Queensland state election, 3 May 1947 [1] Contents
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Enrolled voters | 697,405 | |||||
Votes cast | 632,909 | Turnout | 90.75% | +3.21 | ||
Informal votes | 8,579 | Informal | 1.36% | –0.46 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 272,103 | 43.58% | –1.09 | 35 | – 2 | |
People's Party | 160,623 | 25.73% | +1.01 | 9 | + 2 | |
Country | 121,689 | 19.49% | +1.89 | 14 | + 2 | |
Frank Barnes Labor | 24,781 | 3.97% | +1.99 | 1 | – 1 | |
Communist | 7,870 | 1.26% | –1.22 | 1 | ± 0 | |
Ind. Labor | 6,727 | 1.08% | –1.33 | 1 | ± 0 | |
Hermit Park Labor | 4,541 | 0.73% | –0.38 | 1 | ± 0 | |
Ind. Country | 2,544 | 0.41% | +0.08 | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 23,452 | 3.75% | –0.96 | 0 | – 1 | |
Total | 624,330 | 62 | ||||
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1947 Queensland state election for electorates from A to K.
This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Country | Tom Plunkett | 8,090 | 68.6 | +17.8 | |
Labor | John Rosser | 3,037 | 31.4 | -0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 11,799 | 98.7 | -0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 159 | 1.3 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,958 | 89.8 | +6.0 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +9.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Country | Jim Sparkes | 6,140 | 71.5 | +3.3 | |
Labor | John Tomlinson | 2,442 | 28.5 | -3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 8,582 | 98.9 | -0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 92 | 1.1 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,674 | 92.4 | +3.8 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Ned Davis | 4,137 | 66.7 | -33.3 | |
People's Party | James Keehan | 1,740 | 28.1 | +28.1 | |
Frank Barnes Labor | Reginald Parnell | 323 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 6,200 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 134 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 6,334 | 88.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Bill Power | 5,810 | 55.5 | +0.2 | |
People's Party | Kenneth Toombes | 3,974 | 37.9 | -6.8 | |
Communist | Max Julius | 449 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Independent | Henry Beck | 239 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 10,472 | 98.3 | -0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 178 | 1.7 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 10,650 | 88.9 | +0.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Communist | Fred Paterson | 3,331 | 39.3 | -5.1 | |
Labor | John Barry | 2,584 | 30.5 | -8.1 | |
Country | George McLean | 2,551 | 30.1 | +13.2 | |
Total formal votes | 8,466 | 99.3 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 57 | 0.7 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,523 | 93.8 | +6.1 | ||
Communist hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Jim Donald | 6,715 | 69.3 | -30.7 | |
People's Party | Henry Davidson | 2,974 | 30.7 | +30.7 | |
Total formal votes | 9,689 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 116 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 9,805 | 91.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Johnno Mann | 4,457 | 51.0 | -7.4 | |
People's Party | Maurice Mitchell | 3,310 | 37.8 | -3.8 | |
Independent Labor | Charles Coward | 981 | 11.2 | +11.2 | |
Total formal votes | 8,748 | 97.9 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 185 | 2.1 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 8,933 | 86.9 | +1.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -1.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent Labor | George Marriott | 5,544 | 42.8 | +1.0 | |
People's Party | Hilda Brotherton | 3,828 | 29.5 | -4.1 | |
Labor | Bob Gardner | 3,588 | 27.7 | +3.2 | |
Total formal votes | 12,960 | 98.1 | +2.1 | ||
Informal votes | 244 | 1.9 | -2.1 | ||
Turnout | 13,204 | 94.0 | -0.8 | ||
Independent Labor hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Frank Barnes Labor | Frank Barnes | 4,828 | 40.4 | +0.4 | |
Labor | Viv Brown | 3,940 | 33.0 | -0.4 | |
People's Party | Geoffrey Boreham | 3,185 | 26.6 | +5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 11,953 | 99.4 | +1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 73 | 0.6 | -1.1 | ||
Turnout | 12,026 | 91.8 | +3.5 | ||
Frank Barnes Labor hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Dick Brown | 6,210 | 52.9 | +2.2 | |
People's Party | William Scott | 5,525 | 47.1 | -2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 11,735 | 98.9 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 127 | 1.1 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,862 | 92.5 | +3.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Thomas Crowley | 4,246 | 40.0 | +5.6 | |
Country | Ian MacKinnon | 3,307 | 31.2 | +31.2 | |
Frank Barnes Labor | Lou Barnes | 3,061 | 28.8 | -36.8 | |
