Electoral results for the district of Port Curtis

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

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Members for Port Curtis

MemberPartyTerm
  Charles Fitzsimmons Unaligned1860–1861
  Alfred Sandeman Unaligned1861–1863
  John Douglas Unaligned1863–1866
 Sir Arthur Palmer Unaligned1866–1878
  Albert Norton Unaligned1878–1893
  Jason Boles Opposition1893–1904
  Robert Herbertson Ministerialist/Opposition1904–1909
  Edward Breslin Labor 1909–1912
  John Kessell Ministerialist1912–1915
  George Carter Labor 1915–1920
  John Fletcher National 1920–1923
  George Carter Labor 1923–1929
  Frank Butler Country and Progressive National 1929–1932
  Tommy Williams Labor 1932–1947
  Jim Burrows Labor 1947–1963
  Martin Hanson Labor 1963–1976
  Bill Prest Labor 1976–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Port Curtis [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Prest 9,01661.7+7.9
National Ron Streeter3,23022.1-19.9
Independent Eric Bailey2,08314.2+14.2
Independent Kevin Meyrick2882.0-2.2
Total formal votes14,61797.5-0.8
Informal votes3802.5+0.8
Turnout 14,99791.7-0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Prest 9,75066.7+10.8
National Ron Streeter4,86733.3-10.8
Labor hold Swing +10.8
1986 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Prest 7,14253.8+2.8
National Colin Brown5,56642.0-1.7
Independent Kevin Meyrick5564.2+4.2
Total formal votes13,26498.3
Informal votes2311.7
Turnout 13,49592.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Prest 7,41555.9-0.6
National Colin Brown5,84944.1+0.6
Labor hold Swing -0.6
1983 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Prest 8,12751.0-2.8
National Michael Crowley6,97343.7+11.2
Independent Patricia Cathcart6764.2+4.2
Christian AlternativeRata Pugh1681.1+1.1
Total formal votes15,94498.7-0.3
Informal votes2041.3+0.3
Turnout 16,14891.8+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Prest 8,54953.6-4.0
National Michael Crowley7,39546.4+4.0
Labor hold Swing -4.0
1980 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Prest 7,19153.8-4.8
National Michael Crowley4,34132.5+9.8
Liberal John Mawer1,65612.4-2.6
Liberal Georgina Pickers1751.3+1.3
Total formal votes13,36399.0-0.1
Informal votes1331.0+0.1
Turnout 13,49690.4-1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Prest 7,69557.6-4.2
National Michael Crowley5,66842.4+4.2
Labor hold Swing -4.2

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Prest 7,04858.6-4.5
National Barry Johnson2,73222.7+4.5
Liberal John Mawer1,80515.0-3.6
Progress Michael Berry4493.7+3.7
Total formal votes12,03499.1
Informal votes1070.9
Turnout 12,14192.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Prest 7,43661.8-3.1
National Barry Johnson4,59838.2+3.1
Labor hold Swing -3.1
1976 Port Curtis state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Prest 7,84651.8-11.3
National Maurice Elliot3,62523.9+5.7
Liberal John Mawer1,94112.8-5.8
Independent Lloyd Curtis1,74911.5+11.5
Total formal votes15,18199.1+0.5
Informal votes1350.9-0.5
Turnout 15,29686.6-2.7
Labor hold Swing N/A
1974 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Martin Hanson 9,73863.1-19.1
Liberal Douglas Cuddy2,87818.6+18.6
National Francis Waterson2,81718.2+18.2
Total formal votes15,43398.6+0.7
Informal votes2121.4-0.7
Turnout 15,64589.3-2.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Martin Hanson 10,13265.7-16.5
Liberal Douglas Cuddy5,30134.3+34.3
Labor hold Swing -16.5
1972 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Martin Hanson 10,65282.2+0.9
Queensland Labor Marguerita Glen1,77118.7-0.9
Total formal votes12,95997.9
Informal votes2782.1
Turnout 13,23791.6
Labor hold Swing +0.9

