Results of the Queensland state election, 1944

Queensland state election, 15 April 1944[1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 585,727[1]
Votes cast 512,767 Turnout 87.54 –2.75
Informal votes 9,352 Informal 1.82 +0.02
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 224,888 44.67 –6.74 37 – 4
  People's Party 124,437 24.72 +9.11 7 + 3
  Country 88,608 17.60 –3.29 12 – 2
  Communist 12,467 2.48 –0.61 1 + 1
  Independent Labor 12,154 2.41 +0.67 1 + 1
  Frank Barnes Labor 9,970 1.98 +0.93 2 + 1
  Hermit Park Labor 5,521 1.10 +1.10 1 + 1
  Independent Country 1,654 0.33 –0.45 0 ± 0
  Independent 23,716 4.71 +1.29 1 – 1
Total 503,415     62  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1944 Queensland state election.

Results by electoral district

Albert

Queensland state election, 1944: Albert[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Tom Plunkett 4,842 50.8 -11.6
Labor John Rosser 3,037 31.9 -5.7
Independent Country Edward Coghlan 1,654 17.3 +17.3
Total formal votes 9,533 99.1 +0.8
Informal votes 84 0.9 -0.8
Turnout 9,617 83.8 -3.5
Country hold Swing -2.9

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1944: Aubigny
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Jim Sparkes 5,620 68.2 +4.9
Labor William Harth 2,614 31.8 -4.9
Total formal votes 8,234 99.2 -0.2
Informal votes 67 0.8 +0.2
Turnout 8,301 88.6 -4.4
Country hold Swing +4.9

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1944: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ned Davis unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Baroona

Queensland state election, 1944: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Power 5,415 55.3 -4.6
People's Party Richard Cooper 4,370 44.7 +4.6
Total formal votes 9,785 98.5 +0.9
Informal votes 147 1.5 -0.9
Turnout 9,932 88.0 -1.6
Labor hold Swing -4.6

Bowen

Queensland state election, 1944: Bowen
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Communist Fred Paterson 3,434 44.4 -2.9
Labor Ernest Riordan 2,988 38.6 -14.1
Country Bill Hancock 1,310 16.9 +16.9
Total formal votes 7,732 99.0 +2.4
Informal votes 80 1.0 -2.4
Turnout 7,812 87.7 -3.3
Communist gain from Labor Swing +6.2

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1944: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Cooper unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1944: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Johnno Mann 4,774 58.4 +1.0
People's Party George Regan 3,396 41.6 +7.1
Total formal votes 8,170 97.6 0.0
Informal votes 200 2.4 0.0
Turnout 8,370 85.4 -1.4
Labor hold Swing -4.0

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1944: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Labor George Marriott 4,577 41.8 +41.8
People's Party Geoffrey Ward 3,680 33.6 +3.7
Labor Bob Gardner 2,683 24.5 -45.6
Total formal votes 10,940 96.0 -1.4
Informal votes 459 4.0 +1.4
Turnout 11,399 94.8 +1.1
Independent Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1944: Bundaberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Frank Barnes Labor Frank Barnes 4,180 40.0 -11.1
Labor Bernard McLean 3,495 33.4 -15.5
People's Party Tom McCracken 2,218 21.2 +21.2
Independent Labor Arthur Howe 432 4.1 +4.1
Independent Alfred Maughan 136 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 10,461 98.3 +0.5
Informal votes 182 1.7 -0.5
Turnout 10,643 88.3 -5.1
Frank Barnes Labor hold Swing +3.4

Buranda

Queensland state election, 1944: Buranda
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ted Hanson 5,569 50.7 -6.2
People's Party Robert Roberts 5,417 49.3 +6.2
Total formal votes 10,986 98.9 +1.0
Informal votes 125 1.1 -1.0
Turnout 11,111 88.9 -2.6
Labor hold Swing -6.2

