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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