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Martin Hanson 7,70581.3+11.3
Queensland Labor Marguerita Glen1,77118.7+18.7
Total formal votes9,47697.5-1.8
Informal votes2442.5+1.8
Turnout 9,72091.2-3.4
Labor hold Swing +9.8
1966 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Martin Hanson 6,01270.0-10.4
Country James Grant1,52617.8+17.8
Liberal John McGree1,05612.3+12.3
Total formal votes8,59499.3+1.1
Informal votes570.7-1.1
Turnout 8,65194.6-1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Martin Hanson 6,16071.5-11.1
Country James Grant2,43428.5+28.5
Labor hold Swing -11.1
1963 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Martin Hanson 6,76580.4+11.8
Queensland Labor Doug McClarty1,27515.2+15.2
Independent Tom Kelly3704.4+4.4
Total formal votes8,41098.2-0.6
Informal votes1521.8+0.6
Turnout 8,56296.1+1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Martin Hanson 6,95082.6+14.0
Queensland Labor Doug McClarty1,46017.4+17.4
Labor hold Swing +14.0
1960 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jim Burrows 6,03368.6
Independent Desmond Neill-Ballantine2,77331.4
Total formal votes8,80698.8
Informal votes1081.2
Turnout 8,91495.1
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jim Burrows 4,75749.4-15.1
Country Colin Wilson3,46035.9+0.4
Queensland Labor Samuel Andrewartha1,41214.7+14.7
Total formal votes9,62999.5+0.2
Informal votes460.5-0.2
Turnout 9,67596.2+1.6
Labor hold Swing -6.6
1956 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jim Burrows 6,09264.5-3.3
Country Thomas Pulsford3,35335.5+3.3
Total formal votes9,44599.3+0.1
Informal votes680.7-0.1
Turnout 9,51394.6-0.7
Labor hold Swing -3.3
1953 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jim Burrows 6,24167.8+10.0
Liberal Julia Hinds2,97032.2-10.0
Total formal votes9,21199.20.0
Informal votes690.80.0
Turnout 9,28095.3+0.6
Labor hold Swing +10.0
1950 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jim Burrows 5,29657.8
Liberal Harold Jensen3,87142.2
Total formal votes9,16799.2
Informal votes700.8
Turnout 9,23794.7
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jim Burrows 4,19941.4-17.9
Country William McGreever3,87138.2-2.5
Frank Barnes Labor Peter Neilson1,52015.0+15.0
Independent Alec Paterson4324.3+4.3
Independent John Daly1201.2+1.2
Total formal votes10,14299.2+0.3
Informal votes850.8-0.3
Turnout 10,22792.5+5.1
Labor hold Swing -7.3
1944 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tommy Williams 5,76159.3-5.0
Country Samuel Halpin3,95540.7+5.0
Total formal votes9,71698.90.0
Informal votes1031.10.0
Turnout 9,81987.4-3.4
Labor hold Swing -5.0
1941 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tommy Williams 6,67764.3+7.1
Country Geoffrey Nichols3,70935.7-7.1
Total formal votes10,38698.90.0
Informal votes1141.10.0
Turnout 10,50090.8-2.4
Labor hold Swing +7.1

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tommy Williams 5,45257.1+2.1
Country James Heading 4,10242.9+11.3
Total formal votes9,55498.9+1.9
Informal votes1081.1-1.9
Turnout 9,66293.2-2.7
Labor hold Swing N/A
1935 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tommy Williams 4,80055.0
CPNP Robert Boyd 2,75931.6
Social Credit William Gresham1,17213.4
Total formal votes8,73197.0
Informal votes2693.0
Turnout 9,00095.9
Labor hold Swing
1932 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tommy Williams 3,80551.2
CPNP Frank Butler 3,62548.8
Total formal votes7,43099.5
Informal votes390.5
Turnout 7,46994.9
Labor gain from CPNP Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPNP Frank Butler 3,55055.6+12.1
Labor George Carter 2,82944.4-1.2
Total formal votes6,37999.1+0.2
Informal votes580.9-0.2
Turnout 6,43794.3+3.4
CPNP gain from Labor Swing +7.1
1926 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Carter 2,84945.6-7.2
CPNP Walter Prizeman2,71743.5-0.4
Communist Fred Paterson 67610.8+10.8
Total formal votes6,24298.9-0.4
Informal votes681.1+0.4
Turnout 6,31090.9+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George Carter 2,94551.5
CPNP Walter Prizeman2,76948.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1923 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Carter 3,31652.8+5.3
United John Fletcher 2,76043.9-8.9
Independent James Murray2103.3+3.3
Total formal votes6,28699.3-0.3
Informal votes460.7+0.3
Turnout 6,33290.8+3.8
Labor gain from United Swing N/A
1920 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National John Fletcher 2,15752.5+5.4
Labor George Carter 1,95347.5-5.4
Total formal votes4,11099.6+0.3
Informal votes150.4-0.3
Turnout 4,12587.0+1.3
National gain from Labor Swing +5.4

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Carter 2,16552.9+2.2
National John Kessell 1,92947.1-2.2
Total formal votes4,09499.3-0.2
Informal votes290.7+0.2
Turnout 4,12385.7-5.0
Labor hold Swing +2.2
1915 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Carter 1,88150.7+0.7
Liberal John Kessell 1,82849.3-0.7
Total formal votes3,70999.5+0.7
Informal votes200.5-0.7
Turnout 3,72990.7+12.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +0.7
1912 Port Curtis state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Kessell 1,51251.6+1.6
Labor Edward Breslin 1,41648.4-1.6
Total formal votes2,92899.2+0.4
Informal votes230.8-0.4
Turnout 2,95170.6+7.8
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +1.6
1912 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Edward Breslin 1,59050.03
Liberal John Kessell 1,58849.97
Total formal votes3,17898.8
Informal votes391.2
Turnout 3,21778.4
Labor hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "1989 Results for Port Curtis". Queensland Election Archive. ABC. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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