Results of the 1938 Queensland state election

Queensland state election, 2 April 1938 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.

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

1938 Queensland state election: Albert

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tom 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	Tom Plunkett	4,195	54.9	+1.4
	Labor	John Bray	3,446	45.1	+45.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Aubigny

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: Barcoo

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

Baroona

1938 Queensland state election: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill 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	Bill Power	4,736	57.7	−11.5
	Protestant Labor	Ralph Powell	3,478	42.3	+42.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Bowen

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Johnno 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

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: Buranda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted 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

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: 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 27 May 1939.

1939 Charters Towers state by-election

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

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: Cunningham

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

Dalby

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Kane	3,831	45.4	−9.0
	Country	Herbert Yeates	2,626	31.1	−14.5
	Ind. United Australia	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

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: Fassifern

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alf 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

1938 Queensland state election: Fitzroy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim 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

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: 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 27 May 1939.

1939 Gregory state by-election

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

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: 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 9 November 1940.

1940 Herbert state by-election

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

Ipswich

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	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

1938 Queensland state election: 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

1938 Queensland state election: Kurilpa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kerry 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	Kerry Copley	4,960	56.1
	United Australia	John Pringle	3,880	43.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Logan

1938 Queensland state election: Logan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Brown	5,320	49.6	−11.4
	United Australia	Allan Trotter	3,451	32.2	−6.8
	Protestant Labor	John Becconsall	1,746	16.3	+16.3
	Independent	Mary DeMattos	209	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			10,726	98.3	+0.2
Informal votes			182	1.7	−0.2
Turnout			10,908	94.2	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Brown	4,671	55.8	−5.2
	United Australia	Allan Trotter	4,494	44.2	+5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.2

Mackay

1938 Queensland state election: Mackay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Forgan Smith	7,153	80.6	+9.0
	Social Credit	John Neville	1,717	19.4	+12.2
Total formal votes			8,870	97.3	−1.4
Informal votes			242	2.7	+1.4
Turnout			9,112	89.7	0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Maranoa

1938 Queensland state election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Conroy	4,476	60.0	−10.5
	Country	Royland Hembrow	2,986	40.0	+40.0
Total formal votes			7,462	95.9	−1.4
Informal votes			321	4.1	+1.4
Turnout			7,783	88.4	+2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Maree

1938 Queensland state election: Maree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William King	5,201	53.3	−16.6
	United Australia	William Carter	3,830	39.2	+9.1
	Social Credit	Charles Martin	727	7.5	+7.5
Total formal votes			9,758	98.7	+1.4
Informal votes			128	1.3	−1.4
Turnout			9,886	94.4	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Maryborough

1938 Queensland state election: Maryborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Farrell	5,645	61.2	−29.2
	United Australia	Harold Reed	2,751	29.8	+29.8
	Social Credit	Noel Bromiley	834	9.0	+9.0
Total formal votes			9,230	99.5	+2.0
Informal votes			50	0.5	−2.0
Turnout			9,280	94.7	−0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Merthyr

1938 Queensland state election: Merthyr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Keogh	4,801	49.3	−17.2
	United Australia	Edmund Cuppaidge	2,903	29.8	−3.7
	Protestant Labor	Frederick Brown	2,042	20.9	+20.9
Total formal votes			9,746	99.0	+0.7
Informal votes			97	1.0	−0.7
Turnout			9,843	90.9	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Keogh	4,982	53.8	−12.7
	United Australia	Edmund Cuppaidge	4,272	46.2	+12.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−12.7

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of James Keogh. It was held on 9 November 1940.

1940 Merthyr state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Moore	4,839	57.5	+8.2
	United Australia	Patrick Kerwin	3,574	42.5	+12.7
Total formal votes			8,413
Informal votes
Turnout
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

Mirani

1938 Queensland state election: Mirani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Walsh	4,337	48.8	−0.1
	Country	James Wilkie	3,601	40.5	−6.0
	Social Credit	Edwin Hill	952	10.7	+6.1
Total formal votes			8,890	99.0	−0.1
Informal votes			89	1.0	+0.1
Turnout			8,979	91.9	−1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Walsh	4,507	54.8	+3.4
	Country	James Wilkie	3,723	45.2	−3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.4

Mundingburra

1938 Queensland state election: Mundingburra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Dash	4,773	50.3	−17.1
	Country	Francis Hughes	2,128	22.4	−2.2
	Protestant Labor	Lionel Parsons	1,733	18.3	+18.3
	Communist	Doug Olive	856	9.0	+9.0
Total formal votes			9,490	98.6	+0.2
Informal votes			130	1.4	−0.2
Turnout			9,620	93.0	−1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Murrumba

