Results of the Queensland state election, 1956 (A-L)

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Queensland state election, 19 May 1956^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1953–1957 >> Contents Results by electoral district Aubigny Balonne Barambah Barcoo Baroona Belyando Bremer Brisbane Bulimba Bundaberg Buranda Burdekin Cairns Callide Carnarvon Carpentaria Charters Towers Chermside Clayfield Condamine Cook Cooroora Coorparoo Cunningham Darlington Fassifern Fitzroy Flinders Fortitude Valley Gregory Haughton Hinchinbrook Ipswich Isis Ithaca Kedron Kelvin Grove Keppel Kurilpa Landsborough Lockyer See also References
Enrolled voters		712,508^[1]
Votes cast		662,680		Turnout	93.01	–0.79
Informal votes		8,006		Informal	1.21	–0.07
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	335,311	51.22	–1.99	49	– 1
	Liberal	164,116	25.07	+3.77	8	± 0
	Country	126,183	19.27	+0.53	16	+ 1
	North Queensland Labor	8,625	1.32	+0.22	1	± 0
	Communist	1,332	0.20	–0.45	0	± 0
	Ind. Labor	414	0.06	–0.08	0	± 0
	Independent	18,693	2.86	–0.26	1	± 0
Total		654,674			75

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1956 Queensland state election for electorates from A to L.

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

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1956: Aubigny ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Jim Sparkes	6,409	72.6	+13.3
	Labor	William Alexander	2,423	27.4	+27.4
Total formal votes			8,832	99.3	+0.2
Informal votes			64	0.7	-0.2
Turnout			8,896	95.5	+0.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Balonne

Queensland state election, 1956: Balonne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Taylor	2,616	56.7	-4.5
	Country	Eric McCorkell	1,997	43.3	+4.5
Total formal votes			4,613	98.8	-0.3
Informal votes			57	1.2	+0.3
Turnout			4,670	85.8	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.5

Barambah

Queensland state election, 1956: Barambah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1956: Barcoo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ned Davis	3,008	67.6	-32.4
	Country	Wally Rae	1,444	32.4	+32.4
Total formal votes			4,452	98.8
Informal votes			55	1.2
Turnout			4,507	87.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Baroona

Queensland state election, 1956: Baroona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Power	5,525	64.8	-35.2
	Liberal	Robert Thomasson	2,816	33.0	+33.0
	Communist	Kevin Loughlin	190	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			8,531	98.5
Informal votes			126	1.5
Turnout			8,657	90.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Belyando

Queensland state election, 1956: Belyando
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Foley	2,512	58.7	-41.3
	Country	Timothy Donnelly	1,770	41.3	+41.3
Total formal votes			4,282	99.2
Informal votes			33	0.8
Turnout			4,315	85.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1956: Bremer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jim Donald	7,826	72.7	-27.3
	Liberal	George Groth	2,938	27.3	+27.3
Total formal votes			10,764	98.6
Informal votes			149	1.4
Turnout			10,913	94.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1956: Brisbane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Johnno Mann	4,402	60.0	-15.2
	Liberal	Roger Moore	2,569	35.0	+35.0
	Independent	Peter Day	369	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			7,340	98.2
Informal votes			137	1.8
Turnout			7,477	86.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1956: Bulimba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bob Gardner	7,437	56.7	-7.3
	Liberal	John Mills	5,350	40.7	+4.7
	Independent	Herbert Ricketts	341	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			13,128	98.5	0.0
Informal votes			201	1.5	0.0
Turnout			13,329	95.0	-0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.0

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1956: Bundaberg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ted Walsh	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Buranda

Queensland state election, 1956: Buranda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Dick Brown	5,129	55.5	-8.0
	Liberal	Keith Hooper	4,118	44.5	+8.0
Total formal votes			9,247	99.1	+0.2
Informal votes			86	0.9	-0.2
Turnout			9,333	94.1	-0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.0

Burdekin

Queensland state election, 1956: Burdekin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Arthur Coburn	4,891	63.9	+5.9
	Labor	Henry Skinner	2,546	33.3	-8.7
	Communist	Howard Connors	215	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			7,652	99.1	+0.5
Informal votes			67	0.9	-0.5
Turnout			7,719	94.9	-1.2
	Independent hold		Swing	+7.3

