Results of the 1957 Queensland state election
Appearance
Queensland state election, 3 August 1957[1] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Enrolled voters | 747,455[1] | |||||
Votes cast | 706,909 | Turnout | 94.58 | +1.57 | ||
Informal votes | 8,033 | Informal | 1.14 | –0.07 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 201,971 | 28.90 | –22.32 | 20 | –29 | |
Queensland Labor | 163,534 | 23.40 | +23.40 | 11 | +11 | |
Liberal | 162,372 | 23.23 | –1.84 | 18 | +10 | |
Country | 139,720 | 19.99 | +0.72 | 24 | + 8 | |
North Queensland Labor | 7,488 | 1.07 | –0.25 | 1 | ± 0 | |
Ind. Labor | 2,257 | 0.32 | +0.26 | 0 | ± 0 | |
Ind. Conservative | 2,723 | 0.39 | +0.39 | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 18,811 | 2.69 | –0.17 | 1 | ± 0 | |
Total | 698,876 | 75 |
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1957 Queensland state election.
Results by electoral district
[edit]Aubigny
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Jim Sparkes | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Balonne
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Eddie Beardmore | 2,264 | 43.1 | −0.2 | |
Labor | John Taylor | 1,988 | 37.9 | −18.8 | |
Queensland Labor | Henry Bunton | 995 | 19.0 | +19.0 | |
Total formal votes | 5,247 | 99.0 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 54 | 1.0 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,301 | 91.3 | +5.5 | ||
Country gain from Labor | Swing | +9.9 |
Barambah
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Joh Bjelke-Petersen | 6,503 | 70.4 | −29.6 | |
Queensland Labor | Thomas O'Neill | 2,736 | 29.6 | +29.6 | |
Total formal votes | 9,239 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 107 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 9,346 | 95.9 | |||
Country hold | Swing | −29.6 |
Barcoo
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ned Davis | 1,971 | 40.8 | −26.8 | |
Queensland Labor | Stanley Barry | 1,443 | 29.9 | +29.9 | |
Country | Raymond Paynter | 1,419 | 29.4 | −3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 4,833 | 99.4 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 31 | 0.6 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,864 | 91.3 | +3.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −9.8 |
Baroona
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queensland Labor | Bill Power | 3,333 | 40.6 | +40.6 | |
Liberal | Robert Thomasson | 2,691 | 32.8 | −0.2 | |
Labor | Norman Buchan | 2,177 | 26.5 | −38.3 | |
Total formal votes | 8,201 | 98.2 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 149 | 1.8 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,350 | 93.0 | +2.3 | ||
Queensland Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Belyando
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queensland Labor | Tom Foley | 1,841 | 38.6 | +38.6 | |
Country | Clarence Whyte | 1,774 | 37.1 | −4.2 | |
Labor | John Williams | 1,161 | 24.3 | −34.4 | |
Total formal votes | 4,776 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 39 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,815 | 91.9 | |||
Queensland Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Bremer
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jim Donald | 6,692 | 59.7 | −13.0 | |
Liberal | George Groth | 2,938 | 26.2 | −1.1 | |
Queensland Labor | Frank Corbutt | 1,580 | 14.1 | +14.1 | |
Total formal votes | 11,210 | 98.8 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 132 | 1.2 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,342 | 95.9 | +1.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −3.2 |
Brisbane
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Johnno Mann | 2,744 | 38.4 | −21.6 | |
Queensland Labor | Daniel Casey | 2,307 | 32.3 | +32.3 | |
Liberal | Roger Moore | 2,087 | 29.2 | −5.8 | |
Total formal votes | 7,138 | 98.0 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 146 | 2.0 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,284 | 90.8 | +4.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −8.8 |
Bulimba
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Houston | 4,993 | 37.0 | −19.7 | |
Liberal | Bill Lickiss | 4,619 | 34.2 | −6.5 | |
Queensland Labor | Bob Gardner | 3,891 | 28.8 | +28.8 | |
Total formal votes | 13,503 | 99.1 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 124 | 0.9 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 13,627 | 95.9 | −0.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −6.2 |
Bundaberg
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queensland Labor | Ted Walsh | 6,058 | 53.8 | +53.8 | |
Country | Thomas Pulsford | 2,652 | 23.6 | +23.6 | |
Labor | William Elson-Green | 2,543 | 22.6 | −77.4 | |
Total formal votes | 11,253 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 73 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 11,326 | 94.3 | |||
Queensland Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Buranda
