Results of the Queensland state election, 1944 (L-Z)

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 L to Z.

Results by electoral district

Logan

Queensland state election, 1944: Logan[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Queensland People's Party Thomas Hiley 7,434 52.7 +7.7
Labor John Brown 6,680 47.3 -7.7
Total formal votes 14,114 98.8 +0.7
Informal votes 165 1.2 -0.7
Turnout 14,279 89.1 -2.7
Queensland People's Party gain from Labor Swing +7.7

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1944: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Graham 5,086 58.1 -9.4
Queensland People's Party Ernie Evans 3,676 41.9 +41.9
Total formal votes 8,762 98.9 +0.7
Informal votes 96 1.1 -0.7
Turnout 8,858 82.2 -6.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Maranoa

Queensland state election, 1944: Maranoa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Taylor 3,832 56.2 -3.0
Country Henry Crothers 2,987 43.8 +3.0
Total formal votes 6,819 98.3 +0.1
Informal votes 116 1.7 -0.1
Turnout 6,935 81.6 -0.1
Labor hold Swing -3.0

Maree

Queensland state election, 1944: Maree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Louis Luckins 5,294 53.3 +53.3
Labor Jack McNulty 4,631 46.7 -3.1
Total formal votes 9,925 98.5 +2.0
Informal votes 152 1.5 -2.0
Turnout 10,077 85.7 -6.1
Independent gain from Queensland People's Party Swing N/A

Maryborough

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

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1944: Merthyr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Moore 5,322 54.7 -3.7
Queensland People's Party Leonard King 4,400 45.3 +3.7
Total formal votes 9,722 98.1 -0.2
Informal votes 184 1.9 +0.2
Turnout 9,906 88.7 -5.0
Labor hold Swing -3.7

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1944: Mirani
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Walsh 3,769 47.6 -11.3
Country Anthony Coyne 2,576 32.5 -8.6
Independent John Mulherin 1,581 19.9 +19.9
Total formal votes 7,926 98.8 -0.2
Informal votes 96 1.2 +0.2
Turnout 8,022 84.5 -3.5
Labor hold Swing +0.5

Mundingburra

Queensland state election, 1944: Mundingburra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Hermit Park Labor Tom Aikens 3,658 35.6 +35.6
Labor Lionel Tomlins 2,930 28.5 -27.8
Independent Arthur Coburn 2,753 26.8 +26.8
Queensland People's Party Harry Pass 763 7.4 +7.4
Independent Labor Lionel Parsons 179 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 10,283 99.2 +1.6
Informal votes 83 0.8 -1.6
Turnout 10,366 87.2 -3.7
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1944: Murrumba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frank Nicklin unopposed
Country hold Swing

Nanango

Queensland state election, 1944: Nanango
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country James Edwards 4,319 50.1 +5.0
Labor Daniel Carroll 3,120 36.2 -4.6
Independent George Anderson 1,176 13.7 -0.4
Total formal votes 8,615 99.1 -0.3
Informal votes 75 0.9 +0.3
Turnout 8,690 86.2 -4.8
Country hold Swing +5.5

Normanby

Queensland state election, 1944: Normanby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Foley 4,029 54.6 -3.6
Country George Hamilton 3,346 45.4 +45.4
Total formal votes 7,375 98.7 -0.4
Informal votes 94 1.3 +0.4
Turnout 7,469 84.7 -0.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1944: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Hayes 5,862 51.6 -1.7
Queensland People's Party William Cunningham 5,493 48.4 +1.7
Total formal votes 11,355 98.9 +0.5
Informal votes 125 1.1 -0.5
Turnout 11,480 90.4 -3.1
Labor hold Swing -1.7

Oxley

Queensland state election, 1944: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Queensland People's Party Thomas Kerr 6,696 57.2 -4.3
Labor Felix Dittmer 5,013 42.8 +4.3
Total formal votes 11,709 97.1 -1.0
Informal votes 352 2.9 +1.0
Turnout 12,061 91.1 -1.0
Queensland People's Party hold Swing -4.3

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1944: Port Curtis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Williams 5,761 59.3 -5.0
Country Samuel Halpin 3,955 40.7 +5.0
Total formal votes 9,716 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 103 1.1 0.0
Turnout 9,819 87.4 -3.4
Labor hold Swing -5.0

