Results of the 1938 Queensland state election
Appearance
Queensland state election, 2 April 1938[1] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Enrolled voters | 582,711[1] | |||||
Votes cast | 539,037 | Turnout | 92.51% | –0.19 | ||
Informal votes | 7,058 | Informal | 1.31% | –0.43 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 250,943 | 47.17% | –6.26 | 44 | – 2 | |
Country | 120,469 | 22.65% | · | 13 | · | |
United Australia | 74,328 | 13.97% | · | 4 | · | |
Protestant Labor | 46,568 | 8.75% | +8.75% | 1 | + 1 | |
Social Credit | 27,758 | 5.22% | –1.80% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Communist | 8,510 | 1.60% | +0.28 | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 3,403 | 0.64% | –2.73 | 0 | ± 0 | |
Total | 531,979 | 62 |
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1938 Queensland state election.
At the time, the voting system in Queensland was based on contingency voting, which was similar to the modern optional preferential voting system. In electorates with 3 or more candidates, preferences were not distributed if a candidate received more than 50% of the primary vote.
If none received more than 50%, all except the top two candidates were eliminated from the count and their preferences distributed between the two leaders, with the one receiving the most votes declared the winner.
Results by electoral district
[edit]Albert
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Tom Plunkett | 3,713 | 40.5 | -13.0 | |
Labor | John Bray | 2,622 | 28.6 | +28.6 | |
Protestant Labor | Robert Elliott | 1,542 | 16.8 | +16.8 | |
Social Credit | George Gray | 1,289 | 14.1 | -32.4 | |
Total formal votes | 9,166 | 99.0 | +1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 95 | 1.0 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 9,261 | 92.4 | +1.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Tom Plunkett | 4,195 | 54.9 | +1.4 | |
Labor | John Bray | 3,446 | 45.1 | +45.1 | |
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Aubigny
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Arthur Moore | 5,408 | 65.7 | -34.3 | |
Labor | James Strofeld | 1,976 | 24.0 | +24.0 | |
Independent | Hermann Wrembeck | 844 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Total formal votes | 8,228 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 91 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 8,319 | 92.6 | |||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Barcoo
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Bulcock | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Baroona
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Power | 4,571 | 49.6 | -19.6 | |
Protestant Labor | Ralph Powell | 2,539 | 27.6 | +27.6 | |
United Australia | Edwyn Roper | 2,103 | 22.8 | +22.8 | |
Total formal votes | 9,213 | 98.7 | +2.4 | ||
Informal votes | 123 | 1.3 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,336 | 92.4 | +2.7 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Power | 4,736 | 57.7 | -11.5 | |
Protestant Labor | Ralph Powell | 3,478 | 42.3 | +42.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Bowen
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ernest Riordan | 3,098 | 39.2 | -13.4 | |
Communist | Fred Paterson | 2,319 | 29.3 | +13.7 | |
Country | Ernest Forde | 2,135 | 27.0 | -2.4 | |
Social Credit | Henry Beck | 355 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Total formal votes | 7,907 | 99.2 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 62 | 0.8 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 7,969 | 94.6 | +0.7 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ernest Riordan | 3,308 | 56.2 | ||
Communist | Fred Paterson | 2,579 | 43.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Bremer
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Cooper | 7,099 | 83.4 | -4.1 | |
Communist | Geordie Burns | 1,414 | 16.6 | +4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 8,513 | 96.9 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 276 | 3.1 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 8,789 | 95.0 | +0.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -4.1 |
Brisbane
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Johnno Mann | 5,704 | 66.0 | +1.6 | |
United Australia | Benjamin White | 2,933 | 34.0 | +34.0 | |
Total formal votes | 8,637 | 98.3 | +1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 146 | 1.7 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,637 | 88.2 | +3.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Bulimba
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Marriott | 5,847 | 59.8 | -7.0 | |
United Australia | Robert Larmar | 2,132 | 21.8 | -5.3 | |
Social Credit | Julius Streeter | 1,221 | 12.5 | +12.5 | |
