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1939

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1938 to 1941, as elected at the 1938 state election.

Name Party Electorate Term in office
George Ardill UAP Yass 1930–1941
Guy Arkins UAP Dulwich Hill 1915–1930, 1938–1941
Joshua Arthur Labor Hamilton 1935–1953
Hon Jack Baddeley Labor Cessnock 1922–1949
Henry Bate UAP South Coast 1926–1941
Jeff Bate [3] UAP Wollondilly 1938–1949
Charles Bennett UAP Gloucester 1934–1941
George Booth Labor Kurri Kurri 1925–1960
Malcolm Brown [7] Country Upper Hunter 1931–1939
Hon Michael Bruxner Country Tenterfield 1920–1962
Arthur Budd Country Byron 1927–1944
Frank Burke Labor/ILP/Labor [12] [13] Newtown 1917–1944
Hon 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 [8] UAP Tamworth 1940–1973
Frank Chaffey [8] UAP Tamworth 1913–1940
Hon Daniel Clyne Labor King 1927–1956
Mat Davidson Labor/ILP/Labor [12] [13] Cobar 1918–1949
Billy Davies Labor Illawarra 1917–1949
Doug Dickson Country Temora 1938–1960
John Dunningham [1] UAP Coogee 1928–1938
Hon David Drummond Country Armidale 1920–1949
Hon Bill Dunn Labor Mudgee 1910–1911, 1911–1932, 1935–1950
Hilton Elliott Country Ashburnham 1932–1941
Griffith Evans Country Lachlan 1938–1943
Clive Evatt [5] ILP/Labor [13] Hurstville 1939–1959
Herbert FitzSimons UAP Lane Cove 1930–1944
William Frith Country Lismore 1933–1953
Hon George Gollan UAP Parramatta 1932–1953
Bob Gorman Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Annandale 1933–1950
Robert Hankinson Country Murrumbidgee 1932–1941
Frank Hawkins Labor Newcastle 1935–1968
William Hedges UAP Monaro 1927–1941
Roy Heferen [11] Labor Barwon 1940– 1950
Hon Robert Heffron ILP/Labor [13] Botany 1930–1968
Ted Horsington Labor/ILP/Labor [12] [13] Sturt 1922–1947
Walter Howarth UAP Maitland 1932–1956
David Hunter [9] UAP Croydon 1940–1976
Joseph Jackson UAP Nepean 1922–1956
Matthew Kilpatrick Country Wagga Wagga 1920–1941
Hon Gus Kelly Labor Bathurst 1925–1932, 1935–1967
Hamilton Knight Labor Hartley 1927–1947
Bill Lamb Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Granville 1938–1962
Jack Lang Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Auburn 1913–1943, 1943–1946
Joe Lawson Country Murray 1932–1973
Hon Carlo Lazzarini ILP/Labor [13] Marrickville 1917–1952
John Lee UAP Drummoyne 1920–1927, 1941–1947
Christopher Lethbridge Independent Corowa 1937–1946
Herbert Lloyd UAP Mosman 1929–1941
Stan Lloyd UAP Concord 1932–1941
Hon Alexander Mair UAP Albury 1932–1946
Clarrie Martin [6] ILP/Labor [13] Waverley 1930–1932, 1939–1953
Lewis Martin UAP Oxley 1927–1941
Claude Matthews Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Leichhardt 1934–1954
James McGirr Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Bankstown 1922–1952
Hon William McKell Labor Redfern 1917–1947
Harrie Mitchell UAP Burwood 1938–1941
Cecil Monro UAP Georges River 1932–1941, 1950–1953
Mark Morton [3] UAP Wollondilly 1901–1920, 1922–1938
Arthur Moverly UAP Randwick 1932–1941
Thomas Mutch [1] UAP Coogee 1917–1930, 1938–1941
Hon Maurice O'Sullivan Labor Paddington 1927–1959
Hubert Primrose UAP North Sydney 1932–1941
John Quirk [4] Labor Balmain 1917–1938
Mary Quirk [4] Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Balmain 1939–1950
Albert Reid Country Young 1927–1930, 1932–1941
Alfred Reid UAP Manly 1920–1922, 1925–1945
John Reid Country Casino 1930–1953
Hon Athol Richardson UAP Ashfield 1935–1946, 1946–1952
Murray Robson UAP Vaucluse 1936–1957
D'Arcy Rose [7] Country Upper Hunter 1939–1959
Bill Ross UAP Cootamundra 1932–1941
James Ross UAP Kogarah 1932–1941
Edward Sanders UAP Willoughby 1925–1943
James Shand UAP Hornsby 1926–1944
Tom Shannon Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Phillip 1927–1954
Colin Sinclair Country Namoi 1932–1941
Eric Solomon UAP Petersham 1932–1941
Eric Spooner [10] UAP Ryde 1932–1940
Fred Stanley Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Lakemba 1927–1950
Bertram Stevens [9] UAP Croydon 1927–1940
John Sweeney Labor Bulli 1933–1947
Norman Thomas UAP Bondi 1932–1941
Arthur Tonge Labor/ALPNC/Labor [14] Canterbury 1926–1932, 1935–1962
Alwyn Tonking UAP Orange 1932–1941
Hon Vernon Treatt UAP Woollahra 1938–1962
Hon Jack Tully Labor Goulburn 1925–1932, 1935–1946
Harry Turner [2] UAP Gordon 1937–1952
Hon Roy Vincent Country Raleigh 1922–1953
John Waddell [6] UAP Waverley 1932–1939
Ben Wade [11] Country Barwon 1932–1940
Ronald Walker UAP Hawkesbury 1932–1941
Hon Reginald Weaver UAP Neutral Bay 1917–1925, 1927–1945
James Webb [5] UAP Hurstville 1932–1939
Arthur Williams [10] Labor Ryde 1940–1956
George Wilson Country Dubbo 1932–1942
Cecil Wingfield Country Clarence 1938–1955
Alfred Yeo Country Castlereagh 1932–1941
1 Coogee MLA John Dunningham died on 26 May 1938. UAP candidate Thomas Mutch won the resulting by-election on 25 June.
2 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 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 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 Hurstville UAP MLA James Webb died on 14 February 1939. ILP candidate Clive Evatt won the resulting by-election on 18 March.
6 Waverley UAP MLA John Waddell died on 15 March 1939. ILP candidate Clarrie Martin won the resulting by-election on 22 April.
7 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.
8 Tamworth UAP MLA Frank Chaffey died on 9 July 1940. His son UAP candidate Bill Chaffey won the resulting by-election on 10 August.
9 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 for his state seat on 7 September.
10 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 for his state seat on 14 September.
11 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 for his state seat on 25 October.
12 Three Labor MLAs, Frank Burke (Newtown), Mat Davidson (Cobar), and Ted Horsington (Sturt) resigned from the Labor Party and joined the ILP in June 1939.
13 The ILP was readmitted into the Labor Party at a unity conference on 26 August 1939.
14 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.