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1956: Cairns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Watty Wallace	4,688	58.9	-0.7
	Country	Harold Mulry	2,258	28.4	-2.9
	Independent	Henry Smallwood	1,008	12.7	+12.7
Total formal votes			7,954	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			88	1.1	-0.3
Turnout			8,042	90.2	-0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.9

Callide

Queensland state election, 1956: Callide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Vince Jones	6,396	65.1	+1.2
	Labor	Eric Willis	3,435	34.9	-1.2
Total formal votes			9,831	98.8	+1.7
Informal votes			116	1.2	-1.7
Turnout			9,947	95.0	-1.9
	Country hold		Swing	+1.2

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1956: Carnarvon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Paul Hilton	5,416	58.2	-3.2
	Country	Fred Rogers	3,896	41.8	+3.2
Total formal votes			9,312	99.3	+0.5
Informal votes			67	0.7	-0.5
Turnout			9,379	92.0	-0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.2

Carpentaria

Queensland state election, 1956: Carpentaria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Norm Smith	3,377	60.1	-2.6
	Country	William Aplin	2,240	39.9	+2.6
Total formal votes			5,617	99.1	0.0
Informal votes			50	0.9	0.0
Turnout			5,667	81.3	-2.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.6

Charters Towers

Queensland state election, 1956: Charters Towers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Arthur Jones	2,766	67.6	-32.4
	Liberal	Jan Karlik	1,329	32.4	+32.4
Total formal votes			4,095	99.0
Informal votes			40	1.0
Turnout			4,135	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Chermside

Queensland state election, 1956: Chermside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alex Dewar	9,617	58.5	+6.9
	Labor	Dudley Ryder	6,831	41.5	-6.9
Total formal votes			16,448	98.6	-0.6
Informal votes			230	1.4	+0.6
Turnout			16,678	94.2	-0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.9

Clayfield

Queensland state election, 1956: Clayfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Harold Taylor	6,888	74.0	-26.0
	Independent	James Ryan	2,420	26.0	+26.0
Total formal votes			9,308	97.4
Informal votes			244	2.6
Turnout			9,552	90.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Condamine

Queensland state election, 1956: Condamine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Les Diplock	5,998	54.9	+4.4
	Country	Stewart Keys	4,919	45.1	-4.4
Total formal votes			10,917	99.5	0.0
Informal votes			57	0.5	0.0
Turnout			10,974	93.4	+0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.4

Cook

Queensland state election, 1956: Cook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bunny Adair	5,433	63.6	+10.5
	Country	John Crossland	3,110	36.4	-10.5
Total formal votes			8,543	98.8	0.0
Informal votes			103	1.2	0.0
Turnout			8,646	89.2	-0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.5

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1956: Cooroora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	David Low	6,396	68.2	-1.9
	Labor	Geoffrey Arnell	2,978	31.8	+1.9
Total formal votes			9,374	99.2	-0.1
Informal votes			72	0.8	+0.1
Turnout			9,446	94.1	-0.5
	Country hold		Swing	-1.9

Coorparoo

Queensland state election, 1956: Coorparoo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Thomas Hiley	7,476	62.0	+4.5
	Labor	Geoffrey Maher	4,588	38.0	-4.5
Total formal votes			12,064	98.9	-0.2
Informal votes			134	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			12,198	94.5	+0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.5

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1956: Cunningham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Alan Fletcher	6,682	64.5	+3.5
	Labor	John McCafferty	3,718	35.5	-3.5
Total formal votes			10,400	99.3	+0.1
Informal votes			73	0.7	-0.1
Turnout			10,473	95.2	+2.0
	Country hold		Swing	+3.5

Darlington

Queensland state election, 1956: Darlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Tom Plunkett	6,823	67.9	+1.3
	Labor	Charles Knoll	3,223	32.1	-1.3
Total formal votes			10,046	98.7	+1.8
Informal votes			130	1.3	-1.8
Turnout			10,176	91.4	-1.9
	Country hold		Swing	+1.3

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1956: Fassifern
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Alf Muller	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Fitzroy

Queensland state election, 1956: Fitzroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jim Clark	5,472	62.6	-6.9
	Liberal	Gerard Davies	3,175	36.3	+7.6
	Communist	Eric Browne	100	1.1	-0.7
Total formal votes			8,747	99.0	-0.1
Informal votes			91	1.0	+0.1
Turnout			8,838	95.5	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.2

Flinders

Queensland state election, 1956: Flinders
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Forde	2,269	58.1	-41.9
	Country	Bill Longeran	1,638	41.9	+41.9
Total formal votes			3,907	99.3
Informal votes			27	0.7
Turnout			3,934	83.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Fortitude Valley

