Results of the Queensland state election, 1956 (A-L)

Queensland state election, 19 May 1956[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1953 — 1957 >>

Enrolled voters 712,508[1]
Votes cast 662,680 Turnout 93.01 –0.79
Informal votes 8,006 Informal 1.21 –0.07
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 335,311 51.22 –1.99 49 – 1
  Liberal 164,116 25.07 +3.77 8 ± 0
  Country 126,183 19.27 +0.53 16 + 1
  North Queensland Labor 8,625 1.32 +0.22 1 ± 0
  Communist 1,332 0.20 –0.45 0 ± 0
  Ind. Labor 414 0.06 –0.08 0 ± 0
  Independent 18,693 2.86 –0.26 1 ± 0
Total 654,674     75  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1956 Queensland state election for electorates from A to L.

Results by electoral district

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1956: Aubigny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Walter Sparkes 6,409 72.6 +13.3
Labor William Alexander 2,423 27.4 +27.4
Total formal votes 8,832 99.3 +0.2
Informal votes 64 0.7 -0.2
Turnout 8,896 95.5 +0.5
Country hold Swing N/A

Balonne

Queensland state election, 1956: Balonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Taylor 2,616 56.7 -4.5
Country Eric McCorkell 1,997 43.3 +4.5
Total formal votes 4,613 98.8 -0.3
Informal votes 57 1.2 +0.3
Turnout 4,670 85.8 +0.4
Labor hold Swing -4.5

Barambah

Queensland state election, 1956: Barambah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Joh Bjelke-Petersen unopposed
Country hold Swing

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1956: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Davis 3,008 67.6 -32.4
Country Wally Rae 1,444 32.4 +32.4
Total formal votes 4,452 98.8
Informal votes 55 1.2
Turnout 4,507 87.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Baroona

Queensland state election, 1956: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Power 5,525 64.8 -35.2
Liberal Robert Thomasson 2,816 33.0 +33.0
Communist Kevin Loughlin 190 2.2 +2.2
Total formal votes 8,531 98.5
Informal votes 126 1.5
Turnout 8,657 90.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Belyando

Queensland state election, 1956: Belyando
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Foley 2,512 58.7 -41.3
Country Timothy Donnelly 1,770 41.3 +41.3
Total formal votes 4,282 99.2
Informal votes 33 0.8
Turnout 4,315 85.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1956: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Donald 7,826 72.7 -27.3
Liberal George Groth 2,938 27.3 +27.3
Total formal votes 10,764 98.6
Informal votes 149 1.4
Turnout 10,913 94.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1956: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Mann 4,402 60.0 -15.2
Liberal Roger Moore 2,569 35.0 +35.0
Independent Peter Day 369 5.0 +5.0
Total formal votes 7,340 98.2
Informal votes 137 1.8
Turnout 7,477 86.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1956: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Gardner 7,437 56.7 -7.3
Liberal John Mills 5,350 40.7 +4.7
Independent Herbert Ricketts 341 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 13,128 98.5 0.0
Informal votes 201 1.5 0.0
Turnout 13,329 95.0 -0.7
Labor hold Swing -6.0

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1956: Bundaberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Walsh unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Buranda

Queensland state election, 1956: Buranda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Richard Brown 5,129 55.5 -8.0
Liberal Keith Hooper 4,118 44.5 +8.0
Total formal votes 9,247 99.1 +0.2
Informal votes 86 0.9 -0.2
Turnout 9,333 94.1 -0.2
Labor hold Swing -8.0

Burdekin

Queensland state election, 1956: Burdekin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Arthur Coburn 4,891 63.9 +5.9
Labor Henry Skinner 2,546 33.3 -8.7
Communist Howard Connors 215 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 7,652 99.1 +0.5
Informal votes 67 0.9 -0.5
Turnout 7,719 94.9 -1.2
Independent hold Swing +7.3

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1956: Cairns
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Wallace 4,688 58.9 -0.7
Country Harold Mulry 2,258 28.4 -2.9
Independent Henry Smallwood 1,008 12.7 +12.7
Total formal votes 7,954 98.9 +0.3
Informal votes 88 1.1 -0.3
Turnout 8,042 90.2 -0.4
Labor hold Swing +2.9

