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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By-election

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

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

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.
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