Electoral results for the district of Norman

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

Members for Norman

Member		Party	Term	Notes
	Louis Luckins	Liberal	1950–1953	Luckins previously represented Maree (1944–1950). He retired at the 1960 state election.
	William Baxter	Labor	1953–1960	Baxter subsequently represented Hawthorne (1960–1966)
	Fred Bromley	Labor	1960–1972	Bromley subsequently represented South Brisbane (1972–1974)

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Norman ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Bromley	4,483	53.4	−3.2
	Liberal	Ross Cameron	3,340	39.8	+5.4
	Queensland Labor	Maurice Sheehan	577	6.9	−0.9
Total formal votes			8,400	97.5	−0.3
Informal votes			219	2.5	+0.3
Turnout			8,619	89.4	−2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Bromley	4,590	54.6	−4.1
	Liberal	Ross Cameron	3,810	45.4	+4.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.1

1966 Queensland state election: Norman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Bromley	5,080	56.6	+3.4
	Liberal	Sydney Shawcross	3,087	34.4	−0.4
	Queensland Labor	John Fitz-Gibbon	700	7.8	−2.1
	Social Credit	David Gray	107	1.2	−1.8
Total formal votes			8,974	97.8	+0.5
Informal votes			200	2.2	−0.5
Turnout			9,174	92.3	−1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Bromley	5,264	58.7	+2.2
	Liberal	Sydney Shawcross	3,710	41.3	−2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

1963 Queensland state election: Norman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Bromley	4,928	53.2	+5.0
	Liberal	Cyril Ryan	3,150	34.0	−2.1
	Queensland Labor	Harry Wright	918	9.9	−4.7
	Social Credit	David Gray	275	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			9,271	97.3	−1.5
Informal votes			254	2.7	+1.5
Turnout			9,525	93.8	+1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Bromley	5,237	56.5
	Liberal	Cyril Ryan	4,034	43.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1960 Queensland state election: Norman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Bromley	4,896	48.1
	Liberal	Cyril Ryan	3,679	36.1
	Queensland Labor	George Hartnett	1,489	14.6
	Communist	Edmund Crisp	115	1.1
Total formal votes			10,179	98.8
Informal votes			121	1.2
Turnout			10,300	92.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Norman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Baxter	4,478	41.1	−15.0
	Liberal	George Regan	4,376	40.2	−3.7
	Queensland Labor	Norman Tacey	2,033	18.7	+18.7
Total formal votes			10,887	98.7	−0.2
Informal votes			148	1.3	+0.2
Turnout			11,035	95.6	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.5

1956 Queensland state election: Norman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Baxter	6,052	56.1	−3.1
	Liberal	George Regan	4,738	43.9	+3.1
Total formal votes			10,790	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			120	1.1	0.0
Turnout			10,910	94.5	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.1

1953 Queensland state election: Norman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Baxter	6,447	59.2	+10.4
	Liberal	Rex Brock	4,446	40.8	−10.4
Total formal votes			10,893	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			116	1.1	0.0
Turnout			11,009	93.9	+0.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.4

1950 Queensland state election: Norman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Louis Luckins	5,593	51.2
	Labor	Edward Falk	5,339	48.8
Total formal votes			10,932	98.9
Informal votes			121	1.1
Turnout			11,053	93.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

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.