Results of the Queensland state election, 1923 (L-Z)

Queensland state election, 12 May 1923[1] Legislative Assembly << 1920 — 1926 >>
Enrolled voters		449,087[1]
Votes cast		369,267		Turnout	82.23	+2.30
Informal votes		4,311		Informal	1.17	+0.16
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	175,659	48.13	+0.36	43	+ 5
	United	131,810	36.12	+10.39	16	+ 3
	Country	39,534	10.83	–6.23	13	– 4
	Ind. Country	4,732	1.30	–0.42	0	– 1
	Independent	13,221	3.62	+2.83	0	± 0
	Others			–6.94		– 3
Total		364,956			72

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1923 Queensland state election for electorates from L to Z.

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

Leichhardt

Queensland state election, 1923: Leichhardt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Foley	2,521	58.7	-1.5
	United	Charles Kingston	1,772	41.3	+1.5
Total formal votes			4,293	99.4	+0.4
Informal votes			25	0.6	-0.4
Turnout			4,318	74.5	+2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.5

Lockyer

Queensland state election, 1923: Lockyer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	George Logan	2,384	43.4	-9.9
	Labor	Albert Kluck	2,257	41.1	-5.6
	Independent	William Armstrong	849	15.5	+15.5
Total formal votes			5,490	99.0	-0.5
Informal votes			56	1.0	+0.5
Turnout			5,546	91.2	+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	George Logan	3,037	56.9	+3.6
	Labor	Albert Kluck	2,301	43.1	-3.6
	Country hold		Swing	+3.6

Logan

Queensland state election, 1923: Logan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United	Reginald King	3,717	52.6	+15.4
	Labor	Thomas Jones	3,345	47.4	+7.5
Total formal votes			7,062	98.9	-0.1
Informal votes			77	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			7,139	88.2	+7.6
	United hold		Swing	-4.9

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1923: Mackay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Forgan Smith	2,652	57.9	+4.7
	United	Lewis Nott	1,931	42.1	+42.1
Total formal votes			4,583	99.7	+0.8
Informal votes			14	0.3	-0.8
Turnout			4,597	79.7	-0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Maranoa

Queensland state election, 1923: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Charles Conroy	2,416	57.5	+6.8
	Independent Country	Frederick Duncombe	1,951	42.5	+42.5
Total formal votes			4,590	99.7	+0.4
Informal votes			14	0.3	-0.4
Turnout			4,604	82.9	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Maree

Queensland state election, 1923: Maree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Bertram	3,450	52.9	+1.7
	United	John Hetherington	3,073	47.1	-1.7
Total formal votes			6,523	99.6	-0.2
Informal votes			29	0.4	+0.2
Turnout			6,552	88.9	+4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1923: Maryborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	David Weir	3,368	59.8	+1.8
	United	John Hatton	2,263	40.2	-1.8
Total formal votes			5,631	99.1	-0.1
Informal votes			50	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			5,681	87.6	-1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.8

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1923: Merthyr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Peter McLachlan	3,509	52.4	+4.0
	United	Peter MacGregor	3,189	47.6	-4.0
Total formal votes			6,698	99.6	+0.1
Informal votes			28	0.4	-0.1
Turnout			6,726	79.5	+7.5
	Labor gain from United		Swing	+4.0

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1923: Mirani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Edward Swayne	2,670	51.0	-4.7
	Labor	Henry Turner	2,563	49.0	+4.7
Total formal votes			5,233	99.3	+0.2
Informal votes			35	0.7	-0.2
Turnout			5,268	82.9	+2.2
	Country hold		Swing	-4.7

Mitchell

Queensland state election, 1923: Mitchell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Payne	2,368	65.2	-34.8
	United	L M Lyons	1,262	34.8	+34.8
Total formal votes			3,630	99.2
Informal votes			28	0.8
Turnout			3,658	63.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Mount Morgan

Queensland state election, 1923: Mount Morgan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	James Stopford	3,282	71.3	+6.0
	United	Frederick McCarthy	1,323	28.7	-6.0
Total formal votes			4,605	99.3	-0.1
Informal votes			32	0.7	+0.1
Turnout			4,637	84.8	+3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.0

