Results of the Queensland state election, 1932 (A-K)

Queensland state election, 11 June 1932[1] Legislative Assembly << 1929 — 1935 >>
Enrolled voters		492,036
Votes cast		456,706		Turnout	92.82%	+3.67%
Informal votes		5,144		Informal	1.13%	–0.43%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	225,270	49.89%	+9.73%	33	+5
	CPNP	204,158	45.21%	–9.02%	28	-15
	Queensland Party	7,590	1.68%	+1.68%	0	± 0
	Ind. Labor	1,831	0.41%	+0.41%	0	± 0
	Communist	1,057	0.23%	–0.45%	0	± 0
	Lang Labor	587	0.13%	+0.13%	0	± 0
	Independent	11,069	2.45%	–2.42%	1	– 1
Total		451,562			62

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1932 Queensland state election for electorates from A to K.

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

Albert

Queensland state election, 1932: Albert^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Thomas Plunkett	4,920	63.3
	Labor	Henry Wilson	2,847	36.7
Total formal votes			7,767	99.6
Informal votes			33	0.4
Turnout			7,800	94.2
	CPNP hold		Swing

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1932: Aubigny

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Arthur Moore	4,806	66.7
	Labor	Benjamin Costin	2,394	33.3
Total formal votes			7,200	99.3
Informal votes			49	0.7
Turnout			7,249	96.4
	CPNP hold		Swing

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1932: Barcoo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Bulcock	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Bowen

Queensland state election, 1932: Bowen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Charles Collins	3,926	57.1
	CPNP	Thomas Mann	2,948	42.9
Total formal votes			6,874	98.9
Informal votes			78	1.1
Turnout			6,952	94.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1932: Bremer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Cooper	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1932: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Robert Funnell	5,479	59.9
	CPNP	George Mocatta	2,839	31.0
	Lang Labor	Herbert Carrigan	400	4.4
	Independent	Marion Steel	180	2.0
	Queensland Party	William Allen	172	1.9
Total formal votes			9,142	97.1
Informal votes			277	2.9
Turnout			9,419	87.7
	Labor hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1932: Bulimba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Copley	5,919	62.8
	CPNP	Irene Longman	3,320	35.2
	Communist	Bernie Besant	193	2.0
Total formal votes			9,432	99.1
Informal votes			89	0.9
Turnout			9,521	94.5
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1932: Bundaberg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Barber	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Buranda

Queensland state election, 1932: Buranda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Edward Hanson	5,722	66.0
	CPNP	Thomas Kerr	2,947	34.0
Total formal votes			8,669	98.8
Informal votes			106	1.2
Turnout			8,775	86.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1932: Cairns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John O'Keefe	5,354	65.3
	CPNP	James McDonald	2,850	34.7
Total formal votes			8,204	99.3
Informal votes			60	0.7
Turnout			8,264	94.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1932: Carnarvon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Edward Costello	3,214	46.8
	Labor	Paul Hilton	3,032	44.2
	Independent	James Ferris	621	9.0
Total formal votes			6,867	99.2
Informal votes			54	0.8
Turnout			6,921	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	CPNP	Edward Costello	3,547	52.7
	Labor	Paul Hilton	3,186	47.3
	CPNP hold		Swing

Carpentaria

Queensland state election, 1932: Carpentaria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Mullan	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Charters Towers

Queensland state election, 1932: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Wellington	4,580	63.6
	CPNP	Herbert Poole	2,621	36.4
Total formal votes			7,201	98.9
Informal votes			81	1.1
Turnout			7,282	91.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Cook

Queensland state election, 1932: Cook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	James Kenny	3,742	50.4
	Labor	William Gardner	3,684	49.6
Total formal votes			7,426	98.7
Informal votes			94	1.3
Turnout			7,520	92.9
	CPNP hold		Swing

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1932: Cooroora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Harry Walker	4,516	68.4
	Labor	Roy Reid	2,087	31.6
Total formal votes			6,603	99.3
Informal votes			49	0.7
Turnout			6,652	88.0
	CPNP hold		Swing

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1932: Cunningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	William Deacon	4,767	66.8
	Labor	John Archibald	2,369	33.2
Total formal votes			7,136	99.3
Informal votes			51	0.7
Turnout			7,187	92.3
	CPNP hold		Swing

Dalby

Queensland state election, 1932: Dalby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Walter Sparkes	3,904	53.8
	Labor	Adolphus Baker	3,349	46.2
Total formal votes			7,253	99.2
Informal votes			56	0.8
Turnout			7,309	93.3
	CPNP hold		Swing

East Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1932: East Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Robert Roberts	4,005	49.3
	Labor	James Strohfeld	3,347	41.2
	Independent	Frank Common	773	9.5
Total formal votes			8,125	99.0
Informal votes			79	1.0
Turnout			8,204	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	CPNP	Robert Roberts	4,337	55.4
	Labor	James Strohfeld	3,485	44.6
	CPNP hold		Swing

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of Robert Roberts. It was held on 18th August 1934.

