Electoral results for the district of Darlington (Queensland)

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

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Members for Darlington

MemberPartyTerm
  Tom Plunkett Country 1950–1957
  Leslie Harrison Country 1957–1960

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Darlington [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Leslie Harrison 6,58960.1-7.8
Labor Charles Knoll2,22720.3-11.8
Independent Michael Smith1,87417.1+17.1
Independent Henry Longfield2732.5+2.5
Total formal votes10,96398.8+0.1
Informal votes1281.2-0.1
Turnout 11,09193.9+2.5
Country hold Swing +6.8
1956 Queensland state election: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Tom Plunkett 6,82367.9+1.3
Labor Charles Knoll3,22332.1-1.3
Total formal votes10,04698.7+1.8
Informal votes1301.3-1.8
Turnout 10,17691.4-1.9
Country hold Swing +1.3
1953 Queensland state election: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Tom Plunkett 6,50766.6-33.4
Labor Charles Knoll2,99830.7+30.7
Communist William Yarrow2702.8+2.8
Total formal votes9,77596.9
Informal votes3143.1
Turnout 10,08993.3
Country hold Swing N/A
1950 Queensland state election: Darlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Tom Plunkett unopposed
Country hold Swing

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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.