Results of the Queensland state election, 1944 (A-K)

Queensland state election, 15 April 1944[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1941 1947 >>

Enrolled voters 585,727[1]
Votes cast 512,767 Turnout 87.54 –2.75
Informal votes 9,352 Informal 1.82 +0.02
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 224,888 44.67 –6.74 37 – 4
  Queensland People's Party 124,437 24.72 +9.11 7 + 3
  Country 88,608 17.60 –3.29 12 – 2
  Communist 12,467 2.48 –0.61 1 + 1
  Independent Labor 12,154 2.41 +0.67 1 + 1
  Frank Barnes Labor 9,970 1.98 +0.93 2 + 1
  Hermit Park Labor 5,521 1.10 +1.10 1 + 1
  Independent Country 1,654 0.33 –0.45 0 ± 0
  Independent 23,716 4.71 +1.29 1 – 1
Total 503,415     62  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1944 Queensland state election for electorates from A to K.

Results by electoral district

Albert

Queensland state election, 1944: Albert[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Thomas Plunkett 4,842 50.8 -11.6
Labor John Rosser 3,037 31.9 -5.7
Independent Country Edward Coghlan 1,654 17.3 +17.3
Total formal votes 9,533 99.1 +0.8
Informal votes 84 0.9 -0.8
Turnout 9,617 83.8 -3.5
Country hold Swing -2.9

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1944: Aubigny
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Walter Sparkes 5,620 68.2 +4.9
Labor William Harth 2,614 31.8 -4.9
Total formal votes 8,234 99.2 -0.2
Informal votes 67 0.8 +0.2
Turnout 8,301 88.6 -4.4
Country hold Swing +4.9

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1944: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Edward Davis unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Baroona

Queensland state election, 1944: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Power 5,415 55.3 -4.6
Queensland People's Party Richard Cooper 4,370 44.7 +4.6
Total formal votes 9,785 98.5 +0.9
Informal votes 147 1.5 -0.9
Turnout 9,932 88.0 -1.6
Labor hold Swing -4.6

Bowen

Queensland state election, 1944: Bowen
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Communist Fred Paterson 3,434 44.4 -2.9
Labor Ernest Riordan 2,988 38.6 -14.1
Country Bill Hancock 1,310 16.9 +16.9
Total formal votes 7,732 99.0 +2.4
Informal votes 80 1.0 -2.4
Turnout 7,812 87.7 -3.3
Communist gain from Labor Swing +6.2

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1944: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Cooper unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1944: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Mann 4,774 58.4 +1.0
Queensland People's Party George Regan 3,396 41.6 +7.1
Total formal votes 8,170 97.6 0.0
Informal votes 200 2.4 0.0
Turnout 8,370 85.4 -1.4
Labor hold Swing -4.0

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1944: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Labor George Marriott 4,577 41.8 +41.8
Queensland People's Party Geoffrey Ward 3,680 33.6 +3.7
Labor Robert Gardner 2,683 24.5 -45.6
Total formal votes 10,940 96.0 -1.4
Informal votes 459 4.0 +1.4
Turnout 11,399 94.8 +1.1
Independent Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1944: Bundaberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Frank Barnes Labor Frank Barnes 4,180 40.0 -11.1
Labor Bernard McLean 3,495 33.4 -15.5
Queensland People's Party Tom McCracken 2,218 21.2 +21.2
Independent Labor Arthur Howe 432 4.1 +4.1
Independent Alfred Maughan 136 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 10,461 98.3 +0.5
Informal votes 182 1.7 -0.5
Turnout 10,643 88.3 -5.1
Frank Barnes Labor hold Swing +3.4

Buranda

Queensland state election, 1944: Buranda
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Edward Hanson 5,569 50.7 -6.2
Queensland People's Party Robert Roberts 5,417 49.3 +6.2
Total formal votes 10,986 98.9 +1.0
Informal votes 125 1.1 -1.0
Turnout 11,111 88.9 -2.6
Labor hold Swing -6.2