Queensland state election, 1956: Fortitude Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Mick Brosnan	4,963	57.2	-14.9
	Liberal	Bob Windsor	3,518	40.5	+40.5
	Communist	Jim Henderson	202	2.3	-2.4
Total formal votes			8,683	98.9	+1.9
Informal votes			99	1.1	-1.9
Turnout			8,782	91.6	-0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1956: Gregory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Devries	2,847	65.3	-34.7
	Country	Robert Campbell	1,516	34.7	+34.7
Total formal votes			4,363	99.3
Informal votes			32	0.7
Turnout			4,395	85.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Haughton

Queensland state election, 1956: Haughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Colin McCathie	5,737	70.4	+11.2
	Liberal	Edwin Pearse	2,415	29.6	+29.6
Total formal votes			8,152	98.9	-0.5
Informal votes			88	1.1	+0.5
Turnout			8,240	94.7	-1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.4

Hinchinbrook

Queensland state election, 1956: Hinchinbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	4,319	52.1	-7.2
	Liberal	Francis Curro	3,964	47.9	+27.5
Total formal votes			8,283	98.5	+0.3
Informal votes			125	1.5	-0.3
Turnout			8,408	92.6	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-17.3

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1956: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ivor Marsden	5,689	61.2	-33.4
	Liberal	Wylie Gibbs	3,514	37.8	+37.8
	Communist	Mev Welsby	93	1.0	-4.4
Total formal votes			9,296	99.2	+4.6
Informal votes			74	0.8	-4.6
Turnout			9,370	93.9	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Isis

Queensland state election, 1956: Isis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Jack Pizzey	5,753	62.3	+3.6
	Labor	Hylton Salter	3,475	37.7	-3.6
Total formal votes			9,228	98.6	-0.1
Informal votes			131	1.4	+0.1
Turnout			9,359	93.3	-1.3
	Country hold		Swing	+3.6

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1956: Ithaca
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Leonard Eastment	5,967	61.7	-3.3
	Liberal	Alan Edwards	3,711	38.3	+4.7
Total formal votes			9,678	98.6	-0.3
Informal votes			138	1.4	+0.3
Turnout			9,816	94.2	-1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.5

By-election

This by-election was caused by the death of Leonard Eastment. It was held on 8 December 1956.

Leonard Eastment was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Ithaca in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1952 to 1956.

Ithaca state by-election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Pat Hanlon	5,186	59.2	-2.5
	Liberal	Alan Edwards	3,578	40.8	+2.5
Total formal votes			8,764	98.6	0.0
Informal votes			127	1.4	0.0
Turnout			8,891	88.4	-5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.5

Kedron

Queensland state election, 1956: Kedron
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Eric Lloyd	11,283	61.0	-4.8
	Liberal	Albert Johnson	7,215	39.0	+4.8
Total formal votes			18,498	98.8	-0.2
Informal votes			232	1.2	+0.2
Turnout			18,730	95.2	-0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.8

Kelvin Grove

Queensland state election, 1956: Kelvin Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bert Turner	5,355	54.3	-7.6
	Liberal	Douglas Tooth	4,506	45.7	+7.6
Total formal votes			9,861	98.5	+0.1
Informal votes			153	1.5	-0.1
Turnout			10,014	93.9	-0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.6

Keppel

Queensland state election, 1956: Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Viv Cooper	6,790	58.5	+3.1
	Liberal	Tom Griffith	4,820	41.5	+41.5
Total formal votes			11,610	99.2	+0.2
Informal votes			88	0.8	-0.2
Turnout			11,698	95.8	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1956: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Moores	4,785	57.3	-5.4
	Liberal	Doug Berry	3,573	42.7	+12.0
Total formal votes			8,358	98.4	+0.3
Informal votes			133	1.6	-0.3
Turnout			8,491	90.0	-1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.7

Landsborough

Queensland state election, 1956: Landsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Frank Nicklin	7,176	73.1	-26.9
	Labor	Vincent Crosby	2,645	26.9	+26.9
Total formal votes			9,821	98.9
Informal votes			106	1.1
Turnout			9,927	93.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Lockyer

Queensland state election, 1956: Lockyer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gordon Chalk	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

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References

↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 19 May 1956" . Retrieved 25 January 2010.
↑ 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.

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[1] Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 19 May 1956" . 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.

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