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

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Labor

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Liberal and Country League

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Legislative Assembly

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Candidates In Today's Elections". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 19 March 1938. p. 27. Retrieved 29 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 19 March 1938. p. 27. Retrieved 29 September 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "FIRST LABOR BREAKAWAY". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 5 February 1938. p. 23. Retrieved 2 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ ""SACKED WITHOUT A CHANCE"". The Recorder. Port Pirie, SA. 1 February 1938. p. 2. Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "ALBERT SEAT". The Chronicle. Adelaide. 8 July 1937. p. 41. Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Mr. Lyons, M.P., Not For Gouger". The News. Adelaide. 28 June 1937. p. 5. Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "MAY BE A FUTURE CANDIDATE". The News. Adelaide. 18 January 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "CONCERNING PEOPLE". The South Eastern Times. Millicent, SA. 11 February 1938. p. 3. Retrieved 3 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.