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1944: Cairns
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Frank Barnes Labor Lou Barnes 5,790 65.6 +65.6
Labor Daniel Crowley 3,029 34.4 -21.0
Total formal votes 8,819 98.8 +0.3
Informal votes 109 1.2 -0.3
Turnout 8,928 79.6 -7.4
Frank Barnes Labor hold Swing N/A

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1944: Carnarvon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Paul Hilton 4,211 56.6 -43.4
Country Harold Phillips 3,235 43.4 +43.4
Total formal votes 7,446 95.1
Informal votes 386 4.9
Turnout 7,832 88.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Carpentaria

Queensland state election, 1944: Carpentaria
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Norm Smith 2,969 57.5 +5.7
Independent Labor James Boyd 1,834 35.5 -12.7
Independent John Carson 208 4.0 +4.0
Independent Bernard McInerney 155 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 5,166 98.7 +0.1
Informal votes 67 1.3 -0.1
Turnout 5,233 77.0 +4.3
Labor hold Swing +10.0

Charters Towers

Queensland state election, 1944: Charters Towers
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Arthur Jones 4,241 67.5 +4.3
Independent Labor Syd Williams 2,344 32.5 -4.3
Total formal votes 6,285 98.2 -0.4
Informal votes 115 1.8 +0.4
Turnout 6,400 81.8 -1.1
Labor hold Swing +4.3

Cook

Queensland state election, 1944: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harold Collins 3,845 54.6 -2.4
People's Party Norman Fitchett 1,999 28.4 +28.4
Independent Labor Jack Meehan 1,205 17.1 +17.1
Total formal votes 7,049 98.3 +2.9
Informal votes 119 1.7 -2.9
Turnout 7,168 82.0 -7.0
Labor hold Swing +8.8

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1944: Cooroora
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Harry Walker 5,486 62.5 -37.5
Labor Robert Spencer 3,289 37.5 +37.5
Total formal votes 8,775 99.1
Informal votes 79 0.9
Turnout 8,854 89.0
Country hold Swing N/A

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1944: Cunningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Malcolm McIntyre 5,542 67.2 +47.3
Labor John Hilton 2,705 32.8 +0.1
Total formal votes 8,247 97.7 -1.5
Informal votes 192 2.3 +1.5
Turnout 8,439 92.1 0.0
Country gain from Independent Swing N/A

Dalby

Queensland state election, 1944: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Aubrey Slessar 4,688 51.5 -4.5
Country Charles Russell 4,409 48.5 +4.5
Total formal votes 9,097 94.4 -4.8
Informal votes 537 5.6 +4.8
Turnout 9,634 88.5 +1.4
Labor hold Swing -4.5

East Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1944: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Herbert Yeates 4,854 56.1 +1.9
Labor Jim Thorpe 3,560 41.2 -4.6
Independent K N Kunkel 230 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 8,644 98.7 +0.6
Informal votes 115 1.3 -0.6
Turnout 8,759 84.7 -8.8
Country hold Swing +3.5

Enoggera

Queensland state election, 1944: Enoggera
Party Candidate Votes % ±
People's Party Kenneth Morris 5,436 45.3 +2.2
Independent Labor George Taylor 3,927 32.7 +32.7
Labor James Fraser 2,647 22.0 -28.5
Total formal votes 12,010 97.8 -0.5
Informal votes 267 2.2 +0.5
Turnout 12,277 93.4 0.0
People's Party gain from Labor Swing N/A

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1944: Fassifern
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Alf Muller 5,984 64.7 -0.7
Labor Roy Richards 2,633 29.6 -5.7
Independent Cyril Brosnan 275 3.1 +3.1
Independent George Masen 166 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 8,891 95.8 -2.0
Informal votes 387 4.2 +2.0
Turnout 9,278 95.3 +2.3
Country hold Swing +4.1

Fitzroy

Queensland state election, 1944: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jim Clark 4,832 51.4 -48.6
People's Party Harry Weir 4,563 48.6 +48.6
Total formal votes 9,395 99.0
Informal votes 93 1.0
Turnout 9,488 84.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Fortitude Valley

