Results of the Queensland state election, 1950 (A-L)

Queensland state election, 29 April 1950[1] Legislative Assembly << 1947 — 1953 >>
Enrolled voters		688,309^[1]
Votes cast		636,750		Turnout	92.51	+1.76
Informal votes		7,088		Informal	1.11	–0.25
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	295,138	46.87	+3.29	42	+ 7
	Liberal	188,331	29.91	+4.18	11	+ 2
	Country	121,689	19.25	–0.24	20	+ 6
	NQ Labor	7,689	1.22	+0.50	1	± 0
	Ind. Labor	3,509	0.56	–0.52	0	– 1
	Frank Barnes Labor	2,759	0.44	–3.53	0	– 1
	Communist	2,351	0.37	–0.89	0	– 1
	Independent	8,196	1.30	–2.86	1	+ 1
Total		629,662			75

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1950 Queensland state election for electorates from A to L.

Results by electoral district

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1950: Aubigny^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Walter Sparkes	6,537	73.6
	Labor	Christopher Schull	1,829	20.6
	Independent	George Legge	514	5.8
Total formal votes			8,880	99.5
Informal votes			43	0.5
Turnout			8,923	93.2
	Country hold		Swing

Balonne

Queensland state election, 1950: Balonne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Taylor	2,324	53.9
	Country	Herbert Dearden	1,989	46.1
Total formal votes			4,313	99.0
Informal votes			44	1.0
Turnout			4,357	87.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Barambah

Queensland state election, 1950: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	6,881	75.2
	Labor	Donald Christiansen	2,266	24.8
Total formal votes			9,147	99.3
Informal votes			67	0.7
Turnout			9,214	94.2
	Country hold		Swing

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1950: Barcoo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Edward Davis	2,828	68.5
	Country	Arthur Chresby	1,300	31.5
Total formal votes			4,128	99.1
Informal votes			38	0.9
Turnout			4,166	88.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Baroona

Queensland state election, 1950: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Power	6,439	61.7
	Liberal	Harry Middleton	3,768	36.1
	Communist	Max Julius	223	2.1
Total formal votes			10,430	98.5
Informal votes			159	1.5
Turnout			10,589	91.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Belyando

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

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1950: Bremer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jim Donald	6,100	65.8
	Liberal	Alan Chambers	3,170	34.2
Total formal votes			9,270	99.3
Informal votes			63	0.7
Turnout			9,333	95.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1950: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Mann	5,942	58.8
	Liberal	John Herbert	4,159	41.2
Total formal votes			10,101	98.7
Informal votes			134	1.3
Turnout			10,235	89.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1950: Bulimba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Robert Gardner	4,024	35.7
	Liberal	John Hamilton	3,982	35.3
	Independent Labor	George Marriott	3,266	29.0
Total formal votes			11,272	98.8
Informal votes			138	1.2
Turnout			11,410	94.3
	Labor gain from Independent Labor		Swing

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the result of the election being voided by the Court of Disputed Returns. It was held on 14th April 1951.

Bulimba state by-election, 1951

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Robert Gardner	4,427	37.7	+2.0
	Liberal	John Hamilton	4,323	36.8	+1.5
	Independent Labor	George Marriott	2,990	25.5	-3.5
Total formal votes			11,740	99.2	+0.4
Informal votes			99	0.8	-0.4
Turnout			11,839	92.8	-1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1950: Bundaberg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ted Walsh	4,152	44.6
	Frank Barnes Labor	Frank Barnes	2,759	29.6
	Liberal	Frank Row	2,401	25.8
Total formal votes			9,312	97.6
Informal votes			230	2.4
Turnout			9,542	95.5
	Labor gain from Frank Barnes Labor		Swing

Buranda

Queensland state election, 1950: Buranda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Richard Brown	5,439	53.0
	Liberal	Percy Berry	4,826	47.0
Total formal votes			10,265	98.9
Informal votes			114	1.1
Turnout			10,379	94.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Burdekin

Queensland state election, 1950: Burdekin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Arthur Coburn	3,955	52.5
	Labor	Ernest Russell	3,318	44.0
	Communist	Jack Penberthy	267	3.5
Total formal votes			7,540	99.1
Informal votes			66	0.9
Turnout			7,606	91.6
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1950: Cairns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Thomas Crowley	4,275	59.1
	Country	Arthur Farr	2,964	40.9
Total formal votes			7,239	98.8
Informal votes			88	1.2
Turnout			7,327	87.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Callide

