Results of the Queensland state election, 1953 (M-Z)

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 M to Z.

Results by electoral district

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1953: Mackay[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Graham 4,586 64.5 +9.5
Liberal Flora Johnson 2,520 35.5 -9.5
Total formal votes 7,106 99.3 +0.1
Informal votes 48 0.7 -0.1
Turnout 7,154 95.9 +3.8
Labor hold Swing +9.5

Mackenzie

Queensland state election, 1953: Mackenzie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Patrick Whyte 2,420 55.0 +3.7
Country James Lawrence 1,978 45.0 -3.7
Total formal votes 4,398 99.2 +0.5
Informal votes 36 0.8 -0.5
Turnout 4,434 90.1 +1.1
Labor hold Swing +3.7

Marodian

Queensland state election, 1953: Marodian
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country James Heading 5,748 67.6 -2.2
Labor Sydney Campbell 2,754 32.4 +2.2
Total formal votes 8,502 99.1 -0.3
Informal votes 79 0.9 +0.3
Turnout 8,581 93.3 +3.1
Country hold Swing -2.2

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1953: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Farrell 5,429 56.0 -9.5
Independent Cyril Tanner 4,178 43.1 +43.1
Communist Charles Reed 92 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 9,699 97.8 -0.2
Informal votes 214 2.2 +0.2
Turnout 9,913 97.5 +0.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1953: Merthyr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Moore 6,110 63.8 +7.8
Liberal William Knox 3,470 36.2 -7.8
Total formal votes 9,580 98.7 0.0
Informal votes 129 1.3 0.0
Turnout 9,709 93.9 +0.5
Labor hold Swing +7.8

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1953: Mirani
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ernie Evans 4,332 57.9 -5.1
Labor Roger Scanlan 3,146 42.1 +5.1
Total formal votes 7,478 99.0 -0.3
Informal votes 74 1.0 +0.3
Turnout 7,552 94.8 +2.6
Country hold Swing -5.1

Mount Coot-tha

Queensland state election, 1953: Mount Coot-tha
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kenneth Morris 7,484 57.3 -2.8
Labor Vlad Darveniza 5,578 42.7 +2.8
Total formal votes 13,062 98.8 -0.2
Informal votes 163 1.2 +0.2
Turnout 13,225 94.2 +0.4
Liberal hold Swing -2.8

Mount Gravatt

Queensland state election, 1953: Mount Gravatt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Felix Dittmer 12,203 63.5 +11.2
Liberal Daniel Rowley 6,635 34.5 -11.5
Communist George Bordujenko 386 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 19,224 98.7 +0.1
Informal votes 259 1.3 -0.1
Turnout 19,483 93.6 +1.5
Labor hold Swing +11.6

Mourilyan

Queensland state election, 1953: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Byrne 4,867 67.3 +23.8
Country John Castor 2,142 29.6 -9.0
Communist Bertie Clark 227 3.1 -0.6
Total formal votes 7,236 99.2 0.0
Informal votes 58 0.8 0.0
Turnout 7,294 94.1 +2.5
Labor hold Swing +16.4

Mulgrave

Queensland state election, 1953: Mulgrave
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charles English 3,716 51.1 +7.1
Country Robert Watson 3,553 48.9 +0.1
Total formal votes 7,269 98.7 -0.2
Informal votes 99 1.3 +0.2
Turnout 7,368 92.9 +2.0
Labor gain from Country Swing +3.7

Mundingburra

Queensland state election, 1953: Mundingburra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NQ Labor Tom Aikens 4,372 52.5 +9.9
Labor Daniel Gleeson 2,303 27.7 +3.8
Liberal Christopher Wordsworth 1,647 19.8 -13.9
Total formal votes 8,322 99.3 +0.6
Informal votes 56 0.7 -0.6
Turnout 8,378 94.8 +2.5
NQ Labor hold Swing N/A

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1953: Murrumba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country David Nicholson 6,564 57.8 -7.3
Labor Kenneth Griffith 4,801 42.2 +7.3
Total formal votes 11,365 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 89 0.8 -0.3
Turnout 11,454 92.5 -0.7
Country hold Swing -7.3

Nash

Queensland state election, 1953: Nash
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Greg Kehoe 5,583 56.1 +6.0
Liberal Ronald Witham 4,373 43.9 -6.0
Total formal votes 9,956 99.2 -0.2
Informal votes 75 0.8 +0.2
Turnout 10,031 94.2 +0.1
Labor hold Swing +6.0

Norman

Queensland state election, 1953: Norman
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Baxter 6,447 59.2 +10.4
Liberal Rex Brock 4,446 40.8 -10.4
Total formal votes 10,893 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 116 1.1 0.0
Turnout 11,009 93.9 +0.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +10.4

North Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1953: North Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leslie Wood 5,649 61.8 +7.4
Liberal John Groom 3,486 38.2 -7.4
Total formal votes 9,135 99.1 -0.1
Informal votes 82 0.9 +0.1
Turnout 9,217 93.7 +4.7
Labor hold Swing +7.4

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1953: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Roberts 6,882 61.9 +9.6
Liberal Nellie Taylor 4,232 38.1 -9.6
Total formal votes 11,114 98.6 -0.3
Informal votes 162 1.4 +0.3
Turnout 11,276 94.5 +0.7
Labor hold Swing +9.6

