Results of the Queensland state election, 1944 (A-K)

Queensland state election, 15 April 1944[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1941 — 1947 >>

Enrolled voters 585,727[1]
Votes cast 512,767 Turnout 87.54 –2.75
Informal votes 9,352 Informal 1.82 +0.02
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 224,888 44.67 –6.74 37 – 4
  Queensland People's Party 124,437 24.72 +9.11 7 + 3
  Country 88,608 17.60 –3.29 12 – 2
  Communist 12,467 2.48 –0.61 1 + 1
  Independent Labor 12,154 2.41 +0.67 1 + 1
  Frank Barnes Labor 9,970 1.98 +0.93 2 + 1
  Hermit Park Labor 5,521 1.10 +1.10 1 + 1
  Independent Country 1,654 0.33 –0.45 0 ± 0
  Independent 23,716 4.71 +1.29 1 – 1
Total 503,415     62  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1944 Queensland state election for electorates from A to K.

Results by electoral district

Albert

Queensland state election, 1944: Albert[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Thomas Plunkett 4,842 50.8 -11.6
Labor John Rosser 3,037 31.9 -5.7
Independent Country Edward Coghlan 1,654 17.3 +17.3
Total formal votes 9,533 99.1 +0.8
Informal votes 84 0.9 -0.8
Turnout 9,617 83.8 -3.5
Country hold Swing -2.9

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1944: Aubigny
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Walter Sparkes 5,620 68.2 +4.9
Labor William Harth 2,614 31.8 -4.9
Total formal votes 8,234 99.2 -0.2
Informal votes 67 0.8 +0.2
Turnout 8,301 88.6 -4.4
Country hold Swing +4.9

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1944: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Davis unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Baroona

Queensland state election, 1944: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Power 5,415 55.3 -4.6
Queensland People's Party Richard Cooper 4,370 44.7 +4.6
Total formal votes 9,785 98.5 +0.9
Informal votes 147 1.5 -0.9
Turnout 9,932 88.0 -1.6
Labor hold Swing -4.6

Bowen

Queensland state election, 1944: Bowen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Communist Fred Paterson 3,434 44.4 -2.9
Labor Ernest Riordan 2,988 38.6 -14.1
Country Bill Hancock 1,310 16.9 +16.9
Total formal votes 7,732 99.0 +2.4
Informal votes 80 1.0 -2.4
Turnout 7,812 87.7 -3.3
Communist gain from Labor Swing +6.2

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1944: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Cooper unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1944: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Mann 4,774 58.4 +1.0
Queensland People's Party George Regan 3,396 41.6 +7.1
Total formal votes 8,170 97.6 0.0
Informal votes 200 2.4 0.0
Turnout 8,370 85.4 -1.4
Labor hold Swing -4.0

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1944: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor George Marriott 4,577 41.8 +41.8
Queensland People's Party Geoffrey Ward 3,680 33.6 +3.7
Labor Robert Gardner 2,683 24.5 -45.6
Total formal votes 10,940 96.0 -1.4
Informal votes 459 4.0 +1.4
Turnout 11,399 94.8 +1.1
Independent Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1944: Bundaberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Frank Barnes Labor Frank Barnes 4,180 40.0 -11.1
Labor Bernard McLean 3,495 33.4 -15.5
Queensland People's Party Tom McCracken 2,218 21.2 +21.2
Independent Labor Arthur Howe 432 4.1 +4.1
Independent Alfred Maughan 136 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 10,461 98.3 +0.5
Informal votes 182 1.7 -0.5
Turnout 10,643 88.3 -5.1
Frank Barnes Labor hold Swing +3.4

Buranda

Queensland state election, 1944: Buranda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Hanson 5,569 50.7 -6.2
Queensland People's Party Robert Roberts 5,417 49.3 +6.2
Total formal votes 10,986 98.9 +1.0
Informal votes 125 1.1 -1.0
Turnout 11,111 88.9 -2.6
Labor hold Swing -6.2

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1944: Cairns
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Frank Barnes Labor Lou Barnes 5,790 65.6 +65.6
Labor Daniel Crowley 3,029 34.4 -21.0
Total formal votes 8,819 98.8 +0.3
Informal votes 109 1.2 -0.3
Turnout 8,928 79.6 -7.4
Frank Barnes Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1944: Carnarvon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Hilton 4,211 56.6 -43.4
Country Harold Phillips 3,235 43.4 +43.4
Total formal votes 7,446 95.1
Informal votes 386 4.9
Turnout 7,832 88.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Carpentaria

Queensland state election, 1944: Carpentaria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Smith 2,969 57.5 +5.7
Independent Labor James Boyd 1,834 35.5 -12.7
Independent John Carson 208 4.0 +4.0
Independent Bernard McInerney 155 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 5,166 98.7 +0.1
Informal votes 67 1.3 -0.1
Turnout 5,233 77.0 +4.3
Labor hold Swing +10.0

Charters Towers

Queensland state election, 1944: Charters Towers
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Jones 4,241 67.5 +4.3
Independent Labor Syd Williams 2,344 32.5 -4.3
Total formal votes 6,285 98.2 -0.4
Informal votes 115 1.8 +0.4
Turnout 6,400 81.8 -1.1
Labor hold Swing +4.3

Cook

Queensland state election, 1944: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harold Collins 3,845 54.6 -2.4
Queensland People's Party Norman Fitchett 1,999 28.4 +28.4
Independent Labor Jack Meehan 1,205 17.1 +17.1
Total formal votes 7,049 98.3 +2.9
Informal votes 119 1.7 -2.9
Turnout 7,168 82.0 -7.0
Labor hold Swing +8.8

