Results of the Queensland state election, 1941 (A-K)

Queensland state election, 29 March 1941[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1938 — 1944 >>

Enrolled voters 586,147[1]
Votes cast 529,247 Turnout 90.29 –2.22
Informal votes 9,520 Informal 1.80 +0.49
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 267,206 51.41 +4.24 41 – 3
  Country 108,604 20.90 –1.75 14 + 1
  United Australia 81,109 15.61 +1.64 4 ± 0
  Independent Socialist[2] 16,044 3.09 +1.49 0 ± 0
  Independent Democrat 10,406 2.00 +2.00 2 + 2
  Protestant Labor 9,038 1.74 –7.01 0 – 1
  Independent Labor 5,476 1.05 +1.05 1 + 1
  Independent 21,844 4.20 +3.56 0 ± 0
Total 519,727     62  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1941 Queensland state election for electorates from A to K.

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

Albert

Queensland state election, 1941: Albert[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Thomas Plunkett 5,617 62.4 +21.9
Labor John Bray 3,386 37.6 +9.0
Total formal votes 9,003 98.3 -0.7
Informal votes 156 1.7 +0.7
Turnout 9,159 87.3 -5.1
Country hold Swing +7.5

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1941: Aubigny
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Walter Sparkes 5,451 63.3 -2.4
Labor Adolphus Baker 3,163 36.7 +12.7
Total formal votes 8,614 99.4 +0.5
Informal votes 50 0.6 -0.5
Turnout 8,664 93.0 +0.4
Country hold Swing -9.9

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1941: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Bulcock 4,809 79.6 -20.4
Country Robert McGeoch 1,229 20.4 +20.4
Total formal votes 6,038 97.1
Informal votes 181 2.9
Turnout 6,219 80.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Baroona

Queensland state election, 1941: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Power 5,317 59.9 +10.3
United Australia Cecil Noble 3,564 40.1 +17.3
Total formal votes 8,881 97.6 -1.1
Informal votes 219 2.4 +1.1
Turnout 9,100 89.6 -2.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Bowen

Queensland state election, 1941: Bowen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernest Riordan 4,152 52.7 +13.5
Communist Fred Paterson 3,733 47.3 +18.0
Total formal votes 7,885 96.6 -2.6
Informal votes 275 3.4 +2.6
Turnout 8,160 91.0 -3.6
Labor hold Swing -4.5

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1941: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Cooper 7,141 83.5 +0.1
Communist Geordie Burns 1,411 16.5 -0.1
Total formal votes 8,552 97.2 +0.3
Informal votes 249 2.8 -0.3
Turnout 8,801 94.0 -1.0
Labor hold Swing +0.1

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1941: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Mann 4,749 57.4 -8.6
United Australia Neville Fogerty 2,856 34.5 +0.5
Communist Claude Jones 670 8.1 +8.1
Total formal votes 8,275 97.6 -0.7
Informal votes 199 2.4 +0.7
Turnout 8,474 86.8 -1.4
Labor hold Swing -3.6

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1941: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Marriott 7,181 70.1 +10.3
United Australia Daniel Miller 3,067 29.9 +8.1
Total formal votes 10,248 97.4 -0.2
Informal votes 275 2.6 +0.2
Turnout 10,523 93.7 -1.7
Labor hold Swing -3.2

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1941: Bundaberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Frank Barnes 5,476 51.1 +51.1
Labor Bernard McLean 4,356 48.9 +4.8
Total formal votes 10,715 97.8 -1.4
Informal votes 246 2.2 +1.4
Turnout 10,961 93.4 -2.1
Independent Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A

Buranda

Queensland state election, 1941: Buranda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Hanson 5,745 56.9 +6.0
United Australia Hector Annat 4,345 43.1 +19.2
Total formal votes 10,090 97.9 -0.6
Informal votes 216 2.1 +0.6
Turnout 10,306 91.5 -2.6
Labor hold Swing -11.1

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1941: Cairns
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John O'Keefe 5,003 55.4 -0.9
Country William Griffen 3,193 35.3 +12.9
Independent Alan Tucker 835 9.3 +9.3
Total formal votes 9,031 98.5 -0.3
Informal votes 135 1.5 +0.3
Turnout 9,166 87.0 -3.6
Labor hold Swing -10.5

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1941: Carnarvon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Hilton unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Carpentaria

Queensland state election, 1941: Carpentaria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Smith 3,054 51.8 -4.0
Independent James Boyd 2,838 48.2 +48.2
Total formal votes 5,892 98.6 -0.2
Informal votes 83 1.4 +0.2
Turnout 5,975 72.7 -7.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Charters Towers

Queensland state election, 1941: Charters Towers
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Jones 4,023 63.2 -36.8
Protestant Labor Syd Williams 2,344 36.8 +36.8
Total formal votes 6,367 98.6
Informal votes 89 1.4
Turnout 6,456 82.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Cook

Queensland state election, 1941: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harold Collins 4,388 57.0 -2.0
Country James McDonald 3,315 43.0 +9.2
Total formal votes 7,703 95.4 -2.6
Informal votes 368 4.6 +2.6
Turnout 8,071 89.0 -1.4
Labor hold Swing -6.5

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1941: Cooroora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harry Walker unopposed
Country hold Swing

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1941: Cunningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Country William Deacon 4,062 47.4 +47.4
Labor John Hilton 2,806 32.7 +32.7
Country Herbert Castles 1,704 19.9 -80.1
Total formal votes 8,572 99.2
Informal votes 66 0.8
Turnout 8,638 92.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Country William Deacon 5,492 65.8 -34.2
Labor John Hilton 2,860 34.2 +34.2
Independent Country gain from Country Swing N/A