Mundingburra

Queensland state election, 1923: Mundingburra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Dash	3,285	64.5	+4.5
	United	William Swales	1,810	35.5	+35.5
Total formal votes			5,095	99.0	+0.8
Informal votes			50	1.0	-0.8
Turnout			5,145	90.7	+8.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.5

Murilla

Queensland state election, 1923: Murilla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Godfrey Morgan	2,590	55.3	-2.4
	Labor	Robert Collins	2,094	44.7	+2.4
Total formal votes			4,684	99.3	+0.2
Informal votes			31	0.7	-0.2
Turnout			4,715	77.5	+1.1
	Country hold		Swing	-2.4

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1923: Murrumba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United	Richard Warren	2,982	51.2	+3.7
	Labor	David Moorcroft	1,538	26.4	+6.5
Total formal votes			5,821	98.7	-0.1
Informal votes			75	1.3	+0.1
Turnout			5,896	77.5	+1.3
	United hold		Swing	N/A

Nanango

Queensland state election, 1923: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	James Edwards	2,852	46.9	+11.4
	Labor	Robert Webster	2,414	39.7	+13.1
	Independent Country	Robert Hodge	809	13.3	+13.3
Total formal votes			6,075	98.6	+0.6
Informal votes			87	1.4	-0.6
Turnout			6,162	86.8	+3.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	James Edwards	3.426	58.1
	Labor	Robert Webster	2,468	41.9
	Country gain from Independent Country		Swing	N/A

Normanby

Queensland state election, 1923: Normanby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United	Jens Peterson	2,221	53.1	+9.7
	Labor	Robert Lyle	1,964	46.9	-9.7
Total formal votes			4,185	99.0	+1.2
Informal votes			42	1.0	-1.2
Turnout			4,227	82.4	+2.4
	United gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

• Jens Peterson was the sitting Labor MP in the 1920 election, but defected to the United party to contest the 1923 election.

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1923: Nundah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United	William Kelso	3,659	56.7	-5.8
	Labor	James McCabe	2,492	38.6	+1.1
	Independent	Thomas Shaw	298	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			6,449	98.8	-0.6
Informal votes			77	1.2	+0.6
Turnout			6,526	87.8	+3.2
	United hold		Swing	N/A

Oxley

Queensland state election, 1923: Oxley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United	Cecil Elphinstone	4,435	64.5	+5.6
	Labor	William Ridings	2,443	35.5	-5.6
Total formal votes			6,878	99.2	-0.3
Informal votes			55	0.8	+0.3
Turnout			6,933	86.9	-0.1
	United hold		Swing	+5.6

Paddington

Queensland state election, 1923: Paddington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Alfred Jones	3,750	64.3	+2.7
	United	George Tedman	2,080	35.7	-2.7
Total formal votes			5,830	99.5	+0.5
Informal votes			28	0.5	-0.5
Turnout			5,858	83.3	+5.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.7

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1923: Port Curtis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Carter	3,316	52.8	+5.3
	United	John Fletcher	2,760	43.9	-8.9
	Independent	James Murray	210	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			6,286	99.3	-0.3
Informal votes			46	0.7	+0.3
Turnout			6,332	90.8	+3.8
	Labor gain from United		Swing	N/A

Queenton

Queensland state election, 1923: Queenton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Vern Winstanley	1,968	53.1	-11.9
	United	John Jones	1,739	46.9	+11.9
Total formal votes			3,707	98.5	+0.2
Informal votes			59	1.5	-0.2
Turnout			3,766	79.3	+2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-11.9

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1923: Rockhampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Farrell	2,705	61.4	-4.2
	United	Thomas Lanigan	1,699	38.6	+4.2
Total formal votes			4,404	98.4	-0.6
Informal votes			72	1.6	+0.6
Turnout			4,476	76.3	-0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.2

