Results of the Queensland state election, 1950 (M-Z)

Queensland state election, 29 April 1950 [1] Legislative Assembly << 1947–1953 >>
Enrolled voters		688,309 [1]
Votes cast		636,750		Turnout	92.51	+1.76
Informal votes		7,088		Informal	1.11	–0.25
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	295,138	46.87	+3.29	42	+ 7
	Liberal	188,331	29.91	+4.18	11	+ 2
	Country	121,689	19.25	–0.24	20	+ 6
	NQ Labor	7,689	1.22	+0.50	1	± 0
	Ind. Labor	3,509	0.56	–0.52	0	– 1
	Frank Barnes Labor	2,759	0.44	–3.53	0	– 1
	Communist	2,351	0.37	–0.89	0	– 1
	Independent	8,196	1.30	–2.86	1	+ 1
Total		629,662			75

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1950 Queensland state election for electorates from M to Z.

Results by electoral district

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1950: Mackay ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Fred Graham	4,129	55.0
	Liberal	Noel Weder	3,383	45.0
Total formal votes			7,512	99.2
Informal votes			58	0.8
Turnout			7,570	92.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Mackenzie

Queensland state election, 1950: Mackenzie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Paddy Whyte	2,184	51.3
	Country	William Holmes	2,076	48.7
Total formal votes			4,260	98.7
Informal votes			54	1.3
Turnout			4,314	89.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Marodian

Queensland state election, 1950: Marodian

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	James Heading	6,209	69.8
	Labor	Thomas Williams	2,686	30.2
Total formal votes			8,895	99.4
Informal votes			53	0.6
Turnout			8,948	90.2
	Country hold		Swing

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1950: Maryborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	David Farrell	6,397	65.5
	Liberal	Robert Hunter	3,377	34.5
Total formal votes			9,774	98.0
Informal votes			203	2.0
Turnout			9,977	96.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1950: Merthyr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Moore	5,948	56.0
	Liberal	Albert Rees	4,669	44.0
Total formal votes			10,617	98.7
Informal votes			134	1.3
Turnout			10,751	93.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1950: Mirani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Ernie Evans	4,709	63.0
	Labor	Matthew O'Neill	2,764	37.0
Total formal votes			7,473	99.3
Informal votes			52	0.7
Turnout			7,525	92.2
	Country hold		Swing

Mount Coot-tha

Queensland state election, 1950: Mount Coot-tha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Kenneth Morris	7,032	60.1
	Labor	Bryan Hurley	4,668	39.9
Total formal votes			11,700	99.0
Informal votes			117	1.0
Turnout			11,817	93.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mount Gravatt

Queensland state election, 1950: Mount Gravatt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Felix Dittmer	6,702	52.3
	Liberal	Edward Knoblanch	5,890	46.0
	Independent	Donald Orr	215	1.7
Total formal votes			12,807	98.6
Informal votes			186	1.4
Turnout			12,993	92.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Mourilyan

Queensland state election, 1950: Mourilyan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Peter Byrne	3,168	43.5
	Country	Andrew Laurie	2,812	38.6
	NQ Labor	William Batchelor	1,028	14.1
	Communist	Les Sullivan	271	3.7
Total formal votes			7,279	99.2
Informal votes			60	0.8
Turnout			7,339	91.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Mulgrave

Queensland state election, 1950: Mulgrave

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Bob Watson	3,559	48.8
	Labor	Charles English	3,208	44.0
	NQ Labor	George Groth	345	4.7
	Communist	Frank Falls	175	2.4
Total formal votes			7,287	98.9
Informal votes			84	1.1
Turnout			7,371	90.9
	Country hold		Swing

Mundingburra

Queensland state election, 1950: Mundingburra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	NQ Labor	Tom Aikens	3,348	42.6
	Liberal	William Brackin	2,664	33.7
	Labor	Jim Mahony	1,889	23.9
Total formal votes			7,901	98.7
Informal votes			105	1.3
Turnout			8,006	92.3
	NQ Labor hold		Swing

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1950: Murrumba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	David Nicholson	6,680	65.1
	Labor	Eric Lloyd	3,579	34.9
Total formal votes			10,259	98.9
Informal votes			111	1.1
Turnout			10,370	93.2
	Country hold		Swing

Nash

Queensland state election, 1950: Nash

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Thomas Dunstan	4,584	50.1
	Liberal	Ronald Witham	4,559	49.9
Total formal votes			9,143	99.4
Informal votes			52	0.6
Turnout			9,195	94.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Norman

Queensland state election, 1950: Norman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Louis Luckins	5,593	51.2
	Labor	Edward Falk	5,339	48.8
Total formal votes			10,932	98.9
Informal votes			121	1.1
Turnout			11,053	93.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

North Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1950: North Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Les Wood	4,992	54.4
	Liberal	Ralph Weppner	4,178	45.6
Total formal votes			9,170	99.2
Informal votes			70	0.8
Turnout			9,240	89.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1950: Nundah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Roberts	5,624	52.3
	Liberal	William Cook	5,122	47.7
Total formal votes			10,746	98.9
Informal votes			123	1.1
Turnout			10,869	93.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1950: Port Curtis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jim Burrows	5,296	57.8
	Liberal	Harold Jensen	3,871	42.2
Total formal votes			9,167	99.2
Informal votes			70	0.8
Turnout			9,237	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1950: Rockhampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	James Larcombe	4,709	51.3
	Liberal	Ron Diamond	4,464	48.7
Total formal votes			9,173	99.0
Informal votes			90	1.0
Turnout			9,263	92.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Roma

Queensland state election, 1950: Roma

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	William Ewan	2,631	53.3
	Labor	James Kane	2,308	46.7
Total formal votes			4,939	98.9
Informal votes			54	1.1
Turnout			4,993	93.7
	Country hold		Swing

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1950: Sandgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Eric Decker	6,193	54.0
	Labor	Herbert Robinson	5,273	46.0
Total formal votes			11,466	98.6
Informal votes			168	1.4
Turnout			11,634	94.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sherwood

Queensland state election, 1950: Sherwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Tom Kerr	6,765	58.4
	Labor	Robert Mansfield	4,813	41.6
Total formal votes			11,578	99.2
Informal votes			96	0.8
Turnout			11,674	93.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Somerset

Queensland state election, 1950: Somerset

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Duncan MacDonald	5,113	57.7
	Labor	John Perrett	3,740	42.3
Total formal votes			8,853	99.2
Informal votes			72	0.8
Turnout			8,925	93.5
	Country hold		Swing

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1950: South Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Vince Gair	5,651	56.5
	Liberal	Allan McLeod	4,347	43.5
Total formal votes			9,998	98.9
Informal votes			115	1.1
Turnout			10,113	91.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Southport

Queensland state election, 1950: Southport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Eric Gaven	4,768	49.0
	Labor	Edgar Hill	2,800	28.8
	Independent	William Elson-Green	2,167	22.3
Total formal votes			9,735	99.6
Informal votes			36	0.4
Turnout			9,771	91.0
	Country hold		Swing

Tablelands

Queensland state election, 1950: Tablelands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harold Collins	4,033	53.6
	Country	John Gargan	2,992	39.8
	NQ Labor	Tom Mackey	496	6.6
Total formal votes			7,521	99.3
Informal votes			50	0.7
Turnout			7,571	89.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1950: Toowong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alan Munro	7,101	67.0
	Labor	Frank Venables	3,494	33.0
Total formal votes			10,595	99.1
Informal votes			94	0.9
Turnout			10,689	93.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1950: Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jack Duggan	4,858	55.7
	Liberal	Ralph Knight	3,870	44.3
Total formal votes			8,739	99.0
Informal votes			78	1.0
Turnout			8,817	90.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1950: Townsville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Keyatta	3,699	51.6
	Liberal	John Taaffe	2,753	38.4
	NQ Labor	Pat Rooney	517	7.2
	Independent	Robert Baker	198	2.8
Total formal votes			7,167	98.6
Informal votes			99	1.4
Turnout			7,266	86.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1950: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harry O'Shea	2,829	65.0
	Country	Ernest Parr	1,522	35.0
Total formal votes			4,351	98.7
Informal votes			56	1.3
Turnout			4,407	86.1
	Labor hold		Swing

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of Harry O'Shea. It was held on 3 March 1951.

Warrego state by-election, 1951

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Dufficy	2,223	70.1	+5.1
	Country	Victor Boettcher	850	26.8	-8.2
	Independent	John Sullivan	96	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			3,169	99.4	+0.7
Informal votes			18	0.6	-0.7
Turnout			3,187
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1950: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,965	68.4
	Labor	Terry Keane	2,758	31.6
Total formal votes			8,723	99.2
Informal votes			67	0.8
Turnout			8,790	93.4
	Country hold		Swing

Whitsunday

Queensland state election, 1950: Whitsunday

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Lloyd Roberts	3,416	45.3
	Labor	John Casey	2,748	36.5
	Communist	Fred Paterson	957	12.7
	Independent	Michael McColl	411	5.5
Total formal votes			7,532	99.0
Informal votes			76	1.0
Turnout			7,608	91.6
	Country hold		Swing

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1950: Windsor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Rasey	5,213	50.1
	Liberal	Alexander Devene	5,184	49.9
Total formal votes			10,397	99.1
Informal votes			94	0.9
Turnout			10,491	93.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1950: Wynnum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Gunn	7,103	61.0
	Liberal	Bill Dart	4,548	39.0
Total formal votes			11,651	99.1
Informal votes			105	0.9
Turnout			11,756	95.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Yeronga

Queensland state election, 1950: Yeronga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Winston Noble	6,504	58.8
	Labor	Thomas Doyle	4,550	41.2
Total formal votes			11,054	98.5
Informal votes			164	1.5
Turnout			11,218	93.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

See also

• Results of the Queensland state election, 1950 (A-L)
• Queensland state election, 1950
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1950
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1950-1953

References

1. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 29 April 1950" . 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.