Independent | Bernard Dent | 577 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Total formal votes | 9,777 | 97.6 | −0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 240 | 2.4 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 10,017 | 95.4 | +0.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Bundaberg
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bernard McLean | 4,356 | 44.1 | -8.3 | |
Country | Laurence Scotney | 2,393 | 24.2 | +10.1 | |
Social Credit | Henry Clegton | 1,699 | 17.2 | -16.3 | |
Protestant Labor | Ernest Miles | 1,439 | 14.6 | -18.9 | |
Total formal votes | 9,887 | 99.2 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 83 | 0.8 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,970 | 95.5 | −1.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bernard McLean | 4,694 | 59.1 | ||
Country | Laurence Scotney | 3,247 | 40.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Buranda
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Hanson | 5,168 | 50.9 | -13.3 | |
United Australia | Hector Annat | 2,432 | 23.9 | -3.0 | |
Protestant Labor | Joseph Webster | 2,202 | 21.7 | +21.7 | |
Social Credit | Harold Tapper | 358 | 3.5 | -5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 10,160 | 98.5 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 155 | 1.5 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 10,315 | 94.1 | +0.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Cairns
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John O'Keefe | 4,597 | 56.3 | -13.0 | |
Country | William Chapman | 1,830 | 22.4 | +22.4 | |
Protestant Labor | Robert Smith | 1,740 | 21.3 | +21.3 | |
Total formal votes | 8,167 | 98.8 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 99 | 1.2 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 8,266 | 90.6 | +0.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Carnarvon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Paul Hilton | 4,514 | 56.2 | +3.4 | |
Country | John Leahy | 3,515 | 43.8 | +4.3 | |
Total formal votes | 8,029 | 99.3 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 55 | 0.7 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,084 | 91.6 | −0.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Carpentaria
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Mullan | 3,501 | 55.8 | -44.2 | |
Country | James Boyd | 2,775 | 44.2 | +44.2 | |
Total formal votes | 6,276 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 75 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 6,351 | 79.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Charters Towers
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Wellington | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
By-election
[edit]- This by-election was caused by the death of William Wellington. It was held on 27 May 1939.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Arthur Jones | 2,925 | 44.9 | -55.1 | |
Protestant Labor | William Hocking | 1,689 | 25.9 | +25.9 | |
Country | Robert Smith | 1,637 | 25.1 | +25.1 | |
Independent | William Millett | 265 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 6,516 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 44 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 6,560 | 84.7 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Arthur Jones | 3,073 | 58.6 | -41.4 | |
Protestant Labor | William Hocking | 2,170 | 41.4 | +41.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Cook
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harold Collins | 4,485 | 59.0 | +5.3 | |
Country | George Weaver | 2,574 | 33.8 | +7.8 | |
Social Credit | Joseph Mears | 547 | 7.2 | -13.1 | |
Total formal votes | 7,606 | 98.0 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 157 | 2.0 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,763 | 90.4 | −0.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Cooroora
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Harry Walker | 5,353 | 59.5 | -7.1 | |
Labor | Andrew Thompson | 2,283 | 25.4 | +25.4 | |
Social Credit | Denis Hannay | 1,364 | 15.1 | +15.1 | |
Total formal votes | 9,000 | 98.9 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 100 | 1.1 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,100 | 94.4 | +0.7 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Cunningham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | William Deacon | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Dalby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Aubrey Slessar | 4,661 | 50.3 | +2.1 | |
Country | Godfrey Morgan | 4,604 | 49.7 | -2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 9,265 | 98.9 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 102 | 1.1 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,367 | 91.7 | −1.4 | ||
