Results of the Queensland state election, 1912 (L-Z)

Queensland state election, 27 April 1912[1] Legislative Assembly << 1909 — 1915 >>
Enrolled voters		309,590
Votes cast		216,032		Turnout	75.52	+2.85
Informal votes		N/A		Informal	N/A	N/A
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Liberal	110,981	51.37	+0.46	46	+5
	Labor	100,878	46.70	+9.85	25	–2
	Independent	3,766	1.74	+0.14	1	+1
Total		216,032			72

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1912 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, 1912: Leichhardt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Herbert Hardacre	1,702	74.8
	Liberal	William Fox	575	25.2
Total formal votes			2,277	98.4
Informal votes			36	1.6
Turnout			2,313	61.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Lockyer

Queensland state election, 1912: Lockyer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Armstrong	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Logan

Queensland state election, 1912: Logan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Stodart	2,127	68.7
	Labor	Wolfgang Arnold	971	31.3
Total formal votes			3,098	98.9
Informal votes			34	1.1
Turnout			3,132	77.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1912: Mackay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Walter Paget	1,937	62.1
	Labor	Charles Tait	1,182	37.9
Total formal votes			3,119	96.1
Informal votes			127	3.9
Turnout			3,246	69.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Maranoa

Queensland state election, 1912: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Hunter	1,819	62.4
	Liberal	Aaron Hoskin	1,095	37.6
Total formal votes			2,914	99.1
Informal votes			26	0.9
Turnout			2,940	70.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Maree

Queensland state election, 1912: Maree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Bertram	2,096	51.2
	Liberal	David Hunter	2,000	48.8
Total formal votes			4,096	98.7
Informal votes			53	1.3
Turnout			4,149	84.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1912: Maryborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Edward Corser	1,750	50.1
	Labor	William Mitchell	1,740	49.9
Total formal votes			3,490	98.6
Informal votes			48	1.4
Turnout			3,538	79.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

By-election

• Election was voided by the Court of Disputed Returns.
• This by-election was held on the 12th October 1912.

Maryborough state by-election, 1912

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Edward Corser	1,791	50.02	-0.08
	Labor	William Mitchell	1,789	49.98	+0.08
Total formal votes			3,580	99.6	+1.0
Informal votes			16	0.4	-1.0
Turnout			3,596	80.2	+1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.08

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1912: Merthyr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Thomas Welsby	2,119	50.05
	Labor	Peter McLachlan	2,115	49.95
Total formal votes			4,234	98.9
Informal votes			47	1.1
Turnout			4,281	85.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1912: Mirani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Edward Swayne	1,730	68.8
	Labor	Philip Kirwan	785	31.2
Total formal votes			2,515	98.6
Informal votes			36	1.4
Turnout			2,551	63.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mitchell

Queensland state election, 1912: Mitchell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Payne	1,394	71.8
	Liberal	John Cross	547	28.2
Total formal votes			1,941	97.9
Informal votes			42	2.1
Turnout			1,983	52.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Mount Morgan

Queensland state election, 1912: Mount Morgan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Crawford	1,874	53.0
	Labor	James Stopford	1,659	47.0
Total formal votes			3,533	99.5
Informal votes			19	0.5
Turnout			3,552	77.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mundingburra

Queensland state election, 1912: Mundingburra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Thomas Foley	1,974	61.7
	Liberal	William Little	1,226	38.3
Total formal votes			3,200	98.9
Informal votes			34	1.1
Turnout			3,234	76.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Murilla

Queensland state election, 1912: Murilla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Godfrey Morgan	1,725	56.2
	Labor	Frank Allen	1,346	43.8
Total formal votes			3,071	97.6
Informal votes			74	2.4
Turnout			3,145	72.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1912: Murrumba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Forsythe	2,400	77.7
	Labor	Gideon Dennis	688	22.3
Total formal votes			3,088	99.1
Informal votes			29	0.9
Turnout			3,117	71.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

Musgrave

Queensland state election, 1912: Musgrave

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John White	1,569	56.9
	Labor	Henry Cattermull	1,188	43.1
Total formal votes			2,757	98.5
Informal votes			41	1.5
Turnout			2,798	78.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

Nanango

Queensland state election, 1912: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Robert Hodge	2,379	63.8
	Labor	Maurice Harland	1,348	36.2
Total formal votes			3,727	98.7
Informal votes			48	1.3
Turnout			3,775	69.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Normanby

Queensland state election, 1912: Normanby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	George Fox	1,490	60.7
	Labor	George Martens	966	39.3
Total formal votes			2,456	97.3
Informal votes			69	2.7
Turnout			2,525	68.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of George Fox.
• It was held on 5 March 1914.

