Results of the Queensland state election, 1915 (L-Z)

Queensland state election, 22 May 1915[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1912 — 1918 >>

Enrolled voters 302,061[1]
Votes cast 266,240 Turnout 88.14 +12.62
Informal votes 4,188 Informal 1.57 +0.38
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 136,419 52.06 +5.36 45 +20
  Liberal 109,985 41.97 –4.73 21 –25
  Farmers' Union 13,233 5.05 +5.05 5 + 5
  Independent 2,415 0.92 –0.82 1 ± 0
Total 262,052     72  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1915 Queensland state election for electorates from L to Z.

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

Leichhardt

Queensland state election, 1915: Leichhardt
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Herbert Hardacre unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Lockyer

Queensland state election, 1915: Lockyer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Armstrong 1,525 51.7 -48.3
Farmers' Union William McIllwraith 926 31.4 +31.4
Labor Charles Bromley 499 16.9 +16.9
Total formal votes 2,950 98.3
Informal votes 51 1.7
Turnout 3,001 89.6
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Logan

Queensland state election, 1915: Logan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal James Stodart 2,481 56.1 -12.6
Labor Percy Crooke 1,941 43.9 +12.6
Total formal votes 4,422 99.1 +0.2
Informal votes 41 0.9 -0.2
Turnout 4,463 89.6 +12.0
Liberal hold Swing -12.6

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1915: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Forgan Smith 2,226 54.4 +16.5
Liberal George Johnson 1,864 45.6 -16.5
Total formal votes 4,090 98.6 +2.5
Informal votes 60 1.4 -2.5
Turnout 4,150 80.4 +10.9
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +16.5

Maranoa

Queensland state election, 1915: Maranoa
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Hunter 2,554 69.0 +6.6
Liberal Francis Dyer 1,148 31.0 -6.6
Total formal votes 3,702 98.5 -0.6
Informal votes 55 1.5 +0.6
Turnout 3,757 83.2 +12.8
Labor hold Swing +6.6

Maree

Queensland state election, 1915: Maree
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Bertram 2,936 60.2 +9.0
Liberal John Walsh 1,942 39.8 -9.0
Total formal votes 4,878 98.6 -0.1
Informal votes 70 1.4 +0.1
Turnout 4,948 92.8 +8.6
Labor hold Swing +9.0

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1915: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alfred Jones 2,398 55.7 +5.8
Liberal Edward Corser 1,904 44.3 -5.8
Total formal votes 4,302 99.0 +0.4
Informal votes 44 1.0 -0.4
Turnout 4,346 92.3 +13.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +5.8

By-election

Maryborough state by-election, 1917
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor David Weir 2,312 57.7 +2.0
Nationalist George Harding 1,693 42.3 -2.0
Total formal votes 4,005 99.7 +0.7
Informal votes 11 0.3 -0.7
Turnout 4,016
Labor hold Swing +2.0

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1915: Merthyr
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Peter McLachlan 2,881 57.3 +7.4
Liberal John Lackey 2,144 42.7 -7.4
Total formal votes 5,025 99.4 +0.5
Informal votes 29 0.6 -0.5
Turnout 5,054 91.7 +6.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +7.4

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1915: Mirani
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Edward Swayne 1,569 49.9 -18.9
Labor John Binstead 1,337 43.8 +12.6
Farmers' Union Henry Turner 201 6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 3,147 96.6 -2.0
Informal votes 110 3.4 +2.0
Turnout 3,257 85.3 +21.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Edward Swayne 1,579 52.6 -16.2
Labor John Binstead 1,420 47.4 +16.2
Liberal hold Swing -16.2

Mitchell

Queensland state election, 1915: Mitchell
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Payne unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Mount Morgan

Queensland state election, 1915: Mount Morgan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Stopford 2,461 66.2 +19.2
Liberal James Crawford 790 21.3 -31.7
Independent Frederick McCarthy 465 12.5 +12.5
Total formal votes 3,716 98.0 -1.5
Informal votes 74 2.0 +1.5
Turnout 3,790 91.3 +13.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Mundingburra

