Results of the Queensland state election, 1941 (L-Z)

Queensland state election, 29 March 1941[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1938 — 1944 >>

Enrolled voters 586,147[1]
Votes cast 529,247 Turnout 90.29 –2.22
Informal votes 9,520 Informal 1.80 +0.49
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 267,206 51.41 +4.24 41 – 3
  Country 108,604 20.90 –1.75 14 + 1
  United Australia 81,109 15.61 +1.64 4 ± 0
  Independent Socialist[2] 16,044 3.09 +1.49 0 ± 0
  Independent Democrat 10,406 2.00 +2.00 2 + 2
  Protestant Labor 9,038 1.74 –7.01 0 – 1
  Independent Labor 5,476 1.05 +1.05 1 + 1
  Independent 21,844 4.20 +3.56 0 ± 0
Total 519,727     62  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1941 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

Logan

Queensland state election, 1941: Logan[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Brown 6,848 55.0 +5.4
United Australia Albert Pro-Copis 5,602 45.0 +12.8
Total formal votes 12,450 98.1 -0.2
Informal votes 240 1.9 +0.2
Turnout 12,690 91.8 -2.4
Labor hold Swing -0.8

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1941: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Forgan Smith 6,436 67.5 -13.1
Independent John Mulherin 3,103 32.5 +32.5
Total formal votes 9,539 98.2 +0.9
Informal votes 170 1.8 -0.9
Turnout 9,709 88.7 -1.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

By-election

Mackay state by-election, 1943
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Fred Graham 3,091 38.8 -28.7
Country Ian Wood 2,464 30.9 +30.9
Independent John Mulherin 2,085 26.2 -6.3
Independent Peter Punzell 322 4.0 +4.0
Total formal votes 7,962 99.4 +1.2
Informal votes 44 0.6 -1.2
Turnout 8,006
Labor hold Swing N/A

Maranoa

Queensland state election, 1941: Maranoa
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Charles Conroy 4,301 59.2 -0.8
Country Leslie Brown 2,961 40.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 7,262 98.2 +2.3
Informal votes 136 1.8 -2.3
Turnout 7,398 81.7 -6.7
Labor hold Swing -0.8

Maree

Queensland state election, 1941: Maree
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Louis Luckins 4,702 50.2 +11.0
Labor William King 4,662 49.8 -3.5
Total formal votes 9,364 96.5 -2.2
Informal votes 338 3.5 +2.2
Turnout 9,702 91.8 -2.6
United Australia gain from Labor Swing +7.8

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1941: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor David Farrell 5,717 59.1 -2.1
Protestant Labor Robert McDowell 3,959 40.9 +40.9
Total formal votes 9,676 99.1 -0.4
Informal votes 91 0.9 +0.4
Turnout 9,767 92.9 -1.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1941: Merthyr
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Moore 5,302 58.4 +9.1
United Australia Samuel Glassey 3,780 41.6 +11.8
Total formal votes 9,082 98.3 -0.7
Informal votes 158 1.7 +0.7
Turnout 9,240 93.7 +2.8
Labor hold Swing +4.6

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1941: Mirani
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ted Walsh 5,254 58.9 +10.1
Country Alexander Kippen 3,665 41.1 +0.6
Total formal votes 8,919 99.0 0.0
Informal votes 86 1.0 0.0
Turnout 9,005 88.0 -3.9
Labor hold Swing +4.1

Mundingburra

Queensland state election, 1941: Mundingburra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Dash 5,623 56.3 +6.0
Protestant Labor Lionel Parsons 2,735 27.4 +9.1
Communist Doug Olive 1,624 16.3 +7.3
Total formal votes 9,982 97.6 -1.0
Informal votes 243 2.4 +1.0
Turnout 10,225 90.9 -2.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1941: Murrumba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Frank Nicklin 6,841 70.9 +18.0
Labor George Watson 2,810 29.1 +11.4
Total formal votes 9,651 98.3 -0.4
Informal votes 169 1.7 +0.4
Turnout 9,820 90.3 -4.8
Country hold Swing N/A

Nanango

Queensland state election, 1941: Nanango
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country James Edwards 4,052 45.1 +2.5
Labor Cecil Tracey 3,668 40.8 +12.4
Independent George Anderson 1,271 14.1 +14.1
Total formal votes 8,991 99.4 +0.1
Informal votes 55 0.6 -0.1
Turnout 9,046 91.0 -3.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country James Edwards 4,569 52.6 -5.3
Labor Cecil Tracey 4,120 47.4 +47.4
Country hold Swing N/A

Normanby

Queensland state election, 1941: Normanby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Foley 4,544 58.2 +4.4
Independent George Hamilton 3,264 41.8 +41.8
Total formal votes 7,808 99.1 +0.3
Informal votes 69 0.9 -0.3
Turnout 7,877 85.5 -3.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1941: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Hayes 5,672 53.3 +13.6
United Australia William Cook 4,972 46.7 +21.2
Total formal votes 10,644 98.4 -0.6
Informal votes 175 1.6 +0.6
Turnout 10,819 93.5 -2.4
Labor hold Swing +0.1

Oxley

Queensland state election, 1941: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Thomas Nimmo 6,524 61.5 +1.2
Labor Henry Herbert 4,079 38.5 -1.2
Total formal votes 10,603 98.1 -0.4
Informal votes 206 1.9 +0.4
Turnout 10,809 92.1 -1.4
United Australia hold Swing +1.2

