# Candidates of the 1938 New South Wales state election

This is a list of candidates for the 1938 New South Wales state election. The election was held on 26 March 1938.

## Retiring members
### United Australia

* John Ness (Dulwich Hill)

### Country

* Ernest Buttenshaw (Lachlan)
* Hugh Main (Temora)

### Independent

* Harold Mason (Woollahra)

## Legislative Assembly

Sitting members are shown in bold text. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Other candidates |
| Albury | United Australia | Edward Jones | Alexander Mair (UAP) | |
| Annandale | Labor | Bob Gorman | | |
| Armidale | Country | | David Drummond (CP) | William Broun (Ind) Charles Hobbs (Ind) |
| Arncliffe | Labor | Joseph Cahill | Ernest Barton (UAP) | |
| Ashburnham | Country | Edgar Dring | Hilton Elliott (CP) | William Gibbons (Ind) |
| Ashfield | United Australia | | Athol Richardson (UAP) | Thomas Cavill (Ind) |
| Auburn | Labor | Jack Lang | | Jack Hooke (ILP) |
| Balmain | Labor | John Quirk | | John O'Carroll (Ind) Thomas Payne (CPA) |
| Bankstown | Labor | James McGirr | | |
| Barwon | Country | Thomas Kane | Ben Wade (CP) | |
| Bathurst | Labor | Gus Kelly | Roland Green (CP) Thomas Mutch (UAP) | |
| Bondi | United Australia | Henry Collins | Norman Thomas (UAP) | Richard Brown (Ind) Thomas Hogan (Ind) |
| Botany | Labor | Francis Kelly | | Bob Heffron (ILP) |
| Bulli | Labor | John Sweeney | | Jack Miles (CPA) Edward Ryan (Ind) |
| Burwood | United Australia | | Harrie Mitchell (UAP) | |
| Burwood | United Australia | | Gordon Jackett (UAP) | |
| Byron | Country | | Arthur Budd (CP) | Frederick Stuart (Ind) |
| Canterbury | Labor | Arthur Tonge | Edward Hocking (UAP) | |
| Casino | Country | | John Reid (CP) | |
| Castlereagh | Country | Les Murphy | Alfred Yeo (CP) | |
| Cessnock | Labor | Jack Baddeley | | Eugene O'Neill (ILP) |
| Clarence | Country | | Cecil Wingfield (CP) | |
| Clarence | Country | | Alfred Henry (CP) | |
| Cobar | Labor | Mat Davidson | | |
| Concord | United Australia | Leonard Thompson | Stan Lloyd (UAP) | |
| Coogee | United Australia | | John Dunningham (UAP) | Mark Foots (Ind) |
| Cootamundra | Country | Ken Hoad | Bill Ross (CP) | |
| Corowa | Independent | | Ebenezer Kendell (CP) | Christopher Lethbridge (Ind) |
| Corowa | Independent | | Ebenezer Kendell (CP) | Clive Walker (Ind) |
| Croydon | United Australia | | Bertram Stevens (UAP) | Garry Gordon (Ind) |
| Drummoyne | United Australia | Ray Maher | John Lee (UAP) | |
| Dubbo | Country | Leo Taylor | George Wilson (CP) | |
| Dulwich Hill | United Australia | Leslie Morrow | Guy Arkins (UAP) | |
| Dulwich Hill | United Australia | Leslie Morrow | Ronald McCredie (UAP) | |
| George's River | United Australia | Albert Kealman | Cecil Monro (UAP) | |
| Glebe | Labor | Bill Carlton | | Horace Foley (ILP) Bertie Lewis (Ind) |
| Gloucester | United Australia | | Charles Bennett (UAP) | Ray Fitzgerald (Ind) Henry Rooke (Ind) |
| Gordon | United Australia | | Harry Turner (UAP) | |
| Gordon | United Australia | | William Milne (UAP) | |
| Goulburn | Labor | Jack Tully | Frederick Davies (CP) Peter Loughlin (UAP) | Robert Tatham (Ind) |
| Granville | United Australia | Bill Lamb | Claude Fleck (UAP) | |
| Hamilton | Labor | Joshua Arthur | | |
| Hartley | Labor | Hamilton Knight | | |
| Hawkesbury | United Australia | | Bruce Walker Jr (UAP) | Victor Gillespie (Ind) |
| Hornsby | United Australia | | James Shand (UAP) | Howard Miscamble (Ind) |
| Hornsby | United Australia | | William Henson (UAP) Sydney Storey (UAP) | Howard Miscamble (Ind) |
| Hurstville | United Australia | Michael Croot | James Webb (UAP) | |
| Illawarra | Labor | Billy Davies | | |
