Results of the New South Wales state election, 1938 (A-K)

New South Wales state election, 26 March 1938[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1935–1941 >>

Enrolled voters 1,607,833[1]
Votes cast 1,183,257 Turnout 95.79 –0.27
Informal votes 32,237 Informal 2.65 –0.39
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  United Australia 424,275 35.86 +2.76 37 – 1
  Labor 412,063 34.82 –7.60 28 –1
  Country 164,045 13.86 +0.94 22 –1
  Industrial Labor 43,735 3.70 +3.70 2 +2
  Communist 10,386 0.88 –0.6 0 ±0
  Independents 128,753 10.88 +6.4 1 +1
Total 1,183,257     90  

This is a list of electoral district results for the New South Wales state election, 1938 for districts from A to K.

Results by electoral district

Albury

New South Wales state election, 1938: Albury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Alexander Mair 7,356 57.8 -1.2
Labor Edward Jones 5,380 42.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 12,736 99.3 +0.9
Informal votes 91 0.7 -0.9
Turnout 12,827 95.7 +0.2
United Australia hold Swing -1.2

Annandale

New South Wales state election, 1938: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bob Gorman unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Armidale

New South Wales state election, 1938: Armidale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country David Drummond 7,264 56.3 -43.7
Independent Charles Hobbs 4,248 33.0 +33.0
Independent William Broun 1,380 10.7 +10.7
Total formal votes 12,892 97.8
Informal votes 294 2.2
Turnout 13,186 96.5
Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Arncliffe

New South Wales state election, 1938: Arncliffe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Joseph Cahill 9,885 51.9 +5.8
United Australia Ernest Barton 9,156 48.1 +4.2
Total formal votes 19,041 98.5 +1.0
Informal votes 297 1.5 -1.0
Turnout 19,338 97.2 -0.4
Labor hold Swing +0.3

Ashburnham

New South Wales state election, 1938: Ashburnham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Hilton Elliott 6,409 48.4 -4.5
Labor Edgar Dring 5,779 43.6 -3.5
Independent William Gibbons 1,065 8.0 +8.0
Total formal votes 13,253 98.7 -0.2
Informal votes 175 1.3 +0.2
Turnout 13,428 96.8 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Hilton Elliott 6,963 52.5 -0.4
Labor Edgar Dring 6,290 47.5 +0.4
Country hold Swing -0.4

Ashfield

New South Wales state election, 1938: Ashfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Athol Richardson 8,921 53.7 +0.9
Independent Thomas Cavill 7,692 46.3 +46.3
Total formal votes 16,613 97.1 -1.4
Informal votes 498 2.9 +1.4
Turnout 17,111 95.7 -1.0
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Auburn

New South Wales state election, 1938: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Lang 10,771 59.2 +2.6
Industrial Labor Jack Hooke 7,416 40.8 +40.8
Total formal votes 18,187 95.2 -3.1
Informal votes 906 4.8 +3.1
Turnout 19,093 95.9 -0.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Balmain

New South Wales state election, 1938: Balmain
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Quirk 11,763 72.1 +8.2
Independent John O'Carroll 3,089 18.9 +18.9
Communist Thomas Payne 1,459 8.9 +3.7
Total formal votes 16,311 95.1 -2.1
Informal votes 844 4.9 +2.1
Turnout 17,155 96.6 -0.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Bankstown

New South Wales state election, 1938: Bankstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James McGirr unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Barwon

New South Wales state election, 1938: Barwon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ben Wade 8,016 55.4 -2.5
Labor Thomas Kane 6,452 44.6 +2.5
Total formal votes 14,468 98.8 +1.7
Informal votes 174 1.2 -1.7
Turnout 14,642 95.1 +1.9
Country hold Swing -2.5

Bathurst

New South Wales state election, 1938: Bathurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Gus Kelly 7,455 54.2 +16.2
United Australia Thomas Mutch 4,789 34.8 +34.8
Country Roland Green 1,504 10.9 -33.2
Total formal votes 13,748 98.3 -0.1
Informal votes 236 1.7 +0.1
Turnout 13,984 96.6 -1.0
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Bondi

New South Wales state election, 1938: Bondi
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Norman Thomas 12,223 52.3 -11.5
Labor Henry Collins 5,946 25.4 -10.8
Independent Thomas Hogan 4,357 18.6 +18.6
Independent Richard Brown 851 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 23,377 98.0 -0.3
Informal votes 474 2.0 +0.3
Turnout 23,851 95.8 -0.2
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Botany

New South Wales state election, 1938: Botany
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Industrial Labor Bob Heffron 13,865 60.3 +60.3
Labor Francis Kelly 9,118 39.7 -60.3
Total formal votes 22,983 95.2
Informal votes 1,150 4.8
Turnout 24,133 96.8
Industrial Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A

