Results_of_the_Queensland_state_election,_1918

Results of the 1918 Queensland state election

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This is a list of electoral district results for the 1918 Queensland state election.

Queensland state election, 16 March 1918^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1915–1920 >>
Enrolled voters		424,416
Votes cast		336,647		Turnout	80.27	-7.87
Informal votes		N/A		Informal	1.18	-0.39
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	180,709	53.68	+1.62	48	+3
	National	150,225	44.62	+2.65	22	+1
	Independent	3,311	0.98	+0.06	2	+1
Total		336,647			72

At the time, the voting system in Queensland was based on contingency voting, which was similar to the modern optional preferential voting system. In electorates with 3 or more candidates, preferences were not distributed if a candidate received more than 50% of the primary vote.

If none received more than 50%, all except the top two candidates were eliminated from the count and their preferences distributed between the two leaders, with the one receiving the most votes declared the winner.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	John Appel	2,999	62.1	+62.1
	Labor	William Lawson	1,832	37.9	+37.9
Total formal votes			4,831	99.1
Informal votes			43	0.9
Turnout			4,874	80.4
	National gain from Farmers' Union		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Arthur Edward Moore	2,096	51.7	+24.3
	Labor	James Desmond	1,958	48.3	+20.1
Total formal votes			4,054	99.3	+2.8
Informal votes			26	0.7	-2.8
Turnout			4,080	85.2	-3.1
	National gain from Farmers' Union		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Land	1,720	60.9	-39.1
	National	David Roberts	1,104	39.1	+39.1
Total formal votes			2,824	98.8
Informal votes			35	1.2
Turnout			2,859	67.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	T. J. Ryan	2,548	73.8	-3.6
	National	Henry Buchanan	907	26.2	+3.6
Total formal votes			3,455	98.8	+1.5
Informal votes			43	1.2	-1.5
Turnout			3,498	73.1	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Bulcock	1,632	74.7	+0.9
	Primary Producers	John Boland	552	25.3	+25.3
Total formal votes			2,184	98.8	0.0
Informal votes			26	1.2	0.0
Turnout			2,210
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Collins	3,046	59.4	+1.9
	National	John Mann	2,080	40.6	-1.9
Total formal votes			5,126	99.0	+1.3
Informal votes			53	1.0	-1.3
Turnout			5,179	77.3	-2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Cooper	3,678	66.0	+4.5
	National	Edwin Little	1,897	34.0	-4.5
Total formal votes			5,575	98.8	-0.1
Informal votes			65	1.2	+0.1
Turnout			5,640	89.3	-4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Kirwan	3,273	60.6	-0.2
	National	Norman Warrall	2,126	39.4	+0.2
Total formal votes			5,399	97.9	+0.7
Informal votes			116	2.1	-0.7
Turnout			5,515	61.7	-20.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Walter Barnes	5,018	51.3	+2.9
	Labor	Hugh McMinn	4,649	47.5	-4.1
	Independent	Joseph Marconi	122	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			9,789	99.1	+0.6
Informal votes			84	0.9	-0.6
Turnout			9,873	86.8	-6.6
	National gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Barber	3,184	66.5	-2.5
	National	William Foster	1,607	33.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			4,785	99.3	+0.7
Informal votes			36	0.7	-0.7
Turnout			4,821	83.0	-5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Huxham	3,588	60.8	-4.4
	National	William Sparkes	2,309	39.2	+4.4
Total formal votes			5,897	99.3	+1.4
Informal votes			42	0.7	-1.4
Turnout			5,939	85.4	-6.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Darby Riordan	886	59.0	+10.8
	Independent	William Murphy	617	41.0	-10.8
Total formal votes			1,503	97.4	+1.4
Informal votes			40	2.6	-1.4
Turnout			1,543	73.2	-8.1
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	+10.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bernard Corser	2,642	58.6	+2.5
	Labor	Joseph Warmington	1,865	41.4	-2.5
Total formal votes			4,507	99.3	+0.2
Informal votes			31	0.7	-0.2
Turnout			4,538	83.0	-6.0
	National hold		Swing	+2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Whitford	2,060	51.6	+5.0
	National	Colin Rankin	1,936	48.4	-5.0
Total formal votes			3,996	97.6	-1.2
Informal votes			100	2.4	+1.2
Turnout			4,096	84.0	-6.4
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+5.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William McCormack	3,296	61.4	-9.0
	National	William Griffin	2,075	38.6	+9.0
Total formal votes			5,371	98.4	-0.9
Informal votes			88	1.6	+0.9
Turnout			5,459	76.2	-11.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.0

