Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1938–1941
This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1938 to 1941, as elected at the 1938 state election.
Name |
Party |
Electorate |
Term in office |
George Ardill | UAP | Yass | 1930–1941 |
Guy Arkins | UAP | Dulwich Hill | 1915–1930, 1938–1941 |
Joshua Arthur | Labor | Hamilton | 1935–1953 |
Hon Jack Baddeley | Labor | Cessnock | 1922–1949 |
Henry Bate | UAP | South Coast | 1926–1941 |
Jeff Bate [3] | UAP | Wollondilly | 1938–1949 |
Charles Bennett | UAP | Gloucester | 1934–1941 |
George Booth | Labor | Kurri Kurri | 1925–1960 |
Malcolm Brown [7] | Country | Upper Hunter | 1931–1939 |
Hon Michael Bruxner | Country | Tenterfield | 1920–1962 |
Arthur Budd | Country | Byron | 1927–1944 |
Frank Burke | Labor/ILP/Labor [12] [13] | Newtown | 1917–1944 |
Hon Joseph Cahill | Labor | Arncliffe | 1925–1959 |
Robert Cameron | Labor | Waratah | 1927–1956 |
Bill Carlton | Labor | Glebe | 1935–1941 |
Harry Carter | Country | Liverpool Plains | 1927–1941 |
Bill Chaffey [8] | UAP | Tamworth | 1940–1973 |
Frank Chaffey [8] | UAP | Tamworth | 1913–1940 |
Hon Daniel Clyne | Labor | King | 1927–1956 |
Mat Davidson | Labor/ILP/Labor [12] [13] | Cobar | 1918–1949 |
Billy Davies | Labor | Illawarra | 1917–1949 |
Doug Dickson | Country | Temora | 1938–1960 |
John Dunningham [1] | UAP | Coogee | 1928–1938 |
Hon David Drummond | Country | Armidale | 1920–1949 |
Hon Bill Dunn | Labor | Mudgee | 1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950 |
Hilton Elliott | Country | Ashburnham | 1932–1941 |
Griffith Evans | Country | Lachlan | 1938–1943 |
Clive Evatt [5] | ILP/Labor [13] | Hurstville | 1939–1959 |
Herbert FitzSimons | UAP | Lane Cove | 1930–1944 |
William Frith | Country | Lismore | 1933–1953 |
Hon George Gollan | UAP | Parramatta | 1932–1953 |
Bob Gorman | Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] | Annandale | 1933–1950 |
Robert Hankinson | Country | Murrumbidgee | 1932–1941 |
Frank Hawkins | Labor | Newcastle | 1935–1968 |
William Hedges | UAP | Monaro | 1927–1941 |
Roy Heferen [11] | Labor | Barwon | 1940– 1950 |
Hon Robert Heffron | ILP/Labor [13] | Botany | 1930–1968 |
Ted Horsington | Labor/ILP/Labor [12] [13] | Sturt | 1922–1947 |
Walter Howarth | UAP | Maitland | 1932–1956 |
David Hunter [9] | UAP | Croydon | 1940–1976 |
Joseph Jackson | UAP | Nepean | 1922–1956 |
Matthew Kilpatrick | Country | Wagga Wagga | 1920–1941 |
Hon Gus Kelly | Labor | Bathurst | 1925–1932, 1935–1967 |
Hamilton Knight | Labor | Hartley | 1927–1947 |
Bill Lamb | Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] | Granville | 1938–1962 |
Jack Lang | Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] | Auburn | 1913–1943, 1943–1946 |
Joe Lawson | Country | Murray | 1932–1973 |
Hon Carlo Lazzarini | ILP/Labor [13] | Marrickville | 1917–1952 |
John Lee | UAP | Drummoyne | 1920–1927, 1941–1947 |
Christopher Lethbridge | Independent | Corowa | 1937–1946 |
Herbert Lloyd | UAP | Mosman | 1929–1941 |
Stan Lloyd | UAP | Concord | 1932–1941 |
Hon Alexander Mair | UAP | Albury | 1932–1946 |
Clarrie Martin [6] | ILP/Labor [13] | Waverley | 1930–1932, 1939–1953 |
Lewis Martin | UAP | Oxley | 1927–1941 |
Claude Matthews | Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] | Leichhardt | 1934–1954 |
James McGirr | Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] | Bankstown | 1922–1952 |
Hon William McKell | Labor | Redfern | 1917–1947 |
Harrie Mitchell | UAP | Burwood | 1938–1941 |
Cecil Monro | UAP | Georges River | 1932–1941, 1950–1953 |
Mark Morton [3] | UAP | Wollondilly | 1901–1920, 1922–1938 |
Arthur Moverly | UAP | Randwick | 1932–1941 |
Thomas Mutch [1] | UAP | Coogee | 1917–1930, 1938–1941 |
Hon Maurice O'Sullivan | Labor | Paddington | 1927–1959 |
Hubert Primrose | UAP | North Sydney | 1932–1941 |
John Quirk [4] | Labor | Balmain | 1917–1938 |
Mary Quirk [4] | Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] | Balmain | 1939–1950 |
Albert Reid | Country | Young | 1927–1930, 1932–1941 |
Alfred Reid | UAP | Manly | 1920–1922, 1925–1945 |
John Reid | Country | Casino | 1930–1953 |
Hon Athol Richardson | UAP | Ashfield | 1935–1946, 1946–1952 |