Labor gain from Country | Swing | +2.1 |
East Toowoomba
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Kane | 3,831 | 45.4 | -9.0 | |
Country | Herbert Yeates | 2,626 | 31.1 | -14.5 | |
Ind. United Australia | James Annand | 1,986 | 23.5 | +23.5 | |
Total formal votes | 8,443 | 98.6 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 120 | 1.4 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,563 | 90.1 | −2.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Herbert Yeates | 4,198 | 51.3 | +5.7 | |
Labor | James Kane | 3,977 | 48.7 | -5.7 | |
Country gain from Labor | Swing | +5.7 |
Enoggera
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Taylor | 5,689 | 54.7 | -14.3 | |
Protestant Labor | James Underhill | 2,390 | 23.0 | +23.0 | |
United Australia | Robert Gardiner | 2,326 | 22.3 | -8.7 | |
Total formal votes | 10,405 | 99.2 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 83 | 0.8 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 10,488 | 94.9 | +1.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Fassifern
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Alf Muller | 6,086 | 67.3 | +5.2 | |
Labor | John Holman | 2,951 | 32.7 | -5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 9,037 | 98.6 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 124 | 1.4 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,161 | 94.7 | +0.3 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +5.2 |
Fitzroy
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jim Clark | 5,222 | 55.0 | -8.3 | |
Country | Edwin Hiskens | 3,616 | 38.1 | +1.5 | |
Social Credit | Sidney Cooper | 650 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
Total formal votes | 9,488 | 99.4 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 57 | 0.6 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 9,545 | 93.4 | −0.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Fortitude Valley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Samuel Brassington | 5,136 | 56.4 | -15.9 | |
United Australia | William Boden | 2,492 | 27.4 | +2.3 | |
Protestant Labor | Andrew Knox | 1,476 | 16.2 | +16.2 | |
Total formal votes | 9,104 | 98.7 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 118 | 1.3 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,222 | 93.3 | +0.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Gregory
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Pollock | 3,785 | 64.9 | -35.1 | |
Country | Edward Phillott | 2,045 | 35.1 | +35.1 | |
Total formal votes | 5,830 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 125 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 5,955 | 81.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
By-election
[edit]- This by-election was caused by the death of George Pollock. It was held on 27 May 1939.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Charles Brown | 2,926 | 52.9 | +52.9 | |
Labor | Vincent Thompson | 2,600 | 47.1 | -17.8 | |
Total formal votes | 5,526 | ||||
Informal votes | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Independent gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Gympie
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Thomas Dunstan | 3,040 | 43.0 | -13.7 | |
Protestant Labor | William Millett | 2,264 | 32.0 | +32.0 | |
Country | Vivian Tozer | 1,526 | 21.6 | -21.7 | |
Social Credit | Alfred Taylor | 246 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Total formal votes | 7,076 | 99.3 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 51 | 0.7 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,127 | 93.7 | −0.5 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Thomas Dunstan | 3,203 | 55.3 | -1.4 | |
Protestant Labor | William Millett | 2,590 | 44.7 | +44.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Hamilton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Hugh Russell | 6,573 | 68.7 | +2.9 | |
Labor | William Pinder | 3,001 | 31.3 | -2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 9,574 | 98.7 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 129 | 1.3 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,703 | 94.3 | +4.3 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Herbert
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Percy Pease | 4,858 | 52.9 | -10.8 | |
Country | Clarence Page | 1,643 | 17.9 | +17.9 | |
Communist | Jack Henry | 1,563 | 17.0 | -0.3 | |
Protestant Labor | Ernest Malin | 1,121 | 12.2 | +12.2 | |
Total formal votes | 9,185 | 98.4 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 146 | 1.6 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,331 | 87.2 | −0.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
By-election
