Results of the Queensland state election, 1947 (A-K)

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Queensland state election, 3 May 1947 [1]
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Enrolled voters697,405
Votes cast632,909 Turnout 90.75%+3.21
Informal votes8,579Informal1.36%–0.46
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes%SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 272,10343.58%–1.0935– 2
  People's Party 160,62325.73%+1.019+ 2
  Country 121,68919.49%+1.8914+ 2
  Frank Barnes Labor 24,7813.97%+1.991– 1
  Communist 7,8701.26%–1.221± 0
 Ind. Labor6,7271.08%–1.331± 0
 Hermit Park Labor4,5410.73%–0.381± 0
 Ind. Country2,5440.41%+0.080± 0
  Independent 23,4523.75%–0.960– 1
Total624,330  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.

Results by electoral district

Albert

Queensland state election, 1947: Albert [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Tom Plunkett 8,09068.6+17.8
Labor John Rosser3,03731.4-0.5
Total formal votes11,79998.7-0.4
Informal votes1591.3+0.4
Turnout 11,95889.8+6.0
Country hold Swing +9.1

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1947: Aubigny
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Jim Sparkes 6,14071.5+3.3
Labor John Tomlinson2,44228.5-3.3
Total formal votes8,58298.9-0.3
Informal votes921.1+0.3
Turnout 8,67492.4+3.8
Country hold Swing +3.3

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1947: Barcoo
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Ned Davis 4,13766.7-33.3
People's Party James Keehan1,74028.1+28.1
Frank Barnes Labor Reginald Parnell3235.2+5.2
Total formal votes6,20097.9
Informal votes1342.1
Turnout 6,33488.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Baroona

Queensland state election, 1947: Baroona
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Bill Power 5,81055.5+0.2
People's Party Kenneth Toombes3,97437.9-6.8
Communist Max Julius 4494.3+4.3
Independent Henry Beck2392.3+2.3
Total formal votes10,47298.3-0.2
Informal votes1781.7+0.2
Turnout 10,65088.9+0.9
Labor hold Swing +4.1

Bowen

Queensland state election, 1947: Bowen
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Communist Fred Paterson 3,33139.3-5.1
Labor John Barry2,58430.5-8.1
Country George McLean2,55130.1+13.2
Total formal votes8,46699.3+0.3
Informal votes570.7-0.3
Turnout 8,52393.8+6.1
Communist hold Swing +2.8

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1947: Bremer
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Jim Donald 6,71569.3-30.7
People's Party Henry Davidson2,97430.7+30.7
Total formal votes9,68998.8
Informal votes1161.2
Turnout 9,80591.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1947: Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Johnno Mann 4,45751.0-7.4
People's Party Maurice Mitchell3,31037.8-3.8
Independent Labor Charles Coward98111.2+11.2
Total formal votes8,74897.9+0.3
Informal votes1852.1-0.3
Turnout 8,93386.9+1.5
Labor hold Swing -1.0

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1947: Bulimba
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Independent Labor George Marriott 5,54442.8+1.0
People's Party Hilda Brotherton3,82829.5-4.1
Labor Bob Gardner 3,58827.7+3.2
Total formal votes12,96098.1+2.1
Informal votes2441.9-2.1
Turnout 13,20494.0-0.8
Independent Labor hold Swing +3.8

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1947: Bundaberg
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Frank Barnes Labor Frank Barnes 4,82840.4+0.4
Labor Viv Brown3,94033.0-0.4
People's Party Geoffrey Boreham3,18526.6+5.4
Total formal votes11,95399.4+1.1
Informal votes730.6-1.1
Turnout 12,02691.8+3.5
Frank Barnes Labor hold Swing +0.6

Buranda

Queensland state election, 1947: Buranda
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Dick Brown 6,21052.9+2.2
People's Party William Scott5,52547.1-2.2
Total formal votes11,73598.90.0
Informal votes1271.10.0
Turnout 11,86292.5+3.6
Labor hold Swing +2.2

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1947: Cairns
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Thomas Crowley 4,24640.0+5.6
Country Ian MacKinnon3,30731.2+31.2
Frank Barnes Labor Lou Barnes 3,06128.8-36.8
Total formal votes10,61499.1+0.3
Informal votes1000.9-0.3
Turnout 10,71482.5+2.9
Labor gain from Frank Barnes Labor Swing N/A