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1944: Cairns
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Frank Barnes Labor Lou Barnes 5,790 65.6 +65.6
Labor Daniel Crowley 3,029 34.4 -21.0
Total formal votes 8,819 98.8 +0.3
Informal votes 109 1.2 -0.3
Turnout 8,928 79.6 -7.4
Frank Barnes Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1944: Carnarvon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Paul Hilton 4,211 56.6 -43.4
Country Harold Phillips 3,235 43.4 +43.4
Total formal votes 7,446 95.1
Informal votes 386 4.9
Turnout 7,832 88.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Carpentaria

Queensland state election, 1944: Carpentaria
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alfred Smith 2,969 57.5 +5.7
Independent Labor James Boyd 1,834 35.5 -12.7
Independent John Carson 208 4.0 +4.0
Independent Bernard McInerney 155 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 5,166 98.7 +0.1
Informal votes 67 1.3 -0.1
Turnout 5,233 77.0 +4.3
Labor hold Swing +10.0

Charters Towers

Queensland state election, 1944: Charters Towers
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Arthur Jones 4,241 67.5 +4.3
Independent Labor Syd Williams 2,344 32.5 -4.3
Total formal votes 6,285 98.2 -0.4
Informal votes 115 1.8 +0.4
Turnout 6,400 81.8 -1.1
Labor hold Swing +4.3

Cook

Queensland state election, 1944: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harold Collins 3,845 54.6 -2.4
Queensland People's Party Norman Fitchett 1,999 28.4 +28.4
Independent Labor Jack Meehan 1,205 17.1 +17.1
Total formal votes 7,049 98.3 +2.9
Informal votes 119 1.7 -2.9
Turnout 7,168 82.0 -7.0
Labor hold Swing +8.8

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1944: Cooroora
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Harry Walker 5,486 62.5 -37.5
Labor Robert Spencer 3,289 37.5 +37.5
Total formal votes 8,775 99.1
Informal votes 79 0.9
Turnout 8,854 89.0
Country hold Swing N/A

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1944: Cunningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Malcolm McIntyre 5,542 67.2 +47.3
Labor John Hilton 2,705 32.8 +0.1
Total formal votes 8,247 97.7 -1.5
Informal votes 192 2.3 +1.5
Turnout 8,439 92.1 0.0
Country gain from Independent Swing N/A

Dalby

Queensland state election, 1944: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Aubrey Slessar 4,688 51.5 -4.5
Country Charles Russell 4,409 48.5 +4.5
Total formal votes 9,097 94.4 -4.8
Informal votes 537 5.6 +4.8
Turnout 9,634 88.5 +1.4
Labor hold Swing -4.5

East Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1944: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Herbert Yeates 4,854 56.1 +1.9
Labor Jim Thorpe 3,560 41.2 -4.6
Independent K N Kunkel 230 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 8,644 98.7 +0.6
Informal votes 115 1.3 -0.6
Turnout 8,759 84.7 -8.8
Country hold Swing +3.5

Enoggera

Queensland state election, 1944: Enoggera
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Queensland People's Party Kenneth Morris 5,436 45.3 +2.2
Independent Labor George Taylor 3,927 32.7 +32.7
Labor James Fraser 2,647 22.0 -28.5
Total formal votes 12,010 97.8 -0.5
Informal votes 267 2.2 +0.5
Turnout 12,277 93.4 0.0
Queensland People's Party gain from Labor Swing N/A

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1944: Fassifern
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Adolf Muller 5,984 64.7 -0.7
Labor Roy Richards 2,633 29.6 -5.7
Independent Cyril Brosnan 275 3.1 +3.1
Independent George Masen 166 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 8,891 95.8 -2.0
Informal votes 387 4.2 +2.0
Turnout 9,278 95.3 +2.3
Country hold Swing +4.1

