Results of the Queensland state election, 1960 (A-L)
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Queensland state election, 28 May 1960[1] |
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Enrolled voters | 813,584[1] | |||||
Votes cast | 752,927 | Turnout | 92.54 | –2.04 | ||
Informal votes | 9,897 | Informal | 1.31 | +0.17 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 296,430 | 39.89 | +11.00 | 25 | + 5 | |
Liberal | 178,567 | 24.03 | +0.80 | 20 | + 2 | |
Country | 139,720 | 19.50 | –0.49 | 26 | + 2 | |
Queensland Labor | 91,212 | 12.28 | –11.12 | 4 | – 7 | |
North Queensland Labor | 7,488 | 1.07 | –0.25 | 1 | ± 0 | |
Ind. Labor | 2,257 | 0.32 | +0.26 | 0 | ± 0 | |
Ind. Conservative | 2,723 | 0.39 | +0.39 | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 30,897 | 4.16 | 2 | + 1 | ||
Total | 743,030 | 78 |
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1960 Queensland state election for electorates from A to L.
Contents
- 1 Results by electoral district
- 1.1 Albert
- 1.2 Ashgrove
- 1.3 Aspley
- 1.4 Aubigny
- 1.5 Balonne
- 1.6 Barambah
- 1.7 Barcoo
- 1.8 Baroona
- 1.9 Belmont
- 1.10 Bowen
- 1.11 Brisbane
- 1.12 Bulimba
- 1.13 Bundaberg
- 1.14 Burdekin
- 1.15 Burke
- 1.16 Burnett
- 1.17 Cairns
- 1.18 Callide
- 1.19 Carnarvon
- 1.20 Chatsworth
- 1.21 Clayfield
- 1.22 Condamine
- 1.23 Cook
- 1.24 Cooroora
- 1.25 Cunningham
- 1.26 Fassifern
- 1.27 Flinders
- 1.28 Greenslopes
- 1.29 Gregory
- 1.30 Gympie
- 1.31 Hawthorne
- 1.32 Hinchinbrook
- 1.33 Ipswich East
- 1.34 Ipswich West
- 1.35 Isis
- 1.36 Ithaca
- 1.37 Kedron
- 1.38 Kurilpa
- 1.39 Landsborough
- 1.40 Lockyer
- 1.41 Logan
- 2 See also
- 3 References
Results by electoral district
Albert
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Cec Carey | 3,277 | 39.6 | ||
Independent | Ernest Harley | 3,017 | 36.4 | ||
Labor | Cecil Jesson | 1,853 | 22.4 | ||
Independent Country | G.D. Plunkett | 132 | 1.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,279 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 88 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 8,367 | 92.9 | |||
Country win | (new division) |
Ashgrove
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Douglas Tooth | 5,228 | 50.3 | +0.5 | |
Labor | John Turner | 3,662 | 35.3 | +6.6 | |
Queensland Labor | Thomas Heike | 1,492 | 14.4 | -7.0 | |
Total formal votes | 10,382 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 123 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 10,505 | 94.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.6 |
Aspley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Fred Campbell | 4,967 | 47.1 | +4.3 | |
Labor | Nellie Carver | 4,239 | 40.2 | +4.6 | |
Queensland Labor | George Kerr | 1,336 | 12.7 | -8.9 | |
Total formal votes | 10,542 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 133 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 10,675 | 94.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.4 |
Aubigny
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queensland Labor | Les Diplock | 4,024 | 45.9 | +45.9 | |
Country | Walter Sparkes | 3,763 | 42.9 | -57.1 | |
Labor | Bruce Strachan | 981 | 11.2 | +11.2 | |
Total formal votes | 8,768 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 52 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 8,820 | 93.6 | |||
Queensland Labor gain from Country | Swing | N/A |
- Aubigny was uncontested at the previous election.
