Results of the Queensland state election, 1915 (L-Z)
Queensland state election, 22 May 1915[1] | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Enrolled voters | 302,061[1] | |||||
Votes cast | 266,240 | Turnout | 88.14 | +12.62 | ||
Informal votes | 4,188 | Informal | 1.57 | +0.38 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 136,419 | 52.06 | +5.36 | 45 | +20 | |
Liberal | 109,985 | 41.97 | –4.73 | 21 | –25 | |
Farmers' Union | 13,233 | 5.05 | +5.05 | 5 | + 5 | |
Independent | 2,415 | 0.92 | –0.82 | 1 | ± 0 | |
Total | 262,052 | 72 | ||||
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1915 Queensland state election for electorates from L to Z.
At the time, the voting system in Queensland was based on contingency voting, which was similar to the modern optional preferential voting system. In electorates with 3 or more candidates, preferences were not distributed if a candidate received more than 50% of the primary vote.
If none received more than 50%, all except the top two candidates were eliminated from the count and their preferences distributed between the two leaders, with the one receiving the most votes declared the winner.
Results by electoral district
Leichhardt
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herbert Hardacre | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Lockyer
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Armstrong | 1,525 | 51.7 | -48.3 | |
Farmers' Union | William McIllwraith | 926 | 31.4 | +31.4 | |
Labor | Charles Bromley | 499 | 16.9 | +16.9 | |
Total formal votes | 2,950 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 51 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,001 | 89.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Logan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Stodart | 2,481 | 56.1 | -12.6 | |
Labor | Percy Crooke | 1,941 | 43.9 | +12.6 | |
Total formal votes | 4,422 | 99.1 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 41 | 0.9 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,463 | 89.6 | +12.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -12.6 | |||
Mackay
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Forgan Smith | 2,226 | 54.4 | +16.5 | |
Liberal | George Johnson | 1,864 | 45.6 | -16.5 | |
Total formal votes | 4,090 | 98.6 | +2.5 | ||
Informal votes | 60 | 1.4 | -2.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,150 | 80.4 | +10.9 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +16.5 | |||
Maranoa
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Hunter | 2,554 | 69.0 | +6.6 | |
Liberal | Francis Dyer | 1,148 | 31.0 | -6.6 | |
Total formal votes | 3,702 | 98.5 | -0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 55 | 1.5 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,757 | 83.2 | +12.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +6.6 | |||
Maree
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Bertram | 2,936 | 60.2 | +9.0 | |
Liberal | John Walsh | 1,942 | 39.8 | -9.0 | |
Total formal votes | 4,878 | 98.6 | -0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 70 | 1.4 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,948 | 92.8 | +8.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +9.0 | |||
Maryborough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alfred Jones | 2,398 | 55.7 | +5.8 | |
Liberal | Edward Corser | 1,904 | 44.3 | -5.8 | |
Total formal votes | 4,302 | 99.0 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 44 | 1.0 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,346 | 92.3 | +13.3 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.8 | |||
By-election
- This by-election was caused by the appointment of Alfred Jones to the Legislative Council, and was held on the 31st March 1917.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | David Weir | 2,312 | 57.7 | +2.0 | |
Nationalist | George Harding | 1,693 | 42.3 | -2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 4,005 | 99.7 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.3 | -0.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,016 | ||||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Merthyr
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter McLachlan | 2,881 | 57.3 | +7.4 | |
Liberal | John Lackey | 2,144 | 42.7 | -7.4 | |
Total formal votes | 5,025 | 99.4 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 29 | 0.6 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,054 | 91.7 | +6.2 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.4 | |||
Mirani
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Swayne | 1,569 | 49.9 | -18.9 | |
Labor | John Binstead | 1,337 | 43.8 | +12.6 | |
Farmers' Union | Henry Turner | 201 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Total formal votes | 3,147 | 96.6 | -2.0 | ||
Informal votes | 110 | 3.4 | +2.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,257 | 85.3 | +21.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Edward Swayne | 1,579 | 52.6 | -16.2 | |
Labor | John Binstead | 1,420 | 47.4 | +16.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -16.2 | |||
Mitchell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Payne | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Mount Morgan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Stopford | 2,461 | 66.2 | +19.2 | |
