Results of the Queensland state election, 1944 (L-Z)

Queensland state election, 15 April 1944[1]
Legislative Assembly
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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 L to Z.

Results by electoral district

Logan

Queensland state election, 1944: Logan[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Queensland People's Party Thomas Hiley 7,434 52.7 +7.7
Labor John Brown 6,680 47.3 -7.7
Total formal votes 14,114 98.8 +0.7
Informal votes 165 1.2 -0.7
Turnout 14,279 89.1 -2.7
Queensland People's Party gain from Labor Swing +7.7

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1944: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Fred Graham 5,086 58.1 -9.4
Queensland People's Party Ernie Evans 3,676 41.9 +41.9
Total formal votes 8,762 98.9 +0.7
Informal votes 96 1.1 -0.7
Turnout 8,858 82.2 -6.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Maranoa

Queensland state election, 1944: Maranoa
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Taylor 3,832 56.2 -3.0
Country Henry Crothers 2,987 43.8 +3.0
Total formal votes 6,819 98.3 +0.1
Informal votes 116 1.7 -0.1
Turnout 6,935 81.6 -0.1
Labor hold Swing -3.0

Maree

Queensland state election, 1944: Maree
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Louis Luckins 5,294 53.3 +53.3
Labor Jack McNulty 4,631 46.7 -3.1
Total formal votes 9,925 98.5 +2.0
Informal votes 152 1.5 -2.0
Turnout 10,077 85.7 -6.1
Independent gain from Queensland People's Party Swing N/A

Maryborough

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

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1944: Merthyr
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Moore 5,322 54.7 -3.7
Queensland People's Party Leonard King 4,400 45.3 +3.7
Total formal votes 9,722 98.1 -0.2
Informal votes 184 1.9 +0.2
Turnout 9,906 88.7 -5.0
Labor hold Swing -3.7

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1944: Mirani
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ted Walsh 3,769 47.6 -11.3
Country Anthony Coyne 2,576 32.5 -8.6
Independent John Mulherin 1,581 19.9 +19.9
Total formal votes 7,926 98.8 -0.2
Informal votes 96 1.2 +0.2
Turnout 8,022 84.5 -3.5
Labor hold Swing +0.5

Mundingburra

Queensland state election, 1944: Mundingburra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Hermit Park Labor Tom Aikens 3,658 35.6 +35.6
Labor Lionel Tomlins 2,930 28.5 -27.8
Independent Arthur Coburn 2,753 26.8 +26.8
Queensland People's Party Harry Pass 763 7.4 +7.4
Independent Labor Lionel Parsons 179 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 10,283 99.2 +1.6
Informal votes 83 0.8 -1.6
Turnout 10,366 87.2 -3.7
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1944: Murrumba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Frank Nicklin unopposed
Country hold Swing

Nanango

Queensland state election, 1944: Nanango
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country James Edwards 4,319 50.1 +5.0
Labor Daniel Carroll 3,120 36.2 -4.6
Independent George Anderson 1,176 13.7 -0.4
Total formal votes 8,615 99.1 -0.3
Informal votes 75 0.9 +0.3
Turnout 8,690 86.2 -4.8
Country hold Swing +5.5

Normanby

Queensland state election, 1944: Normanby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Foley 4,029 54.6 -3.6
Country George Hamilton 3,346 45.4 +45.4
Total formal votes 7,375 98.7 -0.4
Informal votes 94 1.3 +0.4
Turnout 7,469 84.7 -0.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1944: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Hayes 5,862 51.6 -1.7
Queensland People's Party William Cunningham 5,493 48.4 +1.7
Total formal votes 11,355 98.9 +0.5
Informal votes 125 1.1 -0.5
Turnout 11,480 90.4 -3.1
Labor hold Swing -1.7

Oxley

Queensland state election, 1944: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Queensland People's Party Thomas Kerr 6,696 57.2 -4.3
Labor Felix Dittmer 5,013 42.8 +4.3
Total formal votes 11,709 97.1 -1.0
Informal votes 352 2.9 +1.0
Turnout 12,061 91.1 -1.0
Queensland People's Party hold Swing -4.3

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1944: Port Curtis
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Williams 5,761 59.3 -5.0
Country Samuel Halpin 3,955 40.7 +5.0
Total formal votes 9,716 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 103 1.1 0.0
Turnout 9,819 87.4 -3.4
Labor hold Swing -5.0

