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
^ a b c Coogee MLA John Dunningham died on 26 May 1938. UAP candidate Thomas Mutch won the resulting by-election on 25 June.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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]
^ a b Labor MLA Frank Burke (Newtown) resigned from the Labor Party and joined the Industrial Labor Party in June 1939.
^ a b c d e f g h Industrial Labor was readmitted into the Labor Party at a unity conference on 26 August 1939.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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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