1938 Queensland state election: Murrumba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Frank Nicklin	4,930	52.9	−10.9
	Social Credit	Geoffrey Nichols	2,733	29.4	+29.4
	Labor	George Watson	1,648	17.7	+17.7
Total formal votes			9,311	98.7	+1.5
Informal votes			118	1.3	−1.5
Turnout			9,429	95.1	+0.4
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Nanango

1938 Queensland state election: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Edwards	3,719	42.6	−21.1
	Ind. Social Credit	Henry Madden	2,524	29.0	+29.0
	Labor	Horace Davies	2,476	28.4	+28.4
Total formal votes			8,719	99.3	+1.4
Informal votes			63	0.7	−1.4
Turnout			8,782	94.6	+2.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Jim Edwards	4,079	57.9	−5.8
	Ind. Social Credit	Henry Madden	2,963	42.1	+42.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Normanby

1938 Queensland state election: Normanby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Foley	4,052	53.8	−14.2
	Country	Harry Brake	2,781	36.9	+36.9
	Social Credit	Albert Webb	693	9.2	−22.8
Total formal votes			7,526	98.8	+2.3
Informal votes			94	1.2	−2.3
Turnout			7,620	88.5	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Nundah

1938 Queensland state election: Nundah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Hayes	5,014	48.4	−18.1
	Protestant Labor	Thomas Denovan	2,707	26.1	+26.1
	United Australia	William Kelso	2,644	25.5	−8.0
Total formal votes			10,365	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			101	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			10,466	95.9	+2.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	John Hayes	5,167	53.2	−13.3
	Protestant Labor	Thomas Denovan	4,544	46.8	+46.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Oxley

1938 Queensland state election: Oxley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas Nimmo	6,316	60.3	+6.9
	Labor	Wilhelm Thieme	4,153	39.7	−6.9
Total formal votes			10,469	98.5	+1.1
Informal votes			155	1.5	−1.1
Turnout			10,624	94.0	+0.1
	United Australia hold		Swing	+6.9

Port Curtis

1938 Queensland state election: Port Curtis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tommy Williams	5,452	57.1	+2.1
	Country	James Heading	4,102	42.9	+11.3
Total formal votes			9,554	98.9	+1.9
Informal votes			108	1.1	−1.9
Turnout			9,662	93.2	−2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Rockhampton

1938 Queensland state election: Rockhampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Larcombe	5,939	60.9	−11.5
	Country	Thomas Parris	2,732	28.0	+28.0
	Social Credit	Vivian Pugh	1,086	11.1	−16.5
Total formal votes			9,757	99.2	+1.0
Informal votes			80	0.8	−1.0
Turnout			9,837	91.8	−0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Sandgate

1938 Queensland state election: Sandgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roland Hislop	4,515	45.4	−9.6
	United Australia	James Fry	3,849	38.7	−6.3
	Protestant Labor	Richard Vane-Millbank	1,237	12.5	+12.5
	Social Credit	Leonard Jones	336	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			9,937	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			116	1.2	−0.3
Turnout			10,053	95.5	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roland Hislop	4,801	52.3	−2.7
	United Australia	James Fry	4,386	47.7	+2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.7

South Brisbane

1938 Queensland state election: South Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Vince Gair	5,105	49.8	−17.8
	United Australia	William Kingwell	3,135	30.6	−1.8
	Protestant Labor	James McCann	2,016	19.7	+19.7
Total formal votes			10,256	99.1	+2.0
Informal votes			97	0.9	−2.0
Turnout			10,353	93.1	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Vince Gair	5,295	55.4	−12.2
	United Australia	William Kingwell	4,260	44.6	+12.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−12.2

Stanley

1938 Queensland state election: Stanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Duncan MacDonald	5,344	62.2	−1.8
	Labor	Frank Gillies	3,251	37.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			8,595	99.0	−0.1
Informal votes			88	1.0	+0.1
Turnout			8,683	95.4	−0.2
	Country hold		Swing	−1.8

The Tableland

1938 Queensland state election: The Tableland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Bruce	5,110	57.8	−8.6
	Country	Henry Bonar	2,709	30.6	+4.3
	Communist	Les Sullivan	1,025	11.6	+4.3
Total formal votes			8,844	98.2	−0.6
Informal votes			166	1.8	+0.6
Turnout			9,010	89.4	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Toowong