Balonne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Edwin Beardmore | 4,049 | 63.1 | ||
Labor | William Dendle | 2,371 | 36.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,420 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 75 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 6,495 | 87.9 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Barambah
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Joh Bjelke-Petersen | 5,957 | 64.5 | ||
Labor | Bill Weir | 1,968 | 21.3 | ||
Queensland Labor | Daniel Curtain | 1,310 | 14.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,235 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 88 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 9,323 | 95.0 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Barcoo
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Edward Davis | 3,676 | 46.8 | ||
Country | Fred Gowland | 2,835 | 36.1 | ||
Queensland Labor | Tom Foley | 1,337 | 17.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,848 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 52 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 7,900 | 91.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Baroona
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Pat Hanlon | 7,094 | 58.8 | +21.0 | |
Liberal | Roger Moore | 3,450 | 28.6 | -6.2 | |
Queensland Labor | Geoffrey Maule | 1,521 | 12.6 | -14.8 | |
Total formal votes | 12,065 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 182 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 12,247 | 91.6 | |||
Labor gain from Queensland Labor | Swing | N/A |
Belmont
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Newton | 6,120 | 54.7 | +9.1 | |
Liberal | Bill Hewitt | 3,869 | 34.5 | -1.6 | |
Queensland Labor | Jean Reville | 1,209 | 10.8 | -5.0 | |
Total formal votes | 11,198 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 180 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 11,378 | 92.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +5.5 |
Bowen
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Delamothe | 3,287 | 46.0 | ||
Labor | William Klaka | 2,813 | 39.4 | ||
Queensland Labor | James Berryman | 679 | 9.5 | ||
Communist | James Nisbet | 358 | 5.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,137 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 115 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 7,252 | 94.1 | |||
Liberal win | (new division) |
Brisbane
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Mann | 5,511 | 51.6 | +13.5 | |
Liberal | Jim Rowan | 3,180 | 29.8 | -1.4 | |
Queensland Labor | Lionel Orreal | 1,979 | 18.5 | -12.2 | |
Total formal votes | 10,670 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 201 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 10,871 | 85.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +8.4 |
Bulimba
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Houston | 6,184 | 56.7 | +18.4 | |
Liberal | Ronald Kelk | 2,985 | 27.4 | -5.9 | |
Queensland Labor | Robert Gardner | 1,734 | 15.9 | -12.4 | |
Total formal votes | 10,903 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 163 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 11,066 | 94.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +13.9 |
Bundaberg
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queensland Labor | Ted Walsh | 5,138 | 40.5 | ||
Labor | John Salter | 5,122 | 40.4 | ||
Liberal | Robert Howard | 2,415 | 19.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,675 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 245 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 12,920 | 94.9 | |||
Queensland Labor hold | Swing |
Burdekin
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Arthur Coburn | 3,529 | 50.7 | ||
Queensland Labor | Colin McCathie | 2,063 | 29.6 | ||
Labor | Fred Page | 1,367 | 19.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,959 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 53 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 7,012 | 93.1 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Burke
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alex Inch | 2,908 | 42.3 | ||
Queensland Labor | Alfred Smith | 2,294 | 33.3 | ||
Country | Alexander Hindson | 1,681 | 24.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,883 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 88 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 6,971 | 81.4 | |||
Labor win | (new division) |
Burnett
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Claude Wharton | 4,969 | 54.9 | ||
Labor | Denis Grace | 2,459 | 27.2 | ||
Queensland Labor | Edward McDonnell | 1,616 | 17.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,044 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 75 | 0.8 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Cairns
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Wallace | 7,057 | 56.5 | ||
Country | Albert Baggott | 3,736 | 29.9 | ||
Queensland Labor | William Allendorf | 1,704 | 13.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,497 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 131 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 12,628 | 90.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Callide
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Vincent Jones | 4,998 | 62.3 | ||
Labor | Oliver Edwards | 3,022 | 37.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,020 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 114 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 8,134 | 92.9 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Carnarvon
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queensland Labor | Paul Hilton | 3,611 | 41.3 | ||
Country | Fred Rogers | 3,155 | 36.1 | ||
Labor | Douglas Gow | 1,983 | 22.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,749 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 102 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 8,851 | 91.7 | |||
Queensland Labor hold | Swing |
Chatsworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Hiley | 5,511 | 53.1 | ||
Labor | Joseph Ferguson | 3,490 | 33.7 | ||
Queensland Labor | Terry Burns | 1,366 | 13.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,367 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 132 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 10,499 | 94.5 | |||
Liberal win | (new division) |
Clayfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harold Taylor | 5,905 | 54.3 | ||
Labor | Edgar Abel | 3,015 | 27.7 | ||
Queensland Labor | Harry Wright | 1,953 | 18.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,873 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 172 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 11,045 | 91.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Condamine
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Vic Sullivan | 4,723 | 68.8 | ||
Labor | Leslie Beaumont | 1,868 | 27.2 | ||
Independent | James Drabsch | 272 | 4.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,863 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 59 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 6,922 | 92.7 | |||
Country gain from Queensland Labor | Swing |
Cook
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queensland Labor | Bunny Adair | 3,063 | 39.2 | ||
