Electoral results for the district of Maranoa

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

Members for Maranoa

This section is an excerpt from Electoral district of Maranoa § Members.[ edit ]

The members who represented the electorate were: ^[1]

Member	Party	Term
John Ferrett		4 May 1860 - 27 June 1863
William Kennedy		27 June 1863 - 28 July 1864
William Miles		27 September 1864 - 25 November 1873
Sir Thomas McIlwraith	Ministerialist	25 November 1873 - 20 November 1878
James Lalor		5 December 1878 - 12 May 1888
Robert Dunsmure		12 May 1888 - 13 May 1893
Robert King	ALP	13 May 1893 - 18 March 1899
Sir Arthur Rutledge	Ministerialist	18 March 1899 - 27 August 1904
Thomas Spencer	Ministerialist	27 August 1904 - 18 May 1907
John Hunter	ALP	18 May 1907 - 22 October 1919
Thomas Spencer	PPC	20 December 1919 - 9 October 1920
Charles Conroy	ALP	9 October 1920 - 15 April 1944
John Taylor	ALP	15 April 1944 - 29 April 1950

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 Queensland state election § Maranoa.[ edit ]

1947 Queensland state election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Taylor	4,319	59.9	+3.7
	Country	Finlay Skinner	2,896	40.1	−3.7
Total formal votes			7,215	98.6	+0.3
Informal votes			104	1.4	−0.3
Turnout			7,319	86.3	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 Queensland state election § Maranoa.[ edit ]

1944 Queensland state election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Taylor	3,832	56.2	−3.0
	Country	Henry Crothers	2,987	43.8	+3.0
Total formal votes			6,819	98.3	+0.1
Informal votes			116	1.7	−0.1
Turnout			6,935	81.6	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.0

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 Queensland state election § Maranoa.[ edit ]

1941 Queensland state election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Conroy	4,301	59.2	−0.8
	Country	Leslie Brown	2,961	40.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			7,262	98.2	+2.3
Informal votes			136	1.8	−2.3
Turnout			7,398	81.7	−6.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.8

Elections in the 1930s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 Queensland state election § Maranoa.[ edit ]

1938 Queensland state election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Conroy	4,476	60.0	−10.5
	Country	Royland Hembrow	2,986	40.0	+40.0
Total formal votes			7,462	95.9	−1.4
Informal votes			321	4.1	+1.4
Turnout			7,783	88.4	+2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 Queensland state election § Maranoa.[ edit ]

1935 Queensland state election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Conroy	5,148	70.5
	Social Credit	Herman Brus	2,158	29.5
Total formal votes			7,306	97.3
Informal votes			205	2.7
Turnout			7,511	86.3
	Labor hold		Swing

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 Queensland state election § Maranoa.[ edit ]

1932 Queensland state election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Conroy	4,148	62.2
	CPNP	Ernest Thomas	2,360	35.4
	Queensland Party	Daniel O'Brien	164	2.5
Total formal votes			6,672	99.0
Informal votes			70	1.0
Turnout			6,742	90.2
	Labor hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1920s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1929 Queensland state election § Maranoa.[ edit ]

1929 Queensland state election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Conroy	2,728	52.4	−2.4
	CPNP	Arthur Miscamble	2,475	47.6	+2.4
Total formal votes			5,203	99.4	+2.7
Informal votes			30	0.6	−2.7
Turnout			5,233	89.1	−0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.4

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1926 Queensland state election § Maranoa.[ edit ]

1926 Queensland state election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Conroy	2,514	54.8	−2.7
	CPNP	Arthur Miscamble	2,072	45.2	+45.2
Total formal votes			4,586	96.7	−3.0
Informal votes			158	3.3	+3.0
Turnout			4,744	89.6	+6.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.7

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1923 Queensland state election § Maranoa.[ edit ]

1923 Queensland state election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Conroy	2,416	57.5	+6.8
	Independent Country	Frederick Duncombe	1,951	42.5	+42.5
Total formal votes			4,590	99.7	+0.4
Informal votes			14	0.3	−0.4
Turnout			4,604	82.9	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 Queensland state election § Maranoa.[ edit ]

1920 Queensland state election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Conroy	2,416	50.7	−8.4
	Country	Thomas Spencer	2,350	49.3	+49.3
Total formal votes			4,766	99.3	+0.3
Informal votes			31	0.7	−0.3
Turnout			4,797	80.7	+2.5
	Labor gain from National		Swing	−8.4

Elections in the 1910s

1919 Maranoa state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Primary Producers	Thomas Spencer	2,250	51.4	+51.4
	Labor	James MacDougall	2,127	48.6	−10.5
Total formal votes			4,377
Informal votes
Turnout
	Primary Producers gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1918 Queensland state election § Maranoa.[ edit ]

1918 Queensland state election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Hunter	2,490	59.1	−9.9
	National	Robert Swan	1,722	40.9	+9.9
Total formal votes			4,212	99.0	+0.4
Informal votes			41	1.0	−0.4
Turnout			4,253	78.2	−2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.9

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1915 Queensland state election § Maranoa.[ edit ]

1915 Queensland state election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Hunter	2,554	69.0	+6.6
	Liberal	Francis Dyer	1,148	31.0	−6.6
Total formal votes			3,702	98.5	−0.6
Informal votes			55	1.5	+0.6
Turnout			3,757	83.2	+12.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.6

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1912 Queensland state election § Maranoa.[ edit ]

1912 Queensland state election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Hunter	1,819	62.4
	Liberal	Aaron Hoskin	1,095	37.6
Total formal votes			2,914	99.1
Informal votes			26	0.9
Turnout			2,940	70.4
	Labor hold		Swing

References

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.