Results_of_the_Queensland_state_election,_1947

Results of the 1947 Queensland state election

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This is a list of electoral district results for the 1947 Queensland state election.

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

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Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 3 May 1947". Retrieved 30 December 2009.

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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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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tom Plunkett	8,090	68.6	+17.8
	Labor	John Rosser	3,037	31.4	-0.5
Total formal votes			11,799	98.7	-0.4
Informal votes			159	1.3	+0.4
Turnout			11,958	89.8	+6.0
	Country hold		Swing	+9.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Sparkes	6,140	71.5	+3.3
	Labor	John Tomlinson	2,442	28.5	-3.3
Total formal votes			8,582	98.9	-0.3
Informal votes			92	1.1	+0.3
Turnout			8,674	92.4	+3.8
	Country hold		Swing	+3.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ned Davis	4,137	66.7	-33.3
	People's Party	James Keehan	1,740	28.1	+28.1
	Frank Barnes Labor	Reginald Parnell	323	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			6,200	97.9
Informal votes			134	2.1
Turnout			6,334	88.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Power	5,810	55.5	+0.2
	People's Party	Kenneth Toombes	3,974	37.9	-6.8
	Communist	Max Julius	449	4.3	+4.3
	Independent	Henry Beck	239	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			10,472	98.3	-0.2
Informal votes			178	1.7	+0.2
Turnout			10,650	88.9	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Communist	Fred Paterson	3,331	39.3	-5.1
	Labor	John Barry	2,584	30.5	-8.1
	Country	George McLean	2,551	30.1	+13.2
Total formal votes			8,466	99.3	+0.3
Informal votes			57	0.7	-0.3
Turnout			8,523	93.8	+6.1
	Communist hold		Swing	+2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Donald	6,715	69.3	-30.7
	People's Party	Henry Davidson	2,974	30.7	+30.7
Total formal votes			9,689	98.8
Informal votes			116	1.2
Turnout			9,805	91.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Johnno Mann	4,457	51.0	-7.4
	People's Party	Maurice Mitchell	3,310	37.8	-3.8
	Independent Labor	Charles Coward	981	11.2	+11.2
Total formal votes			8,748	97.9	+0.3
Informal votes			185	2.1	-0.3
Turnout			8,933	86.9	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	George Marriott	5,544	42.8	+1.0
	People's Party	Hilda Brotherton	3,828	29.5	-4.1
	Labor	Bob Gardner	3,588	27.7	+3.2
Total formal votes			12,960	98.1	+2.1
Informal votes			244	1.9	-2.1
Turnout			13,204	94.0	-0.8
	Independent Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Frank Barnes Labor	Frank Barnes	4,828	40.4	+0.4
	Labor	Viv Brown	3,940	33.0	-0.4
	People's Party	Geoffrey Boreham	3,185	26.6	+5.4
Total formal votes			11,953	99.4	+1.1
Informal votes			73	0.6	-1.1
Turnout			12,026	91.8	+3.5
	Frank Barnes Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Brown	6,210	52.9	+2.2
	People's Party	William Scott	5,525	47.1	-2.2
Total formal votes			11,735	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			127	1.1	0.0
Turnout			11,862	92.5	+3.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Crowley	4,246	40.0	+5.6
	Country	Ian MacKinnon	3,307	31.2	+31.2
	Frank Barnes Labor	Lou Barnes	3,061	28.8	-36.8
Total formal votes			10,614	99.1	+0.3
Informal votes			100	0.9	-0.3
Turnout			10,714	82.5	+2.9
	Labor gain from Frank Barnes Labor		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Hilton	4,380	52.7	-3.9
	Country	Harold Phillips	3,930	47.3	+3.9
Total formal votes			8,310	99.1	+4.0
Informal votes			77	0.9	-4.0
Turnout			8,387	87.8	-0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norm Smith	3,650	70.2	+12.7
	Independent	Walter Grant	1,549	29.8	+29.8
Total formal votes			5,199	94.7	-4.0
Informal votes			290	5.3	+4.0
Turnout			5,489	83.3	+6.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Jones	3,947	63.2	-4.3
	Country	Reg Smith	1,459	23.3	+23.3
	Independent	George Carbis	843	13.5	+13.5
Total formal votes			6,249	99.1	+0.9
Informal votes			55	0.9	-0.9
Turnout			6,304	91.0	+9.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harold Collins	4,388	55.7	+1.1
	Country	Charles Griffin	3,485	44.3	+44.3
Total formal votes			7,873	98.4	+0.1
Informal votes			125	1.6	-0.1
Turnout			7,998	88.9	+6.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.1

