Results of the Queensland state election, 1953 (A-L)

Queensland state election, 7 March 1953[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1950 — 1956 >>

Enrolled voters 657,349[1]
Votes cast 616,611 Turnout 93.80 +1.29
Informal votes 7,912 Informal 1.28 +0.17
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 323,882 53.21% +6.34 50 + 8
  Liberal 129,633 21.30% –8.61 8 – 3
  Country 114,124 18.75% –0.50 15 – 5
  North Queensland Labor 6,680 1.10% –0.12 1 ± 0
  Social Credit 4,103 0.67% +0.67 0 ± 0
  Communist 3,948 0.65% +0.28 0 ± 0
  Ind. Labor 824 0.13% –0.42 0 ± 0
  Independent 25,505 4.19% +2.90 1 ± 0
Total 608,699     75  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1953 Queensland state election for electorates from A to L.

Results by electoral district

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1953: Aubigny[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Walter Sparkes 5,240 59.3 -14.3
Independent Victor Sullivan 3,601 40.7 +40.7
Total formal votes 8,841 99.1 -0.4
Informal votes 78 0.9 +0.4
Turnout 8,919 95.0 +1.8
Country hold Swing N/A

Balonne

Queensland state election, 1953: Balonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Taylor 2,600 61.2 +7.3
Country Claude Dunshea 1,650 38.8 -7.3
Total formal votes 4,250 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 38 0.9 -0.1
Turnout 4,288 85.4 -2.0
Labor hold Swing +7.3

Barambah

Queensland state election, 1953: Barambah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Joh Bjelke-Petersen unopposed
Country hold Swing

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1953: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Davis unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Baroona

Queensland state election, 1953: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Power unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Belyando

Queensland state election, 1953: Belyando
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Foley unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1953: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Donald unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1953: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Mann 6,239 75.2 +16.4
Social Credit Colin Nonmus 1,598 19.3 +19.3
Communist Laura Hansen 457 5.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 8,294 95.3 -3.4
Informal votes 407 4.7 +3.4
Turnout 8,701 89.5 +0.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1953: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Gardner 7,938 64.0 +28.3
Liberal Ronald Holt 4,464 36.0 +0.7
Total formal votes 12,402 98.5 -0.3
Informal votes 193 1.5 +0.3
Turnout 12,595 95.7 +1.4
Labor hold Swing +13.7

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1953: Bundaberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Walsh 6,513 65.6 +21.0
Liberal Willie Howard 2,865 28.9 +3.1
Independent James Julin 549 5.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 9,927 99.3 +1.7
Informal votes 67 0.7 -1.7
Turnout 9,994 94.5 -1.0
Labor hold Swing +6.0

Buranda

Queensland state election, 1953: Buranda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Richard Brown 6,117 63.5 +10.5
Liberal Cecil Holt 3,523 36.5 -10.5
Total formal votes 9,640 98.9 -0.2
Informal votes 110 1.1 +0.2
Turnout 9,750 94.3 -0.1
Labor hold Swing +10.5

Burdekin

Queensland state election, 1953: Burdekin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Arthur Coburn 4,337 58.0 +5.5
Labor William Wall 3,137 42.0 -2.0
Total formal votes 7,474 98.6 -0.5
Informal votes 107 1.4 +0.5
Turnout 7,581 96.1 +4.5
Independent hold Swing +3.6

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1953: Cairns
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Crowley 4,546 59.6 +0.5
Country Arthur Keller 2,389 31.3 -9.6
Protestant Labor Charles Crawley 406 5.5 +5.5
Communist Cedric Dyer 292 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 7,633 98.6 -0.2
Informal votes 108 1.4 +0.2
Turnout 7,741 90.6 +3.2
Labor hold Swing +6.5

Callide

Queensland state election, 1953: Callide
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Vincent Jones 5,988 63.9 -1.9
Labor Patrick Moore 3,386 36.1 +1.9
Total formal votes 9,374 97.1 0.0
Informal votes 281 2.9 0.0
Turnout 9,655 96.9 +2.2
Country hold Swing -1.9