Murray Robson | UAP | Vaucluse | 1936–1957 |
D'Arcy Rose [7] | Country | Upper Hunter | 1939–1959 |
Bill Ross | UAP | Cootamundra | 1932–1941 |
James Ross | UAP | Kogarah | 1932–1941 |
Edward Sanders | UAP | Willoughby | 1925–1943 |
James Shand | UAP | Hornsby | 1926–1944 |
Tom Shannon | Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] | Phillip | 1927–1954 |
Colin Sinclair | Country | Namoi | 1932–1941 |
Eric Solomon | UAP | Petersham | 1932–1941 |
Eric Spooner [10] | UAP | Ryde | 1932–1940 |
Fred Stanley | Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] | Lakemba | 1927–1950 |
Bertram Stevens [9] | UAP | Croydon | 1927–1940 |
John Sweeney | Labor | Bulli | 1933–1947 |
Norman Thomas | UAP | Bondi | 1932–1941 |
Arthur Tonge | Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] | Canterbury | 1926–1932, 1935–1962 |
Alwyn Tonking | UAP | Orange | 1932–1941 |
Hon Vernon Treatt | UAP | Woollahra | 1938–1962 |
Hon Jack Tully | Labor | Goulburn | 1925–1932, 1935–1946 |
Harry Turner [2] | UAP | Gordon | 1937–1952 |
Hon Roy Vincent | Country | Raleigh | 1922–1953 |
John Waddell [6] | UAP | Waverley | 1932–1939 |
Ben Wade [11] | Country | Barwon | 1932–1940 |
Ronald Walker | UAP | Hawkesbury | 1932–1941 |
Hon Reginald Weaver | UAP | Neutral Bay | 1917–1925, 1927–1945 |
James Webb [5] | UAP | Hurstville | 1932–1939 |
Arthur Williams [10] | Labor | Ryde | 1940–1956 |
George Wilson | Country | Dubbo | 1932–1942 |
Cecil Wingfield | Country | Clarence | 1938–1955 |
Alfred Yeo | Country | Castlereagh | 1932–1941 |
- 1 Coogee MLA John Dunningham died on 26 May 1938. UAP candidate Thomas Mutch won the resulting by-election on 25 June.
- 2 Gordon UAP MLA Harry Turner's election victory was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns on 25 August 1938. He won the resulting by-election on 24 September.
- 3 Wollondilly MLA Mark Morton died on 28 September 1938. UAP candidate Jeff Bate, the son of South Coast MLA Henry Bate won the resulting by-election on 12 November.
- 4 Balmain MLA John Quirk died on 13 December 1938. His wife Labor candidate Mary Quirk won the resulting by-election on 14 January 1939.
- 5 Hurstville UAP MLA James Webb died on 14 February 1939. ILP candidate Clive Evatt won the resulting by-election on 18 March.
- 6 Waverley UAP MLA John Waddell died on 15 March 1939. ILP candidate Clarrie Martin won the resulting by-election on 22 April.
- 7 Upper Hunter Country MLA Malcolm Brown died on 29 August 1939. Country Party candidate D'Arcy Rose won the resulting by-election on 7 October.
- 8 Tamworth UAP MLA Frank Chaffey died on 9 July 1940. His son UAP candidate Bill Chaffey won the resulting by-election on 10 August.
- 9 Croydon UAP MLA Bertram Stevens resigned to unsuccessfully contest the federal seat of Lang at the 1940 election. UAP candidate David Hunter won the by-election for his state seat on 7 September.
- 10 Ryde UAP MLA Eric Spooner resigned to successfully contest the federal seat of Robertson at the 1940 election. Labor candidate Arthur Williams won the by-election for his state seat on 14 September.
- 11 Barwon Country MLA Ben Wade resigned to unsuccessfully contest the federal seat of Gwydir at the 1940 election. Labor candidate Roy Heferen won the by-election for his state seat on 25 October.
- 12 Three Labor MLAs, Frank Burke (Newtown), Mat Davidson (Cobar), and Ted Horsington (Sturt) resigned from the Labor Party and joined the ILP in June 1939.
- 13 The ILP was readmitted into the Labor Party at a unity conference on 26 August 1939.
- 14 Nine Labor MLAs – Jack Lang (Auburn), Bob Gorman (Annandale), Bill Lamb (Granville), Claude Matthews (Leichhardt), James McGirr (Bankstown), Mary Quirk (Balmain), Tom Shannon (Phillip), Fred Stanley (Lakemba) and Arthur Tonge (Canterbury), left the Labor Party in 1940 to form the Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist), in the second of the Lang Labor splits. They rejoined the party in 1941, following a federal intervention in the NSW branch to remove the influence of Communist sympathisers on the state executive.
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