Candidates of the 1938 New South Wales state election explained

This is a list of candidates for the 1938 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 26 March 1938.

Retiring members

United Australia

• John Ness (Dulwich Hill)

Country

• Ernest Buttenshaw (Lachlan)
• Hugh Main (Temora)

Independent

• Harold Mason (Woollahra)

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Coalition candidate	Other candidates
		Edward Jones		Alexander Mair (UAP)
			Bob Gorman
				David Drummond (CP)	William Broun (Ind) Charles Hobbs (Ind)
			Joseph Cahill	Ernest Barton (UAP)
				Hilton Elliott (CP)	William Gibbons (Ind)
				Athol Richardson (UAP)	Thomas Cavill (Ind)
			Jack Lang		Jack Hooke (ILP)
			John Quirk		John O'Carroll (Ind) Thomas Payne (CPA)
			James McGirr
		Thomas Kane		Ben Wade (CP)
			Gus Kelly	Roland Green (CP) Thomas Mutch (UAP)
		Henry Collins		Norman Thomas (UAP)	Richard Brown (Ind) Thomas Hogan (Ind)
					Bob Heffron (ILP)
			John Sweeney		Jack Miles (CPA) Edward Ryan (Ind)
				Harrie Mitchell (UAP)
			Gordon Jackett (UAP)
				Arthur Budd (CP)	Frederick Stuart (Ind)
			Arthur Tonge	Edward Hocking (UAP)
				John Reid (CP)
		Les Murphy		Alfred Yeo (CP)
			Jack Baddeley		Eugene O'Neill (ILP)
				Cecil Wingfield (CP)
			Alfred Henry (CP)
			Mat Davidson
		Leonard Thompson		Stan Lloyd (UAP)
				John Dunningham (UAP)	Mark Foots (Ind)
				Bill Ross (CP)
			Ebenezer Kendell (CP)		Christopher Lethbridge (Ind)
				Clive Walker (Ind)
				Bertram Stevens (UAP)	Garry Gordon (Ind)
				John Lee (UAP)
		Leo Taylor		George Wilson (CP)
		Leslie Morrow		Guy Arkins (UAP)
			Ronald McCredie (UAP)
		Albert Kealman		Cecil Monro (UAP)
			Bill Carlton		Horace Foley (ILP) Bertie Lewis (Ind)
				Charles Bennett (UAP)	Ray Fitzgerald (Ind) Henry Rooke (Ind)
				Harry Turner (UAP)
			William Milne (UAP)
			Jack Tully	Frederick Davies (CP) Peter Loughlin (UAP)	Robert Tatham (Ind)
				Claude Fleck (UAP)
			Joshua Arthur
			Hamilton Knight
				Bruce Walker Jr (UAP)	Victor Gillespie (Ind)
				James Shand (UAP)	Howard Miscamble (Ind)
			William Henson (UAP) Sydney Storey (UAP)
		Michael Croot		James Webb (UAP)
			Billy Davies
			Daniel Clyne	Rowland Bowen (UAP)	Patrick McDonnell (Ind) Josiah Trenerry (Ind)
		John Hibberd		James Ross (UAP)	John Battye (Ind)
			George Booth
		John Grace		Griffith Evans (CP)	George Berry (Ind)
			John Parker (CP) Charles Thomas (CP)
			Fred Stanley		William Dowe (Ind)
				Herbert FitzSimons
			Claude Matthews		Arthur Doughty (Ind) James Dunn (ILP)
				William Frith (CP)
				Harry Carter (CP)
				Walter Howarth (UAP)
				Alfred Reid (UAP)	Richard Fitzgerald (Ind)
			Robert Miller (UAP) Alfred Seller (UAP)
		Leslie Balzen	Frederick Rushton (UAP)		Carlo Lazzarini (ILP)
		Clarence Moore		William Hedges (CP)
				Herbert Lloyd (UAP)
			Henry Storey (UAP)
			Bill Dunn	Eric Pye (CP) Reginald Wilson (CP)
		James Lloyd		Joe Lawson (CP)
				Robert Hankinson (CP)
		Ernest Hogan		Colin Sinclair (CP)
		John Jackson		Joseph Jackson (UAP)
			Arthur Hebblewhite (UAP)
				Reginald Weaver (UAP)
			Frank Hawkins		Claude Dalby (Ind)
			Frank Burke		Cyril Glassop (Ind)
		Henry Clayden		Hubert Primrose (UAP)
		Edward McGarry		Alwyn Tonking (UAP)
				Lewis Martin (UAP)	George Mitchell (Ind)
			Maurice O'Sullivan		Lance Sharkey (CPA)
				George Gollan (UAP)
				Eric Solomon (UAP)
			Tom Shannon
		John Devine		Roy Vincent (CP)	Les Jordan (Ind)
				Arthur Moverly (UAP)
			William McKell
		James Walsh		Eric Spooner (UAP)	William Harrison (Ind)
				Henry Bate (UAP)
			Ted Horsington
		John Killalea		Frank Chaffey (UAP)	Augustine Logue (Ind)
				Doug Dickson (CP)	Alfred Holland (Ind) Harold Munro (Ind) Lancelot Redgrave (Ind)
			Hugh Roberton (CP)
				Michael Bruxner (CP)	William McCotter (Ind) Edward Ogilvie (Ind)
				Malcolm Brown (CP)
				Murray Robson (UAP)
		Eric McKeig		Matthew Kilpatrick (CP)
			Robert Cameron		Robert Cram (CPA)
				John Waddell (UAP)
				Edward Sanders (UAP)
				Mark Morton (UAP)
				Vernon Treatt (UAP)
			Arthur Butterell (UAP)
				George Ardill (UAP)	Vivian Partridge (Ind)
		Reginald Phillips		Albert Reid (CP)

See also

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

References

• Web site: Antony Green . Green . Antony . 1938 Election candidate index . . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007.