Total formal votes | 10,614 | 99.1 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 100 | 0.9 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 10,714 | 82.5 | +2.9 | ||
Labor gain from Frank Barnes Labor | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Paul Hilton | 4,380 | 52.7 | -3.9 | |
Country | Harold Phillips | 3,930 | 47.3 | +3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 8,310 | 99.1 | +4.0 | ||
Informal votes | 77 | 0.9 | -4.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,387 | 87.8 | -0.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -3.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Norm Smith | 3,650 | 70.2 | +12.7 | |
Independent | Walter Grant | 1,549 | 29.8 | +29.8 | |
Total formal votes | 5,199 | 94.7 | -4.0 | ||
Informal votes | 290 | 5.3 | +4.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,489 | 83.3 | +6.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Arthur Jones | 3,947 | 63.2 | -4.3 | |
Country | Reg Smith | 1,459 | 23.3 | +23.3 | |
Independent | George Carbis | 843 | 13.5 | +13.5 | |
Total formal votes | 6,249 | 99.1 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 55 | 0.9 | -0.9 | ||
Turnout | 6,304 | 91.0 | +9.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Harold Collins | 4,388 | 55.7 | +1.1 | |
Country | Charles Griffin | 3,485 | 44.3 | +44.3 | |
Total formal votes | 7,873 | 98.4 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 125 | 1.6 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,998 | 88.9 | +6.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -10.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Country | David Low | 3,069 | 31.4 | -31.1 | |
Frank Barnes Labor | Bill Gresham | 2,693 | 27.6 | +27.6 | |
Labor | Robert Spencer | 2,217 | 22.7 | -14.8 | |
Independent Country | William Low | 1,791 | 18.3 | +18.3 | |
Total formal votes | 9,770 | 98.6 | -0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 142 | 1.4 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 9,912 | 92.3 | +3.3 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Country | Malcolm McIntyre | 6,099 | 72.3 | +5.1 | |
Labor | John Hilton | 2,336 | 27.7 | -5.1 | |
Total formal votes | 8,435 | 99.1 | +1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 80 | 0.9 | -1.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,515 | 91.9 | -0.2 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +5.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Country | Charles Russell | 5,736 | 59.1 | +10.6 | |
Labor | George Wilkes | 3,977 | 40.9 | -10.6 | |
Total formal votes | 9,713 | 98.8 | +4.4 | ||
Informal votes | 122 | 1.2 | -4.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,835 | 89.3 | +0.8 | ||
Country gain from Labor | Swing | +10.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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People's Party | Gordon Chalk | 5,015 | 51.8 | +51.8 | |
Labor | Les Wood | 4,669 | 48.2 | +7.0 | |
Total formal votes | 9,684 | 98.5 | -0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 145 | 1.5 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,829 | 87.6 | +2.9 | ||
People's Party gain from Labor | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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People's Party | Kenneth Morris | 7,988 | 57.5 | +12.2 | |
Labor | Mark Scanlan | 5,911 | 42.5 | +20.5 | |
Total formal votes | 13,899 | 98.8 | +1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 169 | 1.2 | -1.0 | ||
Turnout | 14,068 | 93.0 | -0.4 | ||
People's Party hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Country | Alf Muller | 6,690 | 71.6 | +6.2 | |
Labor | Tom Thorpe | 2,653 | 28.4 | -1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 9,343 | 96.9 | +1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 301 | 3.1 | -1.1 | ||
Turnout | 9,644 | 92.8 | -2.5 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +2.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Jim Clark | 5,538 | 54.7 | +3.3 | |
People's Party | Harry Weir | 4,437 | 43.8 | -4.8 | |
Frank Barnes Labor | Gordon Loukes | 103 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Independent | John Wharton | 51 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 10,129 | 99.3 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 67 | 0.7 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 10,196 | 93.5 | +9.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Samuel Brassington | 5,968 | 59.8 | -0.7 | |
People's Party | William Brenan | 3,554 | 35.6 | -3.9 | |
Independent | Andrew Knox | 463 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 9,985 | 98.2 | -0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 185 | 1.8 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 10,170 | 90.0 | +1.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | George Devries | 3,335 | 59.6 | -40.4 | |
Country | Gordon Lee | 2,264 | 40.4 | +40.4 | |