[edit]- This by-election was caused by the death of Percy Pease. It was held on 9 November 1940.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Stephen Theodore | 4,839 | 53.8 | +0.9 | |
Country | Alfred Moule | 2,472 | 27.5 | +9.6 | |
Independent Socialist | Jack Wells | 1,683 | 18.7 | +18.7 | |
Total formal votes | 8,994 | ||||
Informal votes | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Ipswich
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | David Gledson | 6,289 | 66.0 | -34.0 | |
United Australia | Henry Beverley | 3,235 | 34.0 | +34.0 | |
Total formal votes | 9,524 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 150 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 9,674 | 95.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Isis
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | William Brand | 5,247 | 64.7 | +6.6 | |
Labor | Ernest Widdup | 2,857 | 35.3 | -6.6 | |
Total formal votes | 8,104 | 98.6 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 113 | 1.4 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,217 | 94.7 | −0.3 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +6.6 |
Ithaca
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ned Hanlon | 5,145 | 49.9 | -50.1 | |
Protestant Labor | George Webb | 3,448 | 33.4 | +33.4 | |
United Australia | Kenneth Morris | 1,727 | 16.7 | +16.7 | |
Total formal votes | 10,320 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 97 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 10,417 | 94.8 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ned Hanlon | 5,226 | 52.3 | -47.7 | |
Protestant Labor | George Webb | 4,770 | 47.7 | +47.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Kelvin Grove
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Waters | 4,375 | 42.5 | -27.2 | |
Protestant Labor | George Morris | 3,684 | 35.8 | +35.8 | |
United Australia | Edgar Ralph | 2,229 | 21.7 | -8.6 | |
Total formal votes | 10,228 | 99.5 | +1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 51 | 0.5 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 10,339 | 95.3 | +1.5 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Protestant Labor | George Morris | 4,779 | 51.6 | +51.6 | |
Labor | Frank Waters | 4,479 | 48.4 | -21.3 | |
Protestant Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Kennedy
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Cecil Jesson | 5,492 | 63.8 | -0.1 | |
Country | James Kennedy | 3,120 | 36.2 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 8,612 | 97.9 | +1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 183 | 2.1 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,795 | 90.1 | −1.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -0.1 |
Keppel
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | David Daniel | 4,391 | 54.2 | +4.8 | |
Social Credit | John Harding | 2,484 | 30.7 | +13.1 | |
Independent | John Salmon | 1,227 | 15.1 | +15.1 | |
Total formal votes | 8,102 | 98.7 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 125 | 1.3 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,227 | 92.3 | −3.0 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Kurilpa
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kerry Copley | 4,545 | 46.8 | -17.1 | |
United Australia | John Pringle | 2,437 | 25.5 | -5.7 | |
Protestant Labor | Joseph Moore | 2,313 | 24.0 | +24.0 | |
Communist | Alec MacDonald | 426 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 9,721 | 98.6 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 133 | 1.4 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,854 | 91.3 | −0.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kerry Copley | 4,960 | 56.1 | ||
United Australia | John Pringle | 3,880 | 43.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Logan
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Brown | 5,320 | 49.6 | -11.4 | |
United Australia | Allan Trotter | 3,451 | 32.2 | -6.8 | |
Protestant Labor | John Becconsall | 1,746 | 16.3 | +16.3 | |
Independent | Mary DeMattos | 209 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 10,726 | 98.3 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 182 | 1.7 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 10,908 | 94.2 | −0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Brown | 4,671 | 55.8 | -5.2 | |
United Australia | Allan Trotter | 4,494 | 44.2 | +5.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -5.2 |
Mackay
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Forgan Smith | 7,153 | 80.6 | +9.0 | |
Social Credit | John Neville | 1,717 | 19.4 | +12.2 | |
Total formal votes | 8,870 | 97.3 | −1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 242 | 2.7 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,112 | 89.7 | 0.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Maranoa
