# Candidates of the 1938 Queensland state election

The 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 and the 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 (Labor) was elected to succeed Evan Llewelyn (Labor), who had resigned on 28 November, as the member for Toowoomba.
* On 4 April 1936, Johnno Mann (Labor) was elected to succeed Robert Funnell (Labor), who had died on 3 January, as the member for Brisbane.
* On 4 April 1936, David Daniel (Country) was elected to succeed Owen Daniel (Country), who had died on 5 January, as the member for Keppel.
* On 20 June 1936, Ernest Riordan (Labor) was elected to succeed Charles Collins (Labor), who had died on 28 March, as the member for Bowen.
* On 27 February 1937, William Demaine (Labor) was elected to succeed James Stopford (Labor), who had died on 30 November 1936, as the member for Maryborough.

## Retiring Members
### Labor

* William Copley MLA (Bulimba)
* William Demaine MLA (Maryborough)

### Country

* Roy Bell MLA (Stanley)

### United Australia

* James Maxwell MLA (Toowong)

## Candidates

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.
| Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | Coalition candidate | Protestant Labor candidate | Social Credit candidate | Other candidates |
| Albert | Country | John Bray | Tom Plunkett (CP) | Robert Elliott | George Gray | |
| Aubigny | Country | James Strofeld | Arthur Moore (CP) | | | Hermann Wrembeck (Ind) |
| Barcoo | Labor | Frank Bulcock | | | | |
| Baroona | Labor | Bill Power | Edwyn Roper (UAP) | Ralph Powell | |
| Bowen | Labor | Ernest Riordan | Ernest Forde (CP) | | Henry Beck | Fred Paterson (CPA) |
| Bremer | Labor | Frank Cooper | | | | Geordie Burns (CPA) |
| Brisbane | Labor | Johnno Mann | Benjamin White (UAP) | | | |
| Bulimba | Labor | George Marriott | Robert Larmar (UAP) | | Julius Streeter | Bernard Dent (Ind) |
| Bundaberg | Labor | Bernard McLean | Laurence Scotney (CP) | Ernest Miles | Henry Clegton | |
| Buranda | Labor | Ted Hanson | Hector Annat (UAP) | Joseph Webster | Harold Tapper | |
| Cairns | Labor | John O'Keefe | William Chapman (CP) | Robert Smith | | |
| Carnarvon | Labor | Paul Hilton | John Leahy (CP) | | | |
| Carpentaria | Labor | John Mullan | James Boyd (CP) | | | |
| Charters Towers | Labor | William Wellington | | | | |
| Cook | Labor | Harold Collins | George Weaver (CP) | | Joseph Mears | |
| Cooroora | Country | Andrew Thompson | Harry Walker (CP) | | Denis Hannay | |
| Cunningham | Country | | William Deacon (CP) | | | |
| Dalby | Country | Aubrey Slessar | Godfrey Morgan (CP) | | | |
| East Toowoomba | Labor | James Kane | Herbert Yeates (CP) | | | James Annand (Ind UAP) |
| Enoggera | Labor | George Taylor | Robert Gardiner (UAP) | James Underhill | | |
| Fassifern | Country | John Holman | Alf Muller (CP) | | | |
| Fitzroy | Labor | Jim Clark | Edwin Hiskens (CP) | | Sidney Cooper | |
| Fortitude Valley | Labor | Samuel Brassington | William Boden (UAP) | Andrew Knox | | |
| Gregory | Labor | George Pollock | Edward Phillott (CP) | | | |
| Gympie | Labor | Thomas Dunstan | Vivian Tozer (CP) | William Millett | Alfred Taylor | |
| Hamilton | United Australia | William Pinder | Hugh Russell (UAP) | | | |
| Herbert | Labor | Percy Pease | Clarence Page (CP) | Ernest Malin | | Jack Henry (CPA) |
| Ipswich | Labor | David Gledson | Henry Beverley (UAP) | | | |
| Isis | Country | Ernest Widdup | William Brand (CP) | | | |
| Ithaca | Labor | Ned Hanlon | Kenneth Morris (UAP) | George Webb | | |
| Kelvin Grove | Labor | Frank Waters | Edgar Ralph (UAP) | George Morris | | |
| Kennedy | Labor | Cecil Jesson | James Kennedy (CP) | | |
| Keppel | Country | | David Daniel (CP) | | John Harding | John Salmon (Ind) |
| Kurilpa | Labor | Kerry Copley | John Pringle (UAP) | Joseph Moore | | Alec MacDonald (CPA) |
| Logan | Labor | John Brown | Allan Trotter (UAP) | John Becconsall | | Mary DeMattos (Ind) |
| Mackay | Labor | William Forgan Smith | | | John Neville | |
| Maranoa | Labor | Charles Conroy | Royland Hembrow (CP) | | |
| Maree | Labor | William King | William Carter (UAP) | | Charles Martin | |
| Maryborough | Labor | David Farrell | Harold Reed (UAP) | | Noel Bromiley | |
| Merthyr | Labor | James Keogh | Edmund Cuppaidge (UAP) | Frederick Brown | | |
| Mirani | Labor | Ted Walsh | James Wilkie (CP) | | Edwin Hill | |
| Mundingburra | Labor | John Dash | Francis Hughes (CP) | Lionel Parsons | | Doug Olive (CPA) |
| Murrumba | Country | George Watson | Frank Nicklin (CP) | | Geoffrey Nichols | |
| Nanango | Country | Horace Davies | Jim Edwards (CP) | | | Henry Madden (Ind SC) |
| Normanby | Labor | Tom Foley | Harry Brake (CP) | | Albert Webb | |
| Nundah | Labor | John Hayes | William Kelso (UAP) | Thomas Denovan | | |
| Oxley | United Australia | Wilhelm Thieme | Thomas Nimmo (UAP) | | | |
| Port Curtis | Labor | Tommy Williams | James Heading (CP) | | | |
| Rockhampton | Labor | James Larcombe | Thomas Parris (CP) | | Vivian Pugh | |
| Sandgate | Labor | Roland Hislop | James Fry (UAP) | Richard Vane-Millbank | Leonard Jones | |
| South Brisbane | Labor | Vince Gair | William Kingwell (UAP) | James McCann | | |
| Stanley | Country | Frank Gillies | Duncan MacDonald (CP) | | | |
| The Tableland | Labor | Harry Bruce | Henry Bonar (CP) | | | Les Sullivan (CPA) |
| Toowong | United Australia | John O'Shea | Nicholas Lockyer (UAP) | Joseph West | | Harry Massey (Ind UAP) |
| Toowoomba | Labor | Jack Duggan | Leslie Boyce (CP) | James Neil | | |
| Townsville | Labor | Maurice Hynes | Spenser Hopkins (CP) | Alfred Loveridge | | Albert Robinson (CPA) |
| Warrego | Labor | Randolph Bedford | Charles Russell (CP) | | |
| Warwick | Labor | John Healy | Edward Costello (CP) | | | |
| West Moreton | Country | | Ted Maher (CP) | | James Kidman | Jim Slater (CPA) |
| Wide Bay | Country | Benjamin Telfer | Harry Clayton (CP) | | John Rex | |
| Windsor | Labor | Herbert Williams | Edward Simpson (UAP) | Cecil Maxwell | | Henry Bond (Ind Lab) |
| Wynnum | Labor | John Donnelly | Bill Dart (UAP) | Samuel Greene | Thomas Ebbage | |