Results of the Queensland state election, 1947 (L-Z)

Queensland state election, 3 May 1947 [1] Legislative Assembly << 1944–1950 >>
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 L to Z.

Results by electoral district

Logan

Queensland state election, 1947: Logan ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	People's Party	Thomas Hiley	10,034	60.7	+8.0
	Labor	Ferdinand Scholl	6,589	39.3	-8.0
Total formal votes			16,523	99.1	+0.3
Informal votes			145	0.9	-0.3
Turnout			16,668	93.3	+4.2
	People's Party hold		Swing	+8.0

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1947: Mackay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Fred Graham	6,289	60.8	+2.7
	Country	Jack Broughton	4,047	39.2	-2.7
Total formal votes			10,336	99.2	+0.3
Informal votes			87	0.8	-0.3
Turnout			10,423	86.7	+4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.7

Maranoa

Queensland state election, 1947: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Taylor	4,319	59.9	+3.7
	Country	Finlay Skinner	2,896	40.1	-3.7
Total formal votes			7,215	98.6	+0.3
Informal votes			104	1.4	-0.3
Turnout			7,319	86.3	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

Maree

Queensland state election, 1947: Maree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	People's Party	Louis Luckins	5,326	50.6	+50.6
	Labor	Leslie Brown	5,204	49.4	+2.7
Total formal votes			10,530	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			124	1.2	-0.3
Turnout			10,654	92.5	+6.8
	People's Party gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1947: Maryborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	David Farrell	6,015	55.9	-44.1
	People's Party	Frank Lawrence	2,555	23.8	+23.8
	Frank Barnes Labor	Mary De Mattos	2,184	20.3	+20.3
Total formal votes			10,764	98.4
Informal votes			161	1.6
Turnout			10,925	91.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1947: Merthyr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Moore	5,865	55.4	+0.7
	People's Party	Bert Frost	4,726	44.6	-0.7
Total formal votes			10,591	98.3	+0.2
Informal votes			183	1.7	-0.2
Turnout			10,774	90.2	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1947: Mirani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Ernie Evans	4,865	58.1	+25.6
	Labor	Ted Walsh	3,511	41.9	-5.7
Total formal votes			8,376	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			83	1.0	-0.2
Turnout			8,459	90.6	+6.1
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+17.5

Mundingburra

Queensland state election, 1947: Mundingburra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Hermit Park Labor	Tom Aikens	4,541	39.6	+4.0
	Independent	Arthur Coburn	4,296	37.5	+10.7
	Labor	George Parker	2,630	22.9	-5.6
Total formal votes			11,467	99.4	+0.2
Informal votes			67	0.6	-0.2
Turnout			11,534	90.9	+3.7
	Hermit Park Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1947: Murrumba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Frank Nicklin	10,334	75.9	-24.1
	Independent	Samuel Halpin	3,273	24.1	+24.1
Total formal votes			13,607	98.2
Informal votes			249	1.8
Turnout			13,856	91.0
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Nanango

Queensland state election, 1947: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	3,733	42.0	-8.1
	Frank Barnes Labor	Phil Cameron	2,164	24.4	+24.4
	Labor	Daniel Carroll	2,028	22.8	-13.4
	Independent Country	Cliff Edwards	753	8.5	+8.5
	Independent Labor	Samuel Andrewartha	202	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			8,880	99.1	0.0
Informal votes			82	0.9	0.0
Turnout			8,962	93.1	+6.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Normanby

Queensland state election, 1947: Normanby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Foley	3,733	48.4	-6.2
	Country	Bill Rundle	2,990	38.7	-6.7
	Frank Barnes Labor	Cecil Chandler	998	12.9	+12.9
Total formal votes			7,721	99.0	+0.3
Informal votes			80	1.0	-0.3
Turnout			7,801	91.9	+7.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.9

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1947: Nundah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Roberts	7,128	50.8	-0.8
	People's Party	Alex Dewar	6,893	49.2	+0.8
Total formal votes			14,021	98.8	-0.1
Informal votes			165	1.2	+0.1
Turnout			14,186	93.4	+3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.8

Oxley

Queensland state election, 1947: Oxley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	People's Party	Tom Kerr	8,409	59.6	+2.4
	Labor	William Wood	5,699	40.4	-2.4
Total formal votes			14,108	97.8	+0.7
Informal votes			314	2.2	-0.7
Turnout			14,422	93.9	+2.9
	People's Party hold		Swing	+2.4

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1947: Port Curtis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jim Burrows	4,199	41.4	-17.9
	Country	William McGreever	3,871	38.2	-2.5
	Frank Barnes Labor	Peter Neilson	1,520	15.0	+15.0
	Independent	Alec Paterson	432	4.3	+4.3
	Independent	John Daly	120	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			10,142	99.2	+0.3
Informal votes			85	0.8	-0.3
Turnout			10,227	92.5	+5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.3