Queensland state election, 1944: Fortitude Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Samuel Brassington 5,582 60.5 +4.0
People's Party Annie Tipper 3,646 39.5 -4.0
Total formal votes 9,228 98.6 +0.6
Informal votes 135 1.4 -0.6
Turnout 9,363 88.2 -2.2
Labor hold Swing +4.0

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1944: Gregory
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Devries unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Gympie

Queensland state election, 1944: Gympie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Dunstan 3,197 47.8 -4.6
People's Party Niels Damm 2,923 43.7 +13.7
Independent William Ebrington 572 8.5 +8.5
Total formal votes 6,692 99.5 0.0
Informal votes 33 0.5 0.0
Turnout 6,725 88.0 -5.3
Labor hold Swing -11.4

Hamilton

Queensland state election, 1944: Hamilton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
People's Party John Chandler 7,916 75.2 +39.0
Labor John Dixon 2,614 24.8 +24.8
Total formal votes 10,530 98.8 +0.8
Informal votes 125 1.2 -0.8
Turnout 10,655 88.4 -3.1
People's Party hold Swing N/A

Herbert

Queensland state election, 1944: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Stephen Theodore 4,331 57.1 +0.9
Communist Les Sullivan 3,261 42.9 +42.9
Total formal votes 7,592 96.9 -1.3
Informal votes 166 1.8 +1.3
Turnout 7,834 86.0 -5.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1944: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor David Gledson unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Isis

Queensland state election, 1944: Isis
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country William Brand 4,901 64.5 +5.4
Labor Frank Eastaughffe 2,694 35.5 -5.4
Total formal votes 7,595 96.0 -1.8
Informal votes 318 4.0 +1.8
Turnout 7,913 92.8 -2.7
Country hold Swing +5.4

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1944: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ned Hanlon 6,305 54.0 -2.9
People's Party Reg Groom 5,162 44.2 +44.2
Independent Jack McCallum 208 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 11,675 98.9 +0.3
Informal votes 132 1.1 -0.3
Turnout 11,807 91.7 -1.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Kelvin Grove

Queensland state election, 1944: Kelvin Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bert Turner 6,011 53.1 +2.4
People's Party Andrew Muir 5,309 46.9 +46.9
Total formal votes 11,320 98.7 0.0
Informal votes 147 1.3 0.0
Turnout 11,467 90.5 -1.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Kennedy

Queensland state election, 1944: Kennedy
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Cecil Jesson 4,297 50.7 -7.0
Communist John Clubley 2,220 26.2 +15.3
People's Party Aubrey Jurd 1,954 23.1 +23.1
Total formal votes 8,471 97.9 -0.3
Informal votes 180 2.1 +0.3
Turnout 8,651 82.3 -6.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Keppel

Queensland state election, 1944: Keppel
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Walter Ingram 3,184 40.1 +1.6
Country Frank Saunders 2,466 31.0 -22.0
Independent John Harding 2,292 28.9 +28.9
Total formal votes 7,942 95.0 -3.9
Informal votes 420 5.0 +3.9
Turnout 8,362 90.1 +0.1
Labor gain from Country Swing +14.3

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1944: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Kerry Copley 5,504 53.5 +5.1
People's Party Norman Brandon 4,780 46.5 0.0
Total formal votes 10,284 98.7 +0.3
Informal votes 135 1.3 -0.3
Turnout 10,419 85.0 -0.5
Labor hold Swing +2.5

Logan

Queensland state election, 1944: Logan[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
People's Party Thomas Hiley 7,434 52.7 +7.7
Labor John Brown 6,680 47.3 -7.7
Total formal votes 14,114 98.8 +0.7
Informal votes 165 1.2 -0.7
Turnout 14,279 89.1 -2.7
People's Party gain from Labor Swing +7.7

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1944: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Fred Graham 5,086 58.1 -9.4
People's Party Ernie Evans 3,676 41.9 +41.9
Total formal votes 8,762 98.9 +0.7
Informal votes 96 1.1 -0.7
Turnout 8,858 82.2 -6.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Maranoa