Liberal | James Crawford | 790 | 21.3 | -31.7 | |
Independent | Frederick McCarthy | 465 | 12.5 | +12.5 | |
Total formal votes | 3,716 | 98.0 | -1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 74 | 2.0 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,790 | 91.3 | +13.6 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Mundingburra
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Thomas Foley | 2,959 | 70.2 | +8.5 | |
Liberal | Thomas Page | 1,255 | 29.8 | -8.5 | |
Total formal votes | 4,214 | 97.1 | -1.8 | ||
Informal votes | 125 | 2.9 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,339 | 83.3 | +7.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +8.5 | |||
Murilla
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Godfrey Morgan | 2,236 | 54.2 | -2.0 | |
Labor | Joseph Collings | 1,892 | 45.8 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 4,128 | 98.0 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 85 | 2.0 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,213 | 84.4 | +11.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.0 | |||
Murrumba
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Forsyth | 3,099 | 64.9 | -12.3 | |
Labor | Arthur Sampson | 1,677 | 35.1 | +12.3 | |
Total formal votes | 4,779 | 98.8 | -0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 59 | 1.2 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,835 | 91.1 | +20.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -12.3 | |||
Musgrave
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Thomas Armfield | 1,696 | 53.5 | +10.4 | |
Liberal | John White | 1,476 | 46.5 | -10.4 | |
Total formal votes | 3,172 | 98.8 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 37 | 1.2 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,209 | 90.0 | +11.7 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.4 | |||
Nanango
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Farmers' Union | Robert Hodge | 3,167 | 55.8 | +55.8 | |
Labor | Thomas Armstrong | 2,509 | 44.2 | +8.0 | |
Total formal votes | 5,676 | 98.7 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 75 | 1.3 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,751 | 86.7 | +17.2 | ||
Farmers' Union gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Normanby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jens Peterson | 1,847 | 56.5 | +17.2 | |
Liberal | Edward Archer | 1,424 | 43.5 | -17.2 | |
Total formal votes | 3,271 | 97.6 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 81 | 2.4 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 3,352 | 85.1 | +16.8 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +17.2 | |||
Nundah
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Bridges | 2,830 | 51.7 | -13.4 | |
Labor | Richard Sumner | 2,640 | 48.3 | +13.4 | |
Total formal votes | 5,470 | 99.0 | -0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 57 | 1.0 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,527 | 88.9 | +9.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -13.4 | |||
Oxley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Thomas Jones | 3,028 | 51.2 | +9.5 | |
Liberal | Digby Denham | 2,885 | 48.8 | -9.5 | |
Total formal votes | 5,913 | 99.1 | -0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 53 | 0.9 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,966 | 92.7 | +7.1 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.5 | |||
Paddington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Fihelly | 3,269 | 68.4 | +10.8 | |
Liberal | George Sweetman | 1,509 | 31.6 | -10.8 | |
Total formal votes | 4,778 | 97.9 | -0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 102 | 2.1 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 4,880 | 87.4 | +2.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +10.8 | |||
Pittsworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Farmers' Union | Percy Bayley | 1,467 | 41.3 | +41.3 | |
Labor | William Hayes | 1,089 | 30.7 | -8.7 | |
Liberal | Donald Mackintosh | 997 | 28.1 | -32.5 | |
Total formal votes | 3,553 | 98.9 | -0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 41 | 1.1 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,594 | 88.7 | +15.5 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Farmers' Union | Percy Bayley | 1,727 | 59.5 | +59.5 | |
Labor | William Hayes | 1,176 | 40.5 | +1.1 | |
Farmers' Union gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Port Curtis
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Carter | 1,881 | 50.7 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | John Kessell | 1,828 | 49.3 | -0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 3,709 | 99.5 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 20 | 0.5 | -0.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,729 | 90.7 | +12.3 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Queenton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Vernon Winstanley | 1,888 | 70.2 | +11.6 | |
Liberal | James Bradshaw | 803 | 29.8 | -11.6 | |
Total formal votes | 2,691 | 98.2 | -1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 50 | 1.8 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,741 | 88.0 | +6.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +11.6 | |||
Rockhampton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Adamson | 2,576 | 66.1 | +10.6 | |
