Results of the Queensland state election, 1950 (A-L)

Queensland state election, 29 April 1950[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1947 — 1953 >>

Enrolled voters 688,309[1]
Votes cast 636,750 Turnout 92.51 +1.76
Informal votes 7,088 Informal 1.11 –0.25
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 295,138 46.87 +3.29 42 + 7
  Liberal 188,331 29.91 +4.18 11 + 2
  Country 121,689 19.25 –0.24 20 + 6
  NQ Labor 7,689 1.22 +0.50 1 ± 0
  Ind. Labor 3,509 0.56 –0.52 0 – 1
  Frank Barnes Labor 2,759 0.44 –3.53 0 – 1
  Communist 2,351 0.37 –0.89 0 – 1
  Independent 8,196 1.30 –2.86 1 + 1
Total 629,662     75  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1950 Queensland state election for electorates from A to L.

Results by electoral district

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1950: Aubigny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Walter Sparkes 6,537 73.6
Labor Christopher Schull 1,829 20.6
Independent George Legge 514 5.8
Total formal votes 8,880 99.5
Informal votes 43 0.5
Turnout 8,923 93.2
Country hold Swing

Balonne

Queensland state election, 1950: Balonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Taylor 2,324 53.9
Country Herbert Dearden 1,989 46.1
Total formal votes 4,313 99.0
Informal votes 44 1.0
Turnout 4,357 87.4
Labor hold Swing

Barambah

Queensland state election, 1950: Barambah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Joh Bjelke-Petersen 6,881 75.2
Labor Donald Christiansen 2,266 24.8
Total formal votes 9,147 99.3
Informal votes 67 0.7
Turnout 9,214 94.2
Country hold Swing

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1950: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Edward Davis 2,828 68.5
Country Arthur Chresby 1,300 31.5
Total formal votes 4,128 99.1
Informal votes 38 0.9
Turnout 4,166 88.6
Labor hold Swing

Baroona

Queensland state election, 1950: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Power 6,439 61.7
Liberal Harry Middleton 3,768 36.1
Communist Max Julius 223 2.1
Total formal votes 10,430 98.5
Informal votes 159 1.5
Turnout 10,589 91.4
Labor hold Swing

Belyando

Queensland state election, 1950: Belyando
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Foley 2,619 58.9
Country Reg Colwell 1,826 41.1
Total formal votes 4,445 99.2
Informal votes 34 0.8
Turnout 4,479 90.9
Labor hold Swing

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1950: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jim Donald 6,100 65.8
Liberal Alan Chambers 3,170 34.2
Total formal votes 9,270 99.3
Informal votes 63 0.7
Turnout 9,333 95.6
Labor hold Swing

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1950: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Mann 5,942 58.8
Liberal John Herbert 4,159 41.2
Total formal votes 10,101 98.7
Informal votes 134 1.3
Turnout 10,235 89.1
Labor hold Swing

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1950: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Robert Gardner 4,024 35.7
Liberal John Hamilton 3,982 35.3
Independent Labor George Marriott 3,266 29.0
Total formal votes 11,272 98.8
Informal votes 138 1.2
Turnout 11,410 94.3
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing

By-election

Bulimba state by-election, 1951
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Robert Gardner 4,427 37.7 +2.0
Liberal John Hamilton 4,323 36.8 +1.5
Independent Labor George Marriott 2,990 25.5 -3.5
Total formal votes 11,740 99.2 +0.4
Informal votes 99 0.8 -0.4
Turnout 11,839 92.8 -1.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1950: Bundaberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ted Walsh 4,152 44.6
Frank Barnes Labor Frank Barnes 2,759 29.6
Liberal Frank Row 2,401 25.8
Total formal votes 9,312 97.6
Informal votes 230 2.4
Turnout 9,542 95.5
Labor gain from Frank Barnes Labor Swing

Buranda

Queensland state election, 1950: Buranda
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Richard Brown 5,439 53.0
Liberal Percy Berry 4,826 47.0
Total formal votes 10,265 98.9
Informal votes 114 1.1
Turnout 10,379 94.4
Labor hold Swing

Burdekin

Queensland state election, 1950: Burdekin
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Arthur Coburn 3,955 52.5
Labor Ernest Russell 3,318 44.0
Communist Jack Penberthy 267 3.5
Total formal votes 7,540 99.1
Informal votes 66 0.9
Turnout 7,606 91.6
Independent gain from Labor Swing