1938 Queensland state election: Toowong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. United Australia	Harry Massey	3,137	31.9	+31.9
	Labor	John O'Shea	2,561	26.0	−13.1
	United Australia	Nicholas Lockyer	2,499	25.4	−27.1
	Protestant Labor	Joseph West	1,639	16.7	+16.7
Total formal votes			9,836	98.7	+0.1
Informal votes			125	1.3	−0.1
Turnout			9,961	94.9	0.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Ind. United Australia	Harry Massey	5,264	66.2
	Labor	John O'Shea	2,690	33.8
	Ind. United Australia gain from United Australia		Swing	N/A

Toowoomba

1938 Queensland state election: Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Duggan	5,189	52.5	−6.3
	Country	Leslie Boyce	3,373	34.1	+2.1
	Protestant Labor	James Neil	1,331	13.4	+13.4
Total formal votes			9,893	98.4	−0.6
Informal votes			164	1.6	+0.6
Turnout			10,057	91.7	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Townsville

1938 Queensland state election: Townsville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice Hynes	4,379	50.0	−27.0
	Protestant Labor	Alfred Loveridge	2,378	27.2	+27.2
	Country	Spenser Hopkins	1,445	16.5	−6.5
	Communist	Albert Robinson	548	6.3	+6.3
Total formal votes			8,750	99.2	+0.9
Informal votes			66	0.8	−0.9
Turnout			8,816	89.5	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of Maurice Hynes. It was held on 27 May 1939.

1939 Townsville state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Keyatta	4,033	45.4	−4.6
	Protestant Labor	George Webb	2,047	23.0	−4.2
	Communist	Fred Paterson	1,509	17.0	+10.7
	Country	Russell Skerman	1,297	14.6	−1.9
Total formal votes			8,886
Informal votes
Turnout
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Keyatta	4,747	65.5
	Protestant Labor	George Webb	2,501	34.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Warrego

1938 Queensland state election: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Randolph Bedford	4,670	69.7	−30.3
	Country	Charles Russell	2,027	30.3	+30.3
Total formal votes			6,697	99.2
Informal votes			51	0.8
Turnout			6,748	80.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Warwick

1938 Queensland state election: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Healy	4,693	52.8	+7.0
	Country	Edward Costello	4,196	47.2	+5.5
Total formal votes			8,889	99.2	−0.2
Informal votes			68	0.8	+0.2
Turnout			8,957	93.0	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.6

West Moreton

1938 Queensland state election: West Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ted Maher	5,623	67.9	−0.2
	Social Credit	James Kidman	2,296	27.7	+27.7
	Communist	Jim Slater	359	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			8,278	98.8	−0.2
Informal votes			101	1.2	+0.2
Turnout			8,379	96.6	+0.4
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Wide Bay

1938 Queensland state election: Wide Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harry Clayton	4,173	49.3	−6.3
	Social Credit	John Rex	2,597	30.7	−13.7
	Labor	Benjamin Telfer	1,699	20.1	+20.1
Total formal votes			8,469	98.6	−0.2
Informal votes			116	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			8,585	96.2	+2.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Harry Clayton	4,297	59.9	+4.3
	Social Credit	John Rex	2,871	40.1	−4.3
	Country hold		Swing	+4.3

Windsor

1938 Queensland state election: Windsor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herbert Williams	4,592	46.2	−11.3
	United Australia	Edward Simpson	3,521	35.3	−7.2
	Protestant Labor	Cecil Maxwell	1,291	13.0	+13.0
	Independent Labor	Henry Bond	546	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			9,950	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			124	1.2	−0.3
Turnout			10,074	94.6	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Herbert Williams	4,880	54.7	−2.8
	United Australia	Edward Simpson	4,042	45.3	+2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.8

Wynnum

1938 Queensland state election: Wynnum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Donnelly	4,041	36.5	−14.0
	United Australia	Bill Dart	3,687	33.3	−1.4
	Protestant Labor	Samuel Greene	2,290	20.7	+20.7
	Social Credit	Thomas Ebbage	1,050	9.5	−5.3
Total formal votes			11,068	98.6	0.0
Informal votes			154	1.4	0.0
Turnout			11,222	94.0	−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Bill Dart	4,671	52.1
	Labor	John Donnelly	4,298	47.9
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

See also

• 1938 Queensland state election
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1938
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1938-1941