Results of the Queensland state election, 1920 (A-K)

Queensland state election, 9 October 1920[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1918 — 1923 >>

Enrolled voters 445,681[1]
Votes cast 356,226 Turnout 79.93 –0.34
Informal votes 3,600 Informal 1.01 –0.17
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 168,455 47.77 –5.91 38 – 8
  Nationalist 90,730 25.73 –18.89 13 – 9
  Country 60,170 17.06 +17.06 18 + 18
  Northern Country 20,246 5.74 +5.74 2 + 2
  Ind. Country 6,055 1.72 +1.72 0 ± 0
  National Labor 4,216 1.20 +1.20 0 ± 0
  Independent 2,794 0.79 –0.90 0 – 2
Total 352,666     72  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1920 Queensland state election for electorates from A to K.

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.

Results by electoral district

Albert

Queensland state election, 1920: Albert
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country John Appel 3,688 69.5 +69.5
Labor Richard Holden 1,621 30.5 -7.4
Total formal votes 5,309 99.5 +0.4
Informal votes 26 0.5 -0.4
Turnout 5,335 80.4 0.0
Country gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1920: Aubigny
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Arthur Moore 2,527 62.2 +62.2
Labor William Brady 1,535 37.8 -10.5
Total formal votes 4,062 99.5 +0.2
Informal votes 20 0.5 -0.2
Turnout 4,082 87.0 +1.8
Country gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

Balonne

Queensland state election, 1920: Balonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Edward Land 1,747 59.2 -1.7
Country Richard Nantes 1,202 40.8 +40.8
Total formal votes 2,949 99.3 +0.5
Informal votes 22 0.7 -0.5
Turnout 2,971 61.7 -5.9
Labor hold Swing -1.7

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1920: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Bulcock 2,628 70.4 -3.4
Northern Country James Cullen 1,105 29.6 +29.6
Total formal votes 3,733 99.0 +0.2
Informal votes 37 1.0 -0.2
Turnout 3,770 71.5 -1.6
Labor hold Swing -3.4

Bowen

Queensland state election, 1920: Bowen
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Charles Collins 3,576 63.8 +4.4
Northern Country John Leahy 2,032 36.2 +36.2
Total formal votes 5,608 98.9 -0.1
Informal votes 62 1.1 +0.1
Turnout 5,670
Labor hold Swing +4.4

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1920: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Cooper 3,667 61.5 -4.5
Nationalist Alfred Stephenson 2,078 34.8 +0.8
Industrialist Albert Welsby 222 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 5,967 98.7 -0.1
Informal votes 79 1.3 +0.1
Turnout 6,046 92.4 +3.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1920: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Mick Kirwan 2,971 54.0 -6.6
Nationalist Patrick Currie 2,531 46.0 +6.6
Total formal votes 5,502 98.5 +0.6
Informal votes 84 1.5 -0.6
Turnout 5,586 69.0
Labor hold Swing -6.6

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1920: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Walter Barnes 6,345 55.7 +4.4
Labor George Marriott 5,053 44.3 -3.2
Total formal votes 11,398 99.2 +0.1
Informal votes 86 0.8
Turnout 11,484 77.0 -9.8
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1920: Bundaberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Barber 2,788 57.4 -9.1
Country John Forgan 2,073 42.6 +42.6
Total formal votes 4,861 98.8 -0.5
Informal votes 60 1.2 +0.5
Turnout 4,921 73.8 -9.2
Labor hold Swing -9.1

Buranda

Queensland state election, 1920: Buranda
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Huxham 3,503 55.9 -4.9
Nationalist Alfred Faulkner 2,768 44.1 +4.9
Total formal votes 6,271 99.3 0.0
Informal votes 46 0.7 0.0
Turnout 6,317 84.9 -0.5
Labor hold Swing -4.9

Burke

Queensland state election, 1920: Burke
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Darby Riordan 998 66.6 +7.6
Northern Country John Williamson 501 33.4 +33.4
Total formal votes 1,499 97.0 -0.4
Informal votes 46 3.0 +0.4
Turnout 1,545 69.6 -3.6
Labor hold Swing +7.6

