Results of the New South Wales state election, 1938 (L-Z)

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 L to Z.

Results by electoral district

Lachlan

New South Wales state election, 1938: Lachlan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Grace 5,393 39.5 +4.1
Country Griffith Evans 4,090 30.0 -34.6
Country John Parker 1,661 12.2 +12.2
Country Charles Thomas 1,475 10.8 +10.8
Independent George Berry 1,032 7.6 +7.6
Total formal votes 13,651 97.8 -0.6
Informal votes 306 2.2 +0.6
Turnout 13,957 94.9 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Griffith Evans 7,644 56.0 -8.6
Labor John Grace 6,007 44.0 +8.6
Country hold Swing -8.6

Lakemba

New South Wales state election, 1938: Lakemba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Fred Stanley 11,796 61.9 +5.1
Independent William Dowe 7,276 38.1 +38.1
Total formal votes 19,072 96.6 -1.3
Informal votes 672 3.4 +1.3
Turnout 19,744 97.0 -0.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Lane Cove

New South Wales state election, 1938: Lane Cove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Herbert FitzSimons unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Leichhardt

New South Wales state election, 1938: Leichhardt
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Claude Matthews 9,822 60.5 +3.4
Industrial Labor James Dunn 3,870 23.8 +23.8
Independent Arthur Doughty 2,542 15.7 +15.7
Total formal votes 16,234 96.0 -1.7
Informal votes 668 4.0 +1.7
Turnout 16,902 96.5 -1.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Lismore

New South Wales state election, 1938: Lismore
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country William Frith unopposed
Country hold Swing

Liverpool Plains

New South Wales state election, 1938: Liverpool Plains
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Harry Carter 7,489 60.1 -1.0
Labor Thomas Ryan 4,975 39.9 +1.0
Total formal votes 12,464 98.5 -0.1
Informal votes 194 1.5 +0.1
Turnout 12,658 95.2 -0.6
Country hold Swing -1.0

Maitland

New South Wales state election, 1938: Maitland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Walter Howarth 7,861 61.2 +3.9
Labor Walter O'Hearn 4,988 38.8 -3.9
Total formal votes 12,849 98.9 +0.3
Informal votes 137 1.1 -0.3
Turnout 12,986 97.9 -0.2
United Australia hold Swing +3.9

Manly

New South Wales state election, 1938: Manly
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Alfred Reid 13,538 57.4 -16.4
United Australia Robert Miller 6,589 27.9 +27.9
Independent Richard Fitzgerald 2,491 10.6 +10.6
United Australia Alfred Seller 956 4.1 +4.1
Total formal votes 23,574 97.0 +6.3
Informal votes 729 3.0 -6.3
Turnout 24,303 95.8 +0.5
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Marrickville

New South Wales state election, 1938: Marrickville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Industrial Labor Carlo Lazzarini 7,006 39.2 +39.2
United Australia Frederick Rushton 6,365 35.6 -9.2
Labor Leslie Balzen 4,496 25.2 -30.0
Total formal votes 17,867 98.7 -0.1
Informal votes 235 1.3 +0.1
Turnout 18,102 97.4 -0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Industrial Labor Carlo Lazzarini 10,960 61.3 +61.3
United Australia Frederick Rushton 6,907 38.7 -6.1
Industrial Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A

Monaro

New South Wales state election, 1938: Monaro
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country William Hedges 7,570 57.6 +0.7
Labor Clarence Moore 5,567 42.4 -0.7
Total formal votes 13,137 98.7 0.0
Informal votes 168 1.3 0.0
Turnout 13,305 95.9 -1.2
Country hold Swing +0.7

Mosman

New South Wales state election, 1938: Mosman
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Herbert Lloyd 10,191 54.7 -45.3
United Australia Henry Storey 8,443 45.3 +45.3
Total formal votes 18,634 97.9
Informal votes 402 2.1
Turnout 19,036 95.8
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Mudgee

New South Wales state election, 1938: Mudgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Dunn 8,587 60.5 +7.8
Country Eric Pye 3,279 23.1 -24.2
Country Reginald Wilson 2,320 16.3 +16.3
Total formal votes 14,186 98.4 -1.0
Informal votes 229 1.6 +1.0
Turnout 14,415 96.4 -1.0
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Murray

New South Wales state election, 1938: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Joe Lawson 7,520 60.7 +9.7
Labor James Lloyd 4,875 39.3 -9.7
Total formal votes 12,395 97.8 -0.8
Informal votes 281 2.2 +0.8
Turnout 12,676 90.2 -0.2
Country hold Swing +9.7