Callide

Queensland state election, 1956: Callide
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Vincent Jones 6,396 65.1 +1.2
Labor Eric Willis 3,435 34.9 -1.2
Total formal votes 9,831 98.8 +1.7
Informal votes 116 1.2 -1.7
Turnout 9,947 95.0 -1.9
Country hold Swing +1.2

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1956: Carnarvon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Hilton 5,416 58.2 -3.2
Country Fred Rogers 3,896 41.8 +3.2
Total formal votes 9,312 99.3 +0.5
Informal votes 67 0.7 -0.5
Turnout 9,379 92.0 -0.1
Labor hold Swing -3.2

Carpentaria

Queensland state election, 1956: Carpentaria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Smith 3,377 60.1 -2.6
Country William Aplin 2,240 39.9 +2.6
Total formal votes 5,617 99.1 0.0
Informal votes 50 0.9 0.0
Turnout 5,667 81.3 -2.9
Labor hold Swing -2.6

Charters Towers

Queensland state election, 1956: Charters Towers
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Jones 2,766 67.6 -32.4
Liberal Jan Karlik 1,329 32.4 +32.4
Total formal votes 4,095 99.0
Informal votes 40 1.0
Turnout 4,135 94.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Chermside

Queensland state election, 1956: Chermside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alex Dewar 9,617 58.5 +6.9
Labor Dudley Ryder 6,831 41.5 -6.9
Total formal votes 16,448 98.6 -0.6
Informal votes 230 1.4 +0.6
Turnout 16,678 94.2 -0.8
Liberal hold Swing +6.9

Clayfield

Queensland state election, 1956: Clayfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harold Taylor 6,888 74.0 -26.0
Independent James Ryan 2,420 26.0 +26.0
Total formal votes 9,308 97.4
Informal votes 244 2.6
Turnout 9,552 90.2
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Condamine

Queensland state election, 1956: Condamine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Les Diplock 5,998 54.9 +4.4
Country Stewart Keys 4,919 45.1 -4.4
Total formal votes 10,917 99.5 0.0
Informal votes 57 0.5 0.0
Turnout 10,974 93.4 +0.2
Labor hold Swing +4.4

Cook

Queensland state election, 1956: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bunny Adair 5,433 63.6 +10.5
Country John Crossland 3,110 36.4 -10.5
Total formal votes 8,543 98.8 0.0
Informal votes 103 1.2 0.0
Turnout 8,646 89.2 -0.6
Labor hold Swing +10.5

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1956: Cooroora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country David Low 6,396 68.2 -1.9
Labor Geoffrey Arnell 2,978 31.8 +1.9
Total formal votes 9,374 99.2 -0.1
Informal votes 72 0.8 +0.1
Turnout 9,446 94.1 -0.5
Country hold Swing -1.9

Coorparoo

Queensland state election, 1956: Coorparoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Hiley 7,476 62.0 +4.5
Labor Geoffrey Maher 4,588 38.0 -4.5
Total formal votes 12,064 98.9 -0.2
Informal votes 134 1.1 +0.2
Turnout 12,198 94.5 +0.5
Liberal hold Swing +4.5

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1956: Cunningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Alan Fletcher 6,682 64.5 +3.5
Labor John McCafferty 3,718 35.5 -3.5
Total formal votes 10,400 99.3 +0.1
Informal votes 73 0.7 -0.1
Turnout 10,473 95.2 +2.0
Country hold Swing +3.5

Darlington

Queensland state election, 1956: Darlington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Thomas Plunkett 6,823 67.9 +1.3
Labor Charles Knoll 3,223 32.1 -1.3
Total formal votes 10,046 98.7 +1.8
Informal votes 130 1.3 -1.8
Turnout 10,176 91.4 -1.9
Country hold Swing +1.3

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1956: Fassifern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Adolf Muller unopposed
Country hold Swing

Fitzroy

Queensland state election, 1956: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Clark 5,472 62.6 -6.9
Liberal Gerard Davies 3,175 36.3 +7.6
Communist Eric Browne 100 1.1 -0.7
Total formal votes 8,747 99.0 -0.1
Informal votes 91 1.0 +0.1
Turnout 8,838 95.5 +0.5
Labor hold Swing -7.2

