Results of the Queensland state election, 1960 (A-L)

Queensland state election, 28 May 1960[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1957 — 1963 >>

Enrolled voters 813,584[1]
Votes cast 752,927 Turnout 92.54 –2.04
Informal votes 9,897 Informal 1.31 +0.17
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 296,430 39.89 +11.00 25 + 5
  Liberal 178,567 24.03 +0.80 20 + 2
  Country 139,720 19.50 –0.49 26 + 2
  Queensland Labor 91,212 12.28 –11.12 4 – 7
  North Queensland Labor 7,488 1.07 –0.25 1 ± 0
  Ind. Labor 2,257 0.32 +0.26 0 ± 0
  Ind. Conservative 2,723 0.39 +0.39 0 ± 0
  Independent 30,897 4.16 2 + 1
Total 743,030     78  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1960 Queensland state election for electorates from A to L.

Results by electoral district

Albert

Queensland state election, 1960: Albert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Cec Carey 3,277 39.6
Independent Ernest Harley 3,017 36.4
Labor Cecil Jesson 1,853 22.4
Independent Country G.D. Plunkett 132 1.6
Total formal votes 8,279 98.9
Informal votes 88 1.1
Turnout 8,367 92.9
Country win (new division)

Ashgrove

Queensland state election, 1960: Ashgrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Douglas Tooth 5,228 50.3 +0.5
Labor John Turner 3,662 35.3 +6.6
Queensland Labor Thomas Heike 1,492 14.4 -7.0
Total formal votes 10,382 98.8
Informal votes 123 1.2
Turnout 10,505 94.3
Liberal hold Swing -4.6

Aspley

Queensland state election, 1960: Aspley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Fred Campbell 4,967 47.1 +4.3
Labor Nellie Carver 4,239 40.2 +4.6
Queensland Labor George Kerr 1,336 12.7 -8.9
Total formal votes 10,542 98.7
Informal votes 133 1.3
Turnout 10,675 94.0
Liberal hold Swing -1.4

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1960: Aubigny
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Queensland Labor Les Diplock 4,024 45.9 +45.9
Country Walter Sparkes 3,763 42.9 -57.1
Labor Bruce Strachan 981 11.2 +11.2
Total formal votes 8,768 99.4
Informal votes 52 0.6
Turnout 8,820 93.6
Queensland Labor gain from Country Swing N/A

Balonne

Queensland state election, 1960: Balonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Edwin Beardmore 4,049 63.1
Labor William Dendle 2,371 36.9
Total formal votes 6,420 98.8
Informal votes 75 1.2
Turnout 6,495 87.9
Country hold Swing

Barambah

Queensland state election, 1960: Barambah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Joh Bjelke-Petersen 5,957 64.5
Labor Bill Weir 1,968 21.3
Queensland Labor Daniel Curtain 1,310 14.2
Total formal votes 9,235 99.1
Informal votes 88 0.9
Turnout 9,323 95.0
Country hold Swing

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1960: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Davis 3,676 46.8
Country Fred Gowland 2,835 36.1
Queensland Labor Tom Foley 1,337 17.0
Total formal votes 7,848 99.3
Informal votes 52 0.7
Turnout 7,900 91.8
Labor hold Swing

Baroona

Queensland state election, 1960: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Hanlon 7,094 58.8 +21.0
Liberal Roger Moore 3,450 28.6 -6.2
Queensland Labor Geoffrey Maule 1,521 12.6 -14.8
Total formal votes 12,065 98.5
Informal votes 182 1.5
Turnout 12,247 91.6
Labor gain from Queensland Labor Swing N/A

Belmont

Queensland state election, 1960: Belmont
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Newton 6,120 54.7 +9.1
Liberal Bill Hewitt 3,869 34.5 -1.6
Queensland Labor Jean Reville 1,209 10.8 -5.0
Total formal votes 11,198 98.4
Informal votes 180 1.6
Turnout 11,378 92.8
Labor hold Swing +5.5

Bowen

Queensland state election, 1960: Bowen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Delamothe 3,287 46.0
Labor William Klaka 2,813 39.4
Queensland Labor James Berryman 679 9.5
Communist James Nisbet 358 5.0
Total formal votes 7,137 98.4
Informal votes 115 1.6
Turnout 7,252 94.1
Liberal win (new division)

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1960: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Mann 5,511 51.6 +13.5
Liberal Jim Rowan 3,180 29.8 -1.4
Queensland Labor Lionel Orreal 1,979 18.5 -12.2
Total formal votes 10,670 98.1
Informal votes 201 1.9
Turnout 10,871 85.9
Labor hold Swing +8.4

