Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1938–1941

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 32nd parliament held their seats from 1938 to 1941. They were elected at the 1938 state election,[1] and at by-elections.[2][3][4] The Speaker was Reginald Weaver.[6]

Name Party Electorate Term in office
George Ardill   United Australia Yass 1930–1941
Guy Arkins   United Australia Dulwich Hill 1915–1930, 1938–1941
Joshua Arthur   Labor Hamilton 1935–1953
Jack Baddeley   Labor Cessnock 1922–1949
Henry Bate   United Australia South Coast 1926–1941
Jeff Bate[c]   United Australia Wollondilly 1938–1949
Charles Bennett[h]   United Australia Gloucester 1934–1941
George Booth   Labor Kurri Kurri 1925–1960
Malcolm Brown[k]   Country Upper Hunter 1931–1939
Michael Bruxner   Country Tenterfield 1920–1962
Arthur Budd   Country Byron 1927–1944
Frank Burke[i][j]   Labor/Industrial Labor/Labor Newtown 1917–1944
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[m]   United Australia Tamworth 1940–1973
Frank Chaffey[h][m]   United Australia Tamworth 1913–1940
Daniel Clyne   Labor King 1927–1956
Mat Davidson[g][j]   Labor/Industrial Labor/Labor Cobar 1918–1949
Billy Davies   Labor Illawarra 1917–1949
Doug Dickson   Country Temora 1938–1960
John Dunningham[a]   United Australia Coogee 1928–1938
David Drummond   Country Armidale 1920–1949
Bill Dunn   Labor Mudgee 1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950
Hilton Elliott   Country Ashburnham 1932–1941
Griffith Evans   Country Lachlan 1938–1943
Clive Evatt[e][j]   Industrial Labor/Labor Hurstville 1939–1959
Herbert FitzSimons   United Australia Lane Cove 1930–1944
William Frith   Country Lismore 1933–1953
George Gollan   United Australia Parramatta 1932–1953
Bob Gorman[l]   Labor/Labor (N-C)/Labor Annandale 1933–1950
Robert Hankinson   Country Murrumbidgee 1932–1941
Frank Hawkins   Labor Newcastle 1935–1968
William Hedges   United Australia Monaro 1927–1941
Roy Heferen[p]   Labor Barwon 1940– 1950
Robert Heffron[j]   Industrial Labor/Labor Botany 1930–1968
Ted Horsington[g][j]   Labor/Industrial Labor/Labor Sturt 1922–1947
Walter Howarth   United Australia Maitland 1932–1956
David Hunter[n]   United Australia Croydon 1940–1976
Joseph Jackson   United Australia Nepean 1922–1956
Matthew Kilpatrick   Country Wagga Wagga 1920–1941
Gus Kelly   Labor Bathurst 1925–1932, 1935–1967
Hamilton Knight   Labor Hartley 1927–1947
Bill Lamb[l]   Labor/Labor (N-C)/Labor Granville 1938–1962
Jack Lang[l]   Labor/Labor (N-C)/Labor Auburn 1913–1943, 1943–1946
Joe Lawson   Country Murray 1932–1973
Carlo Lazzarini[j]   Industrial Labor/Labor Marrickville 1917–1952
John Lee[h]   United Australia Drummoyne 1920–1927, 1941–1947
Christopher Lethbridge   Independent Corowa 1937–1946
Herbert Lloyd   United Australia Mosman 1929–1941
Stan Lloyd[h]   United Australia Concord 1932–1941
Alexander Mair   United Australia Albury 1932–1946
Clarrie Martin[f][j]   Industrial Labor/Labor Waverley 1930–1932, 1939–1953
Lewis Martin   United Australia Oxley 1927–1941
Claude Matthews[l]   Labor/Labor (N-C)/Labor Leichhardt 1934–1954
James McGirr[l]   Labor/Labor (N-C)/Labor Bankstown 1922–1952
William McKell   Labor Redfern 1917–1947
Harrie Mitchell   United Australia Burwood 1938–1941
Cecil Monro   United Australia Georges River 1932–1941, 1950–1953
Mark Morton[c]   United Australia Wollondilly 1901–1920, 1922–1938
Arthur Moverly   United Australia Randwick 1932–1941
Thomas Mutch[a]   United Australia Coogee 1917–1930, 1938–1941
Maurice O'Sullivan   Labor Paddington 1927–1959
Hubert Primrose   United Australia North Sydney 1932–1941
John Quirk[d]   Labor Balmain 1917–1938
Mary Quirk[d][l]   Labor/Labor (N-C)/Labor Balmain 1939–1950
Albert Reid   Country Young 1927–1930, 1932–1941
Alfred Reid   United Australia Manly 1920–1922, 1925–1945
John Reid   Country Casino 1930–1953
Athol Richardson   United Australia Ashfield 1935–1946, 1946–1952
Murray Robson[h]   United Australia Vaucluse 1936–1957
D'Arcy Rose[k]   Country Upper Hunter 1939–1959