Flinders

Queensland state election, 1956: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Forde 2,269 58.1 -41.9
Country Bill Lonergan 1,638 41.9 +41.9
Total formal votes 3,907 99.3
Informal votes 27 0.7
Turnout 3,934 83.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Fortitude Valley

Queensland state election, 1956: Fortitude Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Brosnan 4,963 57.2 -14.9
Liberal Robert Windsor 3,518 40.5 +40.5
Communist Jim Henderson 202 2.3 -2.4
Total formal votes 8,683 98.9 +1.9
Informal votes 99 1.1 -1.9
Turnout 8,782 91.6 -0.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1956: Gregory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Devries 2,847 65.3 -34.7
Country Robert Campbell 1,516 34.7 +34.7
Total formal votes 4,363 99.3
Informal votes 32 0.7
Turnout 4,395 85.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Haughton

Queensland state election, 1956: Haughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Colin McCathie 5,737 70.4 +11.2
Liberal Edwin Pearse 2,415 29.6 +29.6
Total formal votes 8,152 98.9 -0.5
Informal votes 88 1.1 +0.5
Turnout 8,240 94.7 -1.6
Labor hold Swing +1.4

Hinchinbrook

Queensland state election, 1956: Hinchinbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cecil Jesson 4,319 52.1 -7.2
Liberal Francis Curro 3,964 47.9 +27.5
Total formal votes 8,283 98.5 +0.3
Informal votes 125 1.5 -0.3
Turnout 8,408 92.6 +0.6
Labor hold Swing -17.3

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1956: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ivor Marsden 5,689 61.2 -33.4
Liberal Wylie Gibbs 3,514 37.8 +37.8
Communist Mev Welsby 93 1.0 -4.4
Total formal votes 9,296 99.2 +4.6
Informal votes 74 0.8 -4.6
Turnout 9,370 93.9 +0.6
Labor hold Swing N/A

Isis

Queensland state election, 1956: Isis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Jack Pizzey 5,753 62.3 +3.6
Labor Hylton Salter 3,475 37.7 -3.6
Total formal votes 9,228 98.6 -0.1
Informal votes 131 1.4 +0.1
Turnout 9,359 93.3 -1.3
Country hold Swing +3.6

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1956: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leonard Eastment 5,967 61.7 -3.3
Liberal Alan Edwards 3,711 38.3 +4.7
Total formal votes 9,678 98.6 -0.3
Informal votes 138 1.4 +0.3
Turnout 9,816 94.2 -1.2
Labor hold Swing -4.5

Kedron

Queensland state election, 1956: Kedron
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eric Lloyd 11,283 61.0 -4.8
Liberal Albert Johnson 7,215 39.0 +4.8
Total formal votes 18,498 98.8 -0.2
Informal votes 232 1.2 +0.2
Turnout 18,730 95.2 -0.5
Labor hold Swing -4.8

Kelvin Grove

Queensland state election, 1956: Kelvin Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Turner 5,355 54.3 -7.6
Liberal Douglas Tooth 4,506 45.7 +7.6
Total formal votes 9,861 98.5 +0.1
Informal votes 153 1.5 -0.1
Turnout 10,014 93.9 -0.9
Labor hold Swing -7.6

Keppel

Queensland state election, 1956: Keppel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Viv Cooper 6,790 58.5 +3.1
Liberal Tom Griffith 4,820 41.5 +41.5
Total formal votes 11,610 99.2 +0.2
Informal votes 88 0.8 -0.2
Turnout 11,698 95.8 +0.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1956: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Moores 4,785 57.3 -5.4
Liberal Doug Berry 3,573 42.7 +12.0
Total formal votes 8,358 98.4 +0.3
Informal votes 133 1.6 -0.3
Turnout 8,491 90.0 -1.7
Labor hold Swing -8.7

Landsborough

Queensland state election, 1956: Landsborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frank Nicklin 7,176 73.1 -26.9
Labor Vincent Crosby 2,645 26.9 +26.9
Total formal votes 9,821 98.9
Informal votes 106 1.1
Turnout 9,927 93.5
Country hold Swing N/A

Lockyer

Queensland state election, 1956: Lockyer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gordon Chalk unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 19 May 1956". Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  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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