1947 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Theodore	4,308	48.0	-9.1
	Country	Carlisle Wordsworth	2,728	30.4	+30.4
	Communist	Les Sullivan	1,936	21.6	-21.3
Total formal votes			8,972	98.8	+1.9
Informal votes			112	1.2	-1.9
Turnout			9,084	88.6	+2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1949 Ipswich state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ivor Marsden	6,021	53.3	-8.6
	Liberal	Selwyn Stephenson	4,906	43.4	+5.3
	Communist	Edmund Crisp	364	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			11,311	99.4	+0.5
Informal votes			73	0.6	-0.5
Turnout			11,384	92.8	+1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1949 Kurilpa state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Moores	5,197	53.6	+2.0
	Liberal	Norman Brandon	4,274	44.0	-4.4
	Communist	James Slater	232	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			9,703	98.6	+0.2
Informal votes			135	1.4	-0.2
Turnout			9,838	87.3	-2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Low	3,069	31.4	-31.1
	Frank Barnes Labor	Bill Gresham	2,693	27.6	+27.6
	Labor	Robert Spencer	2,217	22.7	-14.8
	Independent Country	William Low	1,791	18.3	+18.3
Total formal votes			9,770	98.6	-0.5
Informal votes			142	1.4	+0.5
Turnout			9,912	92.3	+3.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Malcolm McIntyre	6,099	72.3	+5.1
	Labor	John Hilton	2,336	27.7	-5.1
Total formal votes			8,435	99.1	+1.4
Informal votes			80	0.9	-1.4
Turnout			8,515	91.9	-0.2
	Country hold		Swing	+5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Charles Russell	5,736	59.1	+10.6
	Labor	George Wilkes	3,977	40.9	-10.6
Total formal votes			9,713	98.8	+4.4
Informal votes			122	1.2	-4.4
Turnout			9,835	89.3	+0.8
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+10.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People's Party	Gordon Chalk	5,015	51.8	+51.8
	Labor	Les Wood	4,669	48.2	+7.0
Total formal votes			9,684	98.5	-0.2
Informal votes			145	1.5	+0.2
Turnout			9,829	87.6	+2.9
	People's Party gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People's Party	Kenneth Morris	7,988	57.5	+12.2
	Labor	Mark Scanlan	5,911	42.5	+20.5
Total formal votes			13,899	98.8	+1.0
Informal votes			169	1.2	-1.0
Turnout			14,068	93.0	-0.4
	People's Party hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alf Muller	6,690	71.6	+6.2
	Labor	Tom Thorpe	2,653	28.4	-1.2
Total formal votes			9,343	96.9	+1.1
Informal votes			301	3.1	-1.1
Turnout			9,644	92.8	-2.5
	Country hold		Swing	+2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Clark	5,538	54.7	+3.3
	People's Party	Harry Weir	4,437	43.8	-4.8
	Frank Barnes Labor	Gordon Loukes	103	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	John Wharton	51	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			10,129	99.3	+0.3
Informal votes			67	0.7	-0.3
Turnout			10,196	93.5	+9.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Samuel Brassington	5,968	59.8	-0.7
	People's Party	William Brenan	3,554	35.6	-3.9
	Independent	Andrew Knox	463	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			9,985	98.2	-0.4
Informal votes			185	1.8	+0.4
Turnout			10,170	90.0	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Devries	3,335	59.6	-40.4
	Country	Gordon Lee	2,264	40.4	+40.4
Total formal votes			5,599	98.9
Informal votes			60	1.1
Turnout			5,659	81.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Dunstan	3,116	41.7	-6.1
	People's Party	Ronald Witham	3,054	40.8	-2.9
	Frank Barnes Labor	Ray Smith	875	11.7	+11.7
	Independent	Eric Grice	437	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			7,482	99.6	+0.1
Informal votes			28	0.4	-0.1
Turnout			7,510	92.5	+4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.7

