
| Cooroora | Country | A. Thompson | Harry Walker | Denis Hannay (Social Credit) | ||
| Cunningham | Country | William Deacon | ||||
| Dalby | Country | Aubrey Slessar | Godfrey Morgan | |||
| East Toowoomba | Labor | James Kane | Herbert Yeates | James Annand (Ind. UAP) | ||
| Enoggera | Labor | George Taylor | Robert Gardiner | J. F. Underhill (Protestant Labor) | ||
| Fassifern | Country | J. Holman | Adolf Muller | |||
| Fitzroy | Labor | James Clark | Edwin Hiskens | S. W. Cooper (Social Credit) | ||
| Fortitude Valley | Labor | Samuel Brassington | W. H. Boden | Andrew Knox (Protestant Labor) | ||
| Gregory | Labor | George Pollock | E. C. Phillott | |||
| Gympie | Labor | Thomas Dunstan | Vivian Tozer | W. L. Millett (Protestant Labor) A. J. Taylor (Social Credit) | ||
| Hamilton | UAP | W. A. Pinder | Hugh Russell | |||
| Herbert | Labor | Percy Pease | C. S. K. Page | E. H. Malin (Protestant Labor) Jack Henry (Communist) | ||
| Ipswich | Labor | David Gledson | H. R. Beverley | |||
| Isis | Country | E. Widdup | William Brand | |||
| Ithaca | Labor | Ned Hanlon | Kenneth Morris | George Webb (Protestant Labor) | ||
| Kelvin Grove | Labor | Frank Waters | E. M. Ralph | George Morris (Protestant Labor) | ||
| Kennedy | Labor | Cecil Jesson | J. G. Kennedy | |||
| Keppel | Country | David Daniel | John Harding (Social Credit) | J. H. Salmon | ||
| Kurilpa | Labor | Patrick Copley | John Pringle | J. Moore (Protestant Labor) Alec MacDonald (Communist) | ||
| Logan | Labor | John Brown | A. L. Trotter | J. Becconsall (Protestant Labor) | Mary DeMattos | |
| Mackay | Labor | William Forgan Smith | J. Neville (Social Credit) | |||
| Maranoa | Labor | Charles Conroy | R. Hembrow | |||
| Maree | Labor | William King | W. E. Carter | C. W. Martin (Social Credit) | ||
| Maryborough | Labor | David Farrell | H. A. Reed | N. V. Bromiley (Social Credit) | ||
| Merthyr | Labor | James Keogh | E. R. Cuppaidge | F. H. Brown (Protestant Labor) | ||
| Mirani | Labor | Ted Walsh | James Wilkie | E. W. Hill (Social Credit) | ||
| Mundingburra | Labor | John Dash | F. G. Hughes | Lionel Parsons (Protestant Labor) Doug Olive (Communist) | ||
| Murrumba | Country | George Watson | Frank Nicklin | Geoffrey Nichols (Social Credit) | ||
| Nanango | Country | H. J. Davies | James Edwards | Henry Madden (Ind SC) | ||
| Normanby | Labor | Tom Foley | H. K. Brake | A. C. Webb (Social Credit) | ||
| Nundah | Labor | John Hayes | William Kelso | T. Denovan (Protestant Labor) | ||
| Oxley | UAP | W. C. Thieme | Thomas Nimmo | |||
| Port Curtis | Labor | Thomas Williams | James Heading | |||
| Rockhampton | Labor | James Larcombe | T. Parris | V. Pugh (Social Credit) | ||
| Sandgate | Labor | Ronald Hislop | James Fry | R. A. Vane-Millbank (Protestant Labor) L. Jones (Social Credit) | ||
| South Brisbane | Labor | Vince Gair | W. R. Kingwell | James McCann (Protestant Labor) | ||
| Stanley | Country | F. D. Gillies | Duncan MacDonald | |||
| The Tableland | Labor | Harry Bruce | H. A. Bonar | Les Sullivan (Communist) | ||
| Toowong | UAP | J. O'Shea | N. W. Lockyer | J. West (Protestant Labor) | Harry Massey (Ind. UAP) | |
| Toowoomba | Labor | Jack Duggan | Leslie Boyce | J. R. Neil (Protestant Labor) | ||
| Townsville | Labor | Maurice Hynes | S. M. Hopkins | A. R. Loveridge (Protestant Labor) A. Robinson (Communist) | ||
| Warrego | Labor | Randolph Bedford | Charles Russell | |||
| Warwick | Labor | John Healy | Edward Costello | |||
| West Moreton | Country | Ted Maher | J. N. Kidman (Social Credit) Jim Slater (Communist) | |||
| Wide Bay | Country | B. Telfer | Ernest Clayton | John Rex (Social Credit) | ||
| Windsor | Labor | Herbert Williams | E. P. Simpson | C. D. Maxwell (Protestant Labor) | Henry Bond (Ind. Labor) | |
| Wynnum | Labor | John Donnelly | William Dart | Samuel Greene (Protestant Labor) T. R. Ebbage (Social Credit) |
See also
- Queensland state election, 1938
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1935–1938
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1938–1941
- List of political parties in Australia
References
- Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.
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