Results of the Queensland state election, 1947 (A-K)

Queensland state election, 3 May 1947[1] Legislative Assembly << 1944 — 1950 >>
Enrolled voters		697,405
Votes cast		632,909		Turnout	90.75%	+3.21
Informal votes		8,579		Informal	1.36%	–0.46
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	272,103	43.58%	–1.09	35	– 2
	Queensland People's Party	160,623	25.73%	+1.01	9	+ 2
	Country	121,689	19.49%	+1.89	14	+ 2
	Frank Barnes Labor	24,781	3.97%	+1.99	1	– 1
	Communist	7,870	1.26%	–1.22	1	± 0
	Ind. Labor	6,727	1.08%	–1.33	1	± 0
	Hermit Park Labor	4,541	0.73%	–0.38	1	± 0
	Ind. Country	2,544	0.41%	+0.08	0	± 0
	Independent	23,452	3.75%	–0.96	0	– 1
Total		624,330			62

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1947 Queensland state election for electorates from A to K.

Results by electoral district

Albert

Queensland state election, 1947: Albert^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Thomas Plunkett	8,090	68.6	+17.8
	Labor	John Rosser	3,037	31.4	-0.5
Total formal votes			11,799	98.7	-0.4
Informal votes			159	1.3	+0.4
Turnout			11,958	89.8	+6.0
	Country hold		Swing	+9.1

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1947: Aubigny

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Walter Sparkes	6,140	71.5	+3.3
	Labor	John Tomlinson	2,442	28.5	-3.3
Total formal votes			8,582	98.9	-0.3
Informal votes			92	1.1	+0.3
Turnout			8,674	92.4	+3.8
	Country hold		Swing	+3.3

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1947: Barcoo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Edward Davis	4,137	66.7	-33.3
	Queensland People's Party	James Keehan	1,740	28.1	+28.1
	Frank Barnes Labor	Reginald Parnell	323	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			6,200	97.9
Informal votes			134	2.1
Turnout			6,334	88.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Baroona

Queensland state election, 1947: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Power	5,810	55.5	+0.2
	Queensland People's Party	Kenneth Toombes	3,974	37.9	-6.8
	Communist	Max Julius	449	4.3	+4.3
	Independent	Henry Beck	239	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			10,472	98.3	-0.2
Informal votes			178	1.7	+0.2
Turnout			10,650	88.9	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1

Bowen

Queensland state election, 1947: Bowen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Communist	Fred Paterson	3,331	39.3	-5.1
	Labor	John Barry	2,584	30.5	-8.1
	Country	George McLean	2,551	30.1	+13.2
Total formal votes			8,466	99.3	+0.3
Informal votes			57	0.7	-0.3
Turnout			8,523	93.8	+6.1
	Communist hold		Swing	+2.8

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1947: Bremer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jim Donald	6,715	69.3	-30.7
	Queensland People's Party	Henry Davidson	2,974	30.7	+30.7
Total formal votes			9,689	98.8
Informal votes			116	1.2
Turnout			9,805	91.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1947: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Mann	4,457	51.0	-7.4
	Queensland People's Party	Maurice Mitchell	3,310	37.8	-3.8
	Independent Labor	Charles Coward	981	11.2	+11.2
Total formal votes			8,748	97.9	+0.3
Informal votes			185	2.1	-0.3
Turnout			8,933	86.9	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.0

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1947: Bulimba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Labor	George Marriott	5,544	42.8	+1.0
	Queensland People's Party	Hilda Brotherton	3,828	29.5	-4.1
	Labor	Robert Gardner	3,588	27.7	+3.2
Total formal votes			12,960	98.1	+2.1
Informal votes			244	1.9	-2.1
Turnout			13,204	94.0	-0.8
	Independent Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1947: Bundaberg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Frank Barnes Labor	Frank Barnes	4,828	40.4	+0.4
	Labor	Viv Brown	3,940	33.0	-0.4
	Queensland People's Party	Geoffrey Boreham	3,185	26.6	+5.4
Total formal votes			11,953	99.4	+1.1
Informal votes			73	0.6	-1.1
Turnout			12,026	91.8	+3.5
	Frank Barnes Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

Buranda

Queensland state election, 1947: Buranda

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Richard Brown	6,210	52.9	+2.2
	Queensland People's Party	William Scott	5,525	47.1	-2.2
Total formal votes			11,735	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			127	1.1	0.0
Turnout			11,862	92.5	+3.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1947: Cairns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Thomas Crowley	4,246	40.0	+5.6
	Country	Ian MacKinnon	3,307	31.2	+31.2
	Frank Barnes Labor	Lou Barnes	3,061	28.8	-36.8
Total formal votes			10,614	99.1	+0.3
Informal votes			100	0.9	-0.3
Turnout			10,714	82.5	+2.9
	Labor gain from Frank Barnes Labor		Swing	N/A

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1947: Carnarvon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Paul Hilton	4,380	52.7	-3.9
	Country	Harold Phillips	3,930	47.3	+3.9
Total formal votes			8,310	99.1	+4.0
Informal votes			77	0.9	-4.0
Turnout			8,387	87.8	-0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.9

Carpentaria

Queensland state election, 1947: Carpentaria

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Alfred Smith	3,650	70.2	+12.7
	Independent	Walter Grant	1,549	29.8	+29.8
Total formal votes			5,199	94.7	-4.0
Informal votes			290	5.3	+4.0
Turnout			5,489	83.3	+6.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Charters Towers

Queensland state election, 1947: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Arthur Jones	3,947	63.2	-4.3
	Country	Reg Smith	1,459	23.3	+23.3
	Independent	George Carbis	843	13.5	+13.5
Total formal votes			6,249	99.1	+0.9
Informal votes			55	0.9	-0.9
Turnout			6,304	91.0	+9.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Cook