Murrumbidgee

New South Wales state election, 1938: Murrumbidgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Robert Hankinson 7,640 50.5 -1.8
Labor George Enticknap 7,495 49.5 +1.8
Total formal votes 15,135 98.5 +0.3
Informal votes 228 1.5 -0.3
Turnout 15,363 95.2 +0.4
Country hold Swing -1.8

Namoi

New South Wales state election, 1938: Namoi
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Colin Sinclair 7,516 51.3 -1.3
Labor Ernest Hogan 7,120 48.7 +1.3
Total formal votes 14,636 99.0 +0.4
Informal votes 150 1.0 -0.4
Turnout 14,786 96.6 +1.2
Country hold Swing -1.3

Nepean

New South Wales state election, 1938: Nepean
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Joseph Jackson 6,993 44.1 -21.5
Labor John Jackson 4,899 30.9 -3.5
United Australia Arthur Hebblewhite 3,965 25.0 +25.0
Total formal votes 15,857 97.7 -0.1
Informal votes 379 2.3 +0.1
Turnout 16,236 95.0 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Joseph Jackson 9,743 61.4 -4.2
Labor John Jackson 6,114 38.6 +4.2
United Australia hold Swing -4.2

Neutral Bay

New South Wales state election, 1938: Neutral Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Reginald Weaver unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Newcastle

New South Wales state election, 1938: Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Hawkins 13,946 70.9 +19.3
Independent Claude Dalby 5,735 29.1 +29.1
Total formal votes 19,681 96.7 +1.1
Informal votes 674 3.3 -1.1
Turnout 20,355 95.3 -0.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Newtown

New South Wales state election, 1938: Newtown
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Burke 11,757 70.9 +3.4
Independent Cyril Glassop 4,831 29.1 +29.1
Total formal votes 16,588 97.1 0.0
Informal votes 503 2.9 0.0
Turnout 17,091 96.0 -0.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

North Sydney

New South Wales state election, 1938: North Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Hubert Primrose 10,836 58.5 +2.9
Labor Henry Clayden 7,692 41.5 +4.4
Total formal votes 18,528 97.9 +0.4
Informal votes 399 2.1 -0.4
Turnout 18,927 94.7 -1.7
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Orange

New South Wales state election, 1938: Orange
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Alwyn Tonking 8,140 56.1 +2.1
Labor Edward McGarry 6,380 43.9 -2.1
Total formal votes 14,520 98.6 +0.3
Informal votes 204 1.4 -0.3
Turnout 14,724 97.0 +0.2
United Australia hold Swing +2.1

Oxley

New South Wales state election, 1938: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Lewis Martin 8,255 55.4 -15.1
Independent George Mitchell 6,642 44.6 +44.6
Total formal votes 14,897 98.3 0.0
Informal votes 252 1.7 0.0
Turnout 15,149 96.1 -0.1
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Paddington

New South Wales state election, 1938: Paddington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 13,768 90.2 +23.7
Communist Lance Sharkey 1,503 9.8 +1.2
Total formal votes 15,271 92.3 -3.8
Informal votes 1,266 7.7 +3.8
Turnout 16,537 92.9 -0.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Parramatta

New South Wales state election, 1938: Parramatta
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia George Gollan 12,878 61.1 +2.8
Labor Albert Rowe 8,203 38.9 -0.1
Total formal votes 21,081 97.9 -0.4
Informal votes 445 2.1 +0.4
Turnout 21,526 96.5 0.0
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Petersham

New South Wales state election, 1938: Petersham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Eric Solomon 9,033 50.5 +1.4
Labor Bill Sheahan 8,861 49.5 +4.4
Total formal votes 17,894 98.3 +0.2
Informal votes 307 1.7 -0.2
Turnout 18,201 97.1 +1.2
United Australia hold Swing -1.3

Phillip

New South Wales state election, 1938: Phillip
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Shannon unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Raleigh

New South Wales state election, 1938: Raleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Roy Vincent 8,659 56.2 -1.3
Independent Les Jordan 5,429 35.2 +35.2
Labor John Devine 1,316 8.5 +8.5
Total formal votes 15,404 98.1 -0.2
Informal votes 297 1.9 +0.2
Turnout 15,701 95.1 -0.9
Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Randwick