Results_of_the_Queensland_state_election,_1947

Results by electoral district

Albert

Aubigny

Barcoo

Baroona

Bowen

Bremer

Brisbane

Bulimba

Bundaberg

Buranda

Cairns

Carnarvon

Carpentaria

Charters Towers

Cook

Cooroora

Cunningham

Dalby

East Toowoomba

Enoggera

Fassifern

Fitzroy

Fortitude Valley

Gregory

Gympie

Hamilton

Herbert

Ipswich

By-election

Isis

Ithaca

Kelvin Grove

Kennedy

Keppel

Kurilpa

By-election

Logan

Mackay

Maranoa

Maree

Maryborough

Merthyr

Mirani

Mundingburra

Murrumba

Nanango

Normanby

Nundah

Oxley

Port Curtis

Rockhampton

Sandgate

South Brisbane

Stanley

The Tableland

Toowong

Toowoomba

Townsville

Warrego

Warwick

West Moreton

Wide Bay

Windsor

Wynnum

See also

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	People's Party	Harold Taylor	8,370	73.7	-1.5
	Labor	Vic Bartlett	2,981	26.3	+1.5
Total formal votes			11,351	98.8	0.0
Informal votes			134	1.2	0.0
Turnout			11,485	91.9	+3.5
	People's Party hold		Swing	-1.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Gledson	7,039	61.9	-38.1
	People's Party	Harry Shapcott	4,326	38.1	+38.1
Total formal votes			11,365	98.9
Informal votes			123	1.1
Turnout			11,488	91.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Brand	5,239	68.3	+3.8
	Labor	Samuel Round	2,426	31.7	-3.8
Total formal votes			7,665	96.9	+0.9
Informal votes			241	3.1	-0.9
Turnout			7,906	95.6	+2.8
	Country hold		Swing	+3.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ned Hanlon	7,263	57.5	+3.5
	People's Party	Frank Roberts	5,377	42.5	-1.7
Total formal votes			12,640	98.6	-0.3
Informal votes			181	1.4	+0.3
Turnout			12,821	92.3	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bert Turner	6,264	50.5	-2.6
	People's Party	Kenneth Fielding	6,133	49.5	+2.6
Total formal votes			12,397	97.8	-0.9
Informal votes			147	1.3	+0.9
Turnout			12,675	93.0	+2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	4,331	44.8	-5.9
	People's Party	Robert Johnston	4,079	42.2	+19.1
	Communist	John Clubley	1,264	13.1	-13.1
Total formal votes			9,674	98.2	+0.3
Informal votes			178	1.8	-0.3
Turnout			9,852	85.7	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Walter Ingram	3,593	41.2	+1.1
	Country	John Reid	3,422	39.2	+8.2
	Frank Barnes Labor	John Harding	1,717	19.7	+19.7
Total formal votes			8,732	98.9	+3.9
Informal votes			93	1.1	-3.9
Turnout			8,825	91.4	+1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kerry Copley	5,489	51.6	-1.9
	People's Party	Doug Berry	5,144	48.4	+1.9
Total formal votes			10,633	98.4	-0.3
Informal votes			172	1.6	+0.3
Turnout			10,805	90.0	+5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.9

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

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