Results of the Queensland state election, 1938 (A-K)

Queensland state election, 2 April 1938[1] Legislative Assembly << 1935 — 1941 >>
Enrolled voters		582,711^[1]
Votes cast		539,037		Turnout	92.51%	–0.19
Informal votes		7,058		Informal	1.31%	–0.43
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	250,943	47.17%	–6.26	44	– 2
	Country	120,469	22.65%	·	13	·
	United Australia	74,328	13.97%	·	4	·
	Protestant Labor	46,568	8.75%	+8.75%	1	+ 1
	Social Credit	27,758	5.22%	–1.80%	0	± 0
	Communist	8,510	1.60%	+0.28	0	± 0
	Independent	3,403	0.64%	–2.73	0	± 0
Total		531,979			62

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1938 Queensland state election for electorates from A to K.

At the time, the voting system in Queensland was based on contingency voting, which was similar to the modern optional preferential voting system. In electorates with 3 or more candidates, preferences were not distributed if a candidate received more than 50% of the primary vote.

If none received more than 50%, all except the top two candidates were eliminated from the count and their preferences distributed between the two leaders, with the one receiving the most votes declared the winner.

Results by electoral district

Albert

Queensland state election, 1938: Albert^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Thomas Plunkett	3,713	40.5	-13.0
	Labor	John Bray	2,622	28.6	+28.6
	Protestant Labor	Robert Elliott	1,542	16.8	+16.8
	Social Credit	George Gray	1,289	14.1	-32.4
Total formal votes			9,166	99.0	+1.9
Informal votes			95	1.0	-1.9
Turnout			9,261	92.4	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Thomas Plunkett	4,195	54.9	+1.4
	Labor	John Bray	3,446	45.1	+45.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1938: Aubigny

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Arthur Moore	5,408	65.7	-34.3
	Labor	James Strofeld	1,976	24.0	+24.0
	Independent	Hermann Wrembeck	844	10.3	+10.3
Total formal votes			8,228	98.9
Informal votes			91	1.1
Turnout			8,319	92.6
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1938: Barcoo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Bulcock	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Baroona

Queensland state election, 1938: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Power	4,571	49.6	-19.6
	Protestant Labor	Ralph Powell	2,539	27.6	+27.6
	United Australia	Edwyn Roper	2,103	22.8	+22.8
Total formal votes			9,213	98.7	+2.4
Informal votes			123	1.3	-2.4
Turnout			9,336	92.4	+2.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	William Power	4,736	57.7	-11.5
	Protestant Labor	Ralph Powell	3,478	42.3	+42.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Bowen

Queensland state election, 1938: Bowen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ernest Riordan	3,098	39.2	-13.4
	Communist	Fred Paterson	2,319	29.3	+13.7
	Country	Ernest Forde	2,135	27.0	-2.4
	Social Credit	Henry Beck	355	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			7,907	99.2	+0.7
Informal votes			62	0.8	-0.7
Turnout			7,969	94.6	+0.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Ernest Riordan	3,308	56.2
	Communist	Fred Paterson	2,579	43.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1938: Bremer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Cooper	7,099	83.4	-4.1
	Communist	Geordie Burns	1,414	16.6	+4.1
Total formal votes			8,513	96.9	-0.5
Informal votes			276	3.1	+0.5
Turnout			8,789	95.0	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.1

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1938: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Mann	5,704	66.0	+1.6
	United Australia	Benjamin White	2,933	34.0	+34.0
Total formal votes			8,637	98.3	+1.1
Informal votes			146	1.7	-1.1
Turnout			8,637	88.2	+3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1938: Bulimba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Marriott	5,847	59.8	-7.0
	United Australia	Robert Larmar	2,132	21.8	-5.3
	Social Credit	Julius Streeter	1,221	12.5	+12.5
	Independent	Bernard Dent	577	5.9	+5.9
Total formal votes			9,777	97.6	-0.8
Informal votes			240	2.4	+0.8
Turnout			10,017	95.4	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1938: Bundaberg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bernard McLean	4,356	44.1	-8.3
	Country	Laurence Scotney	2,393	24.2	+10.1
	Social Credit	Henry Clegton	1,699	17.2	-16.3
	Protestant Labor	Ernest Miles	1,439	14.6	-18.9
Total formal votes			9,887	99.2	-0.1
Informal votes			83	0.8	+0.1
Turnout			9,970	95.5	-1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bernard McLean	4,694	59.1
	Country	Laurence Scotney	3,247	40.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Buranda