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Keith Hooper | 3,472 | 37.5 | −7.0 | |
Labor | Dick Brown | 3,188 | 34.4 | −21.1 | |
Queensland Labor | Michael Lyons | 2,113 | 22.8 | +22.8 | |
Independent | John Handasyde | 484 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 9,257 | 99.2 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 72 | 0.8 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,329 | 95.6 | +1.5 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +7.6 |
Burdekin
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Arthur Coburn | 4,145 | 52.0 | −11.9 | |
Labor | John Grafton | 2,268 | 28.5 | −4.8 | |
Queensland Labor | Oliver Andersen | 1,560 | 19.6 | +19.6 | |
Total formal votes | 7,973 | 99.3 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 54 | 0.7 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,027 | 96.2 | +1.3 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | −1.2 |
Cairns
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Watty Wallace | 3,211 | 38.4 | −20.5 | |
Queensland Labor | James Bidner | 2,687 | 32.2 | +32.2 | |
Country | Clement Cummings | 2,455 | 29.4 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 8,353 | 99.0 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 83 | 1.0 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,436 | 93.2 | +3.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −13.4 |
Callide
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Vince Jones | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Carnarvon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queensland Labor | Paul Hilton | 4,517 | 46.2 | +46.2 | |
Country | Fred Rogers | 3,911 | 40.0 | −1.8 | |
Labor | Douglas Gow | 1,343 | 13.7 | −44.5 | |
Total formal votes | 9,771 | 99.2 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 77 | 0.8 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,848 | 93.9 | +1.9 | ||
Queensland Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Carpentaria
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queensland Labor | Norm Smith | 2,832 | 38.6 | +38.6 | |
Labor | Alec Inch | 2,292 | 31.3 | −28.8 | |
Country | William Aplin | 2,211 | 30.1 | −9.8 | |
Total formal votes | 7,335 | 99.2 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 57 | 0.8 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,392 | 87.0 | +5.7 | ||
Queensland Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Charters Towers
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queensland Labor | Arthur Jones | 1,837 | 43.8 | +43.8 | |
Liberal | Kieth Siemon | 1,294 | 30.9 | −1.5 | |
Labor | Robert Davies | 1,060 | 25.3 | −42.3 | |
Total formal votes | 4,191 | 98.4 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 68 | 1.6 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,259 | 95.4 | +0.7 | ||
Queensland Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Chermside
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alex Dewar | 9,476 | 54.1 | −4.4 | |
Labor | Leslie Sampson | 4,487 | 25.6 | −15.9 | |
Queensland Labor | John Parry | 3,546 | 20.3 | +20.3 | |
Total formal votes | 17,509 | 98.9 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 193 | 1.1 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 17,702 | 95.8 | +1.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +9.4 |
Clayfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harold Taylor | 7,447 | 78.3 | +4.3 | |
Independent | James Ryan | 2,065 | 21.7 | −4.3 | |
Total formal votes | 9,512 | 97.2 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 275 | 2.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,787 | 93.1 | −2.9 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Condamine
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queensland Labor | Les Diplock | 5,540 | 48.4 | +48.4 | |
Country | Stewart Keys | 5,031 | 43.9 | −1.2 | |
Labor | William Eggington | 879 | 7.7 | −47.2 | |
Total formal votes | 9,083 | 99.5 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 56 | 0.5 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,506 | 95.4 | +2.0 | ||
Queensland Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Cook
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queensland Labor | Bunny Adair | 4,013 | 44.2 | +44.2 | |
Country | Carlisle Wordsworth | 3,463 | 38.1 | +1.7 | |
Labor | Seymour Chataway | 1,607 | 17.7 | −45.9 | |
Total formal votes | 9,083 | 99.1 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 82 | 0.9 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,165 | 92.7 | +3.5 | ||
Queensland Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Cooroora
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | David Low | 7,201 | 75.9 | +7.7 | |
Labor | Ralph Smith | 2,283 | 24.1 | −7.7 | |
Total formal votes | 9,484 | 98.4 | −0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 156 | 1.6 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,640 | 95.0 | +0.9 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +7.7 |
Coorparoo