| King | Labor | Daniel Clyne | Rowland Bowen (UAP) | Patrick McDonnell (Ind) Josiah Trenerry (Ind) |
| Kogarah | United Australia | John Hibberd | James Ross (UAP) | John Battye (Ind) |
| Kurri Kurri | Labor | George Booth | | |
| Lachlan | Country | John Grace | Griffith Evans (CP) | George Berry (Ind) |
| Lachlan | Country | John Grace | John Parker (CP) Charles Thomas (CP) | George Berry (Ind) |
| Lakemba | Labor | Fred Stanley | | William Dowe (Ind) |
| Lane Cove | United Australia | | Herbert FitzSimons | |
| Leichhardt | Labor | Claude Matthews | | Arthur Doughty (Ind) James Dunn (ILP) |
| Lismore | Country | | William Frith (CP) | |
| Liverpool Plains | Country | Thomas Ryan | Harry Carter (CP) | |
| Maitland | United Australia | Walter O'Hearn | Walter Howarth (UAP) | |
| Manly | United Australia | | Alfred Reid (UAP) | Richard Fitzgerald (Ind) |
| Manly | United Australia | | Robert Miller (UAP) Alfred Seller (UAP) | Richard Fitzgerald (Ind) |
| Marrickville | Labor | Leslie Balzen | Frederick Rushton (UAP) | Carlo Lazzarini (ILP) |
| Monaro | Country | Clarence Moore | William Hedges (CP) | |
| Mosman | United Australia | | Herbert Lloyd (UAP) | |
| Mosman | United Australia | | Henry Storey (UAP) | |
| Mudgee | Labor | Bill Dunn | Eric Pye (CP) Reginald Wilson (CP) | |
| Murray | Country | James Lloyd | Joe Lawson (CP) | |
| Murrumbidgee | Country | George Enticknap | Robert Hankinson (CP) | |
| Namoi | Country | Ernest Hogan | Colin Sinclair (CP) | |
| Nepean | United Australia | John Jackson | Joseph Jackson (UAP) | |
| Nepean | United Australia | John Jackson | Arthur Hebblewhite (UAP) | |
| Neutral Bay | United Australia | | Reginald Weaver (UAP) | |
| Newcastle | Labor | Frank Hawkins | | Claude Dalby (Ind) |
| Newtown | Labor | Frank Burke | | Cyril Glassop (Ind) |
| North Sydney | United Australia | Henry Clayden | Hubert Primrose (UAP) | |
| Orange | United Australia | Edward McGarry | Alwyn Tonking (UAP) | |
| Oxley | United Australia | | Lewis Martin (UAP) | George Mitchell (Ind) |
| Paddington | Labor | Maurice O'Sullivan | | Lance Sharkey (CPA) |
| Parramatta | Labor | Albert Rowe | George Gollan (UAP) | |
| Petersham | United Australia | Bill Sheahan | Eric Solomon (UAP) | |
| Phillip | Labor | Tom Shannon | | |
| Raleigh | Country | John Devine | Roy Vincent (CP) | Les Jordan (Ind) |
| Randwick | United Australia | Bob O'Halloran | Arthur Moverly (UAP) | |
| Redfern | Labor | William McKell | | |
| Ryde | United Australia | James Walsh | Eric Spooner (UAP) | William Harrison (Ind) |
| South Coast | United Australia | | Henry Bate (UAP) | |
| Sturt | Labor | Ted Horsington | | |
| Tamworth | United Australia | John Killalea | Frank Chaffey (UAP) | Augustine Logue (Ind) |
| Temora | Country | | Doug Dickson (CP) | Alfred Holland (Ind) Harold Munro (Ind) Lancelot Redgrave (Ind) |
| Temora | Country | | Hugh Roberton (CP) | Alfred Holland (Ind) Harold Munro (Ind) Lancelot Redgrave (Ind) |
| Tenterfield | Country | | Michael Bruxner (CP) | William McCotter (Ind) Edward Ogilvie (Ind) |
| Upper Hunter | Country | | Malcolm Brown (CP) | |
| Vaucluse | United Australia | | Murray Robson (UAP) | |
| Wagga Wagga | Country | Eric McKeig | Matthew Kilpatrick (CP) | |
| Waratah | Labor | Robert Cameron | | Robert Cram (CPA) |
| Waverley | United Australia | William Clementson | John Waddell (UAP) | |
| Willoughby | United Australia | | Edward Sanders (UAP) | |
| Wollondilly | United Australia | | Mark Morton (UAP) | |
| Woollahra | United Australia | | Vernon Treatt (UAP) | |
| Woollahra | United Australia | | Arthur Butterell (UAP) | |
| Yass | United Australia | | George Ardill (UAP) | Vivian Partridge (Ind) |
| Young | Country | Reginald Phillips | Albert Reid (CP) | |