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Charles Conroy | 4,476 | 60.0 | -10.5 | |
Country | Royland Hembrow | 2,986 | 40.0 | +40.0 | |
Total formal votes | 7,462 | 95.9 | −1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 321 | 4.1 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 7,783 | 88.4 | +2.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Maree
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William King | 5,201 | 53.3 | -16.6 | |
United Australia | William Carter | 3,830 | 39.2 | +9.1 | |
Social Credit | Charles Martin | 727 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Total formal votes | 9,758 | 98.7 | +1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 128 | 1.3 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,886 | 94.4 | +0.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Maryborough
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | David Farrell | 5,645 | 61.2 | -29.2 | |
United Australia | Harold Reed | 2,751 | 29.8 | +29.8 | |
Social Credit | Noel Bromiley | 834 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
Total formal votes | 9,230 | 99.5 | +2.0 | ||
Informal votes | 50 | 0.5 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,280 | 94.7 | −0.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Merthyr
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Keogh | 4,801 | 49.3 | -17.2 | |
United Australia | Edmund Cuppaidge | 2,903 | 29.8 | -3.7 | |
Protestant Labor | Frederick Brown | 2,042 | 20.9 | +20.9 | |
Total formal votes | 9,746 | 99.0 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 97 | 1.0 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 9,843 | 90.9 | −0.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | James Keogh | 4,982 | 53.8 | -12.7 | |
United Australia | Edmund Cuppaidge | 4,272 | 46.2 | +12.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -12.7 |
By-election
[edit]- This by-election was caused by the death of James Keogh. It was held on 9 November 1940.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Moore | 4,839 | 57.5 | +8.2 | |
United Australia | Patrick Kerwin | 3,574 | 42.5 | +12.7 | |
Total formal votes | 8,413 | ||||
Informal votes | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.7 |
Mirani
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Walsh | 4,337 | 48.8 | -0.1 | |
Country | James Wilkie | 3,601 | 40.5 | -6.0 | |
Social Credit | Edwin Hill | 952 | 10.7 | +6.1 | |
Total formal votes | 8,890 | 99.0 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 89 | 1.0 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,979 | 91.9 | −1.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ted Walsh | 4,507 | 54.8 | +3.4 | |
Country | James Wilkie | 3,723 | 45.2 | -3.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Mundingburra
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Dash | 4,773 | 50.3 | -17.1 | |
Country | Francis Hughes | 2,128 | 22.4 | -2.2 | |
Protestant Labor | Lionel Parsons | 1,733 | 18.3 | +18.3 | |
Communist | Doug Olive | 856 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
Total formal votes | 9,490 | 98.6 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 130 | 1.4 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,620 | 93.0 | −1.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Murrumba
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Frank Nicklin | 4,930 | 52.9 | -10.9 | |
Social Credit | Geoffrey Nichols | 2,733 | 29.4 | +29.4 | |
Labor | George Watson | 1,648 | 17.7 | +17.7 | |
Total formal votes | 9,311 | 98.7 | +1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 118 | 1.3 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 9,429 | 95.1 | +0.4 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Nanango
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Jim Edwards | 3,719 | 42.6 | -21.1 | |
Ind. Social Credit | Henry Madden | 2,524 | 29.0 | +29.0 | |
Labor | Horace Davies | 2,476 | 28.4 | +28.4 | |
Total formal votes | 8,719 | 99.3 | +1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 63 | 0.7 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,782 | 94.6 | +2.5 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Country | Jim Edwards | 4,079 | 57.9 | -5.8 | |
Ind. Social Credit | Henry Madden | 2,963 | 42.1 | +42.1 | |
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Normanby
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Foley | 4,052 | 53.8 | -14.2 | |
Country | Harry Brake | 2,781 | 36.9 | +36.9 | |
Social Credit | Albert Webb | 693 | 9.2 | -22.8 | |
Total formal votes | 7,526 | 98.8 | +2.3 | ||
Informal votes | 94 | 1.2 | −2.3 | ||
Turnout | 7,620 | 88.5 | −1.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Nundah