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1947: Rockhampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	James Larcombe	5,312	50.4	-15.1
	People's Party	Arthur Gordon	2,981	28.3	+28.3
	Independent	Edwin Price	1,193	11.3	+11.3
	Frank Barnes Labor	Arthur Webb	1,060	10.0	+10.0
Total formal votes			10,546	99.3	+1.7
Informal votes			74	0.7	-1.7
Turnout			10,620	92.9	+6.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.4

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1947: Sandgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	People's Party	Eric Decker	7,904	58.3	-1.2
	Labor	Ron McAuliffe	5,664	41.7	+1.2
Total formal votes			13,568	98.8	+0.1
Informal votes			160	1.2	-0.1
Turnout			13,728	93.5	+3.3
	People's Party hold		Swing	-1.2

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1947: South Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Vince Gair	6,072	53.1	-3.2
	People's Party	Winston Noble	5,369	46.9	+3.2
Total formal votes			11,441	98.0	+0.4
Informal votes			234	2.0	-0.4
Turnout			11,675	91.8	+9.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.2

Stanley

Queensland state election, 1947: Stanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Duncan MacDonald	4,894	58.9	-5.3
	Independent	John Hatton	1,863	22.4	+22.4
	Independent	William Walters	1,549	18.7	+18.7
Total formal votes			8,306	99.1	-0.1
Informal votes			75	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			8,381	92.7	+1.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

The Tableland

Queensland state election, 1947: The Tableland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harry Bruce	3,781	49.6	+2.6
	Country	Herbert Trackson	2,955	38.7	+38.7
	Communist	Frank Falls	890	11.7	-11.6
Total formal votes			7,626	98.8	+0.5
Informal votes			96	1.2	-0.5
Turnout			7,722	89.8	+6.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.1

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1947: Toowong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	People's Party	Charles Wanstall	8,375	70.2	+13.6
	Labor	Frank Venables	3,549	29.8	+29.8
Total formal votes			11,924	98.9	+0.4
Informal votes			136	1.1	-0.4
Turnout			12,060	91.9	+0.8
	People's Party hold		Swing	N/A

Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1947: Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jack Duggan	6,878	59.8	-40.2
	People's Party	Victor Boettecher	4,623	40.2	+40.2
Total formal votes			11,501	98.1
Informal votes			225	1.9
Turnout			11,726	86.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1947: Townsville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Keyatta	6,306	67.8	+4.9
	Country	Fred Feather	2,997	32.2	+32.2
Total formal votes			9,303	98.6	+0.1
Informal votes			128	1.4	-0.1
Turnout			9,431	84.4	+2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1947: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harry O'Shea	3,029	49.3	-20.3
	Country	Robert King	2,320	37.7	+7.3
	Independent	Cyril Healy	797	13.0	+13.0
Total formal votes			6,146	98.8	+1.4
Informal votes			72	1.2	-1.4
Turnout			6,128	85.2	+3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-13.0

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1947: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Otto Madsen	4,657	51.7	+6.1
	Labor	John Healy	4,347	48.3	-6.1
Total formal votes			9,004	99.2	+2.5
Informal votes			72	0.8	-2.5
Turnout			9,076	89.7	-0.5
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+6.1

West Moreton

Queensland state election, 1947: West Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Ted Maher	6,893	81.1	+6.5
	Labor	Jack Ryan	1,607	18.9	-6.5
Total formal votes			8,500	99.1	-0.2
Informal votes			75	0.9	+0.2
Turnout			8,575	92.8	+1.5
	Country hold		Swing	+6.5

Wide Bay

Queensland state election, 1947: Wide Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	James Heading	4,953	55.0	-2.1
	Frank Barnes Labor	N F Spence	2,150	23.9	+23.9
	Labor	George Stockwell	1,903	21.1	-21.8
Total formal votes			9,006	99.1	+0.7
Informal votes			80	0.9	-0.7
Turnout			9,086	90.3	+2.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1947: Windsor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	People's Party	Bruce Pie	6,618	58.1	+6.9
	Labor	Erle Wettemeyer	4,766	41.9	+1.1
Total formal votes			11,384	99.0	0.0
Informal votes			109	1.0	0.0
Turnout			11,493	92.4	+2.5
	People's Party hold		Swing	+2.5

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1947: Wynnum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Gunn	8,163	52.7	+16.1
	People's Party	Syd Ewart	4,797	31.0	+3.7
	Independent	Albert Barrett	1,319	8.5	+8.5
	Frank Barnes Labor	Thomas Ebbage	1,208	7.8	+7.8
Total formal votes			15,550	98.2	-0.6
Informal votes			218	1.8	+0.6
Turnout			15,768	92.8	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.8

See also

• Results of the Queensland state election, 1947 (A-K)
• Queensland state election, 1947
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1947
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1947-1950

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.