Candidates Of The Queensland State Election, 1938
The 1938 Queensland state election, 1938 state election in Queensland, Australia was held on 2 April 1938. Since the previous election, the Country and Progressive National Party (CPNP) had split into the state branches of the United Australia Party – Queensland, United Australia Party and the National Party of Australia – Queensland, Country Party. Seats won by the CPNP in 1935 are listed as held by whichever successor party the MP joined. By-elections * On 14 December 1935, Jack Duggan (politician), Jack Duggan (Labor) was 1935 Toowoomba state by-election, elected to succeed Evan Llewelyn (Labor), who had resigned on 28 November, as the member for Electoral district of Toowoomba, Toowoomba. * On 4 April 1936, Johnno Mann (Labor) was 1936 Brisbane state by-election, elected to succeed Robert Funnell (Labor), who had died on 3 January, as the member for Electoral district of Brisbane (Queensland), Brisbane. * On 4 April 1936, David Daniel (politician), David Daniel (Country ...
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1938 Queensland State Election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 2 April 1938 to elect the 62 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government of Premier William Forgan Smith was seeking a third term in office. During the previous term, the Country and United Australia parties had emerged from the united Country and Progressive National Party, which had represented conservative forces for over a decade. The most notable feature of the election campaign was the Protestant Labor Party, established in 1937, which claimed that the Forgan Smith Ministry was disproportionately Catholic and made extravagant claims that three-quarters of all police and public servants in the State were Catholic. Despite the campaign, Labor only lost one seat, Kelvin Grove, to the party. The unsuccessful Protestant Labor candidate for Ithaca, George Webb, lodged a petition against the return of Labor member Ned Hanlon. He was initially successful in the Supreme Court when the case was he ...
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