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1947: Carnarvon
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Paul Hilton 4,38052.7-3.9
Country Harold Phillips3,93047.3+3.9
Total formal votes8,31099.1+4.0
Informal votes770.9-4.0
Turnout 8,38787.8-0.3
Labor hold Swing -3.9

Carpentaria

Queensland state election, 1947: Carpentaria
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Norm Smith 3,65070.2+12.7
Independent Walter Grant1,54929.8+29.8
Total formal votes5,19994.7-4.0
Informal votes2905.3+4.0
Turnout 5,48983.3+6.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Charters Towers

Queensland state election, 1947: Charters Towers
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Arthur Jones 3,94763.2-4.3
Country Reg Smith1,45923.3+23.3
Independent George Carbis84313.5+13.5
Total formal votes6,24999.1+0.9
Informal votes550.9-0.9
Turnout 6,30491.0+9.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Cook

Queensland state election, 1947: Cook
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Harold Collins 4,38855.7+1.1
Country Charles Griffin3,48544.3+44.3
Total formal votes7,87398.4+0.1
Informal votes1251.6-0.1
Turnout 7,99888.9+6.9
Labor hold Swing -10.1

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1947: Cooroora
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country David Low 3,06931.4-31.1
Frank Barnes Labor Bill Gresham2,69327.6+27.6
Labor Robert Spencer2,21722.7-14.8
Independent Country William Low1,79118.3+18.3
Total formal votes9,77098.6-0.5
Informal votes1421.4+0.5
Turnout 9,91292.3+3.3
Country hold Swing N/A

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1947: Cunningham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Malcolm McIntyre 6,09972.3+5.1
Labor John Hilton2,33627.7-5.1
Total formal votes8,43599.1+1.4
Informal votes800.9-1.4
Turnout 8,51591.9-0.2
Country hold Swing +5.1

Dalby

Queensland state election, 1947: Dalby
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Charles Russell 5,73659.1+10.6
Labor George Wilkes3,97740.9-10.6
Total formal votes9,71398.8+4.4
Informal votes1221.2-4.4
Turnout 9,83589.3+0.8
Country gain from Labor Swing +10.6

East Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1947: East Toowoomba
PartyCandidateVotes%±
People's Party Gordon Chalk 5,01551.8+51.8
Labor Les Wood 4,66948.2+7.0
Total formal votes9,68498.5-0.2
Informal votes1451.5+0.2
Turnout 9,82987.6+2.9
People's Party gain from Labor Swing N/A

Enoggera

Queensland state election, 1947: Enoggera
PartyCandidateVotes%±
People's Party Kenneth Morris 7,98857.5+12.2
Labor Mark Scanlan5,91142.5+20.5
Total formal votes13,89998.8+1.0
Informal votes1691.2-1.0
Turnout 14,06893.0-0.4
People's Party hold Swing N/A

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1947: Fassifern
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Alf Muller 6,69071.6+6.2
Labor Tom Thorpe2,65328.4-1.2
Total formal votes9,34396.9+1.1
Informal votes3013.1-1.1
Turnout 9,64492.8-2.5
Country hold Swing +2.8

Fitzroy

Queensland state election, 1947: Fitzroy
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Jim Clark 5,53854.7+3.3
People's Party Harry Weir4,43743.8-4.8
Frank Barnes Labor Gordon Loukes1031.0+1.0
Independent John Wharton510.5+0.5
Total formal votes10,12999.3+0.3
Informal votes670.7-0.3
Turnout 10,19693.5+9.0
Labor hold Swing +4.1

Fortitude Valley

Queensland state election, 1947: Fortitude Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Samuel Brassington 5,96859.8-0.7
People's Party William Brenan3,55435.6-3.9
Independent Andrew Knox4634.6+4.6
Total formal votes9,98598.2-0.4
Informal votes1851.8+0.4
Turnout 10,17090.0+1.8
Labor hold Swing +2.2

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1947: Gregory
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor George Devries 3,33559.6-40.4
Country Gordon Lee2,26440.4+40.4
Total formal votes5,59998.9
Informal votes601.1
Turnout 5,65981.6
Labor hold Swing N/A