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Hiley | 8,543 | 70.6 | +8.6 | |
Labor | Bernard Ouston | 3,559 | 29.4 | −8.6 | |
Total formal votes | 12,102 | 97.4 | −1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 318 | 2.6 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 12,420 | 95.1 | +0.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.6 |
Cunningham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Alan Fletcher | 7,054 | 67.0 | +2.7 | |
Independent | Leslie Ott | 3,468 | 33.0 | +33.0 | |
Total formal votes | 10,522 | 98.4 | −0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 175 | 1.6 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 10,697 | 96.4 | +1.2 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Darlington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Leslie Harrison | 6,589 | 60.1 | −7.8 | |
Labor | Charles Knoll | 2,227 | 20.3 | −11.8 | |
Independent | Michael Smith | 1,874 | 17.1 | +17.1 | |
Independent | Henry Longfield | 273 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 10,963 | 98.8 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 128 | 1.2 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 11,091 | 93.9 | +2.5 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +6.8 |
Fassifern
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Alf Muller | 6,317 | 73.1 | −26.9 | |
Queensland Labor | Kenneth Rawle | 2,329 | 26.9 | +26.9 | |
Total formal votes | 8,646 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 154 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 8,800 | 94.1 | |||
Country hold | Swing | −26.9 |
Fitzroy
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jim Clark | 3,743 | 43.1 | −19.5 | |
Liberal | Gordon Dunn | 2,693 | 31.0 | −5.3 | |
Queensland Labor | John Norton | 2,255 | 25.9 | +25.9 | |
Total formal votes | 8,691 | 99.3 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 62 | 0.7 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,753 | 95.6 | +0.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −5.1 |
Flinders
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Longeran | 1,441 | 34.4 | −7.5 | |
Labor | Frank Forde | 1,440 | 34.4 | −23.7 | |
Queensland Labor | Bob Katter | 1,079 | 25.8 | +25.8 | |
Independent | Charles Corney | 225 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 4,185 | 99.2 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 33 | 0.8 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,218 | 87.1 | +4.0 | ||
Country gain from Labor | Swing | +8.1 |
By-election
[edit]- This result was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns and a by-election was held on 17 May 1958.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Longeran | 1,948 | 45.7 | +11.3 | |
Labor | Frank Forde | 1,534 | 36.0 | +1.6 | |
Queensland Labor | Bob Katter | 780 | 18.3 | −7.5 | |
Total formal votes | 4,262 | 99.7 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.3 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,273 | 82.0 | −5.1 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Fortitude Valley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bob Windsor | 3,252 | 37.9 | −2.6 | |
Labor | Jack Egerton | 2,752 | 32.0 | −25.2 | |
Queensland Labor | Mick Brosnan | 2,586 | 30.1 | +30.1 | |
Total formal votes | 8,590 | 98.9 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 96 | 1.1 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,686 | 93.3 | +1.6 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +12.7 |
Gregory
[edit]The election in Gregory was delayed due to the death of incumbent MP George Devries weeks before the election. A supplementary election was held in October, two months after the rest of the state.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Wally Rae | 2,075 | 47.6 | +12.8 | |
Labor | Jack Duggan | 1,328 | 30.5 | −34.8 | |
Queensland Labor | K Smith | 955 | 21.9 | +21.9 | |
Total formal votes | 4,358 | 99.7 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 12 | 0.3 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,370 | 84.6 | −0.7 | ||
Country gain from Labor | Swing | +26.3 |
Haughton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queensland Labor | Colin McCathie | 4,164 | 48.1 | +48.1 | |
Labor | Vivien Owens | 2,393 | 27.6 | −42.8 | |
Country | William Clayton | 2,105 | 24.3 | +24.3 | |
Total formal votes | 8,662 | 99.3 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 64 | 0.7 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,726 | 95.2 | +0.5 | ||
Queensland Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Hinchinbrook
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Cecil Jesson | 3,057 | 35.2 | −16.9 | |
Country | John Row | 2,473 | 28.5 | +28.5 | |
Independent | Francis Curro | 1,652 | 19.0 | +19.0 | |
Queensland Labor | John Argaet | 1,497 | 17.3 | +17.3 | |
Total formal votes | 8,679 | 98.4 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 144 | 1.6 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,823 | 94.4 | +1.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Ipswich
