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 << 1935–1941 >>
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

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

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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Bankstown

1938 New South Wales state election: Bankstown ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James McGirr	unopposed
	Labor hold

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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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
	Labor	Francis Kelly	9,118	39.7
Total formal votes			22,983	95.2
Informal votes			1,150	4.8
Turnout			24,133	96.8
	Member changed to Industrial Labor from Labor		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/A

Casino

1938 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Reid	unopposed
	Country hold

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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/A

Cobar

1938 New South Wales state election: Cobar ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mat Davidson	unopposed
	Labor hold

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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/A

Christopher Lethbridge (Independent) had won the seat at the 1937 by-election following the death of Richard Ball (Country).

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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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
	United Australia	William Milne	10,548	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

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		Swing	N/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

Hartley

1938 New South Wales state election: Hartley ^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hamilton Knight	unopposed
	Labor hold

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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/A

Illawarra

1938 New South Wales state election: Illawarra ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Billy Davies	unopposed
	Labor hold

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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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

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		Swing	N/A

Lane Cove

1938 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove ^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Herbert FitzSimons	unopposed
	United Australia hold

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		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Lismore

1938 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Frith	unopposed
	Country hold

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		Swing	N/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
	Member changed to Industrial Labor from Labor		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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

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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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

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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/A

Redfern

1938 New South Wales state election: Redfern ^[75]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William McKell	unopposed
	Labor hold

Ryde

1938 New South Wales state election: Ryde ^[76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Eric Spooner	11,669	53.3	−6.0
	Labor	James 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

1938 New South Wales state election: South Coast ^[77]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Henry Bate	unopposed
	United Australia hold

Sturt

1938 New South Wales state election: Sturt ^[78]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Horsington	unopposed
	Labor hold

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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/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

Vaucluse

1938 New South Wales state election: Vaucluse ^[83]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Murray Robson	unopposed
	United Australia hold

William Foster (United Australia) died and Murray Robson had been elected as an Independent candidate at the resulting by-election however he re-joined the United Australia party.

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		Swing	N/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		Swing	N/A

Willoughby

1938 New South Wales state election: Willoughby ^[87]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Edward Sanders	unopposed
	United Australia hold

Wollondilly

1938 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly ^[88]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Mark Morton	unopposed
	United Australia hold

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		Swing	N/A

The sitting member 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).

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		Swing	N/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

• Candidates of the 1938 New South Wales state election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1938–1941

Notes

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