Rosewood

Queensland state election, 1923: Rosewood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Cooper	3,172	54.1	+2.5
	Country	William Bebbington	2,691	45.9	-2.5
Total formal votes			5,863	98.3	-0.9
Informal votes			100	1.7	+0.9
Turnout			5,963	87.9	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1923: Sandgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United	Hubert Sizer	3,863	63.0
	Independent	Thomas Coaldrake	2,273	37.0
Total formal votes			6,136	94.2
Informal votes			377	5.8
Turnout			6,513	77.6
	United hold		Swing

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1923: South Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Myles Ferricks	3,155	53.1	+1.5
	United	John Kessell	2,450	41.3	-7.1
	Independent	Charles Gabbert	333	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			5,938	97.6	-0.7
Informal votes			146	2.4	+0.7
Turnout			6,084	84.5	+5.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Stanley

Queensland state election, 1923: Stanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Frederick Nott	2,929	50.2	+5.3
	Independent	Henry Somerset	2,904	49.8	+49.8
Total formal votes			5,833	98.9	-0.1
Informal votes			63	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			5,896	82.2	-0.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Toombul

Queensland state election, 1923: Toombul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United	Andrew Petrie	3,991	67.3	+2.5
	Independent	Charles Jenkinson	1,936	32.7	+32.7
Total formal votes			5,927	95.6	-3.4
Informal votes			271	4.4	+3.4
Turnout			6,198	83.8	+0.4
	United hold		Swing	N/A

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1923: Toowong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United	James Maxwell	4,855	69.7	-2.2
	Labor	Robert Easton	2,112	30.3	+2.2
Total formal votes			6,967	99.4	0.0
Informal votes			42	0.6	0.0
Turnout			7,009	87.3	+1.9
	United hold		Swing	-2.2

Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1923: Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Brennan	3,354	52.7	+6.5
	United	William Peak	2,988	47.0	+14.8
	Independent	Albert Godsall	16	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			6,359	99.0	+0.3
Informal votes			65	1.0	-0.3
Turnout			6,424	75.7	-10.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the appointment of Frank Brennan to the Supreme Court. It was held on 4th April 1925.

Toowoomba state by-election, 1925

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Evan Llewelyn	3,406	56.3	+3.6
	CPNP	James Tolmie	2,646	43.7	-3.3
Total formal votes			6,052	99.3	+0.3
Informal votes			42	0.7	-0.3
Turnout			6,094	79.2	+3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.4

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1923: Townsville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Maurice Hynes	2,168	52.0	+7.0
	United	William Green	2,004	48.0	-7.0
Total formal votes			4,172	99.1	+0.7
Informal votes			38	0.9	-0.7
Turnout			4,210	82.4	+2.4
	Labor gain from United		Swing	+7.0

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1923: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harry Coyne	2,309	70.2	+1.5
	Independent	Thomas Lonsdale	979	29.8	+29.8
Total formal votes			3,288	98.3	+0.6
Informal votes			58	1.7	-0.6
Turnout			3,346	60.7	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the resignation of Harry Coyne. It was held on 13th October 1923.

Warrego state by-election, 1923

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Randolph Bedford	1,104	59.5	-10.7
	Country	Herbert Yeates	468	25.2	+25.2
	Independent	George Espie	285	15.3	+15.3
Total formal votes			1,857
Informal votes
Turnout
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1923: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United	George Barnes	3,128	53.8	-1.2
	Labor	George Campbell	2,685	46.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			5,813	99.3	+0.1
Informal votes			43	0.7	-0.1
Turnout			5,856	86.3	+0.7
	United hold		Swing	-1.2

Wide Bay

Queensland state election, 1923: Wide Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Ernest Clayton	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1923: Windsor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United	Charles Taylor	3,869	57.6	+3.0
	Labor	Sidney Cook	2,843	42.4	-3.0
Total formal votes			6,712	99.3	+0.1
Informal votes			44	0.7	-0.1
Turnout			6,756	87.8	+0.7
	United hold		Swing	+3.0

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1923: Wynnum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United	Walter Barnes	3,694	59.7
	Labor	John McLaughlin	2,498	40.3
Total formal votes			6,193	99.4
Informal votes			35	0.6
Turnout			6,227	78.0
	United hold		Swing

See also

• Results of the Queensland state election, 1923 (A-K)
• Queensland state election, 1923
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1923
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1923-1926

References