Queensland state election, 1938: Buranda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Edward Hanson	5,168	50.9	-13.3
	United Australia	Hector Annat	2,432	23.9	-3.0
	Protestant Labor	Joseph Webster	2,202	21.7	+21.7
	Social Credit	Harold Tapper	358	3.5	-5.5
Total formal votes			10,160	98.5	-0.2
Informal votes			155	1.5	+0.2
Turnout			10,315	94.1	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1938: Cairns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John O'Keefe	4,597	56.3	-13.0
	Country	William Chapman	1,830	22.4	+22.4
	Protestant Labor	Robert Smith	1,740	21.3	+21.3
Total formal votes			8,167	98.8	+0.7
Informal votes			99	1.2	-0.7
Turnout			8,266	90.6	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1938: Carnarvon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Paul Hilton	4,514	56.2	+3.4
	Country	John Leahy	3,515	43.8	+4.3
Total formal votes			8,029	99.3	+0.1
Informal votes			55	0.7	-0.1
Turnout			8,084	91.6	-0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Carpentaria

Queensland state election, 1938: Carpentaria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Mullan	3,501	55.8	-44.2
	Country	James Boyd	2,775	44.2	+44.2
Total formal votes			6,276	98.8
Informal votes			75	1.2
Turnout			6,351	79.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Charters Towers

Queensland state election, 1938: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Wellington	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of William Wellington. It was held on 27th May 1939.

Charters Towers state by-election, 1939

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Arthur Jones	2,925	44.9	-55.1
	Protestant Labor	William Hocking	1,689	25.9	+25.9
	Country	Robert Smith	1,637	25.1	+25.1
	Independent	William Millett	265	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			6,516	99.3
Informal votes			44	0.7
Turnout			6,560	84.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Jones	3,073	58.6	-41.4
	Protestant Labor	William Hocking	2,170	41.4	+41.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Cook

Queensland state election, 1938: Cook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harold Collins	4,485	59.0	+5.3
	Country	George Weaver	2,574	33.8	+7.8
	Social Credit	Joseph Mears	547	7.2	-13.1
Total formal votes			7,606	98.0	-0.4
Informal votes			157	2.0	+0.4
Turnout			7,763	90.4	-0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1938: Cooroora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Harry Walker	5,353	59.5	-7.1
	Labor	Andrew Thompson	2,283	25.4	+25.4
	Social Credit	Denis Hannay	1,364	15.1	+15.1
Total formal votes			9,000	98.9	+0.8
Informal votes			100	1.1	-0.8
Turnout			9,100	94.4	+0.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1938: Cunningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	William Deacon	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Dalby

Queensland state election, 1938: Dalby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Aubrey Slessar	4,661	50.3	+2.1
	Country	Godfrey Morgan	4,604	49.7	-2.1
Total formal votes			9,265	98.9	-0.1
Informal votes			102	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			9,367	91.7	-1.4
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+2.1

East Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1938: East Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	James Kane	3,831	45.4	-9.0
	Country	Herbert Yeates	2,626	31.1	-14.5
	Independent UAP	James Annand	1,986	23.5	+23.5
Total formal votes			8,443	98.6	+0.1
Informal votes			120	1.4	-0.1
Turnout			8,563	90.1	-2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Herbert Yeates	4,198	51.3	+5.7
	Labor	James Kane	3,977	48.7	-5.7
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+5.7

Enoggera

Queensland state election, 1938: Enoggera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Taylor	5,689	54.7	-14.3
	Protestant Labor	James Underhill	2,390	23.0	+23.0
	United Australia	Robert Gardiner	2,326	22.3	-8.7
Total formal votes			10,405	99.2	+0.8
Informal votes			83	0.8	-0.8
Turnout			10,488	94.9	+1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1938: Fassifern

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Adolf Muller	6,086	67.3	+5.2
	Labor	John Holman	2,951	32.7	-5.2
Total formal votes			9,037	98.6	-0.3
Informal votes			124	1.4	+0.3
Turnout			9,161	94.7	+0.3
	Country hold		Swing	+5.2

Fitzroy

Queensland state election, 1938: Fitzroy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	James Clark	5,222	55.0	-8.3
	Country	Edwin Hiskens	3,616	38.1	+1.5
	Social Credit	Sidney Cooper	650	6.9	+6.9
Total formal votes			9,488	99.4	+0.9
Informal votes			57	0.6	-0.9
Turnout			9,545	93.4	-0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Fortitude Valley

Queensland state election, 1938: Fortitude Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Samuel Brassington	5,136	56.4	-15.9
	United Australia	William Boden	2,492	27.4	+2.3
	Protestant Labor	Andrew Knox	1,476	16.2	+16.2
Total formal votes			9,104	98.7	-0.2
Informal votes			118	1.3	+0.2
Turnout			9,222	93.3	+0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1938: Gregory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Pollock	3,785	64.9	-35.1
	Country	Edward Phillott	2,045	35.1	+35.1
Total formal votes			5,830	97.9
Informal votes			125	2.1
Turnout			5,955	81.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of George Pollock. It was held on 27th May 1939.

