Electoral results for the district of Paddington (Queensland)

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Paddington, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland, was created in 1912 and abolished in 1932. [1]

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ElectionMemberParty
1912   John Fihelly Labor
1915
1918
1920
1922 by   Alfred James Jones Labor
1923
1926
1929

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1929

1929 Queensland state election: Paddington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alfred Jones 3,58171.6-1.5
Communist Fred Paterson 1,41828.4+28.4
Total formal votes4,99990.3-5.9
Informal votes5399.7+5.9
Turnout 5,53875.4-2.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

1926

1926 Queensland state election: Paddington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alfred Jones 4,13073.1+8.8
Independent Grant Hervey1,52226.9+26.9
Total formal votes5,65296.2-3.3
Informal votes2263.8+3.3
Turnout 5,87877.4-5.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

1923

1923 Queensland state election: Paddington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alfred Jones 3,75064.3+2.7
United George Tedman 2,08035.7-2.7
Total formal votes5,83099.5+0.5
Informal votes280.5-0.5
Turnout 5,85883.3+5.9
Labor hold Swing +2.7

1922 by-election

1922 Paddington state by-election

1920

1920 Queensland state election: Paddington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Fihelly 3,71761.6+0.7
National Labor Norm McFadden2,31738.4+38.4
Total formal votes6,03499.0+0.5
Informal votes581.0-0.5
Turnout 6,09277.4-2.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1918

1918 Queensland state election: Paddington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Fihelly 3,55460.9-7.5
Independent John Adamson 2,28039.1+39.1
Total formal votes5,83498.5+0.6
Informal votes871.5-0.6
Turnout 5,92179.7-7.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

1915

1915 Queensland state election: Paddington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Fihelly 3,26968.4+10.8
Liberal George Sweetman1,50931.6-10.8
Total formal votes4,77897.9-0.9
Informal votes1022.1+0.9
Turnout 4,88087.4+2.8
Labor hold Swing +10.8

1912

1929 Queensland state election: Paddington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Alfred Jones 3,58171.6-1.5
Communist Fred Paterson 1,41828.4+28.4
Total formal votes4,99990.3-5.9
Informal votes5399.7+5.9
Turnout 5,53875.4-2.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

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References

  1. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)