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Hayes | 5,014 | 48.4 | -18.1 | |
Protestant Labor | Thomas Denovan | 2,707 | 26.1 | +26.1 | |
United Australia | William Kelso | 2,644 | 25.5 | -8.0 | |
Total formal votes | 10,365 | 99.0 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 101 | 1.0 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 10,466 | 95.9 | +2.1 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Hayes | 5,167 | 53.2 | -13.3 | |
Protestant Labor | Thomas Denovan | 4,544 | 46.8 | +46.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Oxley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Thomas Nimmo | 6,316 | 60.3 | +6.9 | |
Labor | Wilhelm Thieme | 4,153 | 39.7 | -6.9 | |
Total formal votes | 10,469 | 98.5 | +1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 155 | 1.5 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 10,624 | 94.0 | +0.1 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | +6.9 |
Port Curtis
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tommy Williams | 5,452 | 57.1 | +2.1 | |
Country | James Heading | 4,102 | 42.9 | +11.3 | |
Total formal votes | 9,554 | 98.9 | +1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 108 | 1.1 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 9,662 | 93.2 | −2.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Rockhampton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Larcombe | 5,939 | 60.9 | -11.5 | |
Country | Thomas Parris | 2,732 | 28.0 | +28.0 | |
Social Credit | Vivian Pugh | 1,086 | 11.1 | -16.5 | |
Total formal votes | 9,757 | 99.2 | +1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 80 | 0.8 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 9,837 | 91.8 | −0.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Sandgate
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Roland Hislop | 4,515 | 45.4 | -9.6 | |
United Australia | James Fry | 3,849 | 38.7 | -6.3 | |
Protestant Labor | Richard Vane-Millbank | 1,237 | 12.5 | +12.5 | |
Social Credit | Leonard Jones | 336 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 9,937 | 98.8 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 116 | 1.2 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 10,053 | 95.5 | +0.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Roland Hislop | 4,801 | 52.3 | -2.7 | |
United Australia | James Fry | 4,386 | 47.7 | +2.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -2.7 |
South Brisbane
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Vince Gair | 5,105 | 49.8 | -17.8 | |
United Australia | William Kingwell | 3,135 | 30.6 | -1.8 | |
Protestant Labor | James McCann | 2,016 | 19.7 | +19.7 | |
Total formal votes | 10,256 | 99.1 | +2.0 | ||
Informal votes | 97 | 0.9 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,353 | 93.1 | +0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Vince Gair | 5,295 | 55.4 | -12.2 | |
United Australia | William Kingwell | 4,260 | 44.6 | +12.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -12.2 |
Stanley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Duncan MacDonald | 5,344 | 62.2 | -1.8 | |
Labor | Frank Gillies | 3,251 | 37.8 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 8,595 | 99.0 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 88 | 1.0 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,683 | 95.4 | −0.2 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -1.8 |
The Tableland
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harry Bruce | 5,110 | 57.8 | -8.6 | |
Country | Henry Bonar | 2,709 | 30.6 | +4.3 | |
Communist | Les Sullivan | 1,025 | 11.6 | +4.3 | |
Total formal votes | 8,844 | 98.2 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 166 | 1.8 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,010 | 89.4 | +1.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Toowong
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. United Australia | Harry Massey | 3,137 | 31.9 | +31.9 | |
Labor | John O'Shea | 2,561 | 26.0 | -13.1 | |
United Australia | Nicholas Lockyer | 2,499 | 25.4 | -27.1 | |
Protestant Labor | Joseph West | 1,639 | 16.7 | +16.7 | |
Total formal votes | 9,836 | 98.7 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 125 | 1.3 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,961 | 94.9 | 0.0 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Ind. United Australia | Harry Massey | 5,264 | 66.2 | ||
Labor | John O'Shea | 2,690 | 33.8 | ||
Ind. United Australia gain from United Australia | Swing | N/A |
Toowoomba
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Duggan | 5,189 | 52.5 | -6.3 | |
Country | Leslie Boyce | 3,373 | 34.1 | +2.1 | |
Protestant Labor | James Neil | 1,331 | 13.4 | +13.4 | |