Gregory state by-election, 1939

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Charles Brown	2,926	52.9	+52.9
	Labor	Vincent Thompson	2,600	47.1	-17.8
Total formal votes			5,526
Informal votes
Turnout
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Gympie

Queensland state election, 1938: Gympie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Thomas Dunstan	3,040	43.0	-13.7
	Protestant Labor	William Millett	2,264	32.0	+32.0
	Country	Vivian Tozer	1,526	21.6	-21.7
	Social Credit	Alfred Taylor	246	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			7,076	99.3	+0.2
Informal votes			51	0.7	-0.2
Turnout			7,127	93.7	-0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Thomas Dunstan	3,203	55.3	-1.4
	Protestant Labor	William Millett	2,590	44.7	+44.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Hamilton

Queensland state election, 1938: Hamilton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Hugh Russell	6,573	68.7	+2.9
	Labor	William Pinder	3,001	31.3	-2.9
Total formal votes			9,574	98.7	+0.2
Informal votes			129	1.3	-0.2
Turnout			9,703	94.3	+4.3
	United Australia hold		Swing	+2.9

Herbert

Queensland state election, 1938: Herbert

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Percy Pease	4,858	52.9	-10.8
	Country	Clarence Page	1,643	17.9	+17.9
	Communist	Jack Henry	1,563	17.0	-0.3
	Protestant Labor	Ernest Malin	1,121	12.2	+12.2
Total formal votes			9,185	98.4	+0.2
Informal votes			146	1.6	-0.2
Turnout			9,331	87.2	-0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of Percy Pease. It was held on 9th November 1940.

Herbert state by-election, 1940

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Stephen Theodore	4,839	53.8	+0.9
	Country	Alfred Moule	2,472	27.5	+9.6
	Independent	Jack Wells	1,683	18.7	+18.7
Total formal votes			8,994
Informal votes
Turnout
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1938: Ipswich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	David Gledson	6,289	66.0	-34.0
	United Australia	Henry Beverley	3,235	34.0	+34.0
Total formal votes			9,524	98.4
Informal votes			150	1.6
Turnout			9,674	95.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Isis

Queensland state election, 1938: Isis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	William Brand	5,247	64.7	+6.6
	Labor	Ernest Widdup	2,857	35.3	-6.6
Total formal votes			8,104	98.6	+0.1
Informal votes			113	1.4	-0.1
Turnout			8,217	94.7	-0.3
	Country hold		Swing	+6.6

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1938: Ithaca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ned Hanlon	5,145	49.9	-50.1
	Protestant Labor	George Webb	3,448	33.4	+33.4
	United Australia	Kenneth Morris	1,727	16.7	+16.7
Total formal votes			10,320	99.1
Informal votes			97	0.9
Turnout			10,417	94.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Ned Hanlon	5,226	52.3	-47.7
	Protestant Labor	George Webb	4,770	47.7	+47.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Kelvin Grove

Queensland state election, 1938: Kelvin Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Waters	4,375	42.5	-27.2
	Protestant Labor	George Morris	3,684	35.8	+35.8
	United Australia	Edgar Ralph	2,229	21.7	-8.6
Total formal votes			10,228	99.5	+1.1
Informal votes			51	0.5	-1.1
Turnout			10,339	95.3	+1.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Protestant Labor	George Morris	4,779	51.6	+51.6
	Labor	Frank Waters	4,479	48.4	-21.3
	Protestant Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Kennedy

Queensland state election, 1938: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Waters	5,492	63.8	-0.1
	Country	James Kennedy	3,120	36.2	+0.1
Total formal votes			8,612	97.9	+1.1
Informal votes			183	2.1	-1.1
Turnout			8,795	90.1	-1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.1

Keppel

Queensland state election, 1938: Keppel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	David Daniel	4,391	54.2	+4.8
	Social Credit	John Harding	2,484	30.7	+13.1
	Independent	John Salmon	1,227	15.1	+15.1
Total formal votes			8,102	98.7	-0.1
Informal votes			125	1.3	+0.1
Turnout			8,227	92.3	-3.0
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1938: Kurilpa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Patrick Copley	4,545	46.8	-17.1
	United Australia	John Pringle	2,437	25.5	-5.7
	Protestant Labor	Joseph Moore	2,313	24.0	+24.0
	Communist	Alec MacDonald	426	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			9,721	98.6	+0.3
Informal votes			133	1.4	-0.3
Turnout			9,854	91.3	-0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Patrick Copley	4,960	56.1
	United Australia	John Pringle	3,880	43.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• Results of the Queensland state election, 1938 (L-Z)
• Queensland state election, 1938
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1938
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1938-1941

References

1. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 11 May 1935". Retrieved 23 December 2009.
2. Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.