Electoral results for the district of Herbert

Last updated January 07, 2025

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

Members for Herbert

The following people were elected in the seat of Herbert:^[1]

	Party	Term
Alfred Cowley	Ministerial	12 May 1888 – 18 May 1907
William Lennon	Labor	18 May 1907 – 16 Jan 1920
Percy Pease	Labor	10 Apr 1920 – 17 Sep 1940
Stephen Theodore	Labor	9 Nov 1940 – 29 Apr 1950

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Theodore	4,308	48.0	−9.1
	Country	Carlisle Wordsworth	2,728	30.4	+30.4
	Communist	Les Sullivan	1,936	21.6	−21.3
Total formal votes			8,972	98.8	+1.9
Informal votes			112	1.2	−1.9
Turnout			9,084	88.6	+2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1944 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Theodore	4,331	57.1	+0.9
	Communist	Les Sullivan	3,261	42.9	+42.9
Total formal votes			7,592	96.9	−1.3
Informal votes			166	1.8	+1.3
Turnout			7,834	86.0	−5.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1941 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Theodore	5,182	56.2	+3.3
	Country	Alfred Moule	2,417	26.2	+8.3
	Independent Socialist	Jack Wells	1,617	17.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			9,216	98.2	−0.2
Informal votes			166	1.8	+0.2
Turnout			9,382	91.7	+4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.5

Preferences were not distributed.

1940 Herbert state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Theodore	4,839	53.8	+0.9
	Country	Alfred Moule	2,472	27.5	+9.6
	Independent Socialist	Jack Wells	1,683	18.7	+18.7
Total formal votes			8,994
Informal votes
Turnout
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Percy Pease	4,858	52.9	−10.8
	Country	Clarence Page	1,643	17.9	+17.9
	Communist	Jack Henry	1,563	17.0	−0.3
	Protestant Labor	Ernest Malin	1,121	12.2	+12.2
Total formal votes			9,185	98.4	+0.2
Informal votes			146	1.6	−0.2
Turnout			9,331	87.2	−0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1935 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Percy Pease	5,590	63.7
	Independent	Roy Sherrington	1,661	18.9
	Communist	Jack Henry	1,520	17.3
Total formal votes			8,771	98.2
Informal votes			158	1.8
Turnout			8,929	88.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Preferences were not distributed.

1932 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Percy Pease	4,573	66.5
	CPNP	Clarence Page	2,307	33.5
Total formal votes			6,880	98.1
Informal votes			134	1.9
Turnout			7,014	90.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Percy Pease	4,370	57.5	+0.2
	CPNP	Clarence Page	3,226	42.5	−0.2
Total formal votes			7,596	97.4	−1.6
Informal votes			205	2.6	+1.6
Turnout			7,801
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.2

1926 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Percy Pease	3,796	57.3	−9.2
	CPNP	Norman Mighell	2,827	42.7	+9.2
Total formal votes			6,623	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			69	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			6,692	84.0	+8.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.2

1923 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Percy Pease	3,191	66.5	+11.9
	United	John McNamee	1,607	33.5	+33.5
Total formal votes			4,798	98.9	+0.8
Informal votes			54	1.1	−0.8
Turnout			4,852	75.8	−5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.9

1920 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Percy Pease	2,869	54.6	−8.6
	Northern Country	Hedley Gelston	2,387	45.5	+45.5
Total formal votes			5,256	98.1	−0.9
Informal votes			102	1.9	+0.9
Turnout			5,358	87.8	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.6

1920 Herbert state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Percy Pease	2,134	50.6	−12.8
	National	Hedley Gelston	2,087	49.4	+12.8
Total formal votes			4,221
Informal votes
Turnout
	Labor hold		Swing	−12.8

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Lennon	2,304	63.4	−1.2
	National	Ralph Johnson	1,333	36.6	+1.2
Total formal votes			3,637	98.1	+0.4
Informal votes			71	1.9	−0.4
Turnout			3,708	69.3	−11.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.2

1915 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Lennon	1,864	64.6	+7.9
	Liberal	Ralph Johnson	1,023	35.4	−7.9
Total formal votes			2,887	97.7	−1.7
Informal votes			69	2.3	+1.7
Turnout			2,956	80.7	+13.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.9

1912 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	William Lennon	1,472	56.7
	Liberal	Frederick O'Rourke	1,124	43.3
Total formal votes			2,596	99.4
Informal votes			15	0.6
Turnout			2,611	67.3
	Labor hold		Swing

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References

↑ "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

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[Electoral_district_of_Herbert_qpm-1] "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

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