Electoral results for the district of Mackenzie

Last updated January 19, 2025

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

Members for Mackenzie

Member		Party	Term
	Paddy Whyte	Labor	1950–1956
	Neville Hewitt	Country	1956–1972

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Mackenzie^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Neville Hewitt	4,777	61.3	−38.7
	Labor	Harold Kuhn	3,009	38.7	+38.7
Total formal votes			7,786	98.9
Informal votes			89	1.1
Turnout			7,875	90.1
	Country hold		Swing	−38.7

1966 Queensland state election: Mackenzie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Neville Hewitt	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1963 Queensland state election: Mackenzie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Nev Hewitt	4,305	62.7	−2.1
	Labor	Patrick O'Brien	2,555	37.3	+2.1
Total formal votes			6,860	98.7	−0.1
Informal votes			87	1.3	+0.1
Turnout			6,947	94.6	+1.7
	Country hold		Swing	−2.1

1960 Queensland state election: Mackenzie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Nev Hewitt	4,329	64.8
	Labor	Charles White	2,348	35.2
Total formal votes			6,677	98.8
Informal votes			83	1.2
Turnout			6,760	92.9
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Mackenzie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Nev Hewitt	2,523	55.1	+4.6
	Labor	William James	1,140	24.9	−24.6
	Queensland Labor	John Thomas Cook	920	20.1	+20.1
Total formal votes			4,583	99.2	+0.1
Informal votes			35	0.8	−0.1
Turnout			4,618	93.5	+4.0
	Country hold		Swing	+18.4

1956 Queensland state election: Mackenzie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Nev Hewitt	2,172	50.5	+5.5
	Labor	Paddy Whyte	2,126	49.5	−5.5
Total formal votes			4,298	99.1	−0.1
Informal votes			41	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			4,339	89.5	−0.6
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+5.5

1953 Queensland state election: Mackenzie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paddy Whyte	2,420	55.0	+3.7
	Country	James Lawrence	1,978	45.0	−3.7
Total formal votes			4,398	99.2	+0.5
Informal votes			36	0.8	−0.5
Turnout			4,434	90.1	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

1950 Queensland state election: Mackenzie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Paddy Whyte	2,184	51.3
	Country	William Holmes	2,076	48.7
Total formal votes			4,260	98.7
Informal votes			54	1.3
Turnout			4,314	89.0
	Labor hold		Swing

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References

↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1981). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1965-1974. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909596735.

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[1] Hughes, Colin A. (1981). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1965-1974. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909596735.

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