Total formal votes | 5,599 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 60 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 5,659 | 81.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Thomas Dunstan | 3,116 | 41.7 | -6.1 | |
People's Party | Ronald Witham | 3,054 | 40.8 | -2.9 | |
Frank Barnes Labor | Ray Smith | 875 | 11.7 | +11.7 | |
Independent | Eric Grice | 437 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
Total formal votes | 7,482 | 99.6 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 28 | 0.4 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,510 | 92.5 | +4.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -1.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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People's Party | Harold Taylor | 8,370 | 73.7 | -1.5 | |
Labor | Vic Bartlett | 2,981 | 26.3 | +1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 11,351 | 98.8 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 134 | 1.2 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,485 | 91.9 | +3.5 | ||
People's Party hold | Swing | -1.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Stephen Theodore | 4,308 | 48.0 | -9.1 | |
Country | Carlisle Wordsworth | 2,728 | 30.4 | +30.4 | |
Communist | Les Sullivan | 1,936 | 21.6 | -21.3 | |
Total formal votes | 8,972 | 98.8 | +1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 112 | 1.2 | -1.9 | ||
Turnout | 9,084 | 88.6 | +2.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | David Gledson | 7,039 | 61.9 | -38.1 | |
People's Party | Harry Shapcott | 4,326 | 38.1 | +38.1 | |
Total formal votes | 11,365 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 123 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 11,488 | 91.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
David Alexander "Dave" Gledson was an accountant and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Ivor Marsden | 6,021 | 53.3 | -8.6 | |
Liberal | Selwyn Stephenson | 4,906 | 43.4 | +5.3 | |
Communist | Edmund Crisp | 364 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Total formal votes | 11,311 | 99.4 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 73 | 0.6 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 11,384 | 92.8 | +1.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Country | William Brand | 5,239 | 68.3 | +3.8 | |
Labor | Samuel Round | 2,426 | 31.7 | -3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 7,665 | 96.9 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 241 | 3.1 | -0.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,906 | 95.6 | +2.8 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +3.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Ned Hanlon | 7,263 | 57.5 | +3.5 | |
People's Party | Frank Roberts | 5,377 | 42.5 | -1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 12,640 | 98.6 | -0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 181 | 1.4 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 12,821 | 92.3 | +0.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Bert Turner | 6,264 | 50.5 | -2.6 | |
People's Party | Kenneth Fielding | 6,133 | 49.5 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 12,397 | 97.8 | -0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 147 | 1.3 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 12,675 | 93.0 | +2.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -2.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Cecil Jesson | 4,331 | 44.8 | -5.9 | |
People's Party | Robert Johnston | 4,079 | 42.2 | +19.1 | |
Communist | John Clubley | 1,264 | 13.1 | -13.1 | |
Total formal votes | 9,674 | 98.2 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 178 | 1.8 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,852 | 85.7 | +3.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Walter Ingram | 3,593 | 41.2 | +1.1 | |
Country | John Reid | 3,422 | 39.2 | +8.2 | |
Frank Barnes Labor | John Harding | 1,717 | 19.7 | +19.7 | |
Total formal votes | 8,732 | 98.9 | +3.9 | ||
Informal votes | 93 | 1.1 | -3.9 | ||
Turnout | 8,825 | 91.4 | +1.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -5.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Kerry Copley | 5,489 | 51.6 | -1.9 | |
People's Party | Doug Berry | 5,144 | 48.4 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 10,633 | 98.4 | -0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 172 | 1.6 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 10,805 | 90.0 | +5.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -1.9 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Tom Moores | 5,197 | 53.6 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Norman Brandon | 4,274 | 44.0 | -4.4 | |
Communist | James Slater | 232 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 9,703 | 98.6 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 135 | 1.4 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,838 | 87.3 | -2.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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