Electoral results for the district of Brisbane (Queensland)

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

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Members for Brisbane

MemberPartyTerm
  Mick Kirwan Labor 1912–1932
  Robert Funnell Labor 1932–1936
  Johnno Mann Labor 1936–1969
  Brian Davis Labor 1969–1974
  Harold Lowes Liberal 1974–1977

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1974 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Brian Davis 4,52348.3−6.7
Liberal Harold Lowes 4,45447.6+19.3
Queensland Labor Viliam Simek3874.1−7.0
Total formal votes9,36497.5+0.9
Informal votes2432.5−0.9
Turnout 9,60782.8−7.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Harold Lowes 4,79651.2+10.9
Labor Brian Davis 4,56848.8−10.9
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +10.9
1972 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Brian Davis 5,41455.0−1.2
Liberal Harold Lowes 2,78528.3−1.4
Queensland Labor Kenneth Walpole1,08811.1−3.0
Independent Llewellyn Davies5495.7+5.7
Total formal votes9,83696.6
Informal votes3423.4
Turnout 10,17890.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Davis 5,87359.70.0
Liberal Harold Lowes 3,96340.30.0
Labor hold Swing 0.0

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Brian Davis 4,16256.2+0.3
Liberal Neville Jackson2,20029.7−2.8
Queensland Labor Patrick Hallinan1,04014.1+2.5
Total formal votes7,40296.10.0
Informal votes3033.90.0
Turnout 7,70584.7−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Davis 4,35558.8+0.8
Liberal Neville Jackson3,04741.2−0.8
Labor hold Swing +0.8
1966 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Mann 4,72655.9+0.8
Liberal Brian Cahill 2,74932.5−0.7
Queensland Labor John O'Connell98311.60.0
Total formal votes8,45896.1−0.6
Informal votes3473.9+0.6
Turnout 8,80586.0−3.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Mann 4,90958.0+0.7
Liberal Brian Cahill 3,54942.0−0.7
Labor hold Swing +0.7
1963 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Mann 5,11055.1+3.5
Liberal James Rowan3,08133.2+3.4
Queensland Labor Jack O'Connell1,07811.6−6.9
Total formal votes9,26996.7−1.4
Informal votes3183.3+1.4
Turnout 9,58789.6+3.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Mann 5,31157.3
Liberal James Rowan3,95842.7
Labor hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Mann 5,51151.6+13.5
Liberal Jim Rowan3,18029.8−1.4
Queensland Labor Lionel Orreal1,97918.5−12.2
Total formal votes10,67098.1
Informal votes2011.9
Turnout 10,87185.9
Labor hold Swing +8.4

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Mann 2,74438.4−21.6
Queensland Labor Daniel Casey2,30732.3+32.3
Liberal Roger Moore2,08729.2−5.8
Total formal votes7,13898.0−0.2
Informal votes1462.0+0.2
Turnout 7,28490.8+4.0
Labor hold Swing -8.8
1956 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Mann 4,40260.0−15.2
Liberal Roger Moore2,56935.0+35.0
Independent Peter Day3695.0+5.0
Total formal votes7,34098.2
Informal votes1371.8
Turnout 7,47786.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
1953 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Mann 6,23975.2+16.4
Social Credit Colin Nonmus1,59819.3+19.3
Communist Laura Hansen4575.5+5.5
Total formal votes8,29495.3−3.4
Informal votes4074.7+3.4
Turnout 8,70189.5+0.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
1950 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Mann 5,94258.8
Liberal John Herbert 4,15941.2
Total formal votes10,10198.7
Informal votes1341.3
Turnout 10,23589.1
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Mann 4,45751.0−7.4
People's Party Maurice Mitchell3,31037.8−3.8
Independent Labor Charles Coward98111.2+11.2
Total formal votes8,74897.9+0.3
Informal votes1852.1−0.3
Turnout 8,93386.9+1.5
Labor hold Swing -1.0
1944 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Mann 4,77458.4+1.0
People's Party George Regan3,39641.6+7.1
Total formal votes8,17097.60.0
Informal votes2002.40.0
Turnout 8,37085.4−1.4
Labor hold Swing -4.0
1941 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Mann 4,74957.4−8.6
United Australia Neville Fogerty2,85634.5+0.5
Communist Claude Jones6708.1+8.1
Total formal votes8,27597.6−0.7
Informal votes1992.4+0.7
Turnout 8,47486.8−1.4
Labor hold Swing -3.6

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Mann 5,70466.0+1.6
United Australia Benjamin White2,93334.0+34.0
Total formal votes8,63798.3+1.1
Informal votes1461.7−1.1
Turnout 8,63788.2+3.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
1936 Brisbane state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Johnno Mann 4,72665.5+1.1
Independent Edwyn Roper1,72023.8+23.8
Social Credit Charles Martin77010.7−2.4
Total formal votes7,21698.5+1.3
Informal votes1131.5−1.3
Turnout 7,32974.2−10.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
1935 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Funnell 5,50064.4
Independent Labor Henry Shea1,91822.5
Social Credit Charles Martin1,11813.1
Total formal votes8,53697.2
Informal votes2442.8
Turnout 8,78084.3
Labor hold Swing
1932 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Funnell 5,47959.9
CPNP George Mocatta2,83931.0
Lang Labor Herbert Carrigan4004.4
Independent Marion Steel1802.0
Queensland Party William Allen1721.9
Total formal votes9,14297.1
Informal votes2772.9
Turnout 9,41987.7
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mick Kirwan 2,12847.1−12.7
CPNP Thomas Thatcher2,08046.0+5.8
Communist John Miles2194.9+4.9
Independent Fred O'Keefe912.0+2.0
Total formal votes4,50897.2−1.2
Informal votes1382.8+1.2
Turnout 4,64681.5+3.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Mick Kirwan 2,15450.3−9.5
CPNP Thomas Thatcher2,12649.7+9.5
Labor hold Swing -9.5
1926 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mick Kirwan 2,72359.80.0
CPNP Fred O'Keefe1,83240.20.0
Total formal votes4,55598.4−0.6
Informal votes721.6+0.6
Turnout 4,62778.5+4.5
Labor hold Swing 0.0
1923 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mick Kirwan 3,09959.8+5.8
United James Crawford2,08740.2−5.8
Total formal votes5,18699.0+0.5
Informal votes531.0−0.5
Turnout 5,23974.0+5.0
Labor hold Swing +5.8
1920 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mick Kirwan 2,97154.0−6.6
National Patrick Currie2,53146.0+6.6
Total formal votes5,50298.5+0.6
Informal votes841.5−0.6
Turnout 5,58669.0
Labor hold Swing -6.6

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mick Kirwan 3,27360.6−0.2
National Norman Warrall2,12639.4+0.2
Total formal votes5,39997.9+0.7
Informal votes1162.1−0.7
Turnout 5,51561.7−20.7
Labor hold Swing -0.2
1915 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mick Kirwan 2,52960.8+10.4
Liberal Charles Jenkinson 1,63239.2−10.4
Total formal votes4,16197.2−1.7
Informal votes1182.8+1.7
Turnout 4,27982.4+9.1
Labor hold Swing +10.4
1912 Queensland state election: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mick Kirwan 2,28150.4
Liberal Edward Forrest 2,24949.6
Total formal votes4,53098.9
Informal votes511.1
Turnout 4,58173.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

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