Queensland state election, 1950: Callide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Vincent Jones	6,038	65.8
	Labor	Patrick Moore	3,138	34.2
Total formal votes			9,176	97.1
Informal votes			270	2.9
Turnout			9,446	94.7
	Country hold		Swing

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1950: Carnarvon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Paul Hilton	4,500	50.8
	Country	Sandy Cameron	4,354	49.2
Total formal votes			8,834	99.3
Informal votes			85	0.7
Turnout			8,919	90.2
	Labor hold		Swing

Carpentaria

Queensland state election, 1950: Carpentaria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Alfred Smith	2,709	62.9
	Country	George Keyes	1,358	31.5
	Independent Labor	Merv Pether	243	5.6
Total formal votes			4,310	98.6
Informal votes			61	1.4
Turnout			4,371	80.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Charters Towers

Queensland state election, 1950: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Arthur Jones	2,675	59.2
	Liberal	George Ellis	1,643	36.4
	NQ Labor	Victor Hay	201	4.4
Total formal votes			4,519	97.3
Informal votes			124	2.7
Turnout			4,643	96.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Chermside

Queensland state election, 1950: Chermside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alex Dewar	6,910	60.1
	Labor	James Macarthur	4,585	39.9
Total formal votes			11,495	98.7
Informal votes			150	1.3
Turnout			11,645	94.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Clayfield

Queensland state election, 1950: Clayfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Harold Taylor	7,459	74.6
	Labor	Edmund Roberts	2,539	25.4
Total formal votes			9,998	99.3
Informal votes			70	0.7
Turnout			10,068	91.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Condamine

Queensland state election, 1950: Condamine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Frederick Allpass	5,800	62.1
	Labor	Michael Lyons	3,546	37.9
Total formal votes			9,346	99.4
Informal votes			57	0.6
Turnout			9,403	90.9
	Country hold		Swing

Cook

Queensland state election, 1950: Cook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Carlisle Wordsworth	3,811	50.8
	Labor	Jim Tully	3,690	49.2
Total formal votes			7,501	98.9
Informal votes			80	1.1
Turnout			7,581	88.2
	Country gain from Labor		Swing

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1950: Cooroora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	David Low	6,390	72.6
	Labor	Geoffrey Arnell	2,411	27.4
Total formal votes			8,801	99.2
Informal votes			73	0.8
Turnout			8,874	92.2
	Country hold		Swing

Coorparoo

Queensland state election, 1950: Coorparoo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Thomas Hiley	6,899	63.0
	Labor	Erle Wettemeyer	4,047	37.0
Total formal votes			10,946	99.0
Informal votes			115	1.0
Turnout			11,061	93.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1950: Cunningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Malcolm McIntyre	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Darlington

Queensland state election, 1950: Darlington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Thomas Plunkett	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1950: Fassifern

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Adolf Muller	6,788	76.2
	Labor	Thomas Lythgo	2,125	23.8
Total formal votes			8,913	99.3
Informal votes			63	0.7
Turnout			8,976	93.9
	Country hold		Swing

Fitzroy

Queensland state election, 1950: Fitzroy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	James Clark	5,377	61.9
	Liberal	Hugh Douglas	3,313	38.1
Total formal votes			8,690	99.0
Informal votes			84	1.0
Turnout			8,774	93.2
	Labor hold		Swing

Flinders

Queensland state election, 1950: Flinders

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ernest Riordan	1,907	47.5
	Country	Gordon Stuart	1,610	40.1
	NQ Labor	Victor Casey	291	7.3
	Independent	William Hall	207	5.1
Total formal votes			4,015	98.6
Informal votes			58	1.4
Turnout			4,073	84.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Fortitude Valley

Queensland state election, 1950: Fortitude Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Samuel Brassington	5,853	57.6
	Liberal	Gladstone Walker	3,989	39.3
	Communist	Albert Graham	315	3.1
Total formal votes			10,157	98.4
Informal votes			162	1.6
Turnout			10,319	92.2
	Labor hold		Swing

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of Samuel Brassington. It was held on 18th November 1950.

