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

Queensland state election, 7 March 1953 [1] Legislative Assembly << 1950–1956 >>
Enrolled voters		657,349 [1]
Votes cast		616,611		Turnout	93.80	+1.29
Informal votes		7,912		Informal	1.28	+0.17
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	323,882	53.21%	+6.34	50	+ 8
	Liberal	129,633	21.30%	–8.61	8	– 3
	Country	114,124	18.75%	–0.50	15	– 5
	North Queensland Labor	6,680	1.10%	–0.12	1	± 0
	Social Credit	4,103	0.67%	+0.67	0	± 0
	Communist	3,948	0.65%	+0.28	0	± 0
	Ind. Labor	824	0.13%	–0.42	0	± 0
	Independent	25,505	4.19%	+2.90	1	± 0
Total		608,699			75

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

Results by electoral district

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1953: Mackay ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Fred Graham	4,586	64.5	+9.5
	Liberal	Flora Johnson	2,520	35.5	-9.5
Total formal votes			7,106	99.3	+0.1
Informal votes			48	0.7	-0.1
Turnout			7,154	95.9	+3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.5

Mackenzie

Queensland state election, 1953: Mackenzie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Paddy Whyte	2,420	55.0	+3.7
	Country	James Lawrence	1,978	45.0	-3.7
Total formal votes			4,398	99.2	+0.5
Informal votes			36	0.8	-0.5
Turnout			4,434	90.1	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

Marodian

Queensland state election, 1953: Marodian

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	James Heading	5,748	67.6	-2.2
	Labor	Sydney Campbell	2,754	32.4	+2.2
Total formal votes			8,502	99.1	-0.3
Informal votes			79	0.9	+0.3
Turnout			8,581	93.3	+3.1
	Country hold		Swing	-2.2

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1953: Maryborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	David Farrell	5,429	56.0	-9.5
	Independent	Cyril Tanner	4,178	43.1	+43.1
	Communist	Charles Reed	92	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			9,699	97.8	-0.2
Informal votes			214	2.2	+0.2
Turnout			9,913	97.5	+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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Horace Davies	5,730	61.2	+5.2
	Independent	Ralph Stafford	3,640	38.8	+38.8
Total formal votes			9,370	98.5	+0.7
Informal votes			141	1.5	-0.7
Turnout			9,511	91.7	-5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1953: Merthyr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Moore	6,110	63.8	+7.8
	Liberal	William Knox	3,470	36.2	-7.8
Total formal votes			9,580	98.7	0.0
Informal votes			129	1.3	0.0
Turnout			9,709	93.9	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.8

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1953: Mirani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Ernie Evans	4,332	57.9	-5.1
	Labor	Roger Scanlan	3,146	42.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			7,478	99.0	-0.3
Informal votes			74	1.0	+0.3
Turnout			7,552	94.8	+2.6
	Country hold		Swing	-5.1

Mount Coot-tha

Queensland state election, 1953: Mount Coot-tha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Kenneth Morris	7,484	57.3	-2.8
	Labor	Vlad Darveniza	5,578	42.7	+2.8
Total formal votes			13,062	98.8	-0.2
Informal votes			163	1.2	+0.2
Turnout			13,225	94.2	+0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.8

Mount Gravatt

Queensland state election, 1953: Mount Gravatt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Felix Dittmer	12,203	63.5	+11.2
	Liberal	Daniel Rowley	6,635	34.5	-11.5
	Communist	George Bordujenko	386	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			19,224	98.7	+0.1
Informal votes			259	1.3	-0.1
Turnout			19,483	93.6	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.6

Mourilyan

Queensland state election, 1953: Mourilyan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Peter Byrne	4,867	67.3	+23.8
	Country	John Castor	2,142	29.6	-9.0
	Communist	Bertie Clark	227	3.1	-0.6
Total formal votes			7,236	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			58	0.8	0.0
Turnout			7,294	94.1	+2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+16.4

Mulgrave

Queensland state election, 1953: Mulgrave

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Charles English	3,716	51.1	+7.1
	Country	Bob Watson	3,553	48.9	+0.1
Total formal votes			7,269	98.7	-0.2
Informal votes			99	1.3	+0.2
Turnout			7,368	92.9	+2.0
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+3.7

Mundingburra

Queensland state election, 1953: Mundingburra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	NQ Labor	Tom Aikens	4,372	52.5	+9.9
	Labor	Daniel Gleeson	2,303	27.7	+3.8
	Liberal	Christopher Wordsworth	1,647	19.8	-13.9
Total formal votes			8,322	99.3	+0.6
Informal votes			56	0.7	-0.6
Turnout			8,378	94.8	+2.5
	NQ Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1953: Murrumba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	David Nicholson	6,564	57.8	-7.3
	Labor	Kenneth Griffith	4,801	42.2	+7.3
Total formal votes			11,365	99.2	+0.3
Informal votes			89	0.8	-0.3
Turnout			11,454	92.5	-0.7
	Country hold		Swing	-7.3

Nash

Queensland state election, 1953: Nash

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Greg Kehoe	5,583	56.1	+6.0
	Liberal	Ronald Witham	4,373	43.9	-6.0
Total formal votes			9,956	99.2	-0.2
Informal votes			75	0.8	+0.2
Turnout			10,031	94.2	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.0

Norman

Queensland state election, 1953: Norman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Baxter	6,447	59.2	+10.4
	Liberal	Rex Brock	4,446	40.8	-10.4
Total formal votes			10,893	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			116	1.1	0.0
Turnout			11,009	93.9	+0.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.4

North Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1953: North Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Les Wood	5,649	61.8	+7.4
	Liberal	John Groom	3,486	38.2	-7.4
Total formal votes			9,135	99.1	-0.1
Informal votes			82	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			9,217	93.7	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.4

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1953: Nundah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Roberts	6,882	61.9	+9.6
	Liberal	Nellie Taylor	4,232	38.1	-9.6
Total formal votes			11,114	98.6	-0.3
Informal votes			162	1.4	+0.3
Turnout			11,276	94.5	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.6

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1953: Port Curtis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jim Burrows	6,241	67.8	+10.0
	Liberal	Julia Hinds	2,970	32.2	-10.0
Total formal votes			9,211	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			69	0.8	0.0
Turnout			9,280	95.3	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.0

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1953: Rockhampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	James Larcombe	5,457	61.8	+10.5
	Liberal	Thomas Donohoe	3,141	35.6	-13.0
	Independent	Thomas Kelly	227	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			8,825	99.0	0.0
Informal votes			88	1.0	0.0
Turnout			8,913	95.1	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.2

Roma

Queensland state election, 1953: Roma

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Alfred Dohring	2,555	51.6	+4.9
	Country	William Ewan	2,393	48.4	-4.9
Total formal votes			4,948	99.3	+0.4
Informal votes			35	0.7	-0.4
Turnout			4,983	94.1	+0.4
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+4.9

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1953: Sandgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Herbert Robinson	8,047	55.9	+9.9
	Liberal	Eric Decker	6,338	44.1	-9.9
Total formal votes			14,385	98.6	0.0
Informal votes			209	1.4	0.0
Turnout			14,594	94.0	-0.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.9

Sherwood

Queensland state election, 1953: Sherwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Tom Kerr	6,830	50.5	-7.9
	Labor	Robert Mansfield	6,552	48.5	+6.9
	Independent	Pablo O'Dowd	141	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			13,523	98.8	-0.4
Informal votes			169	1.2	+0.4
Turnout			13,692	94.2	+0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.4

Somerset

Queensland state election, 1953: Somerset

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Alexander Skinner	4,522	51.0	+8.8
	Country	James Brough	4,353	49.0	-8.8
Total formal votes			8,875	99.1	-0.1
Informal votes			78	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			8,953	93.9	+0.4
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+8.8

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1953: South Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Vince Gair	5,847	64.6	+8.1
	Liberal	Geoffrey Wadeson	2,787	30.8	-12.7
	Independent	John Parker	418	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			9,052	98.5	-0.4
Informal votes			134	1.5	+0.4
Turnout			9,186	90.4	-1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.2

Southport

Queensland state election, 1953: Southport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Eric Gaven	6,089	60.2	+11.2
	Labor	Edgar Hill	4,031	39.8	+11.0
Total formal votes			10,120	99.3	-0.3
Informal votes			74	0.7	+0.3
Turnout			10,194	93.2	+2.2
	Country hold		Swing	-2.8

Tablelands

Queensland state election, 1953: Tablelands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harold Collins	5,165	66.3	+12.7
	Country	James Baldock	2,412	30.9	-8.9
	Communist	Richard Anear	217	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			7,794	99.1	-0.2
Informal votes			72	0.9	+0.2
Turnout			7,866	91.4	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.8

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1953: Toowong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alan Munro	7,135	62.8	-4.2
	Labor	Frank Venables	4,234	37.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			11,369	98.8	-0.3
Informal votes			136	1.2	+0.3
Turnout			11,505	94.0	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.2

Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1953: Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jack Duggan	6,086	66.1	+10.4
	Liberal	Frank Farnell	3,123	33.9	-10.4
Total formal votes			9,209	99.2	+0.2
Informal votes			71	0.8	-0.2
Turnout			9,280	93.5	+3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.4

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1953: Townsville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Keyatta	3,786	58.4	+6.8
	Liberal	Archibald Hooper	1,713	26.4	-12.0
	NQ Labor	Kevin Gormley	782	12.1	+4.9
	Communist	Hugh Fay	200	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			6,481	98.7	+0.1
Informal votes			85	1.3	-0.1
Turnout			6,566	92.4	+5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.5

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1953: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Dufficy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1953: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,651	64.8	-3.6
	Labor	John O'Brien	3,069	35.2	+3.6
Total formal votes			8,720	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			67	0.8	0.0
Turnout			8,787	95.7	+2.3
	Country hold		Swing	-3.6

Whitsunday

Queensland state election, 1953: Whitsunday

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Lloyd Roberts	3,878	49.5	+4.2
	Labor	Hugh MacLennan	3,510	44.8	+8.3
	Communist	Jim Henderson	443	5.7	-7.0
Total formal votes			7,831	99.2	+0.2
Informal votes			65	0.8	-0.2
Turnout			7,896	94.1	+2.5
	Country hold		Swing	-2.9

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1953: Windsor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Rasey	6,011	60.2	+10.1
	Liberal	John Cutting	3,980	39.8	-10.1
Total formal votes			9,901	98.9	-0.2
Informal votes			108	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			10,009	94.1	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.1

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1953: Wynnum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Gunn	9,261	69.5	+8.5
	Liberal	Charles Mengel	4,066	30.5	-8.5
Total formal votes			13,327	98.9	-0.2
Informal votes			152	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			13,479	93.9	-1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.5

Yeronga

Queensland state election, 1953: Yeronga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Winston Noble	6,041	51.2	-7.6
	Labor	Tom Doyle	5,767	48.8	+7.6
Total formal votes			11,808	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			146	1.2	-0.3
Turnout			11,954	95.3	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.6

See also

• Results of the Queensland state election, 1953 (A-L)
• Queensland state election, 1953
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1953
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1953-1956

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.