Electoral results for the district of Coorparoo

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

Members for Coorparoo

Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Hiley	Liberal	1950–1960

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Coorparoo ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Hiley	8,543	70.6	+8.6
	Labor	Bernard Ouston	3,559	29.4	−8.6
Total formal votes			12,102	97.4	−1.5
Informal votes			318	2.6	+1.5
Turnout			12,420	95.1	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.6

1956 Queensland state election: Coorparoo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Hiley	7,476	62.0	+4.5
	Labor	Geoffrey Maher	4,588	38.0	−4.5
Total formal votes			12,064	98.9	−0.2
Informal votes			134	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			12,198	94.5	+0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.5

1953 Queensland state election: Coorparoo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Hiley	6,722	57.5	−5.5
	Labor	Gerald Maher	4,970	42.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			11,692	99.1	+0.1
Informal votes			110	0.9	−0.1
Turnout			11,802	94.0	+0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.5

1950 Queensland state election: 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

References

1. 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   0708103014.