Gympie

Queensland state election, 1947: Gympie
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Thomas Dunstan 3,11641.7-6.1
People's Party Ronald Witham3,05440.8-2.9
Frank Barnes Labor Ray Smith87511.7+11.7
Independent Eric Grice4375.8+5.8
Total formal votes7,48299.6+0.1
Informal votes280.4-0.1
Turnout 7,51092.5+4.5
Labor hold Swing -1.7

Hamilton

Queensland state election, 1947: Hamilton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
People's Party Harold Taylor 8,37073.7-1.5
Labor Vic Bartlett2,98126.3+1.5
Total formal votes11,35198.80.0
Informal votes1341.20.0
Turnout 11,48591.9+3.5
People's Party hold Swing -1.5

Herbert

Queensland state election, 1947: Herbert
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Stephen Theodore 4,30848.0-9.1
Country Carlisle Wordsworth 2,72830.4+30.4
Communist Les Sullivan1,93621.6-21.3
Total formal votes8,97298.8+1.9
Informal votes1121.2-1.9
Turnout 9,08488.6+2.6
Labor hold Swing N/A

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1947: Ipswich
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor David Gledson 7,03961.9-38.1
People's Party Harry Shapcott4,32638.1+38.1
Total formal votes11,36598.9
Informal votes1231.1
Turnout 11,48891.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

By-election

  • This by-election was caused by the death of David Gledson. It was held on 10 September 1949.
David Gledson

David Alexander "Dave" Gledson was an accountant and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Ipswich state by-election, 1949
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Ivor Marsden 6,02153.3-8.6
Liberal Selwyn Stephenson4,90643.4+5.3
Communist Edmund Crisp3643.2+3.2
Total formal votes11,31199.4+0.5
Informal votes730.6-0.5
Turnout 11,38492.8+1.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Isis

Queensland state election, 1947: Isis
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country William Brand 5,23968.3+3.8
Labor Samuel Round2,42631.7-3.8
Total formal votes7,66596.9+0.9
Informal votes2413.1-0.9
Turnout 7,90695.6+2.8
Country hold Swing +3.8

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1947: Ithaca
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Ned Hanlon 7,26357.5+3.5
People's Party Frank Roberts5,37742.5-1.7
Total formal votes12,64098.6-0.3
Informal votes1811.4+0.3
Turnout 12,82192.3+0.6
Labor hold Swing +2.5

Kelvin Grove

Queensland state election, 1947: Kelvin Grove
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Bert Turner 6,26450.5-2.6
People's Party Kenneth Fielding6,13349.5+2.6
Total formal votes12,39797.8-0.9
Informal votes1471.3+0.9
Turnout 12,67593.0+2.5
Labor hold Swing -2.6

Kennedy

Queensland state election, 1947: Kennedy
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Cecil Jesson 4,33144.8-5.9
People's Party Robert Johnston4,07942.2+19.1
Communist John Clubley1,26413.1-13.1
Total formal votes9,67498.2+0.3
Informal votes1781.8-0.3
Turnout 9,85285.7+3.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Keppel

Queensland state election, 1947: Keppel
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Walter Ingram 3,59341.2+1.1
Country John Reid3,42239.2+8.2
Frank Barnes Labor John Harding1,71719.7+19.7
Total formal votes8,73298.9+3.9
Informal votes931.1-3.9
Turnout 8,82591.4+1.3
Labor hold Swing -5.2

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1947: Kurilpa
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Kerry Copley 5,48951.6-1.9
People's Party Doug Berry 5,14448.4+1.9
Total formal votes10,63398.4-0.3
Informal votes1721.6+0.3
Turnout 10,80590.0+5.0
Labor hold Swing -1.9

By-election

  • This by-election was caused by the death of Kerry Copley. It was held on 10 September 1949.

Patrick Kerry Copley was a Barrister and a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Kurilpa state by-election, 1949
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Tom Moores 5,19753.6+2.0
Liberal Norman Brandon4,27444.0-4.4
Communist James Slater2322.4+2.4
Total formal votes9,70398.6+0.2
Informal votes1351.4-0.2
Turnout 9,83887.3-2.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

See also

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References

  1. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 3 May 1947" . Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  2. Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN   0-7081-0301-4.