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ivor Marsden | 4,320 | 45.6 | −15.6 | |
Liberal | Wylie Gibbs | 3,179 | 33.5 | −4.3 | |
Queensland Labor | Robert Johnstone | 1,982 | 20.9 | +20.9 | |
Total formal votes | 9,481 | 99.4 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 54 | 0.6 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,535 | 95.1 | +1.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −4.2 |
Isis
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Jack Pizzey | 6,230 | 68.0 | +5.7 | |
Queensland Labor | Edward McDonnell | 2,935 | 32.0 | +32.0 | |
Total formal votes | 9,165 | 96.6 | −2.0 | ||
Informal votes | 324 | 3.4 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,489 | 96.1 | +2.8 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +5.7 |
Ithaca
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Pat Hanlon | 4,222 | 43.9 | −17.8 | |
Liberal | Alan Edwards | 3,638 | 37.8 | −0.5 | |
Queensland Labor | Anthony Machin | 1,759 | 18.3 | +18.3 | |
Total formal votes | 9,619 | 98.7 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 123 | 1.3 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,489 | 96.1 | +1.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −8.0 |
Kedron
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Eric Lloyd | 8,410 | 42.6 | −18.4 | |
Liberal | Joseph Harris | 7,119 | 36.1 | −2.9 | |
Queensland Labor | Clive Uhr | 4,203 | 21.3 | +21.3 | |
Total formal votes | 19,732 | 99.0 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 203 | 1.0 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 19,935 | 95.9 | +0.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −6.8 |
Kelvin Grove
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Douglas Tooth | 4,150 | 41.6 | −4.1 | |
Labor | Bert Turner | 3,754 | 37.7 | −16.6 | |
Queensland Labor | John Dawson | 2,061 | 20.7 | +20.7 | |
Total formal votes | 9,965 | 99.0 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 97 | 1.0 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 10,062 | 94.9 | +1.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +6.8 |
Keppel
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Merv Thackeray | 3,730 | 30.9 | −27.6 | |
Queensland Labor | Viv Cooper | 3,151 | 26.1 | +26.1 | |
Liberal | Tom Griffith | 3,063 | 25.3 | −16.2 | |
Independent | Rex Pilbeam | 2,139 | 17.7 | +17.7 | |
Total formal votes | 12,083 | 99.5 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 58 | 0.5 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 12,141 | 96.2 | +0.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −4.3 |
Kurilpa
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Connolly | 3,167 | 37.5 | −5.2 | |
Queensland Labor | Tom Moores | 2,737 | 32.4 | +32.4 | |
Labor | Myles Kane | 2,421 | 28.7 | −28.6 | |
Independent | George Fry | 109 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 8,434 | 98.7 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 113 | 1.3 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,547 | 93.2 | +3.2 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +11.3 |
Landsborough
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Frank Nicklin | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Lockyer
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Gordon Chalk | 7,600 | 78.9 | −21.1 | |
Independent | Jim Dwyer | 2,032 | 21.1 | +21.1 | |
Total formal votes | 9,632 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 180 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 9,812 | 94.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −21.1 |
Mackay
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Graham | 3,175 | 42.0 | −16.0 | |
Liberal | William Field | 2,939 | 38.8 | −0.7 | |
Queensland Labor | Joseph Griffin | 1,452 | 19.2 | +19.2 | |
Total formal votes | 7,566 | 98.9 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 84 | 1.1 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,650 | 95.2 | +2.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −7.9 |
Mackenzie
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Nev Hewitt | 2,523 | 55.1 | +4.6 | |
Labor | William James | 1,140 | 24.9 | −24.6 | |
Queensland Labor | J T Cook | 920 | 20.1 | +20.1 | |
Total formal votes | 4,583 | 99.2 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 35 | 0.8 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,618 | 93.5 | +4.0 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +18.4 |
Marodian
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | James Heading | 6,307 | 75.3 | −24.7 | |
Labor | William Weir | 2,073 | 24.7 | +24.7 | |
Total formal votes | 8,380 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 135 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 8,515 | 95.3 | |||
Country hold | Swing | −24.7 |
Maryborough
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Horace Davies | 5,297 | 53.1 | −13.1 | |
