Results of the Queensland state election, 1938 (L-Z)

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 L to Z.

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

Logan

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: Nanango
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James 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	James Edwards	4,079	57.9	-5.8
	Ind. Social Credit	Henry Madden	2,963	42.1	+42.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Normanby

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: Port Curtis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas 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

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: Sandgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ronald 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	Ronald Hislop	4,801	52.3	-2.7
	United Australia	James Fry	4,386	47.7	+2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.7

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: 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.

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: Wide Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ernest 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	Ernest Clayton	4,297	59.9	+4.3
	Social Credit	John Rex	2,871	40.1	-4.3
	Country hold		Swing	+4.3

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1938: 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

Queensland state election, 1938: Wynnum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Donnelly	4,041	36.5	-14.0
	United Australia	William 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	William Dart	4,671	52.1
	Labor	John Donnelly	4,298	47.9
	United Australia gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

References

^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 11 May 1935". Retrieved 23 December 2009.

[1] Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 11 May 1935". Retrieved 23 December 2009.

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