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1944: Cooroora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harry Walker 5,486 62.5 -37.5
Labor Robert Spencer 3,289 37.5 +37.5
Total formal votes 8,775 99.1
Informal votes 79 0.9
Turnout 8,854 89.0
Country hold Swing N/A

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1944: Cunningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Malcolm McIntyre 5,542 67.2 +47.3
Labor John Hilton 2,705 32.8 +0.1
Total formal votes 8,247 97.7 -1.5
Informal votes 192 2.3 +1.5
Turnout 8,439 92.1 0.0
Country gain from Independent Swing N/A

Dalby

Queensland state election, 1944: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Aubrey Slessar 4,688 51.5 -4.5
Country Charles Russell 4,409 48.5 +4.5
Total formal votes 9,097 94.4 -4.8
Informal votes 537 5.6 +4.8
Turnout 9,634 88.5 +1.4
Labor hold Swing -4.5

East Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1944: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Herbert Yeates 4,854 56.1 +1.9
Labor Jim Thorpe 3,560 41.2 -4.6
Independent K N Kunkel 230 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 8,644 98.7 +0.6
Informal votes 115 1.3 -0.6
Turnout 8,759 84.7 -8.8
Country hold Swing +3.5

Enoggera

Queensland state election, 1944: Enoggera
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Queensland People's Party Kenneth Morris 5,436 45.3 +2.2
Independent Labor George Taylor 3,927 32.7 +32.7
Labor James Fraser 2,647 22.0 -28.5
Total formal votes 12,010 97.8 -0.5
Informal votes 267 2.2 +0.5
Turnout 12,277 93.4 0.0
Queensland People's Party gain from Labor Swing N/A

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1944: Fassifern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Adolf Muller 5,984 64.7 -0.7
Labor Roy Richards 2,633 29.6 -5.7
Independent Cyril Brosnan 275 3.1 +3.1
Independent George Masen 166 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 8,891 95.8 -2.0
Informal votes 387 4.2 +2.0
Turnout 9,278 95.3 +2.3
Country hold Swing +4.1

Fitzroy

Queensland state election, 1944: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Clark 4,832 51.4 -48.6
Queensland People's Party Harry Weir 4,563 48.6 +48.6
Total formal votes 9,395 99.0
Informal votes 93 1.0
Turnout 9,488 84.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Fortitude Valley

Queensland state election, 1944: Fortitude Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Samuel Brassington 5,582 60.5 +4.0
Queensland People's Party Annie Tipper 3,646 39.5 -4.0
Total formal votes 9,228 98.6 +0.6
Informal votes 135 1.4 -0.6
Turnout 9,363 88.2 -2.2
Labor hold Swing +4.0

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1944: Gregory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Devries unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Gympie

Queensland state election, 1944: Gympie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Dunstan 3,197 47.8 -4.6
Queensland People's Party Niels Damm 2,923 43.7 +13.7
Independent William Ebrington 572 8.5 +8.5
Total formal votes 6,692 99.5 0.0
Informal votes 33 0.5 0.0
Turnout 6,725 88.0 -5.3
Labor hold Swing -11.4

Hamilton

Queensland state election, 1944: Hamilton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Queensland People's Party John Chandler 7,916 75.2 +39.0
Labor John Dixon 2,614 24.8 +24.8
Total formal votes 10,530 98.8 +0.8
Informal votes 125 1.2 -0.8
Turnout 10,655 88.4 -3.1
Queensland People's Party gain from Independent Swing N/A

Herbert

Queensland state election, 1944: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stephen Theodore 4,331 57.1 +0.9
Communist Les Sullivan 3,261 42.9 +42.9
Total formal votes 7,592 96.9 -1.3
Informal votes 166 1.8 +1.3
Turnout 7,834 86.0 -5.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1944: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Gledson unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Isis

Queensland state election, 1944: Isis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Brand 4,901 64.5 +5.4
Labor Frank Eastaughffe 2,694 35.5 -5.4
Total formal votes 7,595 96.0 -1.8
Informal votes 318 4.0 +1.8
Turnout 7,913 92.8 -2.7
Country hold Swing +5.4

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1944: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ned Hanlon 6,305 54.0 -2.9
Queensland People's Party Reg Groom 5,162 44.2 +44.2
Independent Jack McCallum 208 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 11,675 98.9 +0.3
Informal votes 132 1.1 -0.3
Turnout 11,807 91.7 -1.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Kelvin Grove

Queensland state election, 1944: Kelvin Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Turner 6,011 53.1 +2.4
Queensland People's Party Andrew Muir 5,309 46.9 +46.9
Total formal votes 11,320 98.7 0.0
Informal votes 147 1.3 0.0
Turnout 11,467 90.5 -1.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Kennedy

Queensland state election, 1944: Kennedy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cecil Jesson 4,297 50.7 -7.0
Communist John Clubley 2,220 26.2 +15.3
Queensland People's Party Aubrey Jurd 1,954 23.1 +23.1
Total formal votes 8,471 97.9 -0.3
Informal votes 180 2.1 +0.3
Turnout 8,651 82.3 -6.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Keppel

Queensland state election, 1944: Keppel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Walter Ingram 3,184 40.1 +1.6
Country Frank Saunders 2,466 31.0 -22.0
Independent John Harding 2,292 28.9 +28.9
Total formal votes 7,942 95.0 -3.9
Informal votes 420 5.0 +3.9
Turnout 8,362 90.1 +0.1
Labor gain from Country Swing +14.3

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1944: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Patrick Copley 5,504 53.5 +5.1
Queensland People's Party Norman Brandon 4,780 46.5 0.0
Total formal votes 10,284 98.7 +0.3
Informal votes 135 1.3 -0.3
Turnout 10,419 85.0 -0.5
Labor hold Swing +2.5

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 15 April 1944". Retrieved 20 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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