Bulli

New South Wales state election, 1938: Bulli
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Sweeney 7,380 54.6 -26.1
Independent Edward Ryan 3,413 25.2 +25.2
Communist Jack Miles 2,731 20.2 +0.9
Total formal votes 13,524 95.4 +13.7
Informal votes 655 4.6 -13.7
Turnout 14,179 95.1 -1.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Burwood

New South Wales state election, 1938: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Harrie Mitchell 9,199 51.0 +51.0
United Australia Gordon Jackett 8,853 49.0 -13.4
Total formal votes 18,052 92.3 -6.2
Informal votes 1,503 7.7 +6.2
Turnout 19,555 95.6 -0.9
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Byron

New South Wales state election, 1938: Byron
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Arthur Budd 7,986 57.7 +5.5
Independent Frederick Stuart 5,849 42.3 +19.9
Total formal votes 13,835 97.6 -0.8
Informal votes 340 2.4 +0.8
Turnout 14,175 94.8 +0.3
Country hold Swing N/A

Canterbury

New South Wales state election, 1938: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Arthur Tonge 10,690 54.3 +3.7
United Australia Edward Hocking 8,991 45.7 0.0
Total formal votes 19,681 98.7 +0.3
Informal votes 266 1.3 -0.3
Turnout 19,947 97.1 -0.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Casino

New South Wales state election, 1938: Casino
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country John Reid unopposed
Country hold Swing

Castlereagh

New South Wales state election, 1938: Castlereagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Alfred Yeo 6,821 51.4 -0.2
Labor Les Murphy 6,454 48.6 +0.2
Total formal votes 13,275 98.1 -0.3
Informal votes 260 1.9 +0.3
Turnout 13,535 94.1 -0.9
Country hold Swing -0.2

Cessnock

New South Wales state election, 1938: Cessnock
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Baddeley 12,106 69.3 +0.9
Industrial Labor Eugene O'Neill 5,360 30.7 +30.7
Total formal votes 17,466 97.6 0.0
Informal votes 435 2.4 0.0
Turnout 17,901 96.6 +0.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Clarence

New South Wales state election, 1938: Clarence
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Cecil Wingfield 7,754 51.9 +51.9
Country Alfred Henry 7,194 48.1 -13.2
Total formal votes 14,948 98.3 +1.9
Informal votes 254 1.7 -1.9
Turnout 15,202 95.9 -0.1
Country hold Swing N/A

Cobar

New South Wales state election, 1938: Cobar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Mat Davidson unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Concord

New South Wales state election, 1938: Concord
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Stan Lloyd 10,489 56.4 +5.5
Labor Leonard Thompson 8,121 43.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 18,610 98.3 +0.4
Informal votes 317 1.7 -0.4
Turnout 18,927 96.7 -1.0
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Coogee

New South Wales state election, 1938: Coogee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia John Dunningham 16,039 71.3 +4.2
Independent Mark Foots 6,470 28.7 +28.7
Total formal votes 22,509 96.5 -1.5
Informal votes 812 3.5 +1.5
Turnout 23,321 94.2 -0.7
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Cootamundra

New South Wales state election, 1938: Cootamundra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Bill Ross 6,698 51.2 -1.5
Labor Ken Hoad 6,382 48.8 +1.5
Total formal votes 13,080 98.5 0.0
Informal votes 205 1.5 0.0
Turnout 13,285 96.5 -1.3
Country hold Swing -1.5

Corowa

New South Wales state election, 1938: Corowa
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Christopher Lethbridge 6,333 52.2 +52.2
Country Ebenezer Kendell 4,973 41.0 -59.0
Independent Clive Walker 833 6.9 +6.9
Total formal votes 12,139 98.5
Informal votes 185 1.5
Turnout 12,324 94.4
Independent gain from Country Swing N/A

Croydon

New South Wales state election, 1938: Croydon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Bertram Stevens 11,765 69.6 +5.1
Independent Garry Gordon 5,142 30.4 +30.4
Total formal votes 16,907 93.9 -4.5
Informal votes 1,104 6.1 +4.5
Turnout 18,011 94.7 -1.2
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Drummoyne

New South Wales state election, 1938: Drummoyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia John Lee 11,299 60.1 +0.1
Labor Ray Maher 7,497 39.9 -0.1
Total formal votes 18,796 97.8 +0.3
Informal votes 429 2.2 -0.3
Turnout 19,225 96.6 -0.8
United Australia hold Swing +0.1

Dubbo

New South Wales state election, 1938: Dubbo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country George Wilson 7,656 55.1 +0.1
Labor Leo Taylor 6,242 44.9 -0.1
Total formal votes 13,898 97.9 -0.5
Informal votes 292 2.1 +0.5
Turnout 14,190 95.4 -1.2
Country hold Swing +0.1