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1944: Rockhampton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Larcombe 6,361 65.5 -7.4
Country Jack O'Shanesey 3,345 34.5 +34.5
Total formal votes 9,706 97.6 +1.7
Informal votes 236 2.4 -1.7
Turnout 9,942 86.5 -1.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1944: Sandgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Queensland People's Party Eric Decker 6,613 59.5 +35.6
Labor Erle Wettemeyer 4,501 40.5 +1.8
Total formal votes 11,114 98.7 +0.9
Informal votes 141 1.3 -0.9
Turnout 11,255 90.2 -2.9
Queensland People's Party gain from Country Swing N/A

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1944: South Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Vince Gair 5,940 56.3 -0.4
Queensland People's Party Robert Lincoln 4,611 43.7 +0.4
Total formal votes 10,551 97.6 +0.1
Informal votes 263 2.4 -0.1
Turnout 10,814 82.8 -5.4
Labor hold Swing -0.4

Stanley

Queensland state election, 1944: Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Duncan MacDonald 5,247 64.2 +4.5
Labor Arthur Lee 2,924 35.8 -4.5
Total formal votes 8,171 99.2 +0.1
Informal votes 66 0.8 -0.1
Turnout 8,237 91.2 -1.1
Country hold Swing +4.5

The Tableland

Queensland state election, 1944: The Tableland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry Bruce 3,447 47.0 -11.5
Queensland People's Party Percy Kidd 1,923 26.2 +26.2
Communist Frank Falls 1,706 23.3 +14.3
Independent Jim Burton 255 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 7,331 98.3 -0.5
Informal votes 124 1.7 +0.5
Turnout 7,455 83.4 -3.9
Labor hold Swing 0.0

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1944: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Queensland People's Party Charles Wanstall 6,047 56.6 -7.2
Independent Tom Laws 2,437 22.3 +22.3
Independent Harry Massey 1,881 17.6 +17.6
Independent Harold Jiear 325 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 10,690 98.5 +0.1
Informal votes 166 1.5 -0.1
Turnout 10,856 91.1 -2.0
Queensland People's Party hold Swing N/A

Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1944: Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Duggan unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1944: Townsville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Keyatta 5,583 62.9 -37.1
Hermit Park Labor Ernest O'Brien 1,863 21.0 +21.0
Queensland People's Party Athena Deane 1,425 16.1 +16.1
Total formal votes 8,871 98.5
Informal votes 132 1.5
Turnout 9,003 81.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1944: Warrego
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry O'Shea 4,107 69.6 -30.4
Country William Addison 1,797 30.4 +30.4
Total formal votes 5,904 97.4
Informal votes 157 2.6
Turnout 6,061 81.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1944: Warwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Healy 4,656 54.4 -0.6
Queensland People's Party Richard Matthews 3,901 45.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 8,557 96.7 -2.4
Informal votes 296 3.3 +2.4
Turnout 8,853 90.2 -1.1
Labor hold Swing -0.6

West Moreton

Queensland state election, 1944: West Moreton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ted Maher 6,120 74.6 +9.2
Labor John Dalton 2,082 25.4 -9.2
Total formal votes 8,202 99.3 0.0
Informal votes 59 0.7 0.0
Turnout 8,261 91.3 -2.4
Country hold Swing +9.2

Wide Bay

Queensland state election, 1944: Wide Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ernest Clayton 4,780 57.1 +0.3
Labor Tom Thorpe 3,586 42.9 -0.3
Total formal votes 8,366 98.4 -0.1
Informal votes 140 1.6 +0.1
Turnout 8,506 87.6 -4.8
Country hold Swing +0.3

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1944: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Queensland People's Party Bruce Pie 5,353 51.2 +37.3
Labor William Hoy 4,266 40.8 -3.8
Independent Harry Moorhouse 833 8.0 -33.5
Total formal votes 10,452 99.0 +0.4
Informal votes 106 1.0 -0.4
Turnout 10,558 89.9 -2.9
Queensland People's Party gain from Independent Swing N/A

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1944: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Gunn 4,457 36.6 -3.9
Queensland People's Party William Kempson 3,333 27.3 -23.9
Independent William Dart 2,549 20.9 +20.9
Communist Joseph Bailes 1,846 15.2 +6.8
Total formal votes 12,185 98.8 +0.8
Informal votes 148 1.2 -0.8
Turnout 12,333 91.7 +0.2
Labor gain from Queensland People's Party Swing +13.0

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.
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