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1950: Cairns
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Crowley 4,275 59.1
Country Arthur Farr 2,964 40.9
Total formal votes 7,239 98.8
Informal votes 88 1.2
Turnout 7,327 87.4
Labor hold Swing

Callide

Queensland state election, 1950: Callide
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Vincent Jones 6,038 65.8
Labor Patrick Moore 3,138 34.2
Total formal votes 9,176 97.1
Informal votes 270 2.9
Turnout 9,446 94.7
Country hold Swing

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1950: Carnarvon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Paul Hilton 4,500 50.8
Country Sandy Cameron 4,354 49.2
Total formal votes 8,834 99.3
Informal votes 85 0.7
Turnout 8,919 90.2
Labor hold Swing

Carpentaria

Queensland state election, 1950: Carpentaria
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alfred Smith 2,709 62.9
Country George Keyes 1,358 31.5
Independent Labor Merv Pether 243 5.6
Total formal votes 4,310 98.6
Informal votes 61 1.4
Turnout 4,371 80.7
Labor hold Swing

Charters Towers

Queensland state election, 1950: Charters Towers
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Arthur Jones 2,675 59.2
Liberal George Ellis 1,643 36.4
NQ Labor Victor Hay 201 4.4
Total formal votes 4,519 97.3
Informal votes 124 2.7
Turnout 4,643 96.1
Labor hold Swing

Chermside

Queensland state election, 1950: Chermside
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Alex Dewar 6,910 60.1
Labor James Macarthur 4,585 39.9
Total formal votes 11,495 98.7
Informal votes 150 1.3
Turnout 11,645 94.4
Liberal hold Swing

Clayfield

Queensland state election, 1950: Clayfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Harold Taylor 7,459 74.6
Labor Edmund Roberts 2,539 25.4
Total formal votes 9,998 99.3
Informal votes 70 0.7
Turnout 10,068 91.7
Liberal hold Swing

Condamine

Queensland state election, 1950: Condamine
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Frederick Allpass 5,800 62.1
Labor Michael Lyons 3,546 37.9
Total formal votes 9,346 99.4
Informal votes 57 0.6
Turnout 9,403 90.9
Country hold Swing

Cook

Queensland state election, 1950: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Carlisle Wordsworth 3,811 50.8
Labor Jim Tully 3,690 49.2
Total formal votes 7,501 98.9
Informal votes 80 1.1
Turnout 7,581 88.2
Country gain from Labor Swing

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1950: Cooroora
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country David Low 6,390 72.6
Labor Geoffrey Arnell 2,411 27.4
Total formal votes 8,801 99.2
Informal votes 73 0.8
Turnout 8,874 92.2
Country hold Swing

Coorparoo

Queensland state election, 1950: Coorparoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Thomas Hiley 6,899 63.0
Labor Erle Wettemeyer 4,047 37.0
Total formal votes 10,946 99.0
Informal votes 115 1.0
Turnout 11,061 93.3
Liberal hold Swing

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1950: Cunningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Malcolm McIntyre unopposed
Country hold Swing

Darlington

Queensland state election, 1950: Darlington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Thomas Plunkett unopposed
Country hold Swing

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1950: Fassifern
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Adolf Muller 6,788 76.2
Labor Thomas Lythgo 2,125 23.8
Total formal votes 8,913 99.3
Informal votes 63 0.7
Turnout 8,976 93.9
Country hold Swing

Fitzroy

Queensland state election, 1950: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Clark 5,377 61.9
Liberal Hugh Douglas 3,313 38.1
Total formal votes 8,690 99.0
Informal votes 84 1.0
Turnout 8,774 93.2
Labor hold Swing

Flinders

Queensland state election, 1950: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ernest Riordan 1,907 47.5
Country Gordon Stuart 1,610 40.1
NQ Labor Victor Casey 291 7.3
Independent William Hall 207 5.1
Total formal votes 4,015 98.6
Informal votes 58 1.4
Turnout 4,073 84.5
Labor hold Swing

Fortitude Valley

Queensland state election, 1950: Fortitude Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Samuel Brassington 5,853 57.6
Liberal Gladstone Walker 3,989 39.3
Communist Albert Graham 315 3.1
Total formal votes 10,157 98.4
Informal votes 162 1.6
Turnout 10,319 92.2
Labor hold Swing

