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1938 New South Wales state election

State election for New South Wales, Australia in March 1938 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1938 New South Wales state election
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The 1938 New South Wales state election was held on 26 March 1938. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 32nd New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting.

Quick facts All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority, First party ...

The result of the election was:

The UAP/Country Party coalition of Bertram Stevens and Michael Bruxner had a majority of 28 (down 2). Stevens continued as Premier until 5 August 1939 when he resigned after being censured by the Legislative Assembly, with 10 United Australia members crossing the floor. He was replaced as Premier by Alexander Mair.

Lang Labor reconciled with Labor in February 1936,[1] however Labor's primary vote continued to decline.[2] Labor's continued poor showing in this election was seen as evidence of Jack Lang's inability to appeal to the middle ground of the electorate. As a result, moves to dispose Lang intensified.[citation needed] The Industrial Labor Party led by Lang rival Bob Heffron was re-absorbed into the Labor on 26 August 1939 and Lang was replaced as party leader by William McKell on 5 September 1939.[1]

During this parliament Labor and Industrial Labor each won 2 by-elections from the United Australia Party.[3] This reduced the Government's majority to 20 when the parliament was dissolved.

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Results

New South Wales state election, 26 March 1938
Legislative Assembly
<< 19351941 >>

Enrolled voters 1,607,833[a]
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  
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The member for Woollahra, Sir Daniel Levy (United Australia), died in 1937. The resulting by-election was won by Harold Mason (Ind. United Australia) however he did not contest the election and the seat was regained by Vernon Treatt (United Australia).

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Notes

  1. A total of 19 electorates (six UAP, three Country, and ten Labor) were uncontested, representing 338,853 voters.[2]
  2. Bob Heffron (Botany) and Carlo Lazzarini (Marrickville) were expelled from Labor in 1936 and formed the Industrial Labor Party.
  3. Richard Ball (Country) died and Christopher Lethbridge (Independent) won the resulting by-election, retaining the seat at this election.

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