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1953: Port Curtis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Burrows 6,241 67.8 +10.0
Liberal Julia Hinds 2,970 32.2 -10.0
Total formal votes 9,211 99.2 0.0
Informal votes 69 0.8 0.0
Turnout 9,280 95.3 +0.6
Labor hold Swing +10.0

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1953: Rockhampton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Larcombe 5,457 61.8 +10.5
Liberal Thomas Donohoe 3,141 35.6 -13.0
Independent Thomas Kelly 227 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 8,825 99.0 0.0
Informal votes 88 1.0 0.0
Turnout 8,913 95.1 +2.2
Labor hold Swing +12.2

Roma

Queensland state election, 1953: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Dohring 2,555 51.6 +4.9
Country William Ewan 2,393 48.4 -4.9
Total formal votes 4,948 99.3 +0.4
Informal votes 35 0.7 -0.4
Turnout 4,983 94.1 +0.4
Labor gain from Country Swing +4.9

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1953: Sandgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Herbert Robinson 8,047 55.9 +9.9
Liberal Eric Decker 6,338 44.1 -9.9
Total formal votes 14,385 98.6 0.0
Informal votes 209 1.4 0.0
Turnout 14,594 94.0 -0.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +9.9

Sherwood

Queensland state election, 1953: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Kerr 6,830 50.5 -7.9
Labor Robert Mansfield 6,552 48.5 +6.9
Independent Pablo O'Dowd 141 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 13,523 98.8 -0.4
Informal votes 169 1.2 +0.4
Turnout 13,692 94.2 +0.8
Liberal hold Swing -7.4

Somerset

Queensland state election, 1953: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alexander Skinner 4,522 51.0 +8.8
Country James Brough 4,353 49.0 -8.8
Total formal votes 8,875 99.1 -0.1
Informal votes 78 0.9 +0.1
Turnout 8,953 93.9 +0.4
Labor gain from Country Swing +8.8

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1953: South Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Vince Gair 5,847 64.6 +8.1
Liberal Geoffrey Wadeson 2,787 30.8 -12.7
Independent John Parker 418 4.6 +4.6
Total formal votes 9,052 98.5 -0.4
Informal votes 134 1.5 +0.4
Turnout 9,186 90.4 -1.5
Labor hold Swing +11.2

Southport

Queensland state election, 1953: Southport
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Eric Gaven 6,089 60.2 +11.2
Labor Edgar Hill 4,031 39.8 +11.0
Total formal votes 10,120 99.3 -0.3
Informal votes 74 0.7 +0.3
Turnout 10,194 93.2 +2.2
Country hold Swing -2.8

Tablelands

Queensland state election, 1953: Tablelands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harold Collins 5,165 66.3 +12.7
Country James Baldock 2,412 30.9 -8.9
Communist Richard Anear 217 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 7,794 99.1 -0.2
Informal votes 72 0.9 +0.2
Turnout 7,866 91.4 +1.5
Labor hold Swing +10.8

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1953: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Munro 7,135 62.8 -4.2
Labor Frank Venables 4,234 37.2 +4.2
Total formal votes 11,369 98.8 -0.3
Informal votes 136 1.2 +0.3
Turnout 11,505 94.0 +0.6
Liberal hold Swing -4.2

Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1953: Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Duggan 6,086 66.1 +10.4
Liberal Frank Farnell 3,123 33.9 -10.4
Total formal votes 9,209 99.2 +0.2
Informal votes 71 0.8 -0.2
Turnout 9,280 93.5 +3.0
Labor hold Swing +10.4

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1953: Townsville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Keyatta 3,786 58.4 +6.8
Liberal Archibald Hooper 1,713 26.4 -12.0
NQ Labor Kevin Gormley 782 12.1 +4.9
Communist Hugh Fay 200 3.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 6,481 98.7 +0.1
Informal votes 85 1.3 -0.1
Turnout 6,566 92.4 +5.8
Labor hold Swing +11.5

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1953: Warrego
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Dufficy unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1953: Warwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Otto Madsen 5,651 64.8 -3.6
Labor John O'Brien 3,069 35.2 +3.6
Total formal votes 8,720 99.2 0.0
Informal votes 67 0.8 0.0
Turnout 8,787 95.7 +2.3
Country hold Swing -3.6

Whitsunday

Queensland state election, 1953: Whitsunday
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Lloyd Roberts 3,878 49.5 +4.2
Labor Hugh MacLennan 3,510 44.8 +8.3
Communist Jim Henderson 443 5.7 -7.0
Total formal votes 7,831 99.2 +0.2
Informal votes 65 0.8 -0.2
Turnout 7,896 94.1 +2.5
Country hold Swing -2.9

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1953: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Rasey 6,011 60.2 +10.1
Liberal John Cutting 3,980 39.8 -10.1
Total formal votes 9,901 98.9 -0.2
Informal votes 108 1.1 +0.2
Turnout 10,009 94.1 +0.5
Labor hold Swing +10.1

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1953: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Gunn 9,261 69.5 +8.5
Liberal Charles Mengel 4,066 30.5 -8.5
Total formal votes 13,327 98.9 -0.2
Informal votes 152 1.1 +0.2
Turnout 13,479 93.9 -1.2
Labor hold Swing +8.5

Yeronga

Queensland state election, 1953: Yeronga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Winston Noble 6,041 51.2 -7.6
Labor Tom Doyle 5,767 48.8 +7.6
Total formal votes 11,808 98.8 +0.3
Informal votes 146 1.2 -0.3
Turnout 11,954 95.3 +1.7
Liberal hold Swing -7.6

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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