Queensland state election, 1915: Mundingburra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Foley 2,959 70.2 +8.5
Liberal Thomas Page 1,255 29.8 -8.5
Total formal votes 4,214 97.1 -1.8
Informal votes 125 2.9 +1.8
Turnout 4,339 83.3 +7.0
Labor hold Swing +8.5

Murilla

Queensland state election, 1915: Murilla
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Godfrey Morgan 2,236 54.2 -2.0
Labor Joseph Collings 1,892 45.8 +2.0
Total formal votes 4,128 98.0 +0.4
Informal votes 85 2.0 -0.4
Turnout 4,213 84.4 +11.6
Liberal hold Swing -2.0

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1915: Murrumba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal James Forsyth 3,099 64.9 -12.3
Labor Arthur Sampson 1,677 35.1 +12.3
Total formal votes 4,779 98.8 -0.3
Informal votes 59 1.2 +0.3
Turnout 4,835 91.1 +20.0
Liberal hold Swing -12.3

Musgrave

Queensland state election, 1915: Musgrave
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Armfield 1,696 53.5 +10.4
Liberal John White 1,476 46.5 -10.4
Total formal votes 3,172 98.8 +0.3
Informal votes 37 1.2 -0.3
Turnout 3,209 90.0 +11.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +10.4

Nanango

Queensland state election, 1915: Nanango
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Farmers' Union Robert Hodge 3,167 55.8 +55.8
Labor Thomas Armstrong 2,509 44.2 +8.0
Total formal votes 5,676 98.7 0.0
Informal votes 75 1.3 0.0
Turnout 5,751 86.7 +17.2
Farmers' Union gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Normanby

Queensland state election, 1915: Normanby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jens Peterson 1,847 56.5 +17.2
Liberal Edward Archer 1,424 43.5 -17.2
Total formal votes 3,271 97.6 +0.3
Informal votes 81 2.4 -0.3
Turnout 3,352 85.1 +16.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +17.2

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1915: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Thomas Bridges 2,830 51.7 -13.4
Labor Richard Sumner 2,640 48.3 +13.4
Total formal votes 5,470 99.0 -0.5
Informal votes 57 1.0 +0.5
Turnout 5,527 88.9 +9.0
Liberal hold Swing -13.4

Oxley

Queensland state election, 1915: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Jones 3,028 51.2 +9.5
Liberal Digby Denham 2,885 48.8 -9.5
Total formal votes 5,913 99.1 -0.4
Informal votes 53 0.9 +0.4
Turnout 5,966 92.7 +7.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +8.5

Paddington

Queensland state election, 1915: Paddington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Fihelly 3,269 68.4 +10.8
Liberal George Sweetman 1,509 31.6 -10.8
Total formal votes 4,778 97.9 -0.9
Informal votes 102 2.1 +0.9
Turnout 4,880 87.4 +2.8
Labor hold Swing +10.8

Pittsworth

Queensland state election, 1915: Pittsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Farmers' Union Percy Bayley 1,467 41.3 +41.3
Labor William Hayes 1,089 30.7 -8.7
Liberal Donald Mackintosh 997 28.1 -32.5
Total formal votes 3,553 98.9 -0.7
Informal votes 41 1.1 +0.7
Turnout 3,594 88.7 +15.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Farmers' Union Percy Bayley 1,727 59.5 +59.5
Labor William Hayes 1,176 40.5 +1.1
Farmers' Union gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1915: Port Curtis
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Carter 1,881 50.7 +0.7
Liberal John Kessell 1,828 49.3 -0.7
Total formal votes 3,709 99.5 +0.7
Informal votes 20 0.5 -0.7
Turnout 3,729 90.7 +12.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +0.7

Queenton

Queensland state election, 1915: Queenton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Vernon Winstanley 1,888 70.2 +11.6
Liberal James Bradshaw 803 29.8 -11.6
Total formal votes 2,691 98.2 -1.4
Informal votes 50 1.8 +1.4
Turnout 2,741 88.0 +6.6
Labor hold Swing +11.6

