Results of the Queensland state election, 1972 (A-L)

Queensland state election, 27 May 1972
Legislative Assembly
<< 1969 — 1974 >>

Enrolled voters 997,489
Votes cast 921,763 Turnout 92.41% +0.64%
Informal votes 15,566 Informal 1.61% -0.18%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 424,002 46.75% +1.76% 33 + 2
  Liberal 201,596 22.23% -1.45% 21 + 2
  Country 181,404 20.00% -1.02% 26 ± 0
  Democratic Labor 69,757 7.69% +0.46% 0 - 1
  Independent 30,187 3.33% +0.48% 2 + 1
Total 906,946     82  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1972 Queensland state election for electorates from A to L.

Results by electoral district

Albert

Queensland state election, 1972: Albert[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill D'Arcy 6,781 50.5 +30.9
Country Ivan Gibbs 3,876 28.8 -21.8
Liberal Robert Allen 2,183 16.2 +3.3
Democratic Labor Thomas McKenzie 357 2.7 +0.1
Independent John Black 141 1.1 +1.1
Independent William Wollstein 101 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 13,439 97.7
Informal votes 319 2.3
Turnout 13,758 89.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill D'Arcy 7,268 54.1 +23.3
Country Ivan Gibbs 6,171 45.9 -23.3
Labor gain from Country Swing +23.3

Archerfield

Queensland state election, 1972: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Hooper 8,075 71.8
Liberal Cyril Morgan 2,179 19.4
Democratic Labor Barry Weedon 933 8.8
Total formal votes 11,247 97.4
Informal votes 294 2.6
Turnout 11,541 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Hooper 8,243 73.3 +1.8
Liberal Cyril Morgan 3,004 26.7 -1.8
Labor hold Swing +1.8

Ashgrove

Queensland state election, 1972: Ashgrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Walter Tutt 4,597 39.5 -5.1
Liberal Douglas Tooth 3,525 30.3 -15.3
Independent Ivan Alcorn 2,507 21.5 +21.5
Democratic Labor Bert Vann 1,019 8.7 -1.1
Total formal votes 11,648 99.0
Informal votes 121 1.0
Turnout 11,769 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Douglas Tooth 6,378 54.8 -3.0
Labor Walter Tutt 5,270 45.2 +3.0
Liberal hold Swing -3.0

Aspley

Queensland state election, 1972: Aspley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Fred Campbell 6,169 51.3 +2.9
Labor John Steensen 4,841 40.3 -2.5
Democratic Labor Noel Hutchinson 1,003 8.4 -0.4
Total formal votes 12,013 99.0
Informal votes 124 1.0
Turnout 12,137 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Fred Campbell 7,002 58.3 +0.1
Labor John Steensen 5,011 41.7 -0.1
Liberal hold Swing +0.1

Auburn

Queensland state election, 1972: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Neville Hewitt 4,890 51.3
Labor Roden Carter 3,071 35.1
Democratic Labor Lindsay Sharpe 782 8.9
Total formal votes 8,743 98.9
Informal votes 95 1.1
Turnout 8,838 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Neville Hewitt 5,540 63.4 +0.3
Labor Roden Carter 3,203 36.6 -0.3
Country hold Swing +0.3

Balonne

Queensland state election, 1972: Balonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Don Neal 3,132 51.3 -8.1
Labor Bob Drenan 1,768 28.9 -11.7
Democratic Labor John Donnelly 814 13.3 +13.3
Independent William Dendle 395 6.5 +6.5
Total formal votes 6,109 99.1
Informal votes 58 0.9
Turnout 6,167 89.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country Don Neal 4,006 65.6 +6.2
Labor Bob Drenan 2,103 34.3 -6.2
Country hold Swing +6.2

Barambah

Queensland state election, 1972: Barambah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Joh Bjelke-Petersen 6,249 67.4 -10.3
Labor Neville Reinke 2,210 23.8 +1.5
Democratic Labor Mary Ryan 541 5.8 +5.8
Independent Percy Edwards 272 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 9,272 99.0
Informal votes 97 1.0
Turnout 9,369 95.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Joh Bjelke-Petersen 6,835 73.7 -4.0
Labor Neville Reinke 2,437 26.3 +4.0
Country hold Swing -4.0

Baroona

Queensland state election, 1972: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Hanlon 7,110 62.6 -1.2
Liberal John Andrews 3,184 28.0 +1.7
Democratic Labor Maurice O'Connor 1,073 9.4 -0.5
Total formal votes 11,367 97.3
Informal votes 318 2.7
Turnout 11,685 90.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hanlon 7,291 64.1 +0.9
Liberal John Andrews 4,076 35.9 -0.9
Labor hold Swing +0.9