Labor | John Bethel | 2,753 | 35.2 | ||
Country | William Simms | 2,003 | 25.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,819 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 88 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 7,907 | 89.9 | |||
Queensland Labor hold | Swing |
Cooroora
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | David Low | 6,281 | 71.0 | ||
Labor | Lancelot Sanderson | 2,560 | 29.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,841 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 124 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 8,965 | 94.2 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Cunningham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Alan Fletcher | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Fassifern
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Adolf Muller | 6,507 | 71.8 | ||
Labor | Denis O'Brien | 2,551 | 28.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,058 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 104 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 9,162 | 94.8 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Flinders
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Lonergan | 3,831 | 47.9 | ||
Labor | Frank Forde | 3,721 | 46.6 | ||
Queensland Labor | Patrick McLaughlin | 437 | 5.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,989 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 75 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 8,064 | 90.2 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Greenslopes
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Keith Hooper | 6,230 | 55.4 | ||
Labor | John Hughes | 3,225 | 28.7 | ||
Queensland Labor | Michael Lyons | 1,665 | 14.8 | ||
Social Credit | Eric Allen | 119 | 1.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,239 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 147 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 11,386 | 93.3 | |||
Liberal win | (new division) |
Gregory
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Wally Rae | 3,695 | 54.4 | ||
Labor | Martin Laracy | 3,098 | 45.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,793 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 104 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 6,897 | 84.9 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Gympie
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Max Hodges | 5,616 | 58.1 | ||
Labor | Blair Jamieson | 2,920 | 30.2 | ||
Queensland Labor | Denis Tanner | 1,129 | 11.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,665 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 75 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 9,740 | 95.6 | |||
Country win | (new division) |
Hawthorne
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Baxter | 5,428 | 51.4 | ||
Liberal | Clive Harburg | 3,882 | 36.8 | ||
Queensland Labor | Greg Kehoe | 1,245 | 11.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,555 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 123 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 10,678 | 93.9 | |||
Labor win | (new division) |
Hinchinbrook
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | John Row | 3,082 | 44.1 | ||
Labor | Kevin Cavanagh | 2,776 | 39.7 | ||
Queensland Labor | Victor Bodero | 697 | 10.0 | ||
Independent | William Wilson | 438 | 6.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,993 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 112 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 7,105 | 93.8 | |||
Country gain from Labor | Swing |
Ipswich East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jim Donald | 8,596 | 69.2 | ||
Liberal | Hedley Scriven | 3,068 | 24.7 | ||
Queensland Labor | Charles Archer | 761 | 6.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,425 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 101 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 12,526 | 95.8 | |||
Labor win | (new division) |
Ipswich West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ivor Marsden | 7,674 | 61.8 | ||
Liberal | Harry Groth | 3,635 | 29.3 | ||
Queensland Labor | Selby Guymer | 970 | 7.8 | ||
Communist | Thomas Millar | 132 | 1.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,411 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 87 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 12,498 | 92.9 | |||
Labor win | (new division) |
Isis
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Jack Pizzey | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Ithaca
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Windsor | 5,178 | 46.8 | ||
Labor | Manfred Cross | 4,705 | 42.5 | ||
Queensland Labor | John O'Connell | 1,180 | 10.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,063 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 104 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 11,167 | 92.3 | |||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing |
Kedron
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Eric Lloyd | 7,059 | 60.8 | ||
Liberal | Ronald Burrows | 3,412 | 29.4 | ||
Independent | Harold Whitlock | 1,133 | 9.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,604 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 191 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 11,795 | 95.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Kurilpa
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Clive Hughes | 5,068 | 49.3 | ||
Labor | Arthur Larkin | 4,087 | 39.8 | ||
Queensland Labor | Paul Tucker | 1,115 | 10.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,270 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 193 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 10,463 | 90.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Landsborough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Frank Nicklin | 7,051 | 79.8 | ||
Labor | Frank McLoughlin | 1,768 | 20.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,837 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 137 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 8,974 | 91.6 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Lockyer
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Gordon Chalk | 5,077 | 63.4 | ||
Independent Country | John Martin | 2,319 | 28.9 | ||
Independent Labor | Edwin Olm | 447 | 5.6 | ||
Independent | James Dwyer | 169 | 2.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,012 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 82 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 8,094 | 95.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Logan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Robert Harrison | 5,404 | 61.3 | ||
Labor | Vincent Sheppard | 3,413 | 38.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,817 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 183 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 9,000 | 92.1 | |||
Country win | (new division) |
See also
- Results of the Queensland state election, 1960 (M-Z)
- Queensland state election, 1960
- Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1960
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1960-1963
References
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