Results of the Queensland state election, 1941 (A-K)

Queensland state election, 29 March 1941[1] Legislative Assembly << 1938 — 1944 >>
Enrolled voters		586,147^[1]
Votes cast		529,247		Turnout	90.29	–2.22
Informal votes		9,520		Informal	1.80	+0.49
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	267,206	51.41	+4.24	41	– 3
	Country	108,604	20.90	–1.75	14	+ 1
	United Australia	81,109	15.61	+1.64	4	± 0
	Independent Socialist^[2]	16,044	3.09	+1.49	0	± 0
	Independent Democrat	10,406	2.00	+2.00	2	+ 2
	Protestant Labor	9,038	1.74	–7.01	0	– 1
	Independent Labor	5,476	1.05	+1.05	1	+ 1
	Independent	21,844	4.20	+3.56	0	± 0
Total		519,727			62

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1941 Queensland state election for electorates from A to K.

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

Albert

Queensland state election, 1941: Albert^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Thomas Plunkett	5,617	62.4	+21.9
	Labor	John Bray	3,386	37.6	+9.0
Total formal votes			9,003	98.3	-0.7
Informal votes			156	1.7	+0.7
Turnout			9,159	87.3	-5.1
	Country hold		Swing	+7.5

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1941: Aubigny

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Walter Sparkes	5,451	63.3	-2.4
	Labor	Adolphus Baker	3,163	36.7	+12.7
Total formal votes			8,614	99.4	+0.5
Informal votes			50	0.6	-0.5
Turnout			8,664	93.0	+0.4
	Country hold		Swing	-9.9

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1941: Barcoo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Bulcock	4,809	79.6	-20.4
	Country	Robert McGeoch	1,229	20.4	+20.4
Total formal votes			6,038	97.1
Informal votes			181	2.9
Turnout			6,219	80.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the resignation of Frank Bulcock. It was held on 1st May 1943.

Barcoo state by-election, 1943

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Edward Davis	3,686	67.6	-12.0
	Independent Labor	J. Howe	1,062	19.5	+19.5
	Independent	O.P.J. O'Beirne	704	12.9	+12.9
Total formal votes			5,452	98.7	+1.6
Informal votes			70	1.3	-1.6
Turnout			5,522
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Baroona

Queensland state election, 1941: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Power	5,317	59.9	+10.3
	United Australia	Cecil Noble	3,564	40.1	+17.3
Total formal votes			8,881	97.6	-1.1
Informal votes			219	2.4	+1.1
Turnout			9,100	89.6	-2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Bowen

Queensland state election, 1941: Bowen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ernest Riordan	4,152	52.7	+13.5
	Communist	Fred Paterson	3,733	47.3	+18.0
Total formal votes			7,885	96.6	-2.6
Informal votes			275	3.4	+2.6
Turnout			8,160	91.0	-3.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.5

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1941: Bremer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Cooper	7,141	83.5	+0.1
	Communist	Geordie Burns	1,411	16.5	-0.1
Total formal votes			8,552	97.2	+0.3
Informal votes			249	2.8	-0.3
Turnout			8,801	94.0	-1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.1

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1941: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Mann	4,749	57.4	-8.6
	United Australia	Neville Fogerty	2,856	34.5	+0.5
	Communist	Claude Jones	670	8.1	+8.1
Total formal votes			8,275	97.6	-0.7
Informal votes			199	2.4	+0.7
Turnout			8,474	86.8	-1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.6

• Preferences were not distributed.

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1941: Bulimba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Marriott	7,181	70.1	+10.3
	United Australia	Daniel Miller	3,067	29.9	+8.1
Total formal votes			10,248	97.4	-0.2
Informal votes			275	2.6	+0.2
Turnout			10,523	93.7	-1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.2

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1941: Bundaberg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Labor	Frank Barnes	5,476	51.1	+51.1
	Labor	Bernard McLean	4,356	48.9	+4.8
Total formal votes			10,715	97.8	-1.4
Informal votes			246	2.2	+1.4
Turnout			10,961	93.4	-2.1
	Independent Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Buranda

Queensland state election, 1941: Buranda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Edward Hanson	5,745	56.9	+6.0
	United Australia	Hector Annat	4,345	43.1	+19.2
Total formal votes			10,090	97.9	-0.6
Informal votes			216	2.1	+0.6
Turnout			10,306	91.5	-2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-11.1

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1941: Cairns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John O'Keefe	5,003	55.4	-0.9
	Country	William Griffen	3,193	35.3	+12.9
	Independent	Alan Tucker	835	9.3	+9.3
Total formal votes			9,031	98.5	-0.3
Informal votes			135	1.5	+0.3
Turnout			9,166	87.0	-3.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.5

• Preferences were not distributed.