New South Wales state election, 1938: Randwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Arthur Moverly 11,100 56.0 +3.1
Labor Bob O'Halloran 8,719 44.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 19,819 98.3 -0.1
Informal votes 332 1.7 +0.1
Turnout 20,151 95.8 -0.9
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Redfern

New South Wales state election, 1938: Redfern
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William McKell unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Ryde

New South Wales state election, 1938: Ryde
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Eric Spooner 11,669 53.3 -6.0
Labor Kames Walsh 5,746 26.3 -14.4
Independent William Harrison 4,478 20.4 +20.4
Total formal votes 21,893 98.7 +0.6
Informal votes 294 1.3 -0.6
Turnout 22,187 97.0 -0.5
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

South Coast

New South Wales state election, 1938: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Henry Bate unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Sturt

New South Wales state election, 1938: Sturt
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ted Horsington unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Tamworth

New South Wales state election, 1938: Tamworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Frank Chaffey 8,255 60.0 -15.7
Labor John Killalea 4,688 34.1 +7.9
Independent Augustine Logue 804 5.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 13,747 98.5 +0.6
Informal votes 204 1.5 -0.6
Turnout 13,951 96.8 +0.8
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Temora

New South Wales state election, 1938: Temora
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Doug Dickson 3,225 27.0 -32.3
Country Hugh Roberton 3,015 25.3 +25.3
Independent Lancelot Redgrave 2,568 21.5 +21.5
Independent Alfred Hollande 2,404 20.2 +20.2
Independent Harold Munro 717 6.0 +6.0
Total formal votes 11,929 95.9 -2.4
Informal votes 513 4.1 +2.4
Turnout 12,442 96.4 +0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Doug Dickson 6,618 55.5 -3.8
Independent Lancelot Redgrave 5,311 44.5 +44.5
Country hold Swing N/A

Tenterfield

New South Wales state election, 1938: Tenterfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Michael Bruxner 7,995 61.9 -38.1
Independent William McCotter 2,968 23.0 +23.0
Independent Edward Ogilvie 1,959 15.2 +15.2
Total formal votes 12,922 98.2
Informal votes 242 1.8
Turnout 13,164 94.4
Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Upper Hunter

New South Wales state election, 1938: Upper Hunter
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Malcolm Brown unopposed
Country hold Swing

Vaucluse

New South Wales state election, 1938: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Murray Robson unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Wagga Wagga

New South Wales state election, 1938: Wagga Wagga
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Matthew Kilpatrick 8,092 63.1 -0.4
Labor Eric McKeig 4,734 36.9 +0.4
Total formal votes 12,826 98.5 -0.2
Informal votes 196 1.5 +0.2
Turnout 13,022 95.3 -0.5
Country hold Swing -0.4

Waratah

New South Wales state election, 1938: Waratah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Robert Cameron 16,442 77.8 +19.0
Communist Robert Cram 4,693 22.2 +13.8
Total formal votes 21.135 94.4 -2.1
Informal votes 1,249 5.6 +2.1
Turnout 22,384 95.9 -0.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Waverley

New South Wales state election, 1938: Waverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia John Waddell 10,210 51.4 +1.2
Labor William Clementson 9,641 48.6 +2.7
Total formal votes 19,851 98.1 -0.2
Informal votes 380 1.9 +0.2
Turnout 20,231 94.9 -0.9
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Willoughby

New South Wales state election, 1938: Willoughby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Edward Sanders unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Wollondilly

New South Wales state election, 1938: Wollondilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Mark Morton unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Woollahra

New South Wales state election, 1938: Woollahra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Vernon Treatt 9,512 53.6 -18.3
United Australia Arthur Butterell 8,227 46.4 +46.4
Total formal votes 17,739 93.6 -3.2
Informal votes 1,216 6.4 +3.2
Turnout 18,955 91.6 +0.4
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Yass

New South Wales state election, 1938: Yass
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia George Ardill 7,074 57.4 -0.4
Independent Vivian Partridge 5,240 42.6 +42.6
Total formal votes 12,314 98.5 -0.1
Informal votes 186 1.5 +0.1
Turnout 12,500 96.1 -1.0
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Young

New South Wales state election, 1938: Young
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Albert Reid 7,522 53.9 +0.2
Labor Reginald Phillips 6,435 46.1 -0.2
Total formal votes 13,957 99.0 +0.3
Informal votes 145 1.0 -0.3
Turnout 14,102 97.3 +0.7
Country hold Swing +0.2

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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