Results of the Queensland state election, 1956 (M-Z)

Queensland state election, 19 May 1956[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1953 — 1957 >>

Enrolled voters 712,508[1]
Votes cast 662,680 Turnout 93.01 –0.79
Informal votes 8,006 Informal 1.21 –0.07
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 335,311 51.22 –1.99 49 – 1
  Liberal 164,116 25.07 +3.77 8 ± 0
  Country 126,183 19.27 +0.53 16 + 1
  North Queensland Labor 8,625 1.32 +0.22 1 ± 0
  Communist 1,332 0.20 –0.45 0 ± 0
  Ind. Labor 414 0.06 –0.08 0 ± 0
  Independent 18,693 2.86 –0.26 1 ± 0
Total 654,674     75  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1956 Queensland state election for electorates from M to Z.

Results by electoral district

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1956: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Graham 4,344 58.0 -6.5
Liberal David Treacy 2,924 39.0 +3.5
Independent James Rowen 223 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 7,491 98.9 -0.4
Informal votes 81 1.1 +0.4
Turnout 7,572 93.1 -2.8
Labor hold Swing -5.0

Mackenzie

Queensland state election, 1956: Mackenzie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Neville Hewitt 2,172 50.5 +5.5
Labor Patrick Whyte 2,126 49.5 -5.5
Total formal votes 4,298 99.1 -0.1
Informal votes 41 0.9 +0.1
Turnout 4,339 89.5 -0.6
Country gain from Labor Swing +5.5

Marodian

Queensland state election, 1956: Marodian
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country James Heading unopposed
Country hold Swing

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1956: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Horace Davies 6,488 66.2 +10.2
Country James Dunn 3,306 33.8 +33.8
Total formal votes 9,794 98.5 +0.7
Informal votes 152 1.5 -0.7
Turnout 9,946 96.1 -1.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1956: Merthyr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Moore 5,030 59.8 -4.0
Liberal Ray Ramsden 3,380 40.2 +4.0
Total formal votes 8,410 98.6 -0.1
Informal votes 120 1.4 +0.1
Turnout 8,530 91.0 -2.9
Labor hold Swing -4.0

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1956: Mirani
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ernie Evans 4,751 59.2 +1.3
Labor Roger Scanlan 3,268 40.8 -1.3
Total formal votes 8,019 98.8 -0.2
Informal votes 97 1.2 +0.2
Turnout 8,116 93.0 -1.8
Country hold Swing +1.3

Mount Coot-tha

Queensland state election, 1956: Mount Coot-tha
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kenneth Morris 8,932 62.4 +4.5
Labor Vlad Darveniza 5,386 37.6 -4.5
Total formal votes 14,318 98.8 0.0
Informal votes 171 1.2 0.0
Turnout 14,489 94.1 -0.1
Liberal hold Swing +4.5

Mount Gravatt

Queensland state election, 1956: Mount Gravatt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Felix Dittmer 14,600 59.6 -3.9
Liberal Eric Handy 9,904 40.4 +5.9
Total formal votes 24,504 98.8 +0.1
Informal votes 286 1.2 -0.1
Turnout 24,790 94.2 +0.6
Labor hold Swing -4.9

Mourilyan

Queensland state election, 1956: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Byrne 4,468 59.5 -7.8
Country Eric Fox 2,872 38.2 +8.6
Communist John Twaddle 174 2.3 -0.8
Total formal votes 7,514 98.9 -0.3
Informal votes 86 1.1 +0.3
Turnout 7,600 93.4 -0.7
Labor hold Swing -8.3

Mulgrave

Queensland state election, 1956: Mulgrave
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charles English 3,821 51.9 +0.8
Country Robert Watson 3,547 48.1 -0.8
Total formal votes 7,368 98.9 +0.3
Informal votes 80 1.1 -0.3
Turnout 7,448 93.4 +0.5
Labor hold Swing +0.8

Mundingburra

Queensland state election, 1956: Mundingburra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NQ Labor Tom Aikens 7,296 77.9 +25.4
Labor John Brennan 2,074 22.1 -5.6
Total formal votes 9,370 98.0 -1.3
Informal votes 189 2.0 +1.3
Turnout 9,559 93.6 -1.2
Independent hold Swing +15.5

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1956: Murrumba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country David Nicholson 8,387 62.0 +4.2
Labor Charles Myers 5,137 38.0 -4.2
Total formal votes 13,524 98.6 -0.6
Informal votes 187 1.4 +0.6
Turnout 13,711 93.7 +1.2
Country hold Swing +4.2

Nash

Queensland state election, 1956: Nash
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Greg Kehoe 5,751 56.0 -0.1
Country Max Hodges 4,516 44.0 +44.0
Total formal votes 10,267 99.0 -0.2
Informal votes 106 1.0 +0.2
Turnout 10,373 95.2 +1.0
Labor hold Swing -0.1

Norman

Queensland state election, 1956: Norman
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Baxter 6,052 56.1 -3.1
Liberal George Regan 4,738 43.9 +3.1
Total formal votes 10,790 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 120 1.1 0.0
Turnout 10,910 94.5 +0.6
Labor hold Swing -3.1

North Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1956: North Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leslie Wood 5,352 59.0 -2.8
Liberal Sidney Webb 3,718 41.0 +2.8
Total formal votes 9,070 98.9 -0.2
Informal votes 103 1.1 +0.2
Turnout 9,173 92.8 -0.9
Labor hold Swing -2.8

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1956: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Hadley 6,136 55.5 -6.4
Liberal William Knox 4,924 44.5 +6.4
Total formal votes 11,060 98.5 -0.1
Informal votes 166 1.5 +0.1
Turnout 11,226 94.8 +0.3
Labor hold Swing -6.4