Fortitude Valley state by-election, 1950

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Michael Brosnan	7,508	92.5	+34.9
	Communist	Albert Graham	610	7.5	+4.4
Total formal votes			8,118	94.1	-4.3
Informal votes			508	5.9	+4.3
Turnout			8,626
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1950: Gregory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Devries	2,594	64.1
	Country	Gordon Lee	1,450	35.9
Total formal votes			4,044	99.3
Informal votes			29	0.7
Turnout			4,073	86.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Haughton

Queensland state election, 1950: Haughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Colin McCathie	3,492	46.9
	Liberal	Bill Lonergan	2,349	31.5
	NQ Labor	Ernest O'Brien	1,463	19.6
	Communist	Gwendoline Phelan	143	1.9
Total formal votes			7,447	98.0
Informal votes			151	2.0
Turnout			7,598	93.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Hinchinbrook

Queensland state election, 1950: Hinchinbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	4,005	55.9
	Liberal	Charles Mylrea	3,158	44.1
Total formal votes			7,163	98.1
Informal votes			141	1.9
Turnout			7,304	90.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1950: Ipswich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ivor Marsden	5,778	64.0
	Liberal	Ralph Sherrington	3,249	36.0
Total formal votes			9,027	99.0
Informal votes			87	1.0
Turnout			9,114	95.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Isis

Queensland state election, 1950: Isis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Jack Pizzey	5,539	61.9
	Labor	Frank Eastaughffe	3,412	38.1
Total formal votes			8,951	97.1
Informal votes			269	2.9
Turnout			9,220	95.0
	Country hold		Swing

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1950: Ithaca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ned Hanlon	6,380	60.7
	Liberal	Charles Keen	4,137	39.3
Total formal votes			10,517	98.9
Informal votes			118	1.1
Turnout			10,635	94.1
	Labor hold		Swing

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of Ned Hanlon. It was held on 5th April 1952.

Ithaca state by-election, 1952

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Leonard Eastment	5,658	62.2	+1.5
	Liberal	Douglas Lowndes	3,241	35.6	-3.7
	Communist	Edwin Bacon	194	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			9,093	99.1	+0.2
Informal votes			80	0.9	-0.2
Turnout			9,173
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Kedron

Queensland state election, 1950: Kedron

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bruce Pie	6,329	52.0
	Labor	James Hadley	5,830	48.0
Total formal votes			12,159	99.2
Informal votes			101	0.8
Turnout			12,260	94.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the resignation of Bruce Pie. It was held on 14th March 1951.

Kedron state by-election, 1951

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Eric Lloyd	6,601	51.6	+3.6
	Liberal	James Robertson	6,185	48.4	-3.6
Total formal votes			12,786	99.0	-0.2
Informal votes			127	1.0	+0.2
Turnout			12,913	91.2	-3.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.6

Kelvin Grove

Queensland state election, 1950: Kelvin Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Turner	5,785	56.2
	Liberal	James Gibson	4,515	43.8
Total formal votes			10,300	99.0
Informal votes			106	1.0
Turnout			10,406	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Keppel

Queensland state election, 1950: Keppel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Walter Ingram	5,251	56.1
	Country	Harry Beak	4,112	43.9
Total formal votes			9,363	99.3
Informal votes			70	0.7
Turnout			9,433	94.0
	Labor hold		Swing

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of Walter Ingram. It was held on 25th October 1952.

Keppel state by-election, 1952

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Viv Cooper	5,272	53.0	-3.1
	Country	Alfred Ganter	4,454	44.8	+0.9
	Independent Labor	Thomas Kelly	222	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			9,948	99.5	+0.2
Informal votes			51	0.5	-0.2
Turnout			9,999	87.2	-6.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1950: Kurilpa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Thomas Moores	5,999	57.4
	Liberal	John Aboud	4,444	42.6
Total formal votes			10,443	98.5
Informal votes			157	1.5
Turnout			10,600	93.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Landsborough

Queensland state election, 1950: Landsborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Frank Nicklin	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Lockyer

Queensland state election, 1950: Lockyer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gordon Chalk	5,564	63.2
	Labor	Andrew Grilly	2,219	25.2
	Independent	Tom Ford	1,019	11.6
Total formal votes			8,802	99.6
Informal votes			31	0.4
Turnout			8,833	93.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

See also

• Results of the Queensland state election, 1950 (M-Z)
• Queensland state election, 1950
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1950
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1950-1953

References

1. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 29 April 1950". 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.