Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election

The 1938 New South Wales state election was for 90 electoral districts each returning a single member with compulsory preferential voting.[1]

New South Wales state election, 26 March 1938
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 1,607,833[lower-alpha 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  

Results by electoral district

Albury
1938 New South Wales state election: Albury [2]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Annandale [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bob Gorman unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Armidale
1938 New South Wales state election: Armidale [4]
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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Arncliffe
1938 New South Wales state election: Arncliffe [5]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [6]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Ashfield [7]
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 SwingN/A

Auburn
1938 New South Wales state election: Auburn [8]
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 SwingN/A

Balmain
1938 New South Wales state election: Balmain [9]
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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Bankstown
1938 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James McGirr unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Barwon
1938 New South Wales state election: Barwon [11]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Bathurst [12]
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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Bondi
1938 New South Wales state election: Bondi [13]
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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Botany
1938 New South Wales state election: Botany [14]
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 SwingN/A

Bulli
1938 New South Wales state election: Bulli [15]
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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Burwood
1938 New South Wales state election: Burwood [16]
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 SwingN/A

Byron
1938 New South Wales state election: Byron [17]
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 SwingN/A

Canterbury
1938 New South Wales state election: Canterbury [18]
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 SwingN/A

Casino
1938 New South Wales state election: Casino [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country John Reid unopposed
Country hold Swing

Castlereagh
1938 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [20]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Cessnock [21]
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 SwingN/A

Clarence
1938 New South Wales state election: Clarence [22]
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 SwingN/A

Cobar
1938 New South Wales state election: Cobar [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Mat Davidson unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Concord
1938 New South Wales state election: Concord [24]
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 SwingN/A

Coogee
1938 New South Wales state election: Coogee [25]
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 SwingN/A

Cootamundra
1938 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [26]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Corowa [27]
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 SwingN/A

Croydon
1938 New South Wales state election: Croydon [28]
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 SwingN/A

Drummoyne
1938 New South Wales state election: Drummoyne [29]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Dubbo [30]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [31]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Georges River [32]
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 SwingN/A

Glebe
1938 New South Wales state election: Glebe [33]
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 SwingN/A

Gloucester
1938 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [34]
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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Gordon
1938 New South Wales state election: Gordon [35]
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 SwingN/A

Goulburn
1938 New South Wales state election: Goulburn [36]
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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Granville
1938 New South Wales state election: Granville [37]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Hamilton [38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Joshua Arthur unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Hartley
1938 New South Wales state election: Hartley [39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Hamilton Knight unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Hawkesbury
1938 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury [40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Bruce Walker Jr 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
1938 New South Wales state election: Hornsby [41]
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 SwingN/A

Hurstville
1938 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [42]
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 SwingN/A

Illawarra
1938 New South Wales state election: Illawarra [43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Billy Davies unopposed
Labor hold Swing

King
1938 New South Wales state election: King [44]
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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Kogarah
1938 New South Wales state election: Kogarah [45]
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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Kurri Kurri
1938 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri [46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Booth unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Lachlan
1938 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [47]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Lakemba [48]
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 SwingN/A

Lane Cove
1938 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove [49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Herbert FitzSimons unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Leichhardt
1938 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [50]
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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Lismore
1938 New South Wales state election: Lismore [51]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country William Frith unopposed
Country hold Swing

Liverpool Plains
1938 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [52]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Maitland [53]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Manly [54]
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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Marrickville
1938 New South Wales state election: Marrickville [55]
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 SwingN/A

Monaro
1938 New South Wales state election: Monaro [56]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Mosman [57]
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 SwingN/A

Mudgee
1938 New South Wales state election: Mudgee [58]
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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Murray
1938 New South Wales state election: Murray [59]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Murrumbidgee [60]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Namoi [61]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Nepean [62]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [63]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Reginald Weaver unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Newcastle
1938 New South Wales state election: Newcastle [64]
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 SwingN/A

Newtown
1938 New South Wales state election: Newtown [65]
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 SwingN/A

North Sydney
1938 New South Wales state election: North Sydney [66]
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 SwingN/A

Orange
1938 New South Wales state election: Orange [67]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Oxley [68]  [68]
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 SwingN/A

Paddington
1938 New South Wales state election: Paddington [69]
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 SwingN/A

Parramatta
1938 New South Wales state election: Parramatta [70]
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 SwingN/A

Petersham
1938 New South Wales state election: Petersham [71]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Phillip [72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Shannon unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Raleigh
1938 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [73]
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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Randwick
1938 New South Wales state election: Randwick [74]
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 SwingN/A

Redfern
1938 New South Wales state election: Redfern [75]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William McKell unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Ryde
1938 New South Wales state election: Ryde [76]
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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

South Coast
1938 New South Wales state election: South Coast [77]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Henry Bate unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Sturt
1938 New South Wales state election: Sturt [78]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ted Horsington unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Tamworth
1938 New South Wales state election: Tamworth [79]
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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Temora
1938 New South Wales state election: Temora [80]
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 SwingN/A

Tenterfield
1938 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [81]
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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Upper Hunter
1938 New South Wales state election: Upper Hunter [82]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Malcolm Brown unopposed
Country hold Swing

Vaucluse
1938 New South Wales state election: Vaucluse [83]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Murray Robson unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Wagga Wagga
1938 New South Wales state election: Wagga Wagga [84]
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
1938 New South Wales state election: Waratah [85]
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 SwingN/A

Waverley
1938 New South Wales state election: Waverley [86]
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 SwingN/A

Willoughby
1938 New South Wales state election: Willoughby [87]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Edward Sanders unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Wollondilly
1938 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [88]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Mark Morton unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Woollahra
1938 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [89]
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 SwingN/A

Yass
1938 New South Wales state election: Yass [90]
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 SwingN/A

Young
1938 New South Wales state election: Young [91]
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

Notes
  1. A total of 19 electorates (six UAP, three Country, and ten Labor) were uncontested, representing 338,853 voters.[1]

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