Country | James Dunn | 3,218 | 32.3 | −1.5 | |
Queensland Labor | Clement Gott | 1,461 | 14.6 | +14.6 | |
Total formal votes | 9,976 | 98.6 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 142 | 1.4 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 10,118 | 96.6 | +0.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −4.0 |
Merthyr
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sam Ramsden | 3,151 | 37.0 | −3.2 | |
Queensland Labor | Bill Moore | 3,028 | 35.6 | +35.6 | |
Labor | Tom Campbell | 2,336 | 27.4 | −32.4 | |
Total formal votes | 8,515 | 99.0 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 88 | 1.0 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,603 | 94.1 | +3.1 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Mirani
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ernie Evans | 4,770 | 56.7 | −2.5 | |
Labor | James Chataway | 1,889 | 22.5 | −18.3 | |
Queensland Labor | Waller O'Grady | 1,749 | 20.8 | +20.8 | |
Total formal votes | 8,408 | 99.0 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 83 | 1.0 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,491 | 95.8 | +1.7 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +12.4 |
Mount Coot-tha
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Kenneth Morris | 8,723 | 58.4 | −4.0 | |
Labor | Desmond Raven | 3,254 | 21.8 | −15.8 | |
Queensland Labor | John Lynch | 2,967 | 19.8 | +19.8 | |
Total formal votes | 14,944 | 99.0 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 148 | 1.0 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 15,092 | 94.9 | +0.8 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +10.4 |
Mount Gravatt
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Graham Hart | 10,562 | 39.7 | −0.7 | |
Labor | Felix Dittmer | 10,434 | 39.3 | −20.3 | |
Queensland Labor | Charles Edwards | 5,432 | 20.4 | +20.4 | |
Independent | Harold Boone | 145 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 26,573 | 98.6 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 370 | 1.4 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 26,943 | 95.2 | +1.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +9.9 |
Mourilyan
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Byrne | 3,246 | 42.2 | −17.3 | |
Country | Edmund Webb | 2,619 | 34.1 | −4.1 | |
Queensland Labor | Alfred Drew | 1,740 | 22.6 | +22.6 | |
Independent | Cecil Evans | 81 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 7,686 | 98.6 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 112 | 1.4 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 7,798 | 95.9 | +2.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −5.5 |
Mulgrave
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bob Watson | 3,407 | 45.2 | −2.9 | |
Queensland Labor | Charles English | 2,331 | 31.0 | +31.0 | |
Labor | Leslie Trembath | 1,792 | 23.8 | −28.1 | |
Total formal votes | 7,530 | 99.0 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 77 | 1.0 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,607 | 94.4 | +1.0 | ||
Country gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
By-election
[edit]- This by-election was caused by the death of Bob Watson. It was held on 6 June 1959.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Carlisle Wordsworth | 3,281 | 47.1 | +1.9 | |
Labor | Leslie Trembath | 2,331 | 33.5 | +9.7 | |
Queensland Labor | Charles English | 1,349 | 19.4 | −11.6 | |
Total formal votes | 6,961 | 98.9 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 80 | 1.1 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,041 | 85.5 | −8.9 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Mundingburra
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
NQ Labor | Tom Aikens | 7,488 | 75.1 | −2.8 | |
Labor | Jim Mahony | 1,920 | 19.3 | −2.8 | |
Independent | G F Evans | 564 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
Total formal votes | 9,972 | 98.7 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 132 | 1.3 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 10,104 | 94.2 | +0.6 | ||
NQ Labor hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Murrumba
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | David Nicholson | 9,112 | 61.8 | −0.2 | |
Labor | Bertram Krause | 2,868 | 19.5 | −18.5 | |
Queensland Labor | Michael Ryan | 2,756 | 18.7 | +18.7 | |
Total formal votes | 14,736 | 98.9 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 161 | 1.1 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 14,897 | 94.9 | +1.2 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +14.1 |
Nash
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Max Hodges | 4,331 | 41.5 | −2.5 | |
Queensland Labor | Greg Kehoe | 3,696 | 35.4 | +35.4 | |
Labor | George Hooper | 2,414 | 23.1 | −32.9 | |
Total formal votes | 10,441 | 99.3 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 78 | 0.7 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 10,519 | 96.8 | +1.6 | ||
Country gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Norman