1918 Queensland state election: Chillagoe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Theodore	1,018	72.8	-6.9
	National	William Worley	380	27.2	+6.9
Total formal votes			1,398	98.7	+1.6
Informal votes			19	1.3	-1.6
Turnout			1,417	78.5	-1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.9

1918 Queensland state election: Cooroora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Harry Walker	3,213	64.5	+3.9
	Labor	Hector Spratt	1,766	35.5	-3.9
Total formal votes			4,979	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			53	1.1	-0.3
Turnout			5,032	80.9	-6.6
	National hold		Swing	+3.9

1918 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Robert Roberts	2,511	51.4	-3.8
	Labor	James MacDougall	2,370	48.6	+3.8
Total formal votes			4,881	98.6	-0.5
Informal votes			70	1.4	+0.5
Turnout			4,951	81.8	-5.2
	National hold		Swing	-3.8

1918 Queensland state election: Enoggera
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Lloyd	3,355	50.8	-5.6
	National	William Wright	3,252	49.2	+5.6
Total formal votes			6,607	98.5	-0.4
Informal votes			99	1.5	+0.4
Turnout			6,706	84.4	-8.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Donald Gunn	2,186	52.2	+1.2
	Labor	Randolph Bedford	1,998	47.8	-1.2
Total formal votes			4,184	99.5	+0.9
Informal votes			20	0.5	-0.9
Turnout			4,204	83.3	-4.3
	National hold		Swing	+1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Wellington	1,583	56.7	-1.6
	National	Robert Wynn Williams	1,209	43.3	+1.6
Total formal votes			2,792	97.8	+0.9
Informal votes			64	2.2	-0.9
Turnout			2,856	79.4	-10.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Henry Ryan	1,621	60.6	+6.7
	National	Walter Anderson	1,054	39.4	-6.7
Total formal votes			2,675	96.7	-1.4
Informal votes			90	3.3	+1.4
Turnout			2,765	74.1	-11.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent National QLD 1917	Francis Grayson	1,713	45.9	+45.9
	Labor	John Moir	1,355	36.3	+36.3
	National	James Purcell	662	17.7	-82.3
Total formal votes			3,730	97.6
Informal votes			93	2.4
Turnout			3,823	81.1
	Independent National QLD 1917 gain from National		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	William Vowles	2,686	56.9	+23.3
	Labor	Austin McKeon	2,033	43.1	+0.6
Total formal votes			4,719	99.4	+1.5
Informal votes			28	0.6	-1.5
Turnout			4,747	79.8	-4.7
	National hold		Swing	+3.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	William Bebbington	2,164	52.7	+52.7
	Labor	Michael Alke	1,940	47.3	+13.2
Total formal votes			4,104	99.1	+1.2
Informal votes			37	0.9	-1.2
Turnout			4,141	84.2	-3.4
	National gain from Farmers' Union		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Gillies	2,041	54.8	-11.7
	National	William Sloan	1,682	45.2	+11.7
Total formal votes			3,723	98.7	+1.5
Informal votes			47	1.3	-1.5
Turnout			3,770	80.2	-6.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-11.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ernest Bell	2,420	53.3	+5.5
	Labor	Joseph Sweeney	2,121	46.7	+23.7
Total formal votes			4,541	99.2	+1.2
Informal votes			35	0.8	-1.2
Turnout			4,576	88.6	-3.5
	National hold		Swing	-7.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Hartley	3,158	54.0	+2.9
	National	Kenneth Grant	2,691	46.0	-2.9
Total formal votes			5,849	98.2	+0.1
Informal votes			106	1.8	-0.1
Turnout			5,955	83.0	-2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mullan	3,171	75.7	-24.3
	National	William Little	1,019	24.3	+24.3
Total formal votes			4,190	98.2
Informal votes			78	1.8
Turnout			4,268	59.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Results_of_the_Queensland_state_election,_1918