Burnett

Queensland state election, 1920: Burnett
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Bernard Corser 3,129 66.2 +66.2
Labor Francis Hill 1,596 33.8 -7.6
Total formal votes 4,725 99.3 0.0
Informal votes 33 0.7 0.0
Turnout 4,758 84.0 +1.0
Country gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

Burrum

Queensland state election, 1920: Burrum
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country William Brand 2,252 57.7 +57.7
Labor Albert Whitford 1,652 42.3 -9.3
Total formal votes 3,904 99.5 +1.9
Informal votes 20 0.5 -1.9
Turnout 3,924 83.2 -0.8
Country gain from Labor Swing N/A

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1920: Cairns
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William McCormack 3,198 54.7 -6.7
Northern Country Charles Hives 2,650 45.3 +45.3
Total formal votes 5,848 98.8 +0.4
Informal votes 73 1.2 -0.4
Turnout 5,921 78.8 +2.6
Labor hold Swing -6.7

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1920: Carnarvon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Edward Costello 2,935 54.2 +54.2
Labor Alfred Jones 2,484 45.8 -2.0
Total formal votes 5,419 99.8 +0.3
Informal votes 13 0.2 -0.3
Turnout 5,432 82.5 -0.8
Country gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

Charters Towers

Queensland state election, 1920: Charters Towers
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Wellington 1,392 54.7 -2.0
Northern Country David Guthrie 1,152 45.3 +45.3
Total formal votes 2,544 99.5 +1.7
Informal votes 13 0.5 -1.7
Turnout 2,557 77.3 -2.1
Labor hold Swing -2.0

Chillagoe

Queensland state election, 1920: Chillagoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ted Theodore 1,384 77.8 +5.0
Northern Country John Egerton 394 22.2 +22.2
Total formal votes 1,778 97.7 -1.0
Informal votes 41 2.3 +1.0
Turnout 1,819 81.3 +2.8
Labor hold Swing +5.0

Cook

Queensland state election, 1920: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Henry Ryan 1,475 55.9 -4.7
Northern Country Frederick Craig 1,166 44.1 +44.1
Total formal votes 2,641 98.4 -1.7
Informal votes 42 1.6 +1.7
Turnout 2,683 72.7 -1.4
Labor hold Swing -4.7

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1920: Cooroora
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Harry Walker unopposed
Country gain from Nationalist Swing

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1920: Cunningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country William Deacon unopposed
Country gain from Independent Swing

Dalby

Queensland state election, 1920: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country William Vowles 3,005 62.5 +62.5
Labor James Connolly 1,804 37.5 -5.6
Total formal votes 4,849 99.3 -0.1
Informal votes 35 0.7 +0.1
Turnout 4,884 83.9 +4.1
Country gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

Drayton

Queensland state election, 1920: Drayton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country William Bebbington 2,449 59.8 +59.8
Labor Lister Hopkins 1,648 40.2 -7.1
Total formal votes 4,097 99.2 +0.1
Informal votes 34 0.8 -0.1
Turnout 4,131 86.3 +2.1
Country gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

Eacham

Queensland state election, 1920: Eacham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Gillies 2,581 55.3 +0.5
Independent Country James McCarthy 2,085 44.7 +44.7
Total formal votes 4,666 99.2 +0.5
Informal votes 39 0.8 -0.5
Turnout 4,705 82.3 +2.1
Labor hold Swing +0.5

East Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1920: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Robert Roberts 3,022 61.8 +10.4
Labor John Mattingley 1,870 38.2 -10.4
Total formal votes 4,892 97.9 -0.7
Informal votes 104 2.1 +0.7
Turnout 4,996 88.5 +6.7
Nationalist hold Swing +10.4

Enoggera

Queensland state election, 1920: Enoggera
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Jim Kerr 4,031 52.4 +3.2
Labor William Lloyd 3,665 47.6 -3.2
Total formal votes 7,696 99.2 +0.7
Informal votes 58 0.8 -0.7
Turnout 7,754 85.4 -3.2
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing +3.2

