Candidates of the 1938 South Australian state election
This is a list of candidates of the 1938 South Australian state election.[1][2] The House of Assembly changed from having multi-member to single-member electorates at this election, which combined with the partisan turmoil of the two previous terms saw a number of formerly partisan figures run as independents at this election.
Retiring MPs
Labor
- John Pedler (Wallaroo) – lost preselection[3]
- William Threadgold (Port Pirie) – lost preselection[4]
Liberal and Country League
- Ronald Hunt (Victoria) – lost preselection[5]
- Herbert Lyons (Barossa) – retired[6]
- Victor Marra Newland (North Adelaide) – retired[7]
- Baden Pattinson (Yorke Peninsula) – retired[7]
- Frank Perry (East Torrens) – lost preselection[8]
- Henry Tassie MLC (Central No. 2 District) – lost preselection[9]
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. Kelly C. 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 Daniels T. H. Shiels | Edward Holden* James Wallace Sandford* | ||
Northern District (2) | James Beerworth Charles Davis | Lyell McEwin* George Ritchie* | J. A. Wood | |
Midland District (2) | Walter Gordon Duncan* David Gordon* | R. L. D. Bonner J. St. L. Honner | ||
Southern District (2) | John Cowan* Reuben Cranstoun Mowbray | Frank Halleday* Alec Bagot |
References
- ^ "Candidates In Today's Elections". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 19 March 1938. p. 27. Retrieved 29 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 19 March 1938. p. 27. Retrieved 29 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "FIRST LABOR BREAKAWAY". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 5 February 1938. p. 23. Retrieved 2 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ ""SACKED WITHOUT A CHANCE"". The Recorder. Port Pirie, SA. 1 February 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "ALBERT SEAT". The Chronicle. Adelaide. 8 July 1937. p. 41. Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Mr. Lyons, M.P., Not For Gouger". The News. Adelaide. 28 June 1937. p. 5. Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "STATE POLITICS". Laura Standard and Crystal Brook Courier. SA. 3 September 1937. p. 352. Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "MAY BE A FUTURE CANDIDATE". The News. Adelaide. 18 January 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "CONCERNING PEOPLE". The South Eastern Times. Millicent, SA. 11 February 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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