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1915: Rockhampton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Adamson 2,576 66.1 +10.6
Liberal Thomas Renshaw 1,321 33.9 -10.6
Total formal votes 2,997 98.3 -0.8
Informal votes 68 1.7 +0.8
Turnout 3,065 86.4 +19.4
Labor hold Swing +10.6

By-elections

Rockhampton state by-election, 1917
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Forde 2,283 58.3 -7.8
Nationalist Hugh Grant 1,633 41.7 +7.8
Total formal votes 3,916 99.9 +1.6
Informal votes 4 0.1 -1.6
Turnout 3,920
Labor hold Swing -7.8

Rosewood

Queensland state election, 1915: Rosewood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Harry Stevens 1,552 41.2 -2.9
Farmers' Union William Ruhno 1,337 35.5 +35.5
Labor William Cooper 880 23.4 +1.9
Total formal votes 3,769 96.9 -2.5
Informal votes 122 3.1 +2.5
Turnout 3,891 89.2 +10.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Harry Stevens 1,701 53.7 -4.3
Farmers' Union William Ruhno 1,0468 46.3 +4.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1915: South Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Edgar Free 2,693 59.4 +9.8
Liberal John Burke 1,842 40.6 -9.8
Total formal votes 4,535 98.0 -1.3
Informal votes 93 2.0 +1.3
Turnout 4,628 86.6 +9.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +9.8

Stanley

Queensland state election, 1915: Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Henry Somerset 2,212 60.4 -39.6
Labor John Sherlock 1,448 39.6 +39.6
Total formal votes 3,660 98.7
Informal votes 47 1.3
Turnout 3,707 88.0
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Toombul

Queensland state election, 1915: Toombul
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Andrew Petrie 3,110 56.8 -7.9
Labor Robert Butler 2,369 43.2 +7.9
Total formal votes 5,479 99.0 -0.4
Informal votes 54 1.0 +0.4
Turnout 5,533 89.0 +6.9
Liberal hold Swing -7.9

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1915: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Edward Macartney 3,376 59.6 -10.9
Labor Arthur Lilley 2,284 40.4 +10.9
Total formal votes 5,660 99.6 -0.2
Informal votes 22 0.4 +0.2
Turnout 5,682 91.7 +10.5
Liberal hold Swing -10.9

Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1915: Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal James Tolmie 2,060 53.3 -6.0
Labor Michael Alke 1,804 46.7 +6.0
Total formal votes 3,864 98.8 -0.8
Informal votes 45 1.2 +0.8
Turnout 3,909 87.2 +14.4
Liberal hold Swing -6.0

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1915: Townsville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Daniel Ryan 2,318 52.2 +6.5
Liberal Robert Philp 2,120 47.8 -6.5
Total formal votes 4,438 98.6 +0.3
Informal votes 62 1.4 -0.3
Turnout 4,500 79.5 +6.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.5

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1915: Warrego
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry Coyne unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1915: Warwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal George Barnes 1,961 49.3 -10.1
Labor Paul Bauers 1,043 26.2 -14.4
Independent Daniel Connolly 973 24.5 +24.5
Total formal votes 3,977 98.8 0.0
Informal votes 49 1.2 0.0
Turnout 4,026 92.3 +22.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal George Barnes 1,989 62.0 +2.6
Labor Paul Bauers 1,220 38.0 -2.6
Liberal hold Swing +2.6

Wide Bay

Queensland state election, 1915: Wide Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Charles Booker 2,097 51.6 -5.5
Labor Andrew Thompson 1,967 48.4 +5.5
Total formal votes 4,064 99.2 0.0
Informal votes 34 0.8 0.0
Liberal hold Swing -5.5

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1915: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Herbert McPhail 3,343 53.0 +10.1
Liberal Hugh Macrossan 2,969 47.0 -10.1
Total formal votes 6,312 98.5 -0.8
Informal votes 97 1.5 +0.8
Turnout 6,409 91.2 +6.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +10.1

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 22 May 1915". Retrieved 14 January 2009.
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