Results of the Queensland state election, 1950 (M-Z)

Queensland state election, 29 April 1950[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1947 — 1953 >>

Enrolled voters 688,309[1]
Votes cast 636,750 Turnout 92.51 +1.76
Informal votes 7,088 Informal 1.11 –0.25
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 295,138 46.87 +3.29 42 + 7
  Liberal 188,331 29.91 +4.18 11 + 2
  Country 121,689 19.25 –0.24 20 + 6
  NQ Labor 7,689 1.22 +0.50 1 ± 0
  Ind. Labor 3,509 0.56 –0.52 0 – 1
  Frank Barnes Labor 2,759 0.44 –3.53 0 – 1
  Communist 2,351 0.37 –0.89 0 – 1
  Independent 8,196 1.30 –2.86 1 + 1
Total 629,662     75  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1950 Queensland state election for electorates from M to Z.

Results by electoral district

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1950: Mackay[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Fred Graham 4,129 55.0
Liberal Noel Weder 3,383 45.0
Total formal votes 7,512 99.2
Informal votes 58 0.8
Turnout 7,570 92.1
Labor hold Swing

Mackenzie

Queensland state election, 1950: Mackenzie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Patrick Whyte 2,184 51.3
Country William Holmes 2,076 48.7
Total formal votes 4,260 98.7
Informal votes 54 1.3
Turnout 4,314 89.0
Labor hold Swing

Marodian

Queensland state election, 1950: Marodian
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country James Heading 6,209 69.8
Labor Thomas Williams 2,686 30.2
Total formal votes 8,895 99.4
Informal votes 53 0.6
Turnout 8,948 90.2
Country hold Swing

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1950: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor David Farrell 6,397 65.5
Liberal Robert Hunter 3,377 34.5
Total formal votes 9,774 98.0
Informal votes 203 2.0
Turnout 9,977 96.6
Labor hold Swing

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1950: Merthyr
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Moore 5,948 56.0
Liberal Albert Rees 4,669 44.0
Total formal votes 10,617 98.7
Informal votes 134 1.3
Turnout 10,751 93.4
Labor hold Swing

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1950: Mirani
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ernie Evans 4,709 63.0
Labor Matthew O'Neill 2,764 37.0
Total formal votes 7,473 99.3
Informal votes 52 0.7
Turnout 7,525 92.2
Country hold Swing

Mount Coot-tha

Queensland state election, 1950: Mount Coot-tha
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Kenneth Morris 7,032 60.1
Labor Bryan Hurley 4,668 39.9
Total formal votes 11,700 99.0
Informal votes 117 1.0
Turnout 11,817 93.8
Liberal hold Swing

Mount Gravatt

Queensland state election, 1950: Mount Gravatt
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Felix Dittmer 6,702 52.3
Liberal Edward Knoblanch 5,890 46.0
Independent Donald Orr 215 1.7
Total formal votes 12,807 98.6
Informal votes 186 1.4
Turnout 12,993 92.1
Labor hold Swing

Mourilyan

Queensland state election, 1950: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Peter Byrne 3,168 43.5
Country Andrew Laurie 2,812 38.6
NQ Labor William Batchelor 1,028 14.1
Communist Les Sullivan 271 3.7
Total formal votes 7,279 99.2
Informal votes 60 0.8
Turnout 7,339 91.6
Labor hold Swing

Mulgrave

Queensland state election, 1950: Mulgrave
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Robert Watson 3,559 48.8
Labor Charles English 3,208 44.0
NQ Labor George Groth 345 4.7
Communist Frank Falls 175 2.4
Total formal votes 7,287 98.9
Informal votes 84 1.1
Turnout 7,371 90.9
Country hold Swing

Mundingburra

Queensland state election, 1950: Mundingburra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
NQ Labor Tom Aikens 3,348 42.6
Liberal William Brackin 2,664 33.7
Labor Jim Mahony 1,889 23.9
Total formal votes 7,901 98.7
Informal votes 105 1.3
Turnout 8,006 92.3
NQ Labor hold Swing

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1950: Murrumba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country David Nicholson 6,680 65.1
Labor Eric Lloyd 3,579 34.9
Total formal votes 10,259 98.9
Informal votes 111 1.1
Turnout 10,370 93.2
Country hold Swing

Nash

Queensland state election, 1950: Nash
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Dunstan 4,584 50.1
Liberal Ronald Witham 4,559 49.9
Total formal votes 9,143 99.4
Informal votes 52 0.6
Turnout 9,195 94.1
Labor hold Swing

Norman

Queensland state election, 1950: Norman
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Louis Luckins 5,593 51.2
Labor Edward Falk 5,339 48.8
Total formal votes 10,932 98.9
Informal votes 121 1.1
Turnout 11,053 93.3
Liberal hold Swing

North Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1950: North Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Leslie Wood 4,992 54.4
Liberal Ralph Weppner 4,178 45.6
Total formal votes 9,170 99.2
Informal votes 70 0.8
Turnout 9,240 89.0
Labor hold Swing