East Toowoomba state by-election, 1934

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	James Annand	4,227	51.0	+1.7
	Labor	James Kane	4,055	49.0	+7.8
Total formal votes			8,282
Informal votes
Turnout
	CPNP hold		Swing	-4.4

Enoggera

Queensland state election, 1932: Enoggera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Taylor	4,576	52.2
	CPNP	Jim Kerr	4,184	47.8
Total formal votes			8,760	99.0
Informal votes			92	1.0
Turnout			8,852	95.2
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1932: Fassifern

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Arnold Wienholt	unopposed
	Independent gain from CPNP		Swing

Fitzroy

Queensland state election, 1932: Fitzroy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Jens Peterson	3,685	49.8
	Labor	Thomas Maher	3,413	46.2
	Queensland Party	Robert Hartley	254	3.4
	Independent	Clarence Wain	40	0.5
Total formal votes			7,392	99.1
Informal votes			69	0.9
Turnout			7,461	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	CPNP	Jens Peterson	3,763	52.1
	Labor	Thomas Maher	3,452	47.8
	CPNP hold		Swing

Fortitude Valley

Queensland state election, 1932: Fortitude Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Thomas Wilson	6,417	69.2
	CPNP	John McLennan	2,851	30.8
Total formal votes			9,268	98.6
Informal votes			128	1.4
Turnout			9,396	90.3
	Labor hold		Swing

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of Thomas Wilson. It was held on 15th July 1933.

Fortitude Valley state by-election, 1933

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Samuel Brassington	6,247	66.2	-3.0
	Independent Country	John McLennan	1,903	20.2	+20.2
	Industrial Labor	Charles McLarry	557	6.0	+6.0
	Independent	Daniel Miller	379	4.0	+4.0
	Independent Labor	Albert Thompson	350	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			9,436
Informal votes
Turnout
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1932: Gregory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Pollock	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Gympie

Queensland state election, 1932: Gympie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Vivian Tozer	4,116	51.5
	Labor	Thomas Dunstan	3,869	48.5
Total formal votes			7,985	99.5
Informal votes			36	0.5
Turnout			8,021	94.1
	CPNP hold		Swing

Hamilton

Queensland state election, 1932: Hamilton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Hugh Russell	5,202	58.9
	Labor	Alfred Jones	3,533	40.0
	Queensland Party	James Trotter	100	1.1
Total formal votes			8,835	99.1
Informal votes			76	0.9
Turnout			8,911	87.5
	CPNP hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Herbert

Queensland state election, 1932: Herbert

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Percy Pease	4,573	66.5
	CPNP	Clarence Page	2,307	33.5
Total formal votes			6,880	98.1
Informal votes			134	1.9
Turnout			7,014	90.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1932: Ipswich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	David Gledson	5,081	59.3
	CPNP	James Walker	3,492	40.7
Total formal votes			8,573	99.1
Informal votes			74	0.9
Turnout			8,647	95.8
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

Isis

Queensland state election, 1932: Isis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	William Brand	3,868	56.2
	Labor	Albert Jones	2,569	37.3
	Queensland Party	John Murray	442	6.4
Total formal votes			6,879	99.0
Informal votes			71	1.0
Turnout			6,950	95.7
	CPNP hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1932: Ithaca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ned Hanlon	5,497	59.6
	CPNP	Thomas Thatcher	3,722	40.4
Total formal votes			9,219	99.3
Informal votes			69	0.7
Turnout			9,288	93.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Kelvin Grove

Queensland state election, 1932: Kelvin Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Waters	5,305	56.7
	CPNP	Richard Hill	3,647	38.9
	Queensland Party	Andrew Knox	337	3.6
	Communist	Keith Richards	76	0.8
Total formal votes			9,365	99.4
Informal votes			55	0.6
Turnout			9,420	94.1
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Kennedy

Queensland state election, 1932: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Arthur Fadden	3,747	50.6
	Labor	Patrick Hayes	3,653	49.4
Total formal votes			7,400	98.4
Informal votes			119	1.6
Turnout			7,519	92.2
	CPNP hold		Swing

Keppel

Queensland state election, 1932: Keppel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Owen Daniel	3,839	51.6
	Labor	William Clayton	3,653	48.4
Total formal votes			7,443	98.8
Informal votes			92	1.2
Turnout			7,535	95.6
	CPNP hold		Swing

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1932: Kurilpa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Patrick Copley	5,177	56.5
	CPNP	James Fry	3,826	41.8
	Independent	Hans Bang	157	1.7
Total formal votes			9,160	97.2
Informal votes			263	2.8
Turnout			9,423	92.4
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

See also

• Results of the Queensland state election, 1932 (L-Z)
• Queensland state election, 1932
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1932
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1932-1935

References

1. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 11 June 1932". Retrieved 10 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.