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1953: Carnarvon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Hilton 5,625 61.4 +10.6
Country Eric McCorkell 3,537 38.6 -10.6
Total formal votes 9,162 98.8 -0.5
Informal votes 108 1.2 +0.5
Turnout 9,270 92.1 +1.9
Labor hold Swing +10.6

Carpentaria

Queensland state election, 1953: Carpentaria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Smith 3,093 62.7 -0.2
Country William Aplin 1,842 37.3 +5.8
Total formal votes 4,935 99.1 +0.5
Informal votes 47 0.9 -0.5
Turnout 4,982 84.2 +3.5
Labor hold Swing -3.9

Charters Towers

Queensland state election, 1953: Charters Towers
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Jones unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Chermside

Queensland state election, 1953: Chermside
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alex Dewar 7,306 51.6 -8.5
Labor Kenneth McRae 6,844 48.4 +8.5
Total formal votes 14,150 99.2 +0.5
Informal votes 116 0.8 -0.5
Turnout 14,266 95.0 +0.6
Liberal hold Swing -8.5

Clayfield

Queensland state election, 1953: Clayfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harold Taylor unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Condamine

Queensland state election, 1953: Condamine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leslie Diplock 5,074 50.5 +12.6
Country Frederick Allpass 4,975 49.5 -12.6
Total formal votes 10,049 99.5 +0.1
Informal votes 53 0.5 -0.1
Turnout 10,102 93.2 +2.3
Labor gain from Country Swing +12.6

Cook

Queensland state election, 1953: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bunny Adair 4,135 53.1 +3.9
Country Carlisle Wordsworth 3,658 46.9 -3.9
Total formal votes 7,793 98.8 -0.1
Informal votes 93 1.2 +0.1
Turnout 7,886 89.8 +1.6
Labor gain from Country Swing +3.9

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1953: Cooroora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country David Low 6,359 70.1 -2.5
Labor Geoffrey Arnell 2,713 29.9 +2.5
Total formal votes 9,072 99.3 +0.1
Informal votes 67 0.7 -0.1
Turnout 9,139 94.6 +2.4
Country hold Swing -2.5

Coorparoo

Queensland state election, 1953: Coorparoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Hiley 6,722 57.5 -5.5
Labor Gerald Maher 4,970 42.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 11,692 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 110 0.9 -0.1
Turnout 11,802 94.0 +0.7
Liberal hold Swing -5.5

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1953: Cunningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Alan Fletcher 5,944 60.9 -39.1
Labor Robert Bradfield 3,808 39.1 +39.1
Total formal votes 9,752 99.2
Informal votes 78 0.8
Turnout 9,830 93.2
Country hold Swing N/A

Darlington

Queensland state election, 1953: Darlington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Thomas Plunkett 6,507 66.6 -33.4
Labor Charles Knoll 2,998 30.7 +30.7
Communist William Yarrow 270 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 9,775 96.9
Informal votes 314 3.1
Turnout 10,089 93.3
Country hold Swing N/A

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1953: Fassifern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Adolf Muller 5,954 68.1 -8.1
Independent Oliver Hooper 2,791 31.9 +31.9
Total formal votes 8,745 98.9 -0.4
Informal votes 101 1.1 +0.4
Turnout 8,846 94.3 +0.4
Country hold Swing N/A

Fitzroy

Queensland state election, 1953: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Clark 6,028 69.5 +7.6
Liberal William Hoare 2,490 28.7 -9.4
Communist Eric Browne 157 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 8,675 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 78 0.9 -0.1
Turnout 8,753 95.0 +1.8
Labor hold Swing +8.9

Flinders

Queensland state election, 1953: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernest Riordan unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Fortitude Valley