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1950: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Roberts 5,624 52.3
Liberal William Cook 5,122 47.7
Total formal votes 10,746 98.9
Informal votes 123 1.1
Turnout 10,869 93.8
Labor hold Swing

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1950: Port Curtis
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Burrows 5,296 57.8
Liberal Harold Jensen 3,871 42.2
Total formal votes 9,167 99.2
Informal votes 70 0.8
Turnout 9,237 94.7
Labor hold Swing

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1950: Rockhampton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Larcombe 4,709 51.3
Liberal Ron Diamond 4,464 48.7
Total formal votes 9,173 99.0
Informal votes 90 1.0
Turnout 9,263 92.9
Labor hold Swing

Roma

Queensland state election, 1950: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country William Ewan 2,631 53.3
Labor James Kane 2,308 46.7
Total formal votes 4,939 98.9
Informal votes 54 1.1
Turnout 4,993 93.7
Country hold Swing

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1950: Sandgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Eric Decker 6,193 54.0
Labor Herbert Robinson 5,273 46.0
Total formal votes 11,466 98.6
Informal votes 168 1.4
Turnout 11,634 94.3
Liberal hold Swing

Sherwood

Queensland state election, 1950: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Thomas Kerr 6,765 58.4
Labor Robert Mansfield 4,813 41.6
Total formal votes 11,578 99.2
Informal votes 96 0.8
Turnout 11,674 93.4
Liberal hold Swing

Somerset

Queensland state election, 1950: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Duncan MacDonald 5,113 57.7
Labor John Perrett 3,740 42.3
Total formal votes 8,853 99.2
Informal votes 72 0.8
Turnout 8,925 93.5
Country hold Swing

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1950: South Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Vince Gair 5,651 56.5
Liberal Allan McLeod 4,347 43.5
Total formal votes 9,998 98.9
Informal votes 115 1.1
Turnout 10,113 91.9
Labor hold Swing

Southport

Queensland state election, 1950: Southport
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Eric Gaven 4,768 49.0
Labor Edgar Hill 2,800 28.8
Independent William Elson-Green 2,167 22.3
Total formal votes 9,735 99.6
Informal votes 36 0.4
Turnout 9,771 91.0
Country hold Swing

Tablelands

Queensland state election, 1950: Tablelands
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harold Collins 4,033 53.6
Country John Gargan 2,992 39.8
NQ Labor Tom Mackey 496 6.6
Total formal votes 7,521 99.3
Informal votes 50 0.7
Turnout 7,571 89.9
Labor hold Swing

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1950: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Alan Munro 7,101 67.0
Labor Frank Venables 3,494 33.0
Total formal votes 10,595 99.1
Informal votes 94 0.9
Turnout 10,689 93.4
Liberal hold Swing

Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1950: Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Duggan 4,858 55.7
Liberal Ralph Knight 3,870 44.3
Total formal votes 8,739 99.0
Informal votes 78 1.0
Turnout 8,817 90.5
Labor hold Swing

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1950: Townsville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Keyatta 3,699 51.6
Liberal John Taaffe 2,753 38.4
NQ Labor Pat Rooney 517 7.2
Independent Robert Baker 198 2.8
Total formal votes 7,167 98.6
Informal votes 99 1.4
Turnout 7,266 86.6
Labor hold Swing

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1950: Warrego
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry O'Shea 2,829 65.0
Country Ernest Parr 1,522 35.0
Total formal votes 4,351 98.7
Informal votes 56 1.3
Turnout 4,407 86.1
Labor hold Swing

By-election

Warrego state by-election, 1951
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Dufficy 2,223 70.1 +5.1
Country Victor Boettcher 850 26.8 -8.2
Independent John Sullivan 96 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 3,169 99.4 +0.7
Informal votes 18 0.6 -0.7
Turnout 3,187
Labor hold Swing N/A

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1950: Warwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Otto Madsen 5,965 68.4
Labor Terry Keane 2,758 31.6
Total formal votes 8,723 99.2
Informal votes 67 0.8
Turnout 8,790 93.4
Country hold Swing

Whitsunday

Queensland state election, 1950: Whitsunday
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Lloyd Roberts 3,416 45.3
Labor John Casey 2,748 36.5
Communist Fred Paterson 957 12.7
Independent Michael McColl 411 5.5
Total formal votes 7,532 99.0
Informal votes 76 1.0
Turnout 7,608 91.6
Country hold Swing

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1950: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Rasey 5,213 50.1
Liberal Alexander Devene 5,184 49.9
Total formal votes 10,397 99.1
Informal votes 94 0.9
Turnout 10,491 93.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1950: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Gunn 7,103 61.0
Liberal William Dart 4,548 39.0
Total formal votes 11,651 99.1
Informal votes 105 0.9
Turnout 11,756 95.1
Labor hold Swing

Yeronga

Queensland state election, 1950: Yeronga
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Winston Noble 6,504 58.8
Labor Thomas Doyle 4,550 41.2
Total formal votes 11,054 98.5
Informal votes 164 1.5
Turnout 11,218 93.6
Liberal hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 29 April 1950". 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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