This is a list of candidates of the 1938 South Australian state election. At this election, the House of Assembly shifted from multi-member to single-member electorates. Combined with the partisan turmoil of the previous two terms, this change led several previously party-affiliated figures to contest the election as independents.
Retiring MPs
Labor
John Pedler (Wallaroo) – lost preselection William Threadgold (Port Pirie) – lost preselection
Liberal and Country League
Ronald Hunt (Victoria) – lost preselection Herbert Lyons (Barossa) – retired Victor Marra Newland (North Adelaide) – retired Baden Pattinson (Yorke Peninsula) – retired Frank Perry (East Torrens) – lost preselection Henry Tassie MLC (Central No. 2 District) – lost preselection
Legislative Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are marked with an asterisk.
Electorate Labor candidates Liberal and Country candidates Other candidates Adelaide Bob Dale Duncan Menzies John Atkins (Ind. Labor) Doug Bardolph* (Ind. Labor)Bert Edwards (Ind. Labor)P. J. Flannagan (Ind.)Albert Malcolm McIntosh* J. J. A. McNamara (Ind.)Gwynfred Oram (Ind.)Alexandra Herbert Hudd George Connor* (Ind.)Angas K. E. A. O. Metz Reginald Rudall* W. F. Haese (Ind.)A. V. Mills (Ind.)Walter Langdon Parsons (Ind.)Burnside H. A. Slater Charles Abbott* S. R. Gray (Ind.)Jeanne Young (Ind.)Burra T. J. Canny Archibald McDonald* Maurice Collins (Ind.)Even George (Ind.)Chaffey R. G. Lambert A. H. KellyC. S. Ruston H. S. Denman (Ind.)William MacGillivray* (Ind.)Eyre Arthur Christian* C. O. J. Bohlin (Ind.)A. I. Schubert (Ind.)Flinders J. V. O'Leary Rex Pearson Edward Craigie* (Single Tax)P. V. Provis (Ind.)Frome Mick O'Halloran* F. P. Adams S. D. Jones (Ind.)Gawler Leslie Duncan* W. D. Noack W. T. Duggan (Ind.)A. L. F. Ey (Ind.)Lindsay Yelland (Ind.)Glenelg T. J. D. Barker Ernest Anthoney William Fisk* (Ind.)Goodwood D. S. Fraser A. B. Cox J. H. B. Hick (Ind.)George Illingworth* (Ind.)Gouger Henry Crosby Albert Robinson* (Ind.)Gumeracha A. S. Edwards Thomas Playford IV* Robert Hunter (Ind.)Hindmarsh John McInnes* J. L. S. Treloar (Ind. Labor)Light K. V. McEntee Richard Layton Butler* E. E. Craig (Ind.)Moses Gabb (Ind.)E. G. E. Willis (Ind.)Mitcham Frank Walsh Henry Dunks* N. S. Clark (Ind.)Clarence Goode (Ind.)Mount Gambier F. E. Young H. L. Kennedy John Fletcher* (Ind.)Murray J. T. Cassidy George Cummins Morphett Richard McKenzie* (Ind. Labor)P. H. Suter (Ind.)Newcastle J. S. Marner George Jenkins* Norwood Frank Nieass* Walter Hamilton H. C. Austin (Ind.)M. M. Bowering (Ind.)W. E. Hardy (Ind.)Onkaparinga Tom Howard Howard Shannon* Frank Staniford (Ind.)Port Adelaide James Stephens* R. A. Cilento (Ind.)Port Pirie Andrew Lacey* Prospect Joseph Connelly Elder Whittle* A. G. O. Gray (Ind.)R. O. Ravenscroft (Ind.)Ridley F. J. Petch Tom Stott* (Ind.)Rocky River Edgar Russell John Lyons* W. F. Nicholls (Ind.)M. J. Noonan (Ind.)Semaphore Albert Thompson* H. W. Bray (Ind.)C. R. Grant (Ind.)Herbert Guthrie (Ind.)Stanley Alexander Melrose* Samuel Dennison (Ind.)Percy Quirke (Ind.)Stirling Percy Heggaton Herbert Dunn* (Ind.)S. H. Pearce (Ind.)Stuart Lindsay Riches* Torrens R. W. Davis Shirley Jeffries* Ernest Hannaford (Ind.)Thebarton M. E. Skitch Alfred Blackwell (Ind.)Jules Langdon* (Ind.)C. W. Lloyd (Ind.)L. J. Smith (Ind.)Unley T. W. Grealy Horace Hogben John McLeay, Sr.* (Ind.)Victoria John Daly Vernon Petherick Clement Smith* (Ind.)Wallaroo Robert Richards* C. T. Chapman (Ind.)Yorke Peninsula A. B. Ferguson Daniel Davies* (Ind.)Young Robert Nicholls* H. A. Dolling (Ind.)L. E. Young (Ind.)
Legislative Council
Electorate Labor candidates Liberal and Country candidates Grouped Independent candidates Ungrouped candidates Central District No. 1 (2) Frank Condon*Fred Walsh Joseph Anderson*J. H. Clouston Central District No. 2 (2) William DanielsT. H. Shiels Edward Holden*James Wallace Sandford* Northern District (2) James BeerworthCharles Davis Lyell McEwin*George Ritchie* J. A. WoodMidland District (2) Walter Gordon Duncan*David Gordon* R. L. D. BonnerJ. St. L. Honner Southern District (2) John Cowan*Reuben Cranstoun Mowbray Frank Halleday*Alec Bagot
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