Queensland state election, 1944: Maranoa
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Taylor 3,832 56.2 -3.0
Country Henry Crothers 2,987 43.8 +3.0
Total formal votes 6,819 98.3 +0.1
Informal votes 116 1.7 -0.1
Turnout 6,935 81.6 -0.1
Labor hold Swing -3.0

Maree

Queensland state election, 1944: Maree
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Louis Luckins 5,294 53.3 +53.3
Labor Jack McNulty 4,631 46.7 -3.1
Total formal votes 9,925 98.5 +2.0
Informal votes 152 1.5 -2.0
Turnout 10,077 85.7 -6.1
Independent gain from People's Party Swing N/A

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1944: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor David Farrell unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1944: Merthyr
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Moore 5,322 54.7 -3.7
People's Party Leonard King 4,400 45.3 +3.7
Total formal votes 9,722 98.1 -0.2
Informal votes 184 1.9 +0.2
Turnout 9,906 88.7 -5.0
Labor hold Swing -3.7

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1944: Mirani
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ted Walsh 3,769 47.6 -11.3
Country Anthony Coyne 2,576 32.5 -8.6
Independent John Mulherin 1,581 19.9 +19.9
Total formal votes 7,926 98.8 -0.2
Informal votes 96 1.2 +0.2
Turnout 8,022 84.5 -3.5
Labor hold Swing +0.5

Mundingburra

Queensland state election, 1944: Mundingburra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Hermit Park Labor Tom Aikens 3,658 35.6 +35.6
Labor Lionel Tomlins 2,930 28.5 -27.8
Independent Arthur Coburn 2,753 26.8 +26.8
People's Party Harry Pass 763 7.4 +7.4
Independent Labor Lionel Parsons 179 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 10,283 99.2 +1.6
Informal votes 83 0.8 -1.6
Turnout 10,366 87.2 -3.7
Hermit Park Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1944: Murrumba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Frank Nicklin unopposed
Country hold Swing

Nanango

Queensland state election, 1944: Nanango
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Jim Edwards 4,319 50.1 +5.0
Labor Daniel Carroll 3,120 36.2 -4.6
Independent George Anderson 1,176 13.7 -0.4
Total formal votes 8,615 99.1 -0.3
Informal votes 75 0.9 +0.3
Turnout 8,690 86.2 -4.8
Country hold Swing +5.5

Normanby

Queensland state election, 1944: Normanby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Foley 4,029 54.6 -3.6
Country George Hamilton 3,346 45.4 +45.4
Total formal votes 7,375 98.7 -0.4
Informal votes 94 1.3 +0.4
Turnout 7,469 84.7 -0.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1944: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Hayes 5,862 51.6 -1.7
People's Party William Cunningham 5,493 48.4 +1.7
Total formal votes 11,355 98.9 +0.5
Informal votes 125 1.1 -0.5
Turnout 11,480 90.4 -3.1
Labor hold Swing -1.7

Oxley

Queensland state election, 1944: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
People's Party Tom Kerr 6,696 57.2 -4.3
Labor Felix Dittmer 5,013 42.8 +4.3
Total formal votes 11,709 97.1 -1.0
Informal votes 352 2.9 +1.0
Turnout 12,061 91.1 -1.0
People's Party hold Swing -4.3

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1944: Port Curtis
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tommy Williams 5,761 59.3 -5.0
Country Samuel Halpin 3,955 40.7 +5.0
Total formal votes 9,716 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 103 1.1 0.0
Turnout 9,819 87.4 -3.4
Labor hold Swing -5.0

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1944: Rockhampton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Larcombe 6,361 65.5 -7.4
Country Jack O'Shanesey 3,345 34.5 +34.5
Total formal votes 9,706 97.6 +1.7
Informal votes 236 2.4 -1.7
Turnout 9,942 86.5 -1.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1944: Sandgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±
People's Party Eric Decker 6,613 59.5 +35.6
Labor Erle Wettemeyer 4,501 40.5 +1.8
Total formal votes 11,114 98.7 +0.9
Informal votes 141 1.3 -0.9
Turnout 11,255 90.2 -2.9
People's Party gain from Country Swing N/A

