Candidates of the 1938 Queensland state election
Introduction The 1938 state election in Queensland, Australia was held on 2 April 1938.Since the previous election, the Country and Progressive National Party (CPNP) had split into the state branches of the United Australia Party and the Country Party. Seats won by the CPNP in 1935 are listed as held by whichever successor party the MP joined.
By-elections * On 14 December 1935, Jack Duggan (Labor) was elected to succeed Evan Llewelyn (Labor), who had resigned on 28 November, as the member for Toowoomba. * On 4 April 1936, Johnno Mann (Labor) was elected to succeed Robert Funnell (Labor), who had died on 3 January, as the member for Brisbane. * On 4 April 1936, David Daniel (Country) was elected to succeed Owen Daniel (Country), who had died on 5 January, as the member for Keppel. * On 20 June 1936, Ernest Riordan (Labor) was elected to succeed Charles Collins (Labor), who had died on 28 March, as the member for Bowen. * On 27 February 1937, William Demaine (Labor) was elected to succeed James Stopford (Labor), who had died on 30 November 1936, as the member for Maryborough.
Retiring Members ===Labor===*William Copley MLA (Bulimba)*William Demaine MLA (Maryborough)===Country===*Roy Bell MLA (Stanley)===United Australia===*James Maxwell MLA (Toowong)
Candidates Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.ElectorateHeld byLabor candidateCoalition candidateProtestant Labor candidateSocial Credit candidateOther candidates   Albert  Country  John Bray '''Tom Plunkett''' (CP)  Robert Elliott  George Gray  Aubigny  Country  James Strofeld '''Arthur Moore''' (CP)    Hermann Wrembeck (Ind)Barcoo  Labor '''Frank Bulcock'''     Baroona  Labor '''Bill Power'''  Edwyn Roper (UAP)  Ralph Powell  Bowen  Labor '''Ernest Riordan'''  Ernest Forde (CP)   Henry Beck  Fred Paterson (CPA)Bremer  Labor '''Frank Cooper'''     Geordie Burns (CPA)Brisbane  Labor '''Johnno Mann'''  Benjamin White (UAP)    Bulimba  Labor George Marriott  Robert Larmar (UAP)   Julius Streeter  Bernard Dent (Ind)Bundaberg  Labor '''Bernard McLean'''  Laurence Scotney (CP)  Ernest Miles  Henry Clegton  Buranda  Labor '''Ted Hanson'''  Hector Annat (UAP)  Joseph Webster  Harold Tapper  Cairns  Labor '''John O'Keefe'''  William Chapman (CP)  Robert Smith   Carnarvon  Labor '''Paul Hilton'''  John Leahy (CP)    Carpentaria  Labor '''John Mullan'''  James Boyd (CP)    Charters Towers  Labor '''William Wellington'''     Cook  Labor '''Harold Collins'''  George Weaver (CP)   Joseph Mears  Cooroora  Country  Andrew Thompson '''Harry Walker''' (CP)   Denis Hannay  Cunningham  Country  '''William Deacon''' (CP)    Dalby  Country Aubrey Slessar  '''Godfrey Morgan''' (CP)    East Toowoomba  Labor  '''James Kane''' Herbert Yeates (CP)    James Annand (Ind UAP)Enoggera  Labor '''George Taylor'''  Robert Gardiner (UAP)  James Underhill   Fassifern  Country  John Holman '''Alf Muller''' (CP)    Fitzroy  Labor '''Jim Clark'''  Edwin Hiskens (CP)   Sidney Cooper  Fortitude Valley  Labor '''Samuel Brassington'''  William Boden (UAP)  Andrew Knox   Gregory  Labor '''George Pollock'''  Edward Phillott (CP)    Gympie  Labor '''Thomas Dunstan'''  Vivian Tozer (CP)  William Millett  Alfred Taylor  Hamilton  United Australia  William Pinder '''Hugh Russell''' (UAP)    Herbert  Labor '''Percy Pease'''  Clarence Page (CP)  Ernest Malin   Jack Henry (CPA)Ipswich  Labor '''David Gledson'''  Henry Beverley (UAP)    Isis  Country  Ernest Widdup '''William Brand''' (CP)    Ithaca  Labor '''Ned Hanlon'''  Kenneth Morris (UAP)  George Webb   Kelvin Grove  Labor  '''Frank Waters'''  Edgar Ralph (UAP) George Morris   Kennedy  Labor '''Cecil Jesson'''  James Kennedy (CP)   Keppel  Country  '''David Daniel''' (CP)   John Harding  John Salmon (Ind)Kurilpa  Labor '''Kerry Copley'''  John Pringle (UAP)  Joseph Moore   Alec MacDonald (CPA)Logan  Labor '''John Brown'''  Allan Trotter (UAP)  John Becconsall   Mary DeMattos (Ind)Mackay  Labor '''William Forgan Smith'''    John Neville  Maranoa  Labor '''Charles Conroy'''  Royland Hembrow (CP)   Maree  Labor '''William King'''  William Carter (UAP)   Charles Martin  Maryborough  Labor David Farrell  Harold Reed (UAP)   Noel Bromiley  Merthyr  Labor '''James Keogh'''  Edmund Cuppaidge (UAP)  Frederick Brown   Mirani  Labor '''Ted Walsh'''  James Wilkie (CP)   Edwin Hill  Mundingburra  Labor '''John Dash'''  Francis Hughes (CP)  Lionel Parsons   Doug Olive (CPA)Murrumba  Country  George Watson '''Frank Nicklin''' (CP)   Geoffrey Nichols  Nanango  Country  Horace Davies '''Jim Edwards''' (CP)    Henry Madden (Ind SC)Normanby  Labor '''Tom Foley'''  Harry Brake (CP)   Albert Webb  Nundah  Labor '''John Hayes'''  William Kelso (UAP)  Thomas Denovan   Oxley  United Australia  Wilhelm Thieme '''Thomas Nimmo''' (UAP)    Port Curtis  Labor '''Tommy Williams'''  James Heading (CP)    Rockhampton  Labor '''James Larcombe'''  Thomas Parris (CP)   Vivian Pugh  Sandgate  Labor '''Roland Hislop'''  James Fry (UAP)  Richard Vane-Millbank  Leonard Jones  South Brisbane  Labor '''Vince Gair'''  William Kingwell (UAP)  James McCann   Stanley  Country  Frank Gillies Duncan MacDonald (CP)    The Tableland  Labor '''Harry Bruce'''  Henry Bonar (CP)    Les Sullivan (CPA)Toowong  United Australia  John O'Shea  Nicholas Lockyer (UAP)  Joseph West  Harry Massey (Ind UAP)Toowoomba  Labor '''Jack Duggan'''  Leslie Boyce (CP)  James Neil   Townsville  Labor '''Maurice Hynes'''  Spenser Hopkins (CP)  Alfred Loveridge   Albert Robinson (CPA)Warrego  Labor '''Randolph Bedford'''  Charles Russell (CP)   Warwick  Labor '''John Healy'''  Edward Costello (CP)    West Moreton  Country  '''Ted Maher''' (CP)   James Kidman  Jim Slater (CPA)Wide Bay  Country  Benjamin Telfer '''Harry Clayton''' (CP)   John Rex  Windsor  Labor '''Herbert Williams'''  Edward Simpson (UAP)  Cecil Maxwell   Henry Bond (Ind Lab)Wynnum  Labor  '''John Donnelly''' Bill Dart (UAP)  Samuel Greene  Thomas Ebbage
See also * 1938 Queensland state election* Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1935–1938* Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1938–1941* List of political parties in Australia
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