Godfrey Huggins United Godfrey Huggins United General elections were held in Southern Rhodesia on 14 April 1939, the fifth elections since the colony of Southern Rhodesia was granted internal self-government.

Prime Minister Godfrey Huggins' United Party government were re-elected in a landslide.

The elections were called slightly earlier than the deadline as Huggins feared the German invasion of Czechoslovakia would lead to European War.

The franchise was extended slightly to those who were not British subjects but who had been in active wartime service in the armed forces.

The postal vote, which had been introduced in 1928, was extended in 1937 to all voters living more than 25 miles away from the nearest polling station.