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Baxter | 4,478 | 41.1 | −15.0 | |
Liberal | George Regan | 4,376 | 40.2 | −3.7 | |
Queensland Labor | Norman Tacey | 2,033 | 18.7 | +18.7 | |
Total formal votes | 10,887 | 98.7 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 148 | 1.3 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,035 | 95.6 | +1.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −5.5 |
North Toowoomba
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Les Wood | 4,183 | 44.3 | −14.7 | |
Liberal | Herbert Yeates | 3,610 | 38.2 | −2.8 | |
Queensland Labor | Francis Bowdler | 1,646 | 17.4 | +17.4 | |
Total formal votes | 9,439 | 99.3 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 64 | 0.7 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,503 | 94.5 | +1.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −5.3 |
By-election
[edit]- This by-election was caused by the death of Les Wood. It was held on 31 May 1958.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Duggan | 5,765 | 63.0 | +18.7 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Godsall | 2,912 | 31.8 | −6.4 | |
Queensland Labor | Tim Whittaker | 471 | 5.2 | −12.2 | |
Total formal votes | 9,148 | 99.0 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 89 | 1.0 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,237 | 92.8 | −1.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Nundah
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Knox | 4,421 | 39.3 | −5.2 | |
Queensland Labor | Jim Hadley | 3,526 | 31.3 | +31.3 | |
Labor | Dudley Ryder | 3,307 | 29.4 | −26.1 | |
Total formal votes | 11,254 | 98.9 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 124 | 1.1 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,378 | 95.4 | +0.6 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Port Curtis
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jim Burrows | 4,757 | 49.4 | −15.1 | |
Country | Colin Wilson | 3,460 | 35.9 | +0.4 | |
Queensland Labor | Samuel Andrewartha | 1,412 | 14.7 | +14.7 | |
Total formal votes | 9,629 | 99.5 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 46 | 0.5 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,675 | 96.2 | +1.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −6.6 |
Rockhampton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queensland Labor | Mick Gardner | 3,245 | 36.3 | +36.3 | |
Liberal | James Marshall | 2,589 | 29.0 | −20.3 | |
Labor | James Fraser | 2,203 | 24.6 | −25.4 | |
Independent | Rex Pilbeam | 895 | 10.0 | +10.0 | |
Independent | Thomas Kelly | 9 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 8,941 | 99.4 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 51 | 0.6 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,992 | 95.7 | +0.2 | ||
Queensland Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Roma
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | William Ewan | 2,568 | 46.1 | −3.8 | |
Queensland Labor | Alfred Dohring | 2,006 | 36.0 | +36.0 | |
Labor | William Hay | 855 | 15.4 | −34.7 | |
Independent | James Clarke | 141 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 5,570 | 99.2 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 43 | 0.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,613 | 94.8 | +1.3 | ||
Country gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Sandgate
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Ahearn | 6,620 | 37.2 | −6.2 | |
Labor | Harry Dean | 6,323 | 35.5 | −21.1 | |
Queensland Labor | Herbert Robinson | 4,867 | 27.3 | +27.3 | |
Total formal votes | 17,810 | 99.0 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 173 | 1.0 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 17,983 | 95.3 | +2.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +7.7 |
Sherwood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Herbert | 8,934 | 49.3 | −1.8 | |
Labor | Doug Sherrington | 5,810 | 32.1 | −13.1 | |
Queensland Labor | Harry Wright | 3,381 | 18.7 | +18.7 | |
Total formal votes | 18,125 | 98.9 | +1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 198 | 1.1 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 18,323 | 94.4 | +0.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.6 |
Somerset
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Harold Richter | 3,700 | 41.0 | −3.1 | |
Queensland Labor | Alexander Skinner | 3,246 | 36.0 | +36.0 | |
Labor | Evan Marginson | 2,078 | 23.0 | −32.9 | |
Total formal votes | 9,024 | 99.5 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 42 | 0.5 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,066 | 95.4 | +0.7 | ||
Country gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
South Brisbane
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queensland Labor | Vince Gair | 3,598 | 44.1 | +44.1 | |
Liberal | William Henry | 2,593 | 31.8 | +31.8 | |
Labor | Tom Doyle | 1,974 | 24.2 | −34.4 | |