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1960: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Houston 6,184 56.7 +18.4
Liberal Ronald Kelk 2,985 27.4 -5.9
Queensland Labor Robert Gardner 1,734 15.9 -12.4
Total formal votes 10,903 98.5
Informal votes 163 1.5
Turnout 11,066 94.4
Labor hold Swing +13.9

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1960: Bundaberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Queensland Labor Ted Walsh 5,138 40.5
Labor John Salter 5,122 40.4
Liberal Robert Howard 2,415 19.1
Total formal votes 12,675 98.1
Informal votes 245 1.9
Turnout 12,920 94.9
Queensland Labor hold Swing

Burdekin

Queensland state election, 1960: Burdekin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Arthur Coburn 3,529 50.7
Queensland Labor Colin McCathie 2,063 29.6
Labor Fred Page 1,367 19.6
Total formal votes 6,959 99.2
Informal votes 53 0.8
Turnout 7,012 93.1
Independent hold Swing

Burke

Queensland state election, 1960: Burke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alex Inch 2,908 42.3
Queensland Labor Alfred Smith 2,294 33.3
Country Alexander Hindson 1,681 24.4
Total formal votes 6,883 98.7
Informal votes 88 1.3
Turnout 6,971 81.4
Labor win (new division)

Burnett

Queensland state election, 1960: Burnett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Claude Wharton 4,969 54.9
Labor Denis Grace 2,459 27.2
Queensland Labor Edward McDonnell 1,616 17.9
Total formal votes 9,044 99.2
Informal votes 75 0.8
Country hold Swing

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1960: Cairns
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Wallace 7,057 56.5
Country Albert Baggott 3,736 29.9
Queensland Labor William Allendorf 1,704 13.6
Total formal votes 12,497 99.0
Informal votes 131 1.0
Turnout 12,628 90.8
Labor hold Swing

Callide

Queensland state election, 1960: Callide
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Vincent Jones 4,998 62.3
Labor Oliver Edwards 3,022 37.7
Total formal votes 8,020 98.6
Informal votes 114 1.4
Turnout 8,134 92.9
Country hold Swing

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1960: Carnarvon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Queensland Labor Paul Hilton 3,611 41.3
Country Fred Rogers 3,155 36.1
Labor Douglas Gow 1,983 22.7
Total formal votes 8,749 98.8
Informal votes 102 1.2
Turnout 8,851 91.7
Queensland Labor hold Swing

Chatsworth

Queensland state election, 1960: Chatsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Hiley 5,511 53.1
Labor Joseph Ferguson 3,490 33.7
Queensland Labor Terry Burns 1,366 13.2
Total formal votes 10,367 98.8
Informal votes 132 1.2
Turnout 10,499 94.5
Liberal win (new division)

Clayfield

Queensland state election, 1960: Clayfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harold Taylor 5,905 54.3
Labor Edgar Abel 3,015 27.7
Queensland Labor Harry Wright 1,953 18.0
Total formal votes 10,873 98.4
Informal votes 172 1.6
Turnout 11,045 91.9
Liberal hold Swing

Condamine

Queensland state election, 1960: Condamine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Vic Sullivan 4,723 68.8
Labor Leslie Beaumont 1,868 27.2
Independent James Drabsch 272 4.0
Total formal votes 6,863 99.1
Informal votes 59 0.9
Turnout 6,922 92.7
Country gain from Queensland Labor Swing

Cook

Queensland state election, 1960: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Queensland Labor Bunny Adair 3,063 39.2
Labor John Bethel 2,753 35.2
Country William Simms 2,003 25.6
Total formal votes 7,819 98.9
Informal votes 88 1.1
Turnout 7,907 89.9
Queensland Labor hold Swing

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1960: Cooroora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country David Low 6,281 71.0
Labor Lancelot Sanderson 2,560 29.0
Total formal votes 8,841 98.6
Informal votes 124 1.4
Turnout 8,965 94.2
Country hold Swing

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1960: Cunningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Alan Fletcher unopposed
Country hold Swing N/A

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1960: Fassifern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Adolf Muller 6,507 71.8
Labor Denis O'Brien 2,551 28.2
Total formal votes 9,058 98.9
Informal votes 104 1.1
Turnout 9,162 94.8
Country hold Swing