By-election

Fortitude Valley state by-election, 1950
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Michael Brosnan 7,508 92.5 +34.9
Communist Albert Graham 610 7.5 +4.4
Total formal votes 8,118 94.1 -4.3
Informal votes 508 5.9 +4.3
Turnout 8,626
Labor hold Swing N/A

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1950: Gregory
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Devries 2,594 64.1
Country Gordon Lee 1,450 35.9
Total formal votes 4,044 99.3
Informal votes 29 0.7
Turnout 4,073 86.0
Labor hold Swing

Haughton

Queensland state election, 1950: Haughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Colin McCathie 3,492 46.9
Liberal Bill Lonergan 2,349 31.5
NQ Labor Ernest O'Brien 1,463 19.6
Communist Gwendoline Phelan 143 1.9
Total formal votes 7,447 98.0
Informal votes 151 2.0
Turnout 7,598 93.0
Labor hold Swing

Hinchinbrook

Queensland state election, 1950: Hinchinbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Cecil Jesson 4,005 55.9
Liberal Charles Mylrea 3,158 44.1
Total formal votes 7,163 98.1
Informal votes 141 1.9
Turnout 7,304 90.1
Labor hold Swing

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1950: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ivor Marsden 5,778 64.0
Liberal Ralph Sherrington 3,249 36.0
Total formal votes 9,027 99.0
Informal votes 87 1.0
Turnout 9,114 95.3
Labor hold Swing

Isis

Queensland state election, 1950: Isis
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Jack Pizzey 5,539 61.9
Labor Frank Eastaughffe 3,412 38.1
Total formal votes 8,951 97.1
Informal votes 269 2.9
Turnout 9,220 95.0
Country hold Swing

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1950: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ned Hanlon 6,380 60.7
Liberal Charles Keen 4,137 39.3
Total formal votes 10,517 98.9
Informal votes 118 1.1
Turnout 10,635 94.1
Labor hold Swing

By-election

Ithaca state by-election, 1952
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Leonard Eastment 5,658 62.2 +1.5
Liberal Douglas Lowndes 3,241 35.6 -3.7
Communist Edwin Bacon 194 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 9,093 99.1 +0.2
Informal votes 80 0.9 -0.2
Turnout 9,173
Labor hold Swing N/A

Kedron

Queensland state election, 1950: Kedron
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Bruce Pie 6,329 52.0
Labor James Hadley 5,830 48.0
Total formal votes 12,159 99.2
Informal votes 101 0.8
Turnout 12,260 94.9
Liberal hold Swing

By-election

Kedron state by-election, 1951
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Eric Lloyd 6,601 51.6 +3.6
Liberal James Robertson 6,185 48.4 -3.6
Total formal votes 12,786 99.0 -0.2
Informal votes 127 1.0 +0.2
Turnout 12,913 91.2 -3.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.6

Kelvin Grove

Queensland state election, 1950: Kelvin Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Turner 5,785 56.2
Liberal James Gibson 4,515 43.8
Total formal votes 10,300 99.0
Informal votes 106 1.0
Turnout 10,406 94.7
Labor hold Swing

Keppel

Queensland state election, 1950: Keppel
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Walter Ingram 5,251 56.1
Country Harry Beak 4,112 43.9
Total formal votes 9,363 99.3
Informal votes 70 0.7
Turnout 9,433 94.0
Labor hold Swing

By-election

Keppel state by-election, 1952
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Viv Cooper 5,272 53.0 -3.1
Country Alfred Ganter 4,454 44.8 +0.9
Independent Labor Thomas Kelly 222 2.2 +2.2
Total formal votes 9,948 99.5 +0.2
Informal votes 51 0.5 -0.2
Turnout 9,999 87.2 -6.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1950: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Moores 5,999 57.4
Liberal John Aboud 4,444 42.6
Total formal votes 10,443 98.5
Informal votes 157 1.5
Turnout 10,600 93.5
Labor hold Swing

Landsborough

Queensland state election, 1950: Landsborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Frank Nicklin unopposed
Country hold Swing

Lockyer

Queensland state election, 1950: Lockyer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Gordon Chalk 5,564 63.2
Labor Andrew Grilly 2,219 25.2
Independent Tom Ford 1,019 11.6
Total formal votes 8,802 99.6
Informal votes 31 0.4
Turnout 8,833 93.2
Liberal hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 29 April 1950". Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  2. ↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.
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