Fitzroy

Queensland state election, 1944: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Clark 4,832 51.4 -48.6
Queensland People's Party Harry Weir 4,563 48.6 +48.6
Total formal votes 9,395 99.0
Informal votes 93 1.0
Turnout 9,488 84.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Fortitude Valley

Queensland state election, 1944: Fortitude Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Samuel Brassington 5,582 60.5 +4.0
Queensland People's Party Annie Tipper 3,646 39.5 -4.0
Total formal votes 9,228 98.6 +0.6
Informal votes 135 1.4 -0.6
Turnout 9,363 88.2 -2.2
Labor hold Swing +4.0

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1944: Gregory
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Devries unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Gympie

Queensland state election, 1944: Gympie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Dunstan 3,197 47.8 -4.6
Queensland People's Party Niels Damm 2,923 43.7 +13.7
Independent William Ebrington 572 8.5 +8.5
Total formal votes 6,692 99.5 0.0
Informal votes 33 0.5 0.0
Turnout 6,725 88.0 -5.3
Labor hold Swing -11.4

Hamilton

Queensland state election, 1944: Hamilton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Queensland People's Party John Chandler 7,916 75.2 +39.0
Labor John Dixon 2,614 24.8 +24.8
Total formal votes 10,530 98.8 +0.8
Informal votes 125 1.2 -0.8
Turnout 10,655 88.4 -3.1
Queensland People's Party gain from Independent Swing N/A

Herbert

Queensland state election, 1944: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Stephen Theodore 4,331 57.1 +0.9
Communist Les Sullivan 3,261 42.9 +42.9
Total formal votes 7,592 96.9 -1.3
Informal votes 166 1.8 +1.3
Turnout 7,834 86.0 -5.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1944: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor David Gledson unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Isis

Queensland state election, 1944: Isis
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country William Brand 4,901 64.5 +5.4
Labor Frank Eastaughffe 2,694 35.5 -5.4
Total formal votes 7,595 96.0 -1.8
Informal votes 318 4.0 +1.8
Turnout 7,913 92.8 -2.7
Country hold Swing +5.4

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1944: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ned Hanlon 6,305 54.0 -2.9
Queensland People's Party Reg Groom 5,162 44.2 +44.2
Independent Jack McCallum 208 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 11,675 98.9 +0.3
Informal votes 132 1.1 -0.3
Turnout 11,807 91.7 -1.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Kelvin Grove

Queensland state election, 1944: Kelvin Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Turner 6,011 53.1 +2.4
Queensland People's Party Andrew Muir 5,309 46.9 +46.9
Total formal votes 11,320 98.7 0.0
Informal votes 147 1.3 0.0
Turnout 11,467 90.5 -1.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Kennedy

Queensland state election, 1944: Kennedy
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Cecil Jesson 4,297 50.7 -7.0
Communist John Clubley 2,220 26.2 +15.3
Queensland People's Party Aubrey Jurd 1,954 23.1 +23.1
Total formal votes 8,471 97.9 -0.3
Informal votes 180 2.1 +0.3
Turnout 8,651 82.3 -6.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Keppel

Queensland state election, 1944: Keppel
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Walter Ingram 3,184 40.1 +1.6
Country Frank Saunders 2,466 31.0 -22.0
Independent John Harding 2,292 28.9 +28.9
Total formal votes 7,942 95.0 -3.9
Informal votes 420 5.0 +3.9
Turnout 8,362 90.1 +0.1
Labor gain from Country Swing +14.3

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1944: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Patrick Copley 5,504 53.5 +5.1
Queensland People's Party Norman Brandon 4,780 46.5 0.0
Total formal votes 10,284 98.7 +0.3
Informal votes 135 1.3 -0.3
Turnout 10,419 85.0 -0.5
Labor hold Swing +2.5

See also

References

  1. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 15 April 1944". Retrieved 20 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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.