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of John O'Keefe. It was held on 5th November 1942.

Cairns state by-election, 1942

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	David Crowley	2,169	31.5	-23.9
	Independent Labor	Lou Barnes	2,101	30.5	+30.5
	Independent	Herbert Tucker	1,776	25.7	+16.4
	Independent	William Griffin	851	12.3	+12.3
Total formal votes			6,897	99.1	+0.6
Informal votes			58	0.9	-0.6
Turnout			6,955	67.5	-19.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Labor	Lou Barnes	2,536	52.1
	Labor	David Crowley	2,334	47.9
	Independent Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1941: Carnarvon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Paul Hilton	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Carpentaria

Queensland state election, 1941: Carpentaria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Alfred Smith	3,054	51.8	-4.0
	Independent	James Boyd	2,838	48.2	+48.2
Total formal votes			5,892	98.6	-0.2
Informal votes			83	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			5,975	72.7	-7.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Charters Towers

Queensland state election, 1941: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Arthur Jones	4,023	63.2	-36.8
	Protestant Labor	Syd Williams	2,344	36.8	+36.8
Total formal votes			6,367	98.6
Informal votes			89	1.4
Turnout			6,456	82.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Cook

Queensland state election, 1941: Cook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harold Collins	4,388	57.0	-2.0
	Country	James McDonald	3,315	43.0	+9.2
Total formal votes			7,703	95.4	-2.6
Informal votes			368	4.6	+2.6
Turnout			8,071	89.0	-1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.5

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1941: Cooroora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Harry Walker	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1941: Cunningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Country	William Deacon	4,062	47.4	+47.4
	Labor	John Hilton	2,806	32.7	+32.7
	Country	Herbert Castles	1,704	19.9	-80.1
Total formal votes			8,572	99.2
Informal votes			66	0.8
Turnout			8,638	92.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Country	William Deacon	5,492	65.8	-34.2
	Labor	John Hilton	2,860	34.2	+34.2
	Independent Country gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Dalby

Queensland state election, 1941: Dalby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Aubrey Slessar	5,434	56.0	+5.7
	Country	Godfrey Morgan	4,262	44.0	-5.7
Total formal votes			9,696	99.2	+0.3
Informal votes			74	0.8	-0.3
Turnout			9,770	87.1	-4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.7

East Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1941: East Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Herbert Yeates	4,623	54.2	+23.1
	Labor	James Kane	3,906	45.8	+0.4
Total formal votes			8,529	98.1	-0.5
Informal votes			167	1.9	+0.5
Turnout			8,696	93.5	+3.4
	Country hold		Swing	+2.8

Enoggera

Queensland state election, 1941: Enoggera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Taylor	5,597	50.5	-4.2
	United Australia	Ernest Lanham	4,786	43.1	+20.8
	Independent	Mabel Matyer	708	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			11,091	98.3	-0.9
Informal votes			193	1.7	+0.9
Turnout			11,284	93.4	-1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-16.5

• Preferences were not distributed.

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1941: Fassifern

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Adolf Muller	5,981	64.7	-2.6
	Labor	Peter Nelson	3,265	35.3	+2.6
Total formal votes			9,246	97.8	-0.8
Informal votes			212	2.2	+0.8
Turnout			9,458	93.0	-1.7
	Country hold		Swing	-2.6

Fitzroy

Queensland state election, 1941: Fitzroy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	James Clark	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Fortitude Valley

Queensland state election, 1941: Fortitude Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Samuel Brassington	5,005	56.5	+0.1
	United Australia	Ernest Downey	3,851	43.5	+16.1
Total formal votes			8,856	98.0	-0.7
Informal votes			180	2.0	+0.7
Turnout			9,036	90.4	-2.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.5

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1941: Gregory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Devries	2,709	54.2	-10.7
	Independent	Charles Brown	2,291	45.8	+45.8
Total formal votes			5,000	97.3	-0.6
Informal votes			136	2.7	+0.6
Turnout			5,136	72.6	-8.8
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

• While Labor had won this seat in the previous election, the Independent had won it in a by-election.