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1956: Port Curtis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Burrows 6,092 64.5 -3.3
Country Thomas Pulsford 3,353 35.5 +3.3
Total formal votes 9,445 99.3 +0.1
Informal votes 68 0.7 -0.1
Turnout 9,513 94.6 -0.7
Labor hold Swing -3.3

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1956: Rockhampton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Gardner 4,445 50.0 -11.8
Liberal Rex Pilbeam 4,379 49.3 +13.7
Independent Tom Kelly 66 0.7 -1.9
Total formal votes 8,890 99.0 0.0
Informal votes 86 1.0 0.0
Turnout 8,976 95.5 +0.4
Labor hold Swing -12.7

Roma

Queensland state election, 1956: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Dohring 2,624 50.1 -1.5
Country William Ewan 2,610 49.9 +1.5
Total formal votes 5,234 99.4 +0.1
Informal votes 32 0.6 -0.1
Turnout 5,266 93.5 -0.6
Labor hold Swing -1.5

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1956: Sandgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Herbert Robinson 9,562 56.6 +0.7
Liberal Thomas Ahearn 7,340 43.4 -0.7
Total formal votes 16,902 98.8 +0.2
Informal votes 210 1.2 -0.2
Turnout 17,112 93.3 -0.7
Labor hold Swing +0.7

Sherwood

Queensland state election, 1956: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Herbert 8,384 51.1 +0.6
Labor Bart Lourigan 7,424 45.2 -3.5
Independent Margaret Fisher 400 2.4 +2.4
Communist Eugene Marshall 206 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 16,414 97.0 -1.8
Informal votes 500 3.0 +1.8
Turnout 16,914 93.9 -0.3
Liberal hold Swing +2.0

Somerset

Queensland state election, 1956: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alexander Skinner 4,921 55.9 +4.9
Country Nigel McConnel 3,887 44.1 -4.9
Total formal votes 8,808 99.3 +0.2
Informal votes 63 0.7 -0.2
Turnout 8,871 94.7 +0.8
Labor hold Swing +4.9

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1956: South Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Vince Gair 4,736 58.6 -6.0
Independent Frank Roberts 2,731 33.8 +33.8
Independent Jack Noonan 611 7.6 +7.6
Total formal votes 8,078 98.5 0.0
Informal votes 123 1.5 0.0
Turnout 8,201 91.9 +1.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Southport

Queensland state election, 1956: Southport
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Eric Gaven 7,827 66.0 +5.8
Labor William Belford 4,027 34.0 -5.8
Total formal votes 11,854 99.4 +0.1
Informal votes 74 0.6 -0.1
Turnout 11,928 91.7 -1.5
Country hold Swing +5.8

Tablelands

Queensland state election, 1956: Tablelands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harold Collins 5,547 66.4 +0.1
Country Clarence West 2,803 33.6 +2.7
Total formal votes 8,350 98.9 -0.2
Informal votes 96 1.1 +0.2
Turnout 8,446 90.6 -0.8
Labor hold Swing -1.3

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1956: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alan Munro unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1956: Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Duggan 5,979 63.0 -3.1
Liberal Edward Hall 3,512 37.0 +3.1
Total formal votes 9,491 98.7 -0.5
Informal votes 121 1.3 +0.5
Turnout 9,612 92.7 -0.8
Labor hold Swing -3.1

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1956: Townsville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Keyatta 2,982 46.9 -11.5
Liberal Roy Pope 2,301 36.2 +9.8
Independent Jack Abercrombie 915 14.4 +2.3
Communist Hugh Fay 156 2.5 -0.6
Total formal votes 4,354 99.1 +0.4
Informal votes 58 0.9 -0.4
Turnout 4,412 91.1 -1.3
Labor hold Swing -10.6

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1956: Warrego
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Dufficy 3,248 67.7 -32.3
Country William Mills 1,550 32.3 +32.3
Total formal votes 4,798 98.4
Informal votes 76 1.6
Turnout 4,874 84.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1956: Warwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Otto Madsen 5,483 63.6 -1.2
Labor Frank Drew 3,137 36.4 +1.2
Total formal votes 8,620 99.1 -0.1
Informal votes 81 0.9 +0.1
Turnout 8,701 96.2 +0.5
Country hold Swing -1.2

Whitsunday

Queensland state election, 1956: Whitsunday
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Lloyd Roberts 4,962 59.4 +9.9
Labor George Burns 3,395 40.6 -4.2
Total formal votes 8,357 98.6 -0.6
Informal votes 118 1.4 +0.6
Turnout 8,475 93.2 -0.9
Country hold Swing +7.1

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1956: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Rasey 5,459 56.3 -3.9
Liberal Margaret Gordon 4,240 43.7 +3.9
Total formal votes 9,699 98.8 -0.1
Informal votes 121 1.2 +0.1
Turnout 9,820 94.6 +0.5
Labor hold Swing -3.9

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1956: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Gunn 9,354 65.4 -4.1
Liberal Charles Mengel 4,954 34.6 +4.1
Total formal votes 14,308 98.7 -0.2
Informal votes 192 1.3 +0.2
Turnout 14,500 93.1 -0.8
Labor hold Swing -4.1

Yeronga

Queensland state election, 1956: Yeronga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Winston Noble 6,974 57.9 +6.2
Labor Norman Stutz 4,875 40.5 -8.3
Independent Jim Dwyer 191 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 12,040 99.0 +0.2
Informal votes 116 1.0 -0.2
Turnout 12,156 94.1 -1.2
Liberal hold Swing +7.5

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 19 May 1956". Retrieved 25 January 2010.
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