Results of the Queensland state election, 1953 (M-Z)

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Queensland state election, 7 March 1953 [1]
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Enrolled voters657,349 [1]
Votes cast616,611 Turnout 93.80+1.29
Informal votes7,912Informal1.28+0.17
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes%SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 323,88253.21%+6.3450+ 8
  Liberal 129,63321.30%–8.618– 3
  Country 114,12418.75%–0.5015– 5
  North Queensland Labor 6,6801.10%–0.121± 0
  Social Credit 4,1030.67%+0.670± 0
  Communist 3,9480.65%+0.280± 0
 Ind. Labor8240.13%–0.420± 0
  Independent 25,5054.19%+2.901± 0
Total608,699  75 

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1953 Queensland state election for electorates from M to Z.

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

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1953: Mackay [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Fred Graham 4,58664.5+9.5
Liberal Flora Johnson2,52035.5-9.5
Total formal votes7,10699.3+0.1
Informal votes480.7-0.1
Turnout 7,15495.9+3.8
Labor hold Swing +9.5

Mackenzie

Queensland state election, 1953: Mackenzie
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Paddy Whyte 2,42055.0+3.7
Country James Lawrence1,97845.0-3.7
Total formal votes4,39899.2+0.5
Informal votes360.8-0.5
Turnout 4,43490.1+1.1
Labor hold Swing +3.7

Marodian

Queensland state election, 1953: Marodian
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country James Heading 5,74867.6-2.2
Labor Sydney Campbell2,75432.4+2.2
Total formal votes8,50299.1-0.3
Informal votes790.9+0.3
Turnout 8,58193.3+3.1
Country hold Swing -2.2

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1953: Maryborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor David Farrell 5,42956.0-9.5
Independent Cyril Tanner4,17843.1+43.1
Communist Charles Reed920.9+0.9
Total formal votes9,69997.8-0.2
Informal votes2142.2+0.2
Turnout 9,91397.5+0.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

By-election

  • This by-election was caused by the death of David Farrell. It was held on 28 November 1953.
Maryborough state by-election, 1953
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Horace Davies 5,73061.2+5.2
Independent Ralph Stafford3,64038.8+38.8
Total formal votes9,37098.5+0.7
Informal votes1411.5-0.7
Turnout 9,51191.7-5.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1953: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Bill Moore 6,11063.8+7.8
Liberal William Knox 3,47036.2-7.8
Total formal votes9,58098.70.0
Informal votes1291.30.0
Turnout 9,70993.9+0.5
Labor hold Swing +7.8

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1953: Mirani
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Ernie Evans 4,33257.9-5.1
Labor Roger Scanlan3,14642.1+5.1
Total formal votes7,47899.0-0.3
Informal votes741.0+0.3
Turnout 7,55294.8+2.6
Country hold Swing -5.1

Mount Coot-tha

Queensland state election, 1953: Mount Coot-tha
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Kenneth Morris 7,48457.3-2.8
Labor Vlad Darveniza5,57842.7+2.8
Total formal votes13,06298.8-0.2
Informal votes1631.2+0.2
Turnout 13,22594.2+0.4
Liberal hold Swing -2.8

Mount Gravatt

Queensland state election, 1953: Mount Gravatt
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Felix Dittmer 12,20363.5+11.2
Liberal Daniel Rowley6,63534.5-11.5
Communist George Bordujenko3862.0+2.0
Total formal votes19,22498.7+0.1
Informal votes2591.3-0.1
Turnout 19,48393.6+1.5
Labor hold Swing +11.6

Mourilyan

Queensland state election, 1953: Mourilyan
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Peter Byrne 4,86767.3+23.8
Country John Castor2,14229.6-9.0
Communist Bertie Clark2273.1-0.6
Total formal votes7,23699.20.0
Informal votes580.80.0
Turnout 7,29494.1+2.5
Labor hold Swing +16.4

Mulgrave

Queensland state election, 1953: Mulgrave
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Charles English 3,71651.1+7.1
Country Bob Watson 3,55348.9+0.1
Total formal votes7,26998.7-0.2
Informal votes991.3+0.2
Turnout 7,36892.9+2.0
Labor gain from Country Swing +3.7

Mundingburra

Queensland state election, 1953: Mundingburra
PartyCandidateVotes%±
NQ Labor Tom Aikens 4,37252.5+9.9
Labor Daniel Gleeson2,30327.7+3.8
Liberal Christopher Wordsworth1,64719.8-13.9
Total formal votes8,32299.3+0.6
Informal votes560.7-0.6
Turnout 8,37894.8+2.5
NQ Labor hold Swing N/A

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1953: Murrumba
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country David Nicholson 6,56457.8-7.3
Labor Kenneth Griffith4,80142.2+7.3
Total formal votes11,36599.2+0.3
Informal votes890.8-0.3
Turnout 11,45492.5-0.7
Country hold Swing -7.3

Nash

Queensland state election, 1953: Nash
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Greg Kehoe 5,58356.1+6.0
Liberal Ronald Witham4,37343.9-6.0
Total formal votes9,95699.2-0.2
Informal votes750.8+0.2
Turnout 10,03194.2+0.1
Labor hold Swing +6.0

Norman

Queensland state election, 1953: Norman
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Bill Baxter 6,44759.2+10.4
Liberal Rex Brock4,44640.8-10.4
Total formal votes10,89398.90.0
Informal votes1161.10.0
Turnout 11,00993.9+0.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +10.4

North Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1953: North Toowoomba
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Les Wood 5,64961.8+7.4
Liberal John Groom3,48638.2-7.4
Total formal votes9,13599.1-0.1
Informal votes820.9+0.1
Turnout 9,21793.7+4.7
Labor hold Swing +7.4

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1953: Nundah
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Frank Roberts 6,88261.9+9.6
Liberal Nellie Taylor4,23238.1-9.6
Total formal votes11,11498.6-0.3
Informal votes1621.4+0.3
Turnout 11,27694.5+0.7
Labor hold Swing +9.6

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1953: 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

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1953: Rockhampton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor James Larcombe 5,45761.8+10.5
Liberal Thomas Donohoe3,14135.6-13.0
Independent Thomas Kelly2272.6+2.6
Total formal votes8,82599.00.0
Informal votes881.00.0
Turnout 8,91395.1+2.2
Labor hold Swing +12.2

Roma

Queensland state election, 1953: Roma
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Alfred Dohring 2,55551.6+4.9
Country William Ewan 2,39348.4-4.9
Total formal votes4,94899.3+0.4
Informal votes350.7-0.4
Turnout 4,98394.1+0.4
Labor gain from Country Swing +4.9

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1953: Sandgate
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Herbert Robinson 8,04755.9+9.9
Liberal Eric Decker 6,33844.1-9.9
Total formal votes14,38598.60.0
Informal votes2091.40.0
Turnout 14,59494.0-0.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +9.9

Sherwood

Queensland state election, 1953: Sherwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Tom Kerr 6,83050.5-7.9
Labor Robert Mansfield6,55248.5+6.9
Independent Pablo O'Dowd1411.0+1.0
Total formal votes13,52398.8-0.4
Informal votes1691.2+0.4
Turnout 13,69294.2+0.8
Liberal hold Swing -7.4

Somerset

Queensland state election, 1953: Somerset
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Alexander Skinner 4,52251.0+8.8
Country James Brough4,35349.0-8.8
Total formal votes8,87599.1-0.1
Informal votes780.9+0.1
Turnout 8,95393.9+0.4
Labor gain from Country Swing +8.8

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1953: South Brisbane
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Vince Gair 5,84764.6+8.1
Liberal Geoffrey Wadeson2,78730.8-12.7
Independent John Parker4184.6+4.6
Total formal votes9,05298.5-0.4
Informal votes1341.5+0.4
Turnout 9,18690.4-1.5
Labor hold Swing +11.2

Southport

Queensland state election, 1953: Southport
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Eric Gaven 6,08960.2+11.2
Labor Edgar Hill4,03139.8+11.0
Total formal votes10,12099.3-0.3
Informal votes740.7+0.3
Turnout 10,19493.2+2.2
Country hold Swing -2.8

Tablelands

Queensland state election, 1953: Tablelands
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Harold Collins 5,16566.3+12.7
Country James Baldock2,41230.9-8.9
Communist Richard Anear2172.8+2.8
Total formal votes7,79499.1-0.2
Informal votes720.9+0.2
Turnout 7,86691.4+1.5
Labor hold Swing +10.8

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1953: Toowong
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Alan Munro 7,13562.8-4.2
Labor Frank Venables4,23437.2+4.2
Total formal votes11,36998.8-0.3
Informal votes1361.2+0.3
Turnout 11,50594.0+0.6
Liberal hold Swing -4.2

Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1953: Toowoomba
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Jack Duggan 6,08666.1+10.4
Liberal Frank Farnell3,12333.9-10.4
Total formal votes9,20999.2+0.2
Informal votes710.8-0.2
Turnout 9,28093.5+3.0
Labor hold Swing +10.4

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1953: Townsville
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor George Keyatta 3,78658.4+6.8
Liberal Archibald Hooper1,71326.4-12.0
NQ Labor Kevin Gormley78212.1+4.9
Communist Hugh Fay2003.1+3.1
Total formal votes6,48198.7+0.1
Informal votes851.3-0.1
Turnout 6,56692.4+5.8
Labor hold Swing +11.5

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1953: Warrego
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor John Dufficy unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1953: Warwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Otto Madsen 5,65164.8-3.6
Labor John O'Brien3,06935.2+3.6
Total formal votes8,72099.20.0
Informal votes670.80.0
Turnout 8,78795.7+2.3
Country hold Swing -3.6

Whitsunday

Queensland state election, 1953: Whitsunday
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Lloyd Roberts 3,87849.5+4.2
Labor Hugh MacLennan3,51044.8+8.3
Communist Jim Henderson4435.7-7.0
Total formal votes7,83199.2+0.2
Informal votes650.8-0.2
Turnout 7,89694.1+2.5
Country hold Swing -2.9

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1953: Windsor
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Tom Rasey 6,01160.2+10.1
Liberal John Cutting3,98039.8-10.1
Total formal votes9,90198.9-0.2
Informal votes1081.1+0.2
Turnout 10,00994.1+0.5
Labor hold Swing +10.1

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1953: Wynnum
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Bill Gunn 9,26169.5+8.5
Liberal Charles Mengel4,06630.5-8.5
Total formal votes13,32798.9-0.2
Informal votes1521.1+0.2
Turnout 13,47993.9-1.2
Labor hold Swing +8.5

Yeronga

Queensland state election, 1953: Yeronga
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Winston Noble 6,04151.2-7.6
Labor Tom Doyle5,76748.8+7.6
Total formal votes11,80898.8+0.3
Informal votes1461.2-0.3
Turnout 11,95495.3+1.7
Liberal hold Swing -7.6

See also

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References

  1. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 7 March 1953" . Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  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.