By-election

Oxley state by-election, 1943
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Thomas Kerr 4,988 50.6 -10.9
Labor Felix Dittmer 3,975 40.4 +1.9
Independent Nora Solly 889 9.0 +9.0
Total formal votes 9,852 98.9 +0.8
Informal votes 109 1.1 -0.8
Turnout 9,961 76.5 -15.6
United Australia hold Swing N/A

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1941: Port Curtis
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Williams 6,677 64.3 +7.1
Country Geoffrey Nichols 3,709 35.7 -7.1
Total formal votes 10,386 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 114 1.1 0.0
Turnout 10,500 90.8 -2.4
Labor hold Swing +7.1

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1941: Rockhampton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Larcombe 6,920 72.9 +12.0
Communist Robert Nicholls 2,575 27.1 +27.1
Total formal votes 9,495 95.9 -3.3
Informal votes 401 4.1 +3.3
Turnout 9,896 88.4 -3.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1941: Sandgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ronald Hislop 3,969 38.7 -6.7
Country Eric Decker 3,936 37.4 +37.4
United Australia James Fry 2,457 23.9 -14.8
Total formal votes 10,292 97.8 -1.0
Informal votes 231 2.2 +1.0
Turnout 10,493 93.1 -2.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Eric Decker 4,915 54.5 +54.5
Labor Ronald Hislop 4,105 45.5 -6.8
Country gain from Labor Swing N/A

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1941: South Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Vince Gair 5,740 56.7 +6.9
United Australia Daniel Rowley 4,393 43.3 +12.7
Total formal votes 10,133 97.5 -1.6
Informal votes 256 2.5 +1.6
Turnout 10,389 88.2 -4.9
Labor hold Swing +1.3

Stanley

Queensland state election, 1941: Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Duncan MacDonald 5,239 59.7 -2.5
Labor Jim Hogan 3,539 40.3 +2.5
Total formal votes 8,778 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 82 0.9 -0.1
Turnout 8,860 92.3 -3.1
Country hold Swing -2.5

The Tableland

Queensland state election, 1941: The Tableland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry Bruce 5,042 58.5 +0.7
Country Robert Griffiths 2,806 32.5 +1.9
Communist Jim Slater 776 9.0 -2.6
Total formal votes 8,624 98.8 +0.6
Informal votes 105 1.2 -0.6
Turnout 8,729 87.3 -2.1
Labor hold Swing -1.2

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1941: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Harry Massey 6,403 63.8 +38.4
Labor Tom Laws 3,632 36.2 +10.2
Total formal votes 10,037 98.4 -0.3
Informal votes 158 1.6 +0.3
Turnout 10,195 93.1 -1.8
United Australia gain from Independent UAP Swing N/A

Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1941: Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Duggan 6,604 67.7 +15.2
Country John Leahy 3,146 32.3 -1.8
Total formal votes 9,750 98.2 -0.2
Informal votes 175 1.8 +0.2
Turnout 9,925 94.7 +3.0
Labor hold Swing +7.1

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1941: Townsville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Keyatta unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1941: Warrego
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Randolph Bedford unopposed
Labor hold Swing

By-election

Warrego state by-election, 1941
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry O'Shea 3,426 55.6 -44.4
Independent C.V.W. Watson 2,187 35.5 +35.5
Independent Oswald Allen 547 8.9 +8.9
Total formal votes 6,160 99.1
Informal votes 54 0.9
Turnout 6,214 75.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1941: Warwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Healy 4,766 55.0 +2.2
Country Richard Matthews 3,899 45.0 -2.2
Total formal votes 8,665 99.1 -0.1
Informal votes 81 0.9 +0.1
Turnout 8,746 91.3 -1.7
Labor hold Swing +2.2

West Moreton

Queensland state election, 1941: West Moreton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ted Maher 5,525 65.4 -2.5
Labor Fred Howman 2,923 34.6 +34.6
Total formal votes 8,448 99.3 +0.5
Informal votes 57 0.7 -0.5
Turnout 8,505 93.7 -2.9
Country hold Swing N/A

Wide Bay

Queensland state election, 1941: Wide Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ernest Clayton 5,057 56.8 +7.5
Labor Thomas Thorpe 3,844 43.2 +23.1
Total formal votes 8,901 98.5 -0.1
Informal votes 131 1.5 +0.1
Turnout 9,032 92.4 -3.8
Country hold Swing N/A

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1941: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Herbert Williams 4,491 44.6 -1.6
Independent Harry Moorhouse 4,185 41.5 +41.5
United Australia Neil O'Sullivan 1,401 13.9 -21.4
Total formal votes 10,077 98.6 -0.2
Informal votes 138 1.4 +0.2
Turnout 10,215 92.8 -1.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Harry Moorhouse 4,647 50.3 +50.3
Labor Herbert Williams 4,590 49.7 -5.0
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1941: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia William Dart 5,698 51.2 +17.9
Labor William Laracy 4,506 40.5 +4.0
Communist Joseph Bailes 930 8.3 +8.3
Total formal votes 11,134 98.0 -0.6
Informal votes 222 2.0 +0.6
Turnout 11,356 91.5 -2.5
United Australia hold Swing +3.7

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 29 March 1941". Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  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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