Total formal votes | 8,165 | 98.7 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 104 | 1.3 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,269 | 93.7 | +1.8 | ||
Queensland Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Southport
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Eric Gaven | 9,650 | 73.9 | +7.9 | |
Labor | William Bedford | 3,401 | 26.1 | −7.9 | |
Total formal votes | 13,051 | 98.8 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 154 | 1.2 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 13,205 | 93.9 | +2.2 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +7.9 |
Tablelands
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Tom Gilmore | 3,359 | 37.5 | +3.9 | |
Queensland Labor | Harold Collins | 3,279 | 36.6 | +36.6 | |
Labor | Sidney Tullipan | 2,321 | 25.9 | −40.5 | |
Total formal votes | 8,959 | 99.3 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 64 | 0.7 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,023 | 92.3 | +1.7 | ||
Country gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Toowong
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alan Munro | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Toowoomba
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Mervyn Anderson | 4,031 | 41.3 | +4.3 | |
Labor | Jack Duggan | 3,781 | 38.7 | −24.3 | |
Queensland Labor | T D McCawley | 1,654 | 16.9 | +16.9 | |
Independent | Vera Lacaze | 301 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 9,767 | 99.5 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 49 | 0.5 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,816 | 94.5 | +1.8 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +14.6 |
Townsville
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Keyatta | 2,631 | 40.1 | −6.8 | |
Liberal | Roy Pope | 2,290 | 34.9 | −1.3 | |
Queensland Labor | Lionel Tomlins | 1,637 | 25.0 | +25.0 | |
Total formal votes | 6,558 | 98.4 | −0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 105 | 1.6 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,663 | 92.2 | +1.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −2.9 |
Warrego
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Dufficy | 2,358 | 44.8 | −22.9 | |
Country | Arnold White | 1,550 | 29.4 | −2.9 | |
Queensland Labor | John Glynn | 1,361 | 25.8 | +25.8 | |
Total formal votes | 5,269 | 99.0 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 53 | 1.0 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,322 | 89.4 | +4.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −7.4 |
Warwick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Otto Madsen | 5,695 | 65.3 | +1.7 | |
Queensland Labor | George Wilkinson | 3,026 | 34.7 | +34.7 | |
Total formal votes | 8,721 | 98.4 | −0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 142 | 1.6 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 8,863 | 95.8 | −0.4 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Whitsunday
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Lloyd Roberts | 4,861 | 55.3 | −4.1 | |
Labor | Ralph Staples | 2,555 | 29.1 | −11.5 | |
Queensland Labor | Bernard Lewis | 1,374 | 15.6 | +15.6 | |
Total formal votes | 8,790 | 98.9 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 94 | 1.1 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,884 | 95.0 | +1.8 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +6.1 |
Windsor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ray Smith | 3,760 | 38.9 | −4.8 | |
Queensland Labor | Tom Rasey | 3,733 | 38.6 | +38.6 | |
Labor | Kenneth Kemshead | 2,165 | 22.4 | −33.9 | |
Total formal votes | 9,658 | 99.0 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 100 | 1.0 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,758 | 95.3 | +0.7 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Wynnum
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Gunn | 7,807 | 52.3 | −13.1 | |
Liberal | Peter McAdam | 5,170 | 34.6 | 0.0 | |
Queensland Labor | James Pendergast | 1,821 | 12.2 | +12.2 | |
Independent | William St George-Grambauer | 126 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 14,924 | 98.9 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 170 | 1.1 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 15,094 | 95.1 | +2.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −5.2 |
Yeronga
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Winston Noble | 6,660 | 54.6 | −3.3 | |
Labor | Roy Dent | 2,903 | 23.8 | −16.7 | |
Queensland Labor | William Quaill | 2,635 | 21.6 | +21.6 | |
Total formal votes | 12,198 | 99.2 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 98 | 0.8 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,296 | 95.7 | +1.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +10.7 |
See also
[edit]- 1957 Queensland state election
- Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1957
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1957-1960
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 3 August 1957". Retrieved 25 January 2010.