Dalby

Queensland state election, 1941: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Aubrey Slessar 5,434 56.0 +5.7
Country Godfrey Morgan 4,262 44.0 -5.7
Total formal votes 9,696 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 74 0.8 -0.3
Turnout 9,770 87.1 -4.6
Labor hold Swing +5.7

East Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1941: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Herbert Yeates 4,623 54.2 +23.1
Labor James Kane 3,906 45.8 +0.4
Total formal votes 8,529 98.1 -0.5
Informal votes 167 1.9 +0.5
Turnout 8,696 93.5 +3.4
Country hold Swing +2.8

Enoggera

Queensland state election, 1941: Enoggera
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Taylor 5,597 50.5 -4.2
United Australia Ernest Lanham 4,786 43.1 +20.8
Independent Mabel Matyer 708 6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 11,091 98.3 -0.9
Informal votes 193 1.7 +0.9
Turnout 11,284 93.4 -1.5
Labor hold Swing -16.5

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1941: Fassifern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Adolf Muller 5,981 64.7 -2.6
Labor Peter Nelson 3,265 35.3 +2.6
Total formal votes 9,246 97.8 -0.8
Informal votes 212 2.2 +0.8
Turnout 9,458 93.0 -1.7
Country hold Swing -2.6

Fitzroy

Queensland state election, 1941: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Clark unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Fortitude Valley

Queensland state election, 1941: Fortitude Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Samuel Brassington 5,005 56.5 +0.1
United Australia Ernest Downey 3,851 43.5 +16.1
Total formal votes 8,856 98.0 -0.7
Informal votes 180 2.0 +0.7
Turnout 9,036 90.4 -2.9
Labor hold Swing -10.5

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1941: Gregory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Devries 2,709 54.2 -10.7
Independent Charles Brown 2,291 45.8 +45.8
Total formal votes 5,000 97.3 -0.6
Informal votes 136 2.7 +0.6
Turnout 5,136 72.6 -8.8
Labor gain from Independent Swing N/A

Gympie

Queensland state election, 1941: Gympie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Dunstan 3,738 52.4 +9.4
United Australia Ronald Witham 2,142 30.0 +30.0
Country William Kidd 1,251 17.5 -4.1
Total formal votes 7,131 99.5 +0.2
Informal votes 39 0.5 -0.2
Turnout 7,170 93.3 -0.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Hamilton

Queensland state election, 1941: Hamilton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Arthur Bruce Pie 6,221 63.8 +63.8
United Australia Hugh Russell 3,538 36.2 -32.5
Total formal votes 9,759 98.0 -0.7
Informal votes 194 2.0 +0.7
Turnout 9,953 91.5 -2.8
Independent gain from United Australia Swing N/A

Herbert

Queensland state election, 1941: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stephen Theodore 5,182 56.2 +3.3
Country Alfred Moule 2,417 26.2 +8.3
Communist Jack Wells 1,617 17.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 9,216 98.2 -0.2
Informal votes 166 1.8 +0.2
Turnout 9,382 91.7 +4.5
Labor hold Swing -6.5

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1941: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Gledson 6,630 66.8 +0.8
Country John Cantwell 2,534 25.5 +25.5
Communist Merv Welsby 756 7.6 +7.6
Total formal votes 9,920 98.3 -0.1
Informal votes 171 1.7 +0.1
Turnout 10,091 95.1 -0.8
Labor hold Swing +6.3

Isis

Queensland state election, 1941: Isis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Brand 4,979 59.1 -5.6
Labor William Ivey 3,439 40.9 +5.6
Total formal votes 8,418 97.8 -0.8
Informal votes 190 2.2 +0.8
Turnout 8,608 95.5 +0.8
Country hold Swing -5.6

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1941: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ned Hanlon 6,155 56.9 +7.0
Independent Alexander Jolly 4,174 38.6 +38.6
Communist Ted Bacon 495 4.6 +4.6
Total formal votes 10,824 98.6 -0.5
Informal votes 158 1.4 +0.5
Turnout 10,982 93.2 -1.6
Labor hold Swing N/A

Kelvin Grove

Queensland state election, 1941: Kelvin Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Turner 5,449 50.7 +8.2
Independent UAP Richard Hill 2,654 24.7 +24.7
Independent George Morris 2,646 24.6 +24.6
Total formal votes 10,749 98.7 -0.8
Informal votes 142 1.3 +0.8
Turnout 10,891 92.3 -3.0
Labor gain from Independent Swing N/A

Kennedy

Queensland state election, 1941: Kennedy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cecil Jesson 5,210 57.7 -6.1
Country Aubrey Jurd 2,833 31.4 -4.8
Communist Florence Milburn 980 10.9 +10.9
Total formal votes 9,023 98.2 +0.3
Informal votes 161 1.8 -0.3
Turnout 9,184 88.4 -1.7
Labor hold Swing +1.0

Keppel

Queensland state election, 1941: Keppel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country David Daniel 4,417 53.0 -1.2
Labor Walter Ingram 3,206 38.5 +38.5
Independent Ezra Shorley 714 8.6 +8.6
Total formal votes 8,337 98.9 +0.2
Informal votes 90 1.1 -0.2
Turnout 8,427 90.0 -2.3
Country hold Swing N/A

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1941: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Patrick Copley 4,556 48.4 +1.6
United Australia Norman Brandon 4,374 46.5 +21.0
Communist Ruby McGrorty 477 5.1 +0.7
Total formal votes 9,407 98.4 -0.2
Informal votes 153 1.6 +0.2
Turnout 9,560 85.5 -5.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Patrick Copley 4,629 50.9 -5.2
United Australia Norman Brandon 4,469 49.1 +5.2
Labor hold Swing -5.2

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 29 March 1941". 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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