Flinders

Queensland state election, 1960: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Lonergan 3,831 47.9
Labor Frank Forde 3,721 46.6
Queensland Labor Patrick McLaughlin 437 5.5
Total formal votes 7,989 99.1
Informal votes 75 0.9
Turnout 8,064 90.2
Country hold Swing

Greenslopes

Queensland state election, 1960: Greenslopes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Keith Hooper 6,230 55.4
Labor John Hughes 3,225 28.7
Queensland Labor Michael Lyons 1,665 14.8
Social Credit Eric Allen 119 1.1
Total formal votes 11,239 98.7
Informal votes 147 1.3
Turnout 11,386 93.3
Liberal win (new division)

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1960: Gregory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Wally Rae 3,695 54.4
Labor Martin Laracy 3,098 45.6
Total formal votes 6,793 98.5
Informal votes 104 1.5
Turnout 6,897 84.9
Country hold Swing

Gympie

Queensland state election, 1960: Gympie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Max Hodges 5,616 58.1
Labor Blair Jamieson 2,920 30.2
Queensland Labor Denis Tanner 1,129 11.7
Total formal votes 9,665 99.2
Informal votes 75 0.8
Turnout 9,740 95.6
Country win (new division)

Hawthorne

Queensland state election, 1960: Hawthorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Baxter 5,428 51.4
Liberal Clive Harburg 3,882 36.8
Queensland Labor Greg Kehoe 1,245 11.8
Total formal votes 10,555 98.8
Informal votes 123 1.2
Turnout 10,678 93.9
Labor win (new division)

Hinchinbrook

Queensland state election, 1960: Hinchinbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country John Row 3,082 44.1
Labor Kevin Cavanagh 2,776 39.7
Queensland Labor Victor Bodero 697 10.0
Independent William Wilson 438 6.3
Total formal votes 6,993 98.4
Informal votes 112 1.6
Turnout 7,105 93.8
Country gain from Labor Swing

Ipswich East

Queensland state election, 1960: Ipswich East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Donald 8,596 69.2
Liberal Hedley Scriven 3,068 24.7
Queensland Labor Charles Archer 761 6.1
Total formal votes 12,425 99.2
Informal votes 101 0.8
Turnout 12,526 95.8
Labor win (new division)

Ipswich West

Queensland state election, 1960: Ipswich West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ivor Marsden 7,674 61.8
Liberal Harry Groth 3,635 29.3
Queensland Labor Selby Guymer 970 7.8
Communist Thomas Millar 132 1.1
Total formal votes 12,411 99.3
Informal votes 87 0.7
Turnout 12,498 92.9
Labor win (new division)

Isis

Queensland state election, 1960: Isis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Jack Pizzey unopposed
Country hold Swing N/A

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1960: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Windsor 5,178 46.8
Labor Manfred Cross 4,705 42.5
Queensland Labor John O'Connell 1,180 10.7
Total formal votes 11,063 99.1
Informal votes 104 0.9
Turnout 11,167 92.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing

Kedron

Queensland state election, 1960: Kedron
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eric Lloyd 7,059 60.8
Liberal Ronald Burrows 3,412 29.4
Independent Harold Whitlock 1,133 9.8
Total formal votes 11,604 98.4
Informal votes 191 1.6
Turnout 11,795 95.3
Labor hold Swing

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1960: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Clive Hughes 5,068 49.3
Labor Arthur Larkin 4,087 39.8
Queensland Labor Paul Tucker 1,115 10.9
Total formal votes 10,270 98.2
Informal votes 193 1.8
Turnout 10,463 90.9
Liberal hold Swing

Landsborough

Queensland state election, 1960: Landsborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frank Nicklin 7,051 79.8
Labor Frank McLoughlin 1,768 20.2
Total formal votes 8,837 98.5
Informal votes 137 1.5
Turnout 8,974 91.6
Country hold Swing

Lockyer

Queensland state election, 1960: Lockyer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gordon Chalk 5,077 63.4
Independent Country John Martin 2,319 28.9
Independent Labor Edwin Olm 447 5.6
Independent James Dwyer 169 2.1
Total formal votes 8,012 99.0
Informal votes 82 1.0
Turnout 8,094 95.7
Liberal hold Swing

Logan

Queensland state election, 1960: Logan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Robert Harrison 5,404 61.3
Labor Vincent Sheppard 3,413 38.7
Total formal votes 8,817 98.0
Informal votes 183 2.0
Turnout 9,000 92.1
Country win (new division)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 28 May 1960". Retrieved 12 February 2010.
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