Barron River

Queensland state election, 1972: Barron River
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Wood 6,507 52.3
Country Micheli Borzi 5,066 40.7
Liberal Rex Silver 443 3.6
Democratic Labor Thomas White 428 3.4
Total formal votes 12,444 98.5
Informal votes 191 1.5
Turnout 12,635 91.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Wood 6,641 53.4 -3.7
Country Micheli Borzi 5,803 46.6 +3.7
Labor hold Swing -3.7

Belmont

Queensland state election, 1972: Belmont
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Newton 7,350 63.9 +6.4
Liberal Maurice Hughes 3,229 28.1 -6.3
Democratic Labor Thomas Connor 924 8.0 +0.9
Total formal votes 11,503 98.5
Informal votes 169 1.5
Turnout 11,672 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Newton 7,463 64.9 +3.8
Liberal Maurice Hughes 4,040 35.1 -3.8
Labor hold Swing +3.8

Belyando

Queensland state election, 1972: Belyando
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eugene O'Donnell 4,213 51.3 -1.1
Country Vince Lester 4,003 48.7 +1.1
Total formal votes 8,216 98.6
Informal votes 116 1.4
Turnout 8,332 89.7
Labor hold Swing -1.1

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1972: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Davis 5,414 55.0 -1.2
Liberal Harold Lowes 2,785 28.3 -1.4
Democratic Labor Kenneth Walpole 1,088 11.1 -3.0
Independent Llewellyn Davies 549 5.7 +5.7
Total formal votes 9,836 96.6
Informal votes 342 3.4
Turnout 10,178 90.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Davis 5,873 59.7 0.0
Liberal Harold Lowes 3,963 40.3 0.0
Labor hold Swing 0.0

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1972: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Houston 7,446 64.0
Liberal Megan Wilding 3,098 26.6
Democratic Labor Paul Tucker 1,081 9.3
Total formal votes 11,625 98.6
Informal votes 165 1.4
Turnout 11,790 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Houston 7,629 65.6 +6.2
Liberal Megan Wilding 3,996 34.4 -6.2
Labor hold Swing +6.2

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1972: Bundaberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lou Jensen 6,940 68.9 +19.4
Democratic Labor Alan Birchley 3,128 31.1 +28.4
Total formal votes 10,068 98.2
Informal votes 185 1.8
Turnout 10,253 92.9
Labor hold Swing +10.6

Burdekin

Queensland state election, 1972: Burdekin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Val Bird 4,883 54.4 +22.5
Labor Ronald Nuttall 3,568 39.8 -1.7
Democratic Labor Emil Liebrecht 518 5.8 -1.9
Total formal votes 7,245 96.6
Informal votes 252 3.4
Turnout 7,497 93.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Val Bird 5,313 59.2 +6.2
Labor Ronald Nuttall 3,656 40.8 -6.2
Country hold Swing +6.2

Burnett

Queensland state election, 1972: Burnett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Claude Wharton 6,383 65.9 +0.6
Labor Granville Batkines 2,772 28.6 -6.1
Democratic Labor Leonard Galligan 535 5.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 9,690 98.7
Informal votes 132 1.3
Turnout 9,822 91.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Claude Wharton 6,828 70.5 +5.2
Labor Granville Batkines 2,862 29.5 -5.2
Country hold Swing +5.2

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1972: Cairns
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ray Jones 8,160 66.5 +6.4
Country Arthur Kalman 2,230 18.2 +1.5
Liberal David Palmer 1,003 8.2 -5.9
Democratic Labor Bernard Marsh 887 7.2 +3.5
Total formal votes 12,280 98.3
Informal votes 208 1.7
Turnout 12,488 90.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ray Jones 8,450 68.8 +4.1
Country Arthur Kalman 3,830 31.2 -4.1
Labor hold Swing +4.1

Callide

Queensland state election, 1972: Callide
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Lindsay Hartwig 4,682 50.3 +7.1
Labor Charles Tutt 3,511 37.7 +1.2
Democratic Labor Edgar Lanigan 1,118 12.0 +1.9
Total formal votes 9,311 98.6
Informal votes 135 1.4
Turnout 9,446 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Lindsay Hartwig 5,611 60.3 +3.5
Labor Charles Tutt 3,700 39.7 -3.5
Country hold Swing +3.5

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1972: Carnarvon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry McKechnie 4,180 49.2 -7.2
Labor Neil Sullivan 3,652 43.0 +10.5
Democratic Labor Raymond Macnamara 655 7.7 -3.3
Total formal votes 8,487 98.7
Informal votes 107 1.3
Turnout 8,594 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Henry McKechnie 4,745 55.9 -8.5
Labor Neil Sullivan 3,742 44.1 +8.5
Country hold Swing -8.5

