Electoral results for the district of Belyando

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Belyando in Queensland state elections.

Members for Belyando

First incarnation (1950–1960)
Member		Party	Term
	Tom Foley	Labor	1950–1957
		Queensland Labor	1957–1960
Second incarnation (1972–1977)
	Eugene O'Donnell	Labor	1972–1974
	Vince Lester	National	1974–1977

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

Queensland state election, 1974: Belyando

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Vince Lester	5,379	50.2	+1.5
	Labor	James Turner	4,436	41.4	-9.9
	Liberal	Fred Cowdray	900	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			10,715	98.5	-0.1
Informal votes			165	1.5	+0.1
Turnout			10,880	87.8	-1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Vince Lester	6,153	57.4	+8.7
	Labor	James Turner	4,562	42.6	-8.7
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+8.7

Queensland state election, 1972: Belyando

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Eugene O'Donnell	4,213	51.3	-1.1
	Country	Vince Lester	4,003	48.7	+1.1
Total formal votes			8,216	98.6
Informal votes			116	1.4
Turnout			8,332	89.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.1

Elections in the 1950s

Queensland state election, 1957: Belyando

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

Queensland state election, 1956: Belyando

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Foley	2,512	58.7	-41.3
	Country	Timothy Donnelly	1,770	41.3	+41.3
Total formal votes			4,282	99.2
Informal votes			33	0.8
Turnout			4,315	85.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1953: Belyando

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Foley	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

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

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