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1920: Fassifern
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ernest Bell 3,132 67.1 +67.1
Labor Jack Quinlan 1,534 32.9 -13.8
Total formal votes 4,666 99.6 +0.4
Informal votes 19 0.4 -0.4
Turnout 4,685 88.9 +0.3
Country gain from Nationalist Swing N/A

Fitzroy

Queensland state election, 1920: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry Hartley 3,383 54.0 0.0
Nationalist Frederick Lodge 2,882 46.0 0.0
Total formal votes 6,265 98.4 +0.2
Informal votes 100 1.6 -0.2
Turnout 6,365 80.5 -2.5
Labor hold Swing 0.0

Flinders

Queensland state election, 1920: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Mullan 2,590 64.5 -11.2
Northern Country Eric Huntley 1,423 35.5 +35.5
Total formal votes 4,013 98.9 +0.7
Informal votes 46 1.1 -0.7
Turnout 4,059 49.6 -9.5
Labor hold Swing -11.2

Fortitude Valley

Queensland state election, 1920: Fortitude Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Wilson 3,410 64.2 -1.3
National Labor James Forde 1,899 35.8 +35.8
Total formal votes 5,302 99.4 0.0
Informal votes 33 0.6 0.0
Turnout 5,342 80.1 -2.3
Labor hold Swing -1.3

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1920: Gregory
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Pollock 2,504 58.9 -11.6
Northern Country Robert Nowland 1,748 41.1 +41.1
Total formal votes 4,252 98.6 +1.4
Informal votes 62 1.4 -1.4
Turnout 4,314 57.9 +0.6
Labor hold Swing -11.6

Gympie

Queensland state election, 1920: Gympie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Dunstan 1,863 54.8 -1.9
Nationalist James MacDonnell 1,539 45.2 +1.9
Total formal votes 3,402 98.8 -0.2
Informal votes 42 1.2 +0.2
Turnout 3,444 87.8 +0.6
Labor hold Swing -1.9

Herbert

Queensland state election, 1920: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Percy Pease 2,869 54.6 -8.6
Northern Country Hedley Gelston 2,387 45.5 +45.5
Total formal votes 5,256 98.1 -0.9
Informal votes 102 1.9 +0.9
Turnout 5,358 87.8 +0.6
Labor hold Swing -8.6

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1920: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor David Gledson 3,336 56.4 -0.1
Nationalist James Bottomley 2,576 43.6 +0.1
Total formal votes 5,912 99.2 +0.5
Informal votes 48 0.8 -0.5
Turnout 5,960 88.8 +0.4
Labor hold Swing -0.1

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1920: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Gilday 3,164 52.3 -3.2
National Labor John Morton 2,885 47.7 +47.7
Total formal votes 6,049 99.0 +1.0
Informal votes 61 1.0 -1.0
Turnout 6,111 76.3 -9.3
Labor hold Swing -3.2

Kennedy

Queensland state election, 1920: Kennedy
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Northern Country John Jones 1,102 52.0 +52.0
Labor James O'Sullivan 1,016 48.0 -13.1
Total formal votes 2,118 98.2 +0.1
Informal votes 38 1.8 -0.1
Turnout 2,156 76.5 0.0
Independent Country gain from Labor Swing N/A

Keppel

Queensland state election, 1920: Keppel
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Larcombe 2,200 54.3 -3.5
Nationalist Robert Hartley 1,851 45.7 +3.5
Total formal votes 4,051 99.1 +0.5
Informal votes 38 0.9 -0.5
Turnout 4,089 83.4 -0.1
Labor hold Swing -3.5

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1920: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist James Fry 3,342 56.0 +5.3
Labor John Pringle 2,626 44.0 -5.3
Total formal votes 5,968 99.0 0.0
Informal votes 58 1.0 0.0
Turnout 6,026 85.4 +1.0
Nationalist hold Swing +5.3

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 12 May 1923". Retrieved 5 March 2010. Party data is from Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.
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