Chatsworth

Queensland state election, 1972: Chatsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Hewitt 5,658 48.8 -4.0
Labor H. Zehr 5,095 43.9 +3.9
Democratic Labor Maurice Sheehan 845 7.3 +0.1
Total formal votes 11,598 98.7
Informal votes 158 1.3
Turnout 11,756 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Hewitt 6,391 55.1 -3.1
Labor H. Zehr 5,207 44.9 +3.1
Liberal hold Swing -3.1

Clayfield

Queensland state election, 1972: Clayfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Murray 5,215 47.2 -4.4
Labor John Stephens 4,459 40.4 +4.0
Democratic Labor Francis Andrews 1,378 12.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 11,052 98.2
Informal votes 199 1.8
Turnout 11,251 91.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Murray 6,436 58.2 -4.7
Labor John Stephens 4,616 41.8 +4.7
Liberal hold Swing -4.7

Condamine

Queensland state election, 1972: Condamine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Vic Sullivan 4,561 43.6 -29.7
Independent Charles Russell 2,991 28.6 +28.6
Labor Gladys Krause 1,759 16.8 -9.9
Democratic Labor William Hickey 1,154 11.0 +11.0
Total formal votes 10,465 99.2
Informal votes 84 0.8
Turnout 10,549 93.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Vic Sullivan 7,708 73.7 +0.4
Labor Gladys Krause 2,757 26.3 -0.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Vic Sullivan 5,426 51.8 -21.5
Independent Charles Russell 5,039 48.2 +48.2
Country hold Swing -21.5

Cook

Queensland state election, 1972: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edwin Wallis-Smith 3,071 50.8 -2.1
Country Graham Gordon 1,749 28.9 -10.6
Democratic Labor Benjamin Nona 1,221 20.2 +18.3
Total formal votes 6,041 96.9
Informal votes 194 3.1
Turnout 6,235 84.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Edwin Wallis-Smith 3,277 54.2 +0.9
Country Graham Gordon 2,764 45.8 -0.9
Labor hold Swing +0.9

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1972: Cooroora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country David Low 7,126 60.4 -1.7
Labor Anthony Dames 3,785 32.1 +1.7
Democratic Labor Alexander Browne 878 7.5 0.0
Total formal votes 11,789 98.7
Informal votes 149 1.3
Turnout 11,938 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country David Low 7,758 65.8 -1.7
Labor Anthony Dames 4,031 34.2 +1.7
Country hold Swing -1.7

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1972: Cunningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Alan Fletcher 6,195 58.5 -0.6
Labor Brian Graham 2,232 21.1 -7.8
Democratic Labor Eugene Connolly 2,166 20.4 +8.4
Total formal votes 10,593 99.3
Informal votes 70 0.7
Turnout 10,663 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Alan Fletcher 8,097 76.4 +3.8
Labor Brian Graham 2,496 23.6 -3.8
Country hold Swing +3.8

Everton

Queensland state election, 1972: Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gerry Jones 5,835 53.6 -6.3
Liberal Denver Beanland 2,553 23.5 -7.6
Country Fred Roberts 1,341 12.3 +12.3
Democratic Labor Lyle Jehn 787 7.2 -1.8
Independent Theoron Toon 366 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 10,882 98.0
Informal votes 218 2.0
Turnout 11,100 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gerry Jones 6,339 58.3 -3.1
Liberal Denver Beanland 4,543 41.7 +3.1
Labor hold Swing -3.1

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1972: Fassifern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Selwyn Muller 6,867 55.6 -2.2
Labor Murray Freiberg 3,983 32.2 -1.7
Democratic Labor Luke O'Reilly 1,508 12.2 +5.9
Total formal votes 12,358 98.8
Informal votes 151 1.2
Turnout 12,509 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Selwyn Muller 8,120 65.7 +0.5
Labor Murray Freiberg 4,238 34.3 -0.5
Country hold Swing +0.5

Flinders

Queensland state election, 1972: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Lonergan 4,010 59.7 +5.1
Labor Peter Lindenmayer 2,703 40.3 -5.1
Total formal votes 6,713 98.9
Informal votes 74 1.1
Turnout 6,787 87.3
Country hold Swing +5.1

Greenslopes

Queensland state election, 1972: Greenslopes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Keith Hooper 5,566 48.8 -5.7
Labor Lewis Wyvill 4,824 42.3 +6.7
Democratic Labor Denis Cochran 871 7.6 -2.3
Independent Lynn Aberdeen 137 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 11,398 98.5
Informal votes 178 1.5
Turnout 11,576 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Keith Hooper 6,430 55.0 -9.3
Labor Lewis Wyvill 4,968 45.0 +9.3
Liberal hold Swing -9.3

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1972: Gregory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Wally Rae 3,019 52.6 -7.8
Labor Gordon Harding 2,725 47.4 +7.8
Total formal votes 5,744 99.1
Informal votes 53 0.9
Turnout 5,797 86.2
Country hold Swing -7.8

