Electoral results for the district of Rockhampton South

Last updated April 27, 2022

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

Members for Rockhampton South

Member		Party	Term
	Rex Pilbeam	Liberal	1960–1969
	Keith Wright	Labor	1969–1972

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Rockhampton South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Wright	5,948	50.9	+11.8
	Liberal	Rex Pilbeam	4,778	40.8	-8.0
	Queensland Labor	Peter Boyle	971	8.3	-3.8
Total formal votes			11,697	98.7	-0.1
Informal votes			150	1.3	+0.1
Turnout			11,847	92.7	-2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Wright	6,101	52.2	+8.9
	Liberal	Rex Pilbeam	5,596	47.8	-8.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.9

1966 Queensland state election: Rockhampton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rex Pilbeam	5,873	48.8	+1.4
	Labor	Kevin Charles	4,709	39.1	-3.8
	Queensland Labor	Peter Boyle	1,456	12.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			12,038	98.8	+0.2
Informal votes			143	1.2	-0.2
Turnout			12,181	94.7	-1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rex Pilbeam	6,828	56.7	+2.0
	Labor	Kevin Charles	5,210	43.3	-2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.0

1963 Queensland state election: Rockhampton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rex Pilbeam	5,728	47.4	+6.3
	Labor	Charles White	5,179	42.9	+15.0
	Queensland Labor	Stan Doolan	1,070	8.9	-22.1
	Independent	Brian Dillon	93	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			12,070	98.6	-0.5
Informal votes			166	1.4	+0.5
Turnout			12,236	95.8	+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rex Pilbeam	6,607	54.7
	Labor	Charles White	5,463	45.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1960 Queensland state election: Rockhampton South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Rex Pilbeam	5,047	41.1
	Queensland Labor	Mick Gardner	3,801	31.0
	Labor	Jim Clark	3,427	27.9
Total formal votes			12,275	99.1
Informal votes			106	0.9
Turnout			12,381	93.7
	Liberal win		(new seat)

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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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