Bill Ross   Country Cootamundra 1932–1941
James Ross[h]   United Australia Kogarah 1932–1941
Edward Sanders[h]   United Australia Willoughby 1925–1943
James Shand[h]   United Australia Hornsby 1926–1944
Tom Shannon[l]   Labor/Labor (N-C)/Labor Phillip 1927–1954
Colin Sinclair   Country Namoi 1932–1941
Eric Solomon   United Australia Petersham 1932–1941
Eric Spooner[h][o]   United Australia Ryde 1932–1940
Fred Stanley[l]   Labor/Labor (N-C)/Labor Lakemba 1927–1950
Bertram Stevens[n]   United Australia Croydon 1927–1940
John Sweeney   Labor Bulli 1933–1947
Norman Thomas   United Australia Bondi 1932–1941
Arthur Tonge[l]   Labor/Labor (N-C)/Labor Canterbury 1926–1932, 1935–1962
Alwyn Tonking   United Australia Orange 1932–1941
Vernon Treatt   United Australia Woollahra 1938–1962
Jack Tully   Labor Goulburn 1925–1932, 1935–1946
Harry Turner[b]   United Australia Gordon 1937–1952
Roy Vincent   Country Raleigh 1922–1953
John Waddell[f]   United Australia Waverley 1932–1939
Ben Wade[p]   Country Barwon 1932–1940
Bruce Walker Jr[h]   United Australia Hawkesbury 1932–1941
Reginald Weaver   United Australia Neutral Bay 1917–1925, 1927–1945
James Webb[e]   United Australia Hurstville 1932–1939
Arthur Williams[o]   Labor Ryde 1940–1956
George Wilson   Country Dubbo 1932–1942
Cecil Wingfield   Country Clarence 1938–1955
Alfred Yeo   Country Castlereagh 1932–1941
  1. ^ a b c Coogee MLA John Dunningham died on 26 May 1938. UAP candidate Thomas Mutch won the resulting by-election on 25 June.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c Hurstville UAP MLA James Webb died on 14 February 1939. Industrial Labor Party candidate Clive Evatt won the resulting by-election on 18 March.
  6. ^ a b c Waverley UAP MLA John Waddell died on 15 March 1939. Industrial Labor Party candidate Clarrie Martin won the resulting by-election on 22 April.
  7. ^ a b c Two Labor MLAs, Mat Davidson (Cobar), and Ted Horsington (Sturt) resigned from the Labor Party and joined the Industrial Labor Party in April 1939.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 10 United Australia members crossed the floor to censure Stevens ministry for proposals to cut government spending in order to restrain a growing deficit.[5]
  9. ^ a b Labor MLA Frank Burke (Newtown) resigned from the Labor Party and joined the Industrial Labor Party in June 1939.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h Industrial Labor was readmitted into the Labor Party at a unity conference on 26 August 1939.
  11. ^ a b c 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.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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.
  13. ^ a b c Tamworth UAP MLA Frank Chaffey died on 9 July 1940. His son UAP candidate Bill Chaffey won the resulting by-election on 10 August.
  14. ^ a b c 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 on 7 September.
  15. ^ a b c 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 on 14 September.
  16. ^ a b c 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 on 25 October.
  17. ^ The changes to the composition of the house, in chronological order, were: Dunningham died,[a] Turner's election overturned,[b] Morton died,[c] Quirk died,[d] Webb died,[e] Waddell died,[f] Davidson and Horsington joined the ILP,[g] 10 UAP crossed the floor,[h] Burke joined the ILP,[i] ILP readmitted into Labor,[j] Brown died,[k] 9 MLAs split from Labor,[l] Chaffey died,[m] Stevens resigned,[n] Spooner resigned,[o] and Wade resigned.[p]

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "1938 District List". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "1938-1941 By elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  5. ^ "State finances" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). New South Wales: Legislative Assembly. 3 August 1939. pp. 5700–5720. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Part Ten - Officers of Parliament" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 May 2020.[q]