Results by electoral district

Albert

Aubigny

Balonne

Barcoo

By-election

Bowen

Bremer

Brisbane

Bulimba

Bundaberg

Buranda

Burke

Burnett

Burrum

Cairns

Carnarvon

Charters Towers

Chillagoe

Cook

Cooroora

Cunningham

Dalby

Drayton

Eacham

East Toowoomba

Enoggera

Fassifern

Fitzroy

Flinders

Fortitude Valley

Gregory

Gympie

Herbert

By-election

Ipswich

Ithaca

Kennedy

Keppel

Kurilpa

Leichhardt

By-election

Lockyer

Logan

Mackay

Maranoa

By-election

Maree

Maryborough

Merthyr

Mitchell

Mirani

Mount Morgan

Mundingburra

Murilla

Murrumba

Musgrave

Nanango

Normanby

Nundah

Oxley

Paddington

Pittsworth

Port Curtis

Queenton

Rockhampton

Rosewood

South Brisbane

Stanley

Toombul

Toowong

Toowoomba

Townsville

Warrego

Warwick

Wide Bay

Windsor

See also

References

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Wilson	3,361	65.5	-2.7
	National	Bernard Revenall-Holland	1,770	34.5	+2.7
Total formal votes			5,131	99.4	+0.8
Informal votes			31	0.6	-0.8
Turnout			5,162	82.4	-7.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Pollock	2,593	70.5	-29.5
	National	Eric Anning	1,084	29.5	+29.5
Total formal votes			3,677	97.2
Informal votes			104	2.8
Turnout			3,781	57.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Dunstan	2,076	56.7	+4.0
	National	Alexander Glasgow	1,585	43.3	-4.0
Total formal votes			3,661	99.0	+0.5
Informal votes			36	1.0	-0.5
Turnout			3,697	87.2	-5.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Lennon	2,304	63.4	-1.2
	National	Ralph Johnson	1,333	36.6	+1.2
Total formal votes			3,637	98.1	+0.4
Informal votes			71	1.9	-0.4
Turnout			3,708	69.3	-11.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Percy Pease	2,134	50.6	-12.8
	National	Hedley Gelston	2,087	49.4	+12.8
Total formal votes			4,221
Informal votes
Turnout
	Labor hold		Swing	-12.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Gledson	3,161	56.5	+3.1
	National	James Blair	2,432	43.5	-3.1
Total formal votes			5,593	98.7	-0.2
Informal votes			71	1.3	+0.2
Turnout			5,664	88.4	-3.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Gilday	3,030	55.5	-8.2
	National	John Morton	2,434	44.5	+8.2
Total formal votes			5,464	98.0	-0.7
Informal votes			112	2.0	+0.7
Turnout			5,576	85.6	-5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James O'Sullivan	1,328	61.1	-6.7
	National	Andrew Taylor	846	38.9	+6.7
Total formal votes			2,174	98.1	+1.2
Informal votes			42	1.9	-1.2
Turnout			2,216	76.5	-14.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Larcombe	2,067	57.8	-9.6
	National	William Thompson	1,512	42.2	+9.6
Total formal votes			3,579	98.6	+0.1
Informal votes			49	1.4	-0.1
Turnout			3,628	83.5	-3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	James Fry	2,819	50.7	+4.8
	Labor	William Hartley	2,745	49.3	-4.8
Total formal votes			5,564	99.0	-0.4
Informal votes			56	1.0	+0.4
Turnout			5,620	84.4	-6.9
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+4.8