Total formal votes | 9,893 | 98.4 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 164 | 1.6 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 10,057 | 91.7 | +1.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Townsville
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Maurice Hynes | 4,379 | 50.0 | -27.0 | |
Protestant Labor | Alfred Loveridge | 2,378 | 27.2 | +27.2 | |
Country | Spenser Hopkins | 1,445 | 16.5 | -6.5 | |
Communist | Albert Robinson | 548 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Total formal votes | 8,750 | 99.2 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 66 | 0.8 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 8,816 | 89.5 | +1.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
By-election
[edit]- This by-election was caused by the death of Maurice Hynes. It was held on 27 May 1939.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Keyatta | 4,033 | 45.4 | -4.6 | |
Protestant Labor | George Webb | 2,047 | 23.0 | -4.2 | |
Communist | Fred Paterson | 1,509 | 17.0 | +10.7 | |
Country | Russell Skerman | 1,297 | 14.6 | -1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 8,886 | ||||
Informal votes | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Keyatta | 4,747 | 65.5 | ||
Protestant Labor | George Webb | 2,501 | 34.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Warrego
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Randolph Bedford | 4,670 | 69.7 | -30.3 | |
Country | Charles Russell | 2,027 | 30.3 | +30.3 | |
Total formal votes | 6,697 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 51 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 6,748 | 80.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Warwick
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Healy | 4,693 | 52.8 | +7.0 | |
Country | Edward Costello | 4,196 | 47.2 | +5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 8,889 | 99.2 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 68 | 0.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,957 | 93.0 | −1.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.6 |
West Moreton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ted Maher | 5,623 | 67.9 | -0.2 | |
Social Credit | James Kidman | 2,296 | 27.7 | +27.7 | |
Communist | Jim Slater | 359 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Total formal votes | 8,278 | 98.8 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 101 | 1.2 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,379 | 96.6 | +0.4 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Wide Bay
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Harry Clayton | 4,173 | 49.3 | -6.3 | |
Social Credit | John Rex | 2,597 | 30.7 | -13.7 | |
Labor | Benjamin Telfer | 1,699 | 20.1 | +20.1 | |
Total formal votes | 8,469 | 98.6 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 116 | 1.4 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,585 | 96.2 | +2.5 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Country | Harry Clayton | 4,297 | 59.9 | +4.3 | |
Social Credit | John Rex | 2,871 | 40.1 | -4.3 | |
Country hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Windsor
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herbert Williams | 4,592 | 46.2 | -11.3 | |
United Australia | Edward Simpson | 3,521 | 35.3 | -7.2 | |
Protestant Labor | Cecil Maxwell | 1,291 | 13.0 | +13.0 | |
Independent Labor | Henry Bond | 546 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 9,950 | 98.8 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 124 | 1.2 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 10,074 | 94.6 | +0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Herbert Williams | 4,880 | 54.7 | -2.8 | |
United Australia | Edward Simpson | 4,042 | 45.3 | +2.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -2.8 |
Wynnum
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Donnelly | 4,041 | 36.5 | -14.0 | |
United Australia | Bill Dart | 3,687 | 33.3 | -1.4 | |
Protestant Labor | Samuel Greene | 2,290 | 20.7 | +20.7 | |
Social Credit | Thomas Ebbage | 1,050 | 9.5 | -5.3 | |
Total formal votes | 11,068 | 98.6 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 154 | 1.4 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,222 | 94.0 | −0.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Bill Dart | 4,671 | 52.1 | ||
Labor | John Donnelly | 4,298 | 47.9 | ||
United Australia gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
See also
[edit]- 1938 Queensland state election
- Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1938
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1938-1941
References
[edit]- ^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 11 May 1935". Retrieved 23 December 2009.
- ^ 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.