Queensland state election, 1953: Fortitude Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Brosnan 6,718 72.1 +14.5
Social Credit John Marion 2,156 23.2 +23.2
Communist Albert Graham 438 4.7 +1.6
Total formal votes 9,312 97.0 +1.4
Informal votes 291 3.0 -1.4
Turnout 9,603 91.8 -0.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1953: Gregory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Devries unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Haughton

Queensland state election, 1953: Haughton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Colin McCathie 4,617 59.2 +12.3
Country Frederick Purdie 1,661 21.3 +21.3
NQ Labor Ernest O'Brien 1,526 19.6 0.0
Total formal votes 7,804 99.4 +1.4
Informal votes 46 0.6 -1.4
Turnout 7,850 96.3 +3.3
Labor hold Swing +13.7

Hinchinbrook

Queensland state election, 1953: Hinchinbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cecil Jesson 4,494 59.3 +3.3
Liberal James Ryan 1,549 20.4 -23.7
Independent Douglas Jeffrey 1,534 20.2 +20.2
Total formal votes 7,577 98.2 +0.1
Informal votes 139 1.8 -0.1
Turnout 7,716 92.0 +1.9
Labor hold Swing +18.4

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1953: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ivor Marsden 8,090 94.6 +30.6
Communist Richard Cobb 463 5.4 +5.4
Total formal votes 8,553 94.6 -4.4
Informal votes 492 5.4 +4.4
Turnout 9,045 93.3 +3.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Isis

Queensland state election, 1953: Isis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Jack Pizzey 5,326 58.7 -3.2
Labor John Barron 3,743 41.3 +3.2
Total formal votes 9,069 98.7 +1.6
Informal votes 123 1.3 -1.6
Turnout 9,192 94.6 -0.4
Country hold Swing -3.2

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1953: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leonard Eastment 6,513 65.0 +4.3
Liberal Douglas Lowndes 3,361 33.6 -5.7
Communist Herbert Heritage 141 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 10,015 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 107 1.1 0.0
Turnout 10,122 95.4 +1.3
Labor hold Swing +5.3

Kedron

Queensland state election, 1953: Kedron
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eric Lloyd 10,279 65.8 +17.8
Liberal John Harris 5,351 34.2 -17.8
Total formal votes 15,630 99.0 -0.2
Informal votes 160 1.0 +0.2
Turnout 15,790 95.7 +0.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +17.8

Kelvin Grove

Queensland state election, 1953: Kelvin Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Turner 6,314 61.9 +5.7
Liberal Mary Lahey 3,883 38.1 -5.7
Total formal votes 10,197 98.4 -0.6
Informal votes 165 1.6 +0.6
Turnout 10,362 94.8 +0.1
Labor hold Swing +5.7

Keppel

Queensland state election, 1953: Keppel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Viv Cooper 5,850 55.4 -0.7
Country Alfred Ganter 4,001 37.9 -6.0
Independent Tolstoy Birkbeck 703 6.7 +6.7
Total formal votes 10,554 99.0 -0.3
Informal votes 111 1.0 +0.3
Turnout 10,665 95.7 +1.7
Labor hold Swing +3.3

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1953: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Moores 5,853 62.7 +5.3
Liberal Lilian Derrick 2,868 30.7 -11.9
Social Credit Richard Boorman 349 3.7 +3.7
Communist Anna Slater 165 1.8 +1.8
Independent Sydney Clare 101 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 9,336 98.1 -0.4
Informal votes 180 1.9 +0.4
Turnout 9,516 91.7 -1.8
Labor hold Swing +9.7

Landsborough

Queensland state election, 1953: Landsborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frank Nicklin unopposed
Country hold Swing

Lockyer

Queensland state election, 1953: Lockyer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gordon Chalk 6,177 67.1 +3.9
Labor John Hilton 3,032 32.9 +7.7
Total formal votes 9,209 99.5 -0.1
Informal votes 47 0.5 +0.1
Turnout 9,256 95.4 +2.2
Liberal hold Swing -4.4

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 7 March 1953". Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  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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