Electoral results for the district of Bowen

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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Bowen in Queensland state elections.

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Members for Bowen

First incarnation (1873–1950)
MemberPartyTerm
  Thomas Henry FitzGerald 1873–1875
  Francis Amhurst 1875–1877
  Henry Beor Conservative1877–1880
  Pope Alexander Cooper Conservative1881–1883
  Charles Chubb Conservative1883–1888
  Robert Smith Conservative1888–1890
 Ministerial1890–1902
  Francis Kenna Labor 1902–1907
  Kidstonites 1907–1909
  Myles Ferricks Labor 1909–1912
  Edward Caine Liberal 1912–1915
  Charles Collins Labor1915–1936
  Ernest Riordan Labor1936–1944
  Fred Paterson Communist 1944–1950
Second incarnation (1960-1971)
  Peter Delamothe Liberal 1960–1971
Third incarnation (1986-1992)
  Ken Smyth Labor1986–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

Results for the 1989 election were: [1]

1989 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Ken Smyth 7,38668.1+11.1
National Trevor Maltby2,59823.9-2.4
Independent Josephine Cronin8698.0+8.0
Total formal votes10,85397.6-0.7
Informal votes2622.4+0.7
Turnout 11,11590.1-1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ken Smyth 70.6+8.9
National Trevor Maltby29.4-8.9
Labor hold Swing +8.9
1986 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Ken Smyth 6,27457.0
National Jim Turner2,89226.3
Liberal Jeanette Hunter1,83616.7
Total formal votes11,00298.3
Informal votes1951.7
Turnout 11,19792.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ken Smyth 6,86962.5+4.9
National Jim Turner4,12737.5-4.9
Labor hold Swing +4.9

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Peter Delamothe 3,81451.4+0.2
Labor Leonard Bidgood3,59948.6+5.2
Total formal votes7,41398.6-0.1
Informal votes1051.4+0.1
Turnout 7,51893.9-1.5
Liberal hold Swing -4.1
1966 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Peter Delamothe 3,63251.2+4.7
Labor John Gralton3,08043.4-3.4
Democratic Labor James McCane3825.4-1.3
Total formal votes7,09498.7+0.4
Informal votes931.3-0.4
Turnout 7,18795.40.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Delamothe 3,94355.6+3.7
Labor John Gralton3,15144.4-3.7
Liberal hold Swing +3.7
1963 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor John Gralton3,25246.8+7.4
Liberal Peter Delamothe 3,23046.5+0.4
Democratic Labor Jim McCane4626.7-2.8
Total formal votes6,94498.3-0.1
Informal votes1201.7+0.1
Turnout 7,06495.4+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Delamothe 3,60751.9
Labor John Gralton3,33748.1
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Peter Delamothe 3,28746.0
Labor William Klaka2,81339.4
Queensland Labor James Berryman6799.5
Communist James Nisbet3585.0
Total formal votes7,13798.4
Informal votes1151.6
Turnout 7,25294.1
Liberal win(new seat)

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Communist Fred Paterson 3,33139.3-5.1
Labor John Barry2,58430.5-8.1
Country George McLean2,55130.1+13.2
Total formal votes8,46699.3+0.3
Informal votes570.7-0.3
Turnout 8,52393.8+6.1
Communist hold Swing +2.8
1944 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Communist Fred Paterson 3,43444.4-2.9
Labor Ernest Riordan 2,98838.6-14.1
Country Bill Hancock1,31016.9+16.9
Total formal votes7,73299.0+2.4
Informal votes801.0-2.4
Turnout 7,81287.7-3.3
Communist gain from Labor Swing +6.2
1941 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Ernest Riordan 4,15252.7+13.5
Communist Fred Paterson 3,73347.3+18.0
Total formal votes7,88596.6-2.6
Informal votes2753.4+2.6
Turnout 8,16091.0-3.6
Labor hold Swing -4.5

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Ernest Riordan 3,09839.2-13.4
Communist Fred Paterson 2,31929.3+13.7
Country Ernest Forde2,13527.0-2.4
Social Credit Henry Beck3554.5+4.5
Total formal votes7,90799.2+0.7
Informal votes620.8-0.7
Turnout 7,96994.6+0.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Ernest Riordan 3,30856.2
Communist Fred Paterson 2,57943.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
1935 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Charles Collins 3,94352.6
CPNP Arthur Bradford2,20529.4
Communist Fred Paterson 1,17315.6
Independent George Kent1812.4
Total formal votes7,50298.5
Informal votes1131.5
Turnout 7,61593.9
Labor hold Swing
1932 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Charles Collins 3,92657.1
CPNP Thomas Mann2,94842.9
Total formal votes6,87498.9
Informal votes781.1
Turnout 6,95294.8
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Charles Collins 3,10551.6-6.0
CPNP Thomas Mann2,91648.4+6.0
Total formal votes6,02198.1-0.8
Informal votes1181.9+0.8
Turnout 6,13990.5+0.7
Labor hold Swing -6.0
1926 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Charles Collins 3,27357.6-5.4
CPNP Frederick Woods2,41042.4+5.4
Total formal votes5,68398.9-0.3
Informal votes651.1+0.3
Turnout 5,74889.8+12.5
Labor hold Swing -5.4
1923 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Charles Collins 3,06963.0
United Frank Ferguson1,80037.0
Total formal votes4,86999.2
Informal votes400.8
Turnout 4,90977.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
1920 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Charles Collins 3,57663.8+4.4
Northern Country John Leahy2,03236.2+36.2
Total formal votes5,60898.9-0.1
Informal votes621.1+0.1
Turnout 5,670
Labor hold Swing +4.4

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Charles Collins 3,04659.4+1.9
National John Mann2,08040.6-1.9
Total formal votes5,12699.0+1.3
Informal votes531.0-1.3
Turnout 5,17977.3-2.5
Labor hold Swing +1.9
1915 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Charles Collins 2,41657.5+12.6
Liberal Edwin Caine 1,78742.5-12.6
Total formal votes4,20397.7-1.1
Informal votes1002.3+1.1
Turnout 4,30379.8+3.4
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +12.6
1912 Queensland state election: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Edwin Caine 1,86855.1
Labor Myles Ferricks 1,51944.9
Total formal votes3,38798.8
Total formal votes421.2
Turnout 3,42976.4
Liberal gain from Labor Swing

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References

  1. ↑ "Bowen - 1989 - Election Archive". ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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