Gympie

Queensland state election, 1972: Gympie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Max Hodges 5,407 53.7 -4.6
Labor Alex Pringle 3,830 38.0 +6.9
Democratic Labor Benedict Kehoe 572 5.7 +0.2
Independent Cecil Rivers 260 2.6 -1.4
Total formal votes 9,611 98.1
Informal votes 184 1.9
Turnout 9,795 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Max Hodges 6,012 59.7 +5.2
Labor Alex Pringle 4,057 40.3 -5.2
Country hold Swing +5.2

Hinchinbrook

Queensland state election, 1972: Hinchinbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Byrne 4,162 44.6 +11.6
Country Ted Row 3,777 40.4 -15.3
Democratic Labor Peter Wood 1,399 15.0 +3.6
Total formal votes 9,338 98.1
Informal votes 185 1.9
Turnout 9,523 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Ted Row 4,904 52.5 -13.1
Labor James Byrne 4,434 47.5 +13.1
Country hold Swing -13.1

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1972: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Phillip Dwyer 5,446 45.3
Liberal Llewellyn Edwards 4,674 38.8
Independent Douglas Wood 951 7.9
Democratic Labor Francis Carroll 578 4.8
Independent David Laird 340 2.8
Independent Victor Robb 47 0.4
Total formal votes 12,036 97.8
Informal votes 271 2.2
Turnout 12,307 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Llewellyn Edwards 6,159 51.2 +5.7
Labor Phillip Dwyer 5,877 48.8 -5.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +5.7

Ipswich West

Queensland state election, 1972: Ipswich West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Vi Jordan 6,781 57.9 +4.2
Liberal Allan Whybird 2,806 24.0 -12.6
Independent Robert Maxwell 1,233 10.5 +10.5
Democratic Labor Ernest Devin 887 7.6 -2.2
Total formal votes 11,707 98.5
Informal votes 174 1.5
Turnout 11,881 91.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Vi Jordan 7,202 61.5 +6.2
Liberal Allan Whybird 4,505 38.5 -6.2
Labor hold Swing +6.2

Isis

Queensland state election, 1972: Isis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Blake 7,062 55.3 +1.2
Country Alfred Plath 3,441 26.9 -17.0
Liberal Kenneth Murphy 1,777 13.9 +13.9
Independent Eric Andrew 491 3.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 12,771 99.0
Informal votes 124 1.0
Turnout 12,895 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Blake 7,448 58.3 +1.7
Country Alfred Plath 5,323 41.7 -1.7
Labor hold Swing +1.7

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1972: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Col Miller 5,429 48.1 -1.7
Labor Sylvester Martin 4,888 43.3 +1.6
Democratic Labor Mervyn Eunson 964 8.6 +0.1
Total formal votes 11,281 98.4
Informal votes 180 1.6
Turnout 11,461 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Col Miller 6,271 55.6 -2.4
Labor Sylvester Martin 5,010 44.4 -2.4
Liberal hold Swing -2.4

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1972: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Gardiner 5,233 46.4 +3.3
Liberal Clive Hughes 5,134 45.5 -3.6
Democratic Labor Edward Doherty 811 7.2 -0.6
Independent Michael Neenan 93 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 11,271 97.8
Informal votes 256 2.2
Turnout 11,527 91.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Clive Hughes 5,809 51.5 -4.1
Labor Frank Gardiner 5,462 48.5 +4.1
Liberal hold Swing -4.1

Landsborough

Queensland state election, 1972: Landsborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Mike Ahern 7,016 54.3 -9.0
Labor Roger Jeffries 3,802 29.4 +0.4
Liberal David Barker 2,106 16.3 +16.3
Total formal votes 12,924 98.5
Informal votes 190 1.5
Turnout 13,114 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Mike Ahern 8,490 65.7 -1.9
Labor Roger Jeffries 4,434 34.3 +1.9
Country hold Swing -1.9

Lockyer

Queensland state election, 1972: Lockyer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gordon Chalk 7,217 62.2 -1.4
Labor Lindesay Jones 4,380 37.8 +37.8
Total formal votes 11,597 98.3
Informal votes 204 1.7
Turnout 11,801 93.9
Liberal hold Swing -1.7

Lytton

Queensland state election, 1972: Lytton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Burns 8,376 68.2
Liberal John Ottway 3,163 25.8
Democratic Labor John O'Connell 735 6.0
Total formal votes 12,274 98.4
Informal votes 200 1.6
Turnout 12,474 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Burns 8,500 69.3 +1.7
Liberal John Ottway 3,774 30.7 -1.7
Labor hold Swing +1.7

See also


References

  1. ↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.
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