Normanby state by-election, 1914

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Edward Archer	1,105	53.6	-7.1
	Labor	Joseph Whiteley	971	46.4	+7.1
Total formal votes			2,051	98.7	+1.4
Informal votes			25	1.3	-1.4
Turnout			2,076	63.0	-5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.1

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1912: Nundah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Thomas Bridges	2,301	65.1
	Labor	Robert McCormack	1,232	34.9
Total formal votes			3,533	99.5
Informal votes			17	0.5
Turnout			3,550	79.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Oxley

Queensland state election, 1912: Oxley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Digby Denham	2,213	58.3
	Labor	Charles Martin	1,580	41.7
Total formal votes			3,793	99.5
Informal votes			20	0.5
Turnout			3,813	85.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Paddington

Queensland state election, 1912: Paddington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Fihelly	2,678	57.6
	Liberal	John Walsh	1,973	42.4
Total formal votes			4,651	98.8
Informal votes			58	1.2
Turnout			4,709	84.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Pittsworth

Queensland state election, 1912: Pittsworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Donald Mackintosh	1,850	60.6
	Labor	Matthias Dwyer	1,204	39.4
Total formal votes			3,054	99.6
Informal votes			13	0.4
Turnout			3,067	73.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1912: Port Curtis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Edward Breslin	1,590	50.03
	Liberal	John Kessell	1,588	49.97
Total formal votes			3,178	98.8
Informal votes			39	1.2
Turnout			3,217	78.4
	Labor hold		Swing

By-election

• This result was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns and a by-election was held on the 26th October 1912.

Port Curtis state by-election, 1912

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Kessell	1,512	51.6	+1.6
	Labor	Edward Breslin	1,416	48.4	-1.6
Total formal votes			2,928	99.2	+0.4
Informal votes			23	0.8	-0.4
Turnout			2,951	70.6	+7.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.6

Queenton

Queensland state election, 1912: Queenton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Vern Winstanley	1,704	58.6
	Liberal	Frederick Johnson	1,202	41.4
Total formal votes			2,906	99.6
Informal votes			12	0.4
Turnout			2,918	81.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1912: Rockhampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Adamson	1,705	55.5
	Liberal	George Curtis	1,366	44.5
Total formal votes			3,071	99.1
Informal votes			27	0.9
Turnout			3,098	67.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Rosewood

Queensland state election, 1912: Rosewood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Henry Stevens	1,412	44.1
	Independent	William Ruhno	941	29.4
	Labor	Patrick Madden	687	21.5
	Independent	John Rea	159	5.0
Total formal votes			3,199	99.4
Informal votes			19	0.6
Turnout			3,218	79.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Henry Stevens	1,468	58.0
	Independent	William Ruhno	1,062	42.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1912: South Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Thomas Bouchard	1,914	50.4
	Labor	Joseph Sherry	1,882	49.6
Total formal votes			3,796	99.3
Informal votes			26	0.7
Turnout			3,822	77.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Stanley

Queensland state election, 1912: Stanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Henry Somerset	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Toombul

Queensland state election, 1912: Toombul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Andrew Petrie	2,648	64.7
	Labor	Daniel Dowling	1,447	35.3
Total formal votes			4,095	99.4
Informal votes			23	0.6
Turnout			4,118	82.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1912: Toowong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Edward Macartney	2,734	70.5
	Labor	Lewis McDonald	1,145	29.5
Total formal votes			3,879	99.8
Informal votes			9	0.2
Turnout			3,888	81.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1912: Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Tolmie	1,784	59.3
	Labor	Michael Alke	1,225	40.7
Total formal votes			3,009	99.6
Informal votes			13	0.4
Turnout			3,022	72.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1912: Townsville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Robert Philp	1,908	54.3
	Labor	Alexander Austin	1,604	45.7
Total formal votes			3,512	98.3
Informal votes			60	1.7
Turnout			3,572	72.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1912: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harry Coyne	1,758	65.4
	Liberal	Duncan McDonald	932	34.6
Total formal votes			2,690	95.3
Informal votes			134	4.7
Turnout			2,824	69.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1912: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	George Barnes	1,915	59.4
	Labor	Angus Sinclair	1,307	40.6
Total formal votes			3,222	98.8
Informal votes			38	1.2
Turnout			3,260	70.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

Wide Bay

Queensland state election, 1912: Wide Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Charles Booker	1,866	57.1
	Labor	Andrew Thompson	1,400	42.9
Total formal votes			3,266	99.2
Informal votes			27	0.8
Turnout			3,293	81.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1912: Windsor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Hugh Macrossan	2,488	57.1
	Labor	Walter Crampton	1,837	42.9
Total formal votes			4,285	99.3
Informal votes			32	0.7
Turnout			4,317	85.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

See also

• Results of the Queensland state election, 1912 (A-K)
• Queensland state election, 1912
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1912
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1912-1915

References