Results of the Queensland state election, 1947 (A-K)

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
  Queensland 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  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1947 Queensland state election for electorates from A to K.

Results by electoral district

Albert

Queensland state election, 1947: Albert[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Thomas 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

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1947: Aubigny
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Walter 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

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1947: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Davis 4,137 66.7 -33.3
Queensland 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

Baroona

Queensland state election, 1947: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Power 5,810 55.5 +0.2
Queensland 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

Bowen

Queensland state election, 1947: Bowen
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

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1947: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Donald 6,715 69.3 -30.7
Queensland 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

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1947: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Mann 4,457 51.0 -7.4
Queensland 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

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1947: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor George Marriott 5,544 42.8 +1.0
Queensland People's Party Hilda Brotherton 3,828 29.5 -4.1
Labor Robert 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

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1947: Bundaberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Frank Barnes Labor Frank Barnes 4,828 40.4 +0.4
Labor Viv Brown 3,940 33.0 -0.4
Queensland 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

Buranda

Queensland state election, 1947: Buranda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Richard Brown 6,210 52.9 +2.2
Queensland 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

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1947: Cairns
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

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1947: Carnarvon
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

Carpentaria

Queensland state election, 1947: Carpentaria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred 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

Charters Towers

Queensland state election, 1947: Charters Towers
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

Cook

Queensland state election, 1947: Cook
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

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1947: Cooroora
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

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1947: Cunningham
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

Dalby

Queensland state election, 1947: Dalby
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

East Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1947: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Queensland People's Party Gordon Chalk 5,015 51.8 +51.8
Labor Leslie 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
Queensland People's Party gain from Country Swing N/A

Enoggera

Queensland state election, 1947: Enoggera
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Queensland 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
Queensland People's Party hold Swing N/A

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1947: Fassifern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Adolf 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

Fitzroy

Queensland state election, 1947: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Clark 5,538 54.7 +3.3
Queensland 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

Fortitude Valley

Queensland state election, 1947: Fortitude Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Samuel Brassington 5,968 59.8 -0.7
Queensland 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

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1947: Gregory
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

Gympie

Queensland state election, 1947: Gympie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Dunstan 3,116 41.7 -6.1
Queensland 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

Hamilton

Queensland state election, 1947: Hamilton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Queensland People's Party Harold Chandler 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
Queensland People's Party hold Swing -1.5

Herbert

Queensland state election, 1947: 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

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1947: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Gledson 7,039 61.9 -38.1
Queensland 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

Isis

Queensland state election, 1947: Isis
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

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1947: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ned Hanlon 7,263 57.5 +3.5
Queensland 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

Kelvin Grove

Queensland state election, 1947: Kelvin Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Turner 6,264 50.5 -2.6
Queensland 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

Kennedy

Queensland state election, 1947: Kennedy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cecil Jesson 4,331 44.8 -5.9
Queensland 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

Keppel

Queensland state election, 1947: Keppel
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

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1947: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Patrick Copley 5,489 51.6 -1.9
Queensland People's Party Douglas 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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 3 May 1947". 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.