Electoral results for the district of Norman
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Norman in Queensland state elections.
Members for Norman
[edit]Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Louis Luckins | Liberal | 1950–1953 | Luckins previously represented Maree (1944–1950). He retired at the 1960 state election. | |
William Baxter | Labor | 1953–1960 | Baxter subsequently represented Hawthorne (1960–1966) | |
Fred Bromley | Labor | 1960–1972 | Bromley subsequently represented South Brisbane (1972–1974) |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1960s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Bromley | 4,483 | 53.4 | -3.2 | |
Liberal | Ross Cameron | 3,340 | 39.8 | +5.4 | |
Queensland Labor | Maurice Sheehan | 577 | 6.9 | -0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 8,400 | 97.5 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 219 | 2.5 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,619 | 89.4 | −2.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Fred Bromley | 4,590 | 54.6 | -4.1 | |
Liberal | Ross Cameron | 3,810 | 45.4 | +4.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Bromley | 5,080 | 56.6 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | Sydney Shawcross | 3,087 | 34.4 | -0.4 | |
Queensland Labor | John Fitz-Gibbon | 700 | 7.8 | -2.1 | |
Social Credit | David Gray | 107 | 1.2 | -1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 8,974 | 97.8 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 200 | 2.2 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 9,174 | 92.3 | −1.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Fred Bromley | 5,264 | 58.7 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Sydney Shawcross | 3,710 | 41.3 | -2.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Bromley | 4,928 | 53.2 | +5.0 | |
Liberal | Cyril Ryan | 3,150 | 34.0 | -2.1 | |
Queensland Labor | Harry Wright | 918 | 9.9 | -4.7 | |
Social Credit | David Gray | 275 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 9,271 | 97.3 | −1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 254 | 2.7 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 9,525 | 93.8 | +1.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Fred Bromley | 5,237 | 56.5 | ||
Liberal | Cyril Ryan | 4,034 | 43.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Bromley | 4,896 | 48.1 | ||
Liberal | Cyril Ryan | 3,679 | 36.1 | ||
Queensland Labor | George Hartnett | 1,489 | 14.6 | ||
Communist | Edmund Crisp | 115 | 1.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,179 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 121 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 10,300 | 92.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Baxter | 6,052 | 56.1 | -3.1 | |
Liberal | George Regan | 4,738 | 43.9 | +3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 10,790 | 98.9 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 120 | 1.1 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,910 | 94.5 | +0.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Baxter | 6,447 | 59.2 | +10.4 | |
Liberal | Rex Brock | 4,446 | 40.8 | -10.4 | |
Total formal votes | 10,893 | 98.9 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 116 | 1.1 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,009 | 93.9 | +0.6 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Louis Luckins | 5,593 | 51.2 | ||
Labor | Edward Falk | 5,339 | 48.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,932 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 121 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 11,053 | 93.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1981). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1965-1974. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909596735.