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1944: South Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Vince Gair 5,940 56.3 -0.4
People's Party Robert Lincoln 4,611 43.7 +0.4
Total formal votes 10,551 97.6 +0.1
Informal votes 263 2.4 -0.1
Turnout 10,814 82.8 -5.4
Labor hold Swing -0.4

Stanley

Queensland state election, 1944: Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Duncan MacDonald 5,247 64.2 +4.5
Labor Arthur Lee 2,924 35.8 -4.5
Total formal votes 8,171 99.2 +0.1
Informal votes 66 0.8 -0.1
Turnout 8,237 91.2 -1.1
Country hold Swing +4.5

The Tableland

Queensland state election, 1944: The Tableland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry Bruce 3,447 47.0 -11.5
People's Party Percy Kidd 1,923 26.2 +26.2
Communist Frank Falls 1,706 23.3 +14.3
Independent Jim Burton 255 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 7,331 98.3 -0.5
Informal votes 124 1.7 +0.5
Turnout 7,455 83.4 -3.9
Labor hold Swing 0.0

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1944: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
People's Party Charles Wanstall 6,047 56.6 -7.2
Independent Tom Laws 2,437 22.3 +22.3
Independent Harry Massey 1,881 17.6 +17.6
Independent Harold Jiear 325 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 10,690 98.5 +0.1
Informal votes 166 1.5 -0.1
Turnout 10,856 91.1 -2.0
People's Party hold Swing N/A

Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1944: Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Duggan unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1944: Townsville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Keyatta 5,583 62.9 -37.1
Hermit Park Labor Ernest O'Brien 1,863 21.0 +21.0
People's Party Athena Deane 1,425 16.1 +16.1
Total formal votes 8,871 98.5
Informal votes 132 1.5
Turnout 9,003 81.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1944: Warrego
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry O'Shea 4,107 69.6 -30.4
Country William Addison 1,797 30.4 +30.4
Total formal votes 5,904 97.4
Informal votes 157 2.6
Turnout 6,061 81.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1944: Warwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Healy 4,656 54.4 -0.6
People's Party Richard Matthews 3,901 45.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 8,557 96.7 -2.4
Informal votes 296 3.3 +2.4
Turnout 8,853 90.2 -1.1
Labor hold Swing -0.6

West Moreton

Queensland state election, 1944: West Moreton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ted Maher 6,120 74.6 +9.2
Labor John Dalton 2,082 25.4 -9.2
Total formal votes 8,202 99.3 0.0
Informal votes 59 0.7 0.0
Turnout 8,261 91.3 -2.4
Country hold Swing +9.2

Wide Bay

Queensland state election, 1944: Wide Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Harry Clayton 4,780 57.1 +0.3
Labor Tom Thorpe 3,586 42.9 -0.3
Total formal votes 8,366 98.4 -0.1
Informal votes 140 1.6 +0.1
Turnout 8,506 87.6 -4.8
Country hold Swing +0.3

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1944: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±
People's Party Bruce Pie 5,353 51.2 +37.3
Labor William Hoy 4,266 40.8 -3.8
Independent Harry Moorhouse 833 8.0 -33.5
Total formal votes 10,452 99.0 +0.4
Informal votes 106 1.0 -0.4
Turnout 10,558 89.9 -2.9
People's Party gain from Independent Swing N/A

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1944: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Gunn 4,457 36.6 -3.9
People's Party William Kempson 3,333 27.3 -23.9
Independent Bill Dart 2,549 20.9 +20.9
Communist Joseph Bailes 1,846 15.2 +6.8
Total formal votes 12,185 98.8 +0.8
Informal votes 148 1.2 -0.8
Turnout 12,333 91.7 +0.2
Labor gain from People's Party Swing +13.0

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 15 April 1944". Retrieved 20 December 2009.
  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.
  3. ↑ 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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