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1944: Rockhampton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Larcombe 6,361 65.5 -7.4
Country Jack O'Shanesey 3,345 34.5 +34.5
Total formal votes 9,706 97.6 +1.7
Informal votes 236 2.4 -1.7
Turnout 9,942 86.5 -1.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1944: Sandgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Queensland People's Party Eric Decker 6,613 59.5 +35.6
Labor Erle Wettemeyer 4,501 40.5 +1.8
Total formal votes 11,114 98.7 +0.9
Informal votes 141 1.3 -0.9
Turnout 11,255 90.2 -2.9
Queensland People's Party gain from Country Swing N/A

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1944: South Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Vince Gair 5,940 56.3 -0.4
Queensland People's Party Robert Lincoln 4,611 43.7 +0.4
Total formal votes 10,551 97.6 +0.1
Informal votes 263 2.4 -0.1
Turnout 10,814 82.8 -5.4
Labor hold Swing -0.4

Stanley

Queensland state election, 1944: Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Duncan MacDonald 5,247 64.2 +4.5
Labor Arthur Lee 2,924 35.8 -4.5
Total formal votes 8,171 99.2 +0.1
Informal votes 66 0.8 -0.1
Turnout 8,237 91.2 -1.1
Country hold Swing +4.5

The Tableland

Queensland state election, 1944: The Tableland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harry Bruce 3,447 47.0 -11.5
Queensland People's Party Percy Kidd 1,923 26.2 +26.2
Communist Frank Falls 1,706 23.3 +14.3
Independent Jim Burton 255 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 7,331 98.3 -0.5
Informal votes 124 1.7 +0.5
Turnout 7,455 83.4 -3.9
Labor hold Swing 0.0

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1944: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Queensland People's Party Charles Wanstall 6,047 56.6 -7.2
Independent Tom Laws 2,437 22.3 +22.3
Independent Harry Massey 1,881 17.6 +17.6
Independent Harold Jiear 325 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 10,690 98.5 +0.1
Informal votes 166 1.5 -0.1
Turnout 10,856 91.1 -2.0
Queensland People's Party hold Swing N/A

Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1944: Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Duggan unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1944: Townsville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Keyatta 5,583 62.9 -37.1
Hermit Park Labor Ernest O'Brien 1,863 21.0 +21.0
Queensland People's Party Athena Deane 1,425 16.1 +16.1
Total formal votes 8,871 98.5
Informal votes 132 1.5
Turnout 9,003 81.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1944: Warrego
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harry O'Shea 4,107 69.6 -30.4
Country William Addison 1,797 30.4 +30.4
Total formal votes 5,904 97.4
Informal votes 157 2.6
Turnout 6,061 81.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1944: Warwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Healy 4,656 54.4 -0.6
Queensland People's Party Richard Matthews 3,901 45.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 8,557 96.7 -2.4
Informal votes 296 3.3 +2.4
Turnout 8,853 90.2 -1.1
Labor hold Swing -0.6

West Moreton

Queensland state election, 1944: West Moreton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ted Maher 6,120 74.6 +9.2
Labor John Dalton 2,082 25.4 -9.2
Total formal votes 8,202 99.3 0.0
Informal votes 59 0.7 0.0
Turnout 8,261 91.3 -2.4
Country hold Swing +9.2

Wide Bay

Queensland state election, 1944: Wide Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ernest Clayton 4,780 57.1 +0.3
Labor Tom Thorpe 3,586 42.9 -0.3
Total formal votes 8,366 98.4 -0.1
Informal votes 140 1.6 +0.1
Turnout 8,506 87.6 -4.8
Country hold Swing +0.3

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1944: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Queensland People's Party Bruce Pie 5,353 51.2 +37.3
Labor William Hoy 4,266 40.8 -3.8
Independent Harry Moorhouse 833 8.0 -33.5
Total formal votes 10,452 99.0 +0.4
Informal votes 106 1.0 -0.4
Turnout 10,558 89.9 -2.9
Queensland People's Party gain from Independent Swing N/A

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1944: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Gunn 4,457 36.6 -3.9
Queensland People's Party William Kempson 3,333 27.3 -23.9
Independent William Dart 2,549 20.9 +20.9
Communist Joseph Bailes 1,846 15.2 +6.8
Total formal votes 12,185 98.8 +0.8
Informal votes 148 1.2 -0.8
Turnout 12,333 91.7 +0.2
Labor gain from Queensland People's Party Swing +13.0

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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