Gympie

Queensland state election, 1941: Gympie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Thomas Dunstan	3,738	52.4	+9.4
	United Australia	Ronald Witham	2,142	30.0	+30.0
	Country	William Kidd	1,251	17.5	-4.1
Total formal votes			7,131	99.5	+0.2
Informal votes			39	0.5	-0.2
Turnout			7,170	93.3	-0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Hamilton

Queensland state election, 1941: Hamilton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Arthur Bruce Pie	6,221	63.8	+63.8
	United Australia	Hugh Russell	3,538	36.2	-32.5
Total formal votes			9,759	98.0	-0.7
Informal votes			194	2.0	+0.7
Turnout			9,953	91.5	-2.8
	Independent gain from United Australia		Swing	N/A

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the resignation of Arthur Pie. It was held on 9th October 1943.

Hamilton state by-election, 1943

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Queensland People's Party	John Chandler	5,069	54.7	+18.5
	Country	Graham Hart	2,231	24.1	+24.1
	Labor	Frank Roberts	1,967	21.2	+21.2
Total formal votes			9,267	99.3	+1.3
Informal votes			62	0.7	-1.3
Turnout			9,329
	Queensland People's Party gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Herbert

Queensland state election, 1941: Herbert

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Stephen Theodore	5,182	56.2	+3.3
	Country	Alfred Moule	2,417	26.2	+8.3
	Communist	Jack Wells	1,617	17.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			9,216	98.2	-0.2
Informal votes			166	1.8	+0.2
Turnout			9,382	91.7	+4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.5

• Preferences were not distributed.

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1941: Ipswich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	David Gledson	6,630	66.8	+0.8
	Country	John Cantwell	2,534	25.5	+25.5
	Communist	Merv Welsby	756	7.6	+7.6
Total formal votes			9,920	98.3	-0.1
Informal votes			171	1.7	+0.1
Turnout			10,091	95.1	-0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.3

• Preferences were not distributed.

Isis

Queensland state election, 1941: Isis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	William Brand	4,979	59.1	-5.6
	Labor	William Ivey	3,439	40.9	+5.6
Total formal votes			8,418	97.8	-0.8
Informal votes			190	2.2	+0.8
Turnout			8,608	95.5	+0.8
	Country hold		Swing	-5.6

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1941: Ithaca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ned Hanlon	6,155	56.9	+7.0
	Independent	Alexander Jolly	4,174	38.6	+38.6
	Communist	Ted Bacon	495	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			10,824	98.6	-0.5
Informal votes			158	1.4	+0.5
Turnout			10,982	93.2	-1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Kelvin Grove

Queensland state election, 1941: Kelvin Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Turner	5,449	50.7	+8.2
	Independent UAP	Richard Hill	2,654	24.7	+24.7
	Independent	George Morris	2,646	24.6	+24.6
Total formal votes			10,749	98.7	-0.8
Informal votes			142	1.3	+0.8
Turnout			10,891	92.3	-3.0
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Kennedy

Queensland state election, 1941: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	5,210	57.7	-6.1
	Country	Aubrey Jurd	2,833	31.4	-4.8
	Communist	Florence Milburn	980	10.9	+10.9
Total formal votes			9,023	98.2	+0.3
Informal votes			161	1.8	-0.3
Turnout			9,184	88.4	-1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

• Preferences were not distributed.

Keppel

Queensland state election, 1941: Keppel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	David Daniel	4,417	53.0	-1.2
	Labor	Walter Ingram	3,206	38.5	+38.5
	Independent	Ezra Shorley	714	8.6	+8.6
Total formal votes			8,337	98.9	+0.2
Informal votes			90	1.1	-0.2
Turnout			8,427	90.0	-2.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1941: Kurilpa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Patrick Copley	4,556	48.4	+1.6
	United Australia	Norman Brandon	4,374	46.5	+21.0
	Communist	Ruby McGrorty	477	5.1	+0.7
Total formal votes			9,407	98.4	-0.2
Informal votes			153	1.6	+0.2
Turnout			9,560	85.5	-5.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Patrick Copley	4,629	50.9	-5.2
	United Australia	Norman Brandon	4,469	49.1	+5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.2

See also

• Results of the Queensland state election, 1941 (L-Z)
• Queensland state election, 1941
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1941
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1941-1944

References

1. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 29 March 1941". Retrieved 30 December 2009.
2. 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.