Liberal | Thomas Renshaw | 1,321 | 33.9 | -10.6 | |
Total formal votes | 2,997 | 98.3 | -0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 68 | 1.7 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,065 | 86.4 | +19.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +10.6 | |||
By-elections
- This by-election was caused by the resignation of John Adamson. It was held on the 12th May 1917.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Forde | 2,283 | 58.3 | -7.8 | |
Nationalist | Hugh Grant | 1,633 | 41.7 | +7.8 | |
Total formal votes | 3,916 | 99.9 | +1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 4 | 0.1 | -1.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,920 | ||||
Labor hold | Swing | -7.8 | |||
Rosewood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harry Stevens | 1,552 | 41.2 | -2.9 | |
Farmers' Union | William Ruhno | 1,337 | 35.5 | +35.5 | |
Labor | William Cooper | 880 | 23.4 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 3,769 | 96.9 | -2.5 | ||
Informal votes | 122 | 3.1 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 3,891 | 89.2 | +10.1 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Harry Stevens | 1,701 | 53.7 | -4.3 | |
Farmers' Union | William Ruhno | 1,0468 | 46.3 | +4.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
South Brisbane
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Edgar Free | 2,693 | 59.4 | +9.8 | |
Liberal | John Burke | 1,842 | 40.6 | -9.8 | |
Total formal votes | 4,535 | 98.0 | -1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 93 | 2.0 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,628 | 86.6 | +9.1 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.8 | |||
Stanley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Somerset | 2,212 | 60.4 | -39.6 | |
Labor | John Sherlock | 1,448 | 39.6 | +39.6 | |
Total formal votes | 3,660 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 47 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,707 | 88.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Toombul
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Andrew Petrie | 3,110 | 56.8 | -7.9 | |
Labor | Robert Butler | 2,369 | 43.2 | +7.9 | |
Total formal votes | 5,479 | 99.0 | -0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 54 | 1.0 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,533 | 89.0 | +6.9 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -7.9 | |||
Toowong
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edward Macartney | 3,376 | 59.6 | -10.9 | |
Labor | Arthur Lilley | 2,284 | 40.4 | +10.9 | |
Total formal votes | 5,660 | 99.6 | -0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 22 | 0.4 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,682 | 91.7 | +10.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -10.9 | |||
Toowoomba
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Tolmie | 2,060 | 53.3 | -6.0 | |
Labor | Michael Alke | 1,804 | 46.7 | +6.0 | |
Total formal votes | 3,864 | 98.8 | -0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 45 | 1.2 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,909 | 87.2 | +14.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.0 | |||
Townsville
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Ryan | 2,318 | 52.2 | +6.5 | |
Liberal | Robert Philp | 2,120 | 47.8 | -6.5 | |
Total formal votes | 4,438 | 98.6 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 62 | 1.4 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 4,500 | 79.5 | +6.8 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.5 | |||
Warrego
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harry Coyne | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Warwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Barnes | 1,961 | 49.3 | -10.1 | |
Labor | Paul Bauers | 1,043 | 26.2 | -14.4 | |
Independent | Daniel Connolly | 973 | 24.5 | +24.5 | |
Total formal votes | 3,977 | 98.8 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 49 | 1.2 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 4,026 | 92.3 | +22.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | George Barnes | 1,989 | 62.0 | +2.6 | |
Labor | Paul Bauers | 1,220 | 38.0 | -2.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Wide Bay
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Booker | 2,097 | 51.6 | -5.5 | |
Labor | Andrew Thompson | 1,967 | 48.4 | +5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 4,064 | 99.2 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 34 | 0.8 | 0.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.5 | |||
Windsor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herbert McPhail | 3,343 | 53.0 | +10.1 | |
Liberal | Hugh Macrossan | 2,969 | 47.0 | -10.1 | |
Total formal votes | 6,312 | 98.5 | -0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 97 | 1.5 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,409 | 91.2 | +6.2 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.1 | |||
See also
- Results of the Queensland state election, 1915 (A-K)
- Queensland state election, 1915
- Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1915
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1915-1918
References
- ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 22 May 1915". Retrieved 14 January 2009.
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