Dulwich Hill

New South Wales state election, 1938: Dulwich Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Guy Arkins 7,364 36.7 -25.2
Labor Leslie Morrow 6,992 34.9 -3.2
United Australia Ronald McCredie 5,686 28.4 +28.4
Total formal votes 20,042 98.4 +0.2
Informal votes 326 1.6 -0.2
Turnout 20,368 96.5 -0.2
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Guy Arkins 12,497 62.3 +0.4
Labor Leslie Morrow 7,545 37.7 -0.4
United Australia hold Swing +0.4

Georges River

New South Wales state election, 1938: Georges River
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Cecil Monro 13,222 57.4 +5.7
Labor Albert Kealman 9,811 42.6 -2.1
Total formal votes 23,033 97.3 -0.2
Informal votes 633 2.7 +0.2
Turnout 23,666 96.3 -0.3
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Glebe

New South Wales state election, 1938: Glebe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Carlton 7,023 46.0 -13.0
Industrial Labor Horace Foley 6,218 40.7 +40.7
Independent Bertie Lewis 2,021 13.2 +13.2
Total formal votes 15,262 96.8 -1.0
Informal votes 500 3.2 +1.0
Turnout 15,762 95.9 +0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Bill Carlton 7,899 51.8
Industrial Labor Horace Foley 7,363 48.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Gloucester

New South Wales state election, 1938: Gloucester
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Charles Bennett 7,732 54.3 -45.7
Independent Ray Fitzgerald 5,010 35.2 +35.2
Independent Henry Rooke 1,492 10.5 +10.5
Total formal votes 14,234 98.4
Informal votes 238 1.6
Turnout 14,472 96.2
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Gordon

New South Wales state election, 1938: Gordon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Harry Turner 10,557 50.02 -49.98
United Australia William Milne 10,548 49.98 +49.98
Total formal votes 21,105 96.6
Informal votes 739 3.4
Turnout 21,844 95.1
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Goulburn

New South Wales state election, 1938: Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Tully 6,284 51.3 +0.8
United Australia Peter Loughlin 3,200 26.1 -23.4
Country Frederick Davies 2,702 22.0 +22.0
Independent Robert Tatham 66 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 12,252 98.2 +0.6
Informal votes 221 1.8 -0.6
Turnout 12,473 97.7 +0.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Granville

New South Wales state election, 1938: Granville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Lamb 10,999 51.8 +8.2
United Australia Claude Fleck 10,227 48.2 +5.0
Total formal votes 21,226 97.9 +0.9
Informal votes 449 2.1 -0.9
Turnout 21,675 97.0 -0.9
Labor gain from United Australia Swing +2.0

Hamilton

New South Wales state election, 1938: Hamilton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Joshua Arthur unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Hartley

New South Wales state election, 1938: Hartley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Hamilton Knight unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Hawkesbury

New South Wales state election, 1938: Hawkesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Ronald Walker 8,676 56.0 -13.7
Independent Victor Gillespie 6,803 44.0 +44.0
Total formal votes 15,479 97.4 +0.4
Informal votes 406 2.6 -0.4
Turnout 15,885 95.9 +0.1
United Australia hold Swing -13.7

Hornsby

New South Wales state election, 1938: Hornsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia James Shand 8,238 39.4 -41.9
United Australia Sydney Storey 6,012 28.7 +28.7
United Australia William Henson 4,936 23.6 +23.6
Independent Howard Miscamble 1,741 8.3 +8.3
Total formal votes 20,927 95.4 +8.1
Informal votes 1,010 4.6 -8.1
Turnout 21,937 95.6 +0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
United Australia James Shand 11,082 53.0
United Australia Sydney Storey 9,845 47.0
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Hurstville

New South Wales state election, 1938: Hurstville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia James Webb 11,493 56.1 +5.8
Labor Michael Croot 8,983 43.9 -2.5
Total formal votes 20,476 97.9 -0.3
Informal votes 440 2.1 +0.3
Turnout 20,916 97.1 -0.4
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Illawarra

New South Wales state election, 1938: Illawarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Billy Davies unopposed
Labor hold Swing

King

New South Wales state election, 1938: King
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Daniel Clyne 7,841 51.1 -0.5
United Australia Rowland Bowen 5,581 36.4 -7.2
Independent Josiah Trenerry 1,488 9.7 +9.7
Independent Patrick McDonnell 431 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 15,341 96.1 -0.7
Informal votes 626 3.9 +0.7
Turnout 15,967 90.9 -0.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Kogarah

New South Wales state election, 1938: Kogarah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia James Ross 11,633 53.2 -0.4
Labor John Hibberd 8,368 38.3 -2.2
Independent John Battye 1,863 8.5 +8.5
Total formal votes 21,864 98.3 +0.1
Informal votes 371 1.7 -0.1
Turnout 22,235 97.1 -0.5
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Kurri Kurri

New South Wales state election, 1938: Kurri Kurri
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Booth unopposed
Labor hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0708103057.
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