Queensland state election, 1947: Cook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harold Collins	4,388	55.7	+1.1
	Country	Charles Griffin	3,485	44.3	+44.3
Total formal votes			7,873	98.4	+0.1
Informal votes			125	1.6	-0.1
Turnout			7,998	88.9	+6.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.1

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1947: Cooroora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	David Low	3,069	31.4	-31.1
	Frank Barnes Labor	Bill Gresham	2,693	27.6	+27.6
	Labor	Robert Spencer	2,217	22.7	-14.8
	Independent Country	William Low	1,791	18.3	+18.3
Total formal votes			9,770	98.6	-0.5
Informal votes			142	1.4	+0.5
Turnout			9,912	92.3	+3.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1947: Cunningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Malcolm McIntyre	6,099	72.3	+5.1
	Labor	John Hilton	2,336	27.7	-5.1
Total formal votes			8,435	99.1	+1.4
Informal votes			80	0.9	-1.4
Turnout			8,515	91.9	-0.2
	Country hold		Swing	+5.1

Dalby

Queensland state election, 1947: Dalby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Charles Russell	5,736	59.1	+10.6
	Labor	George Wilkes	3,977	40.9	-10.6
Total formal votes			9,713	98.8	+4.4
Informal votes			122	1.2	-4.4
Turnout			9,835	89.3	+0.8
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+10.6

East Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1947: East Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Queensland People's Party	Gordon Chalk	5,015	51.8	+51.8
	Labor	Leslie Wood	4,669	48.2	+7.0
Total formal votes			9,684	98.5	-0.2
Informal votes			145	1.5	+0.2
Turnout			9,829	87.6	+2.9
	Queensland People's Party gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Enoggera

Queensland state election, 1947: Enoggera

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Queensland People's Party	Kenneth Morris	7,988	57.5	+12.2
	Labor	Mark Scanlan	5,911	42.5	+20.5
Total formal votes			13,899	98.8	+1.0
Informal votes			169	1.2	-1.0
Turnout			14,068	93.0	-0.4
	Queensland People's Party hold		Swing	N/A

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1947: Fassifern

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Adolf Muller	6,690	71.6	+6.2
	Labor	Tom Thorpe	2,653	28.4	-1.2
Total formal votes			9,343	96.9	+1.1
Informal votes			301	3.1	-1.1
Turnout			9,644	92.8	-2.5
	Country hold		Swing	+2.8

Fitzroy

Queensland state election, 1947: Fitzroy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	James Clark	5,538	54.7	+3.3
	Queensland People's Party	Harry Weir	4,437	43.8	-4.8
	Frank Barnes Labor	Gordon Loukes	103	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	John Wharton	51	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			10,129	99.3	+0.3
Informal votes			67	0.7	-0.3
Turnout			10,196	93.5	+9.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1

Fortitude Valley

Queensland state election, 1947: Fortitude Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Samuel Brassington	5,968	59.8	-0.7
	Queensland People's Party	William Brenan	3,554	35.6	-3.9
	Independent	Andrew Knox	463	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			9,985	98.2	-0.4
Informal votes			185	1.8	+0.4
Turnout			10,170	90.0	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1947: Gregory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Devries	3,335	59.6	-40.4
	Country	Gordon Lee	2,264	40.4	+40.4
Total formal votes			5,599	98.9
Informal votes			60	1.1
Turnout			5,659	81.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Gympie

Queensland state election, 1947: Gympie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Thomas Dunstan	3,116	41.7	-6.1
	Queensland People's Party	Ronald Witham	3,054	40.8	-2.9
	Frank Barnes Labor	Ray Smith	875	11.7	+11.7
	Independent	Eric Grice	437	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			7,482	99.6	+0.1
Informal votes			28	0.4	-0.1
Turnout			7,510	92.5	+4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.7

Hamilton

Queensland state election, 1947: Hamilton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Queensland People's Party	Harold Chandler	8,370	73.7	-1.5
	Labor	Vic Bartlett	2,981	26.3	+1.5
Total formal votes			11,351	98.8	0.0
Informal votes			134	1.2	0.0
Turnout			11,485	91.9	+3.5
	Queensland People's Party hold		Swing	-1.5

Herbert

Queensland state election, 1947: Herbert

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Stephen Theodore	4,308	48.0	-9.1
	Country	Carlisle Wordsworth	2,728	30.4	+30.4
	Communist	Les Sullivan	1,936	21.6	-21.3
Total formal votes			8,972	98.8	+1.9
Informal votes			112	1.2	-1.9
Turnout			9,084	88.6	+2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1947: Ipswich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	David Gledson	7,039	61.9	-38.1
	Queensland People's Party	Harry Shapcott	4,326	38.1	+38.1
Total formal votes			11,365	98.9
Informal votes			123	1.1
Turnout			11,488	91.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of David Gledson. It was held on 10th September 1949.

Ipswich state by-election, 1949

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ivor Marsden	6,021	53.3	-8.6
	Liberal	Selwyn Stephenson	4,906	43.4	+5.3
	Communist	Edmund Crisp	364	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			11,311	99.4	+0.5
Informal votes			73	0.6	-0.5
Turnout			11,384	92.8	+1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Isis

Queensland state election, 1947: Isis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	William Brand	5,239	68.3	+3.8
	Labor	Samuel Round	2,426	31.7	-3.8
Total formal votes			7,665	96.9	+0.9
Informal votes			241	3.1	-0.9
Turnout			7,906	95.6	+2.8
	Country hold		Swing	+3.8

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1947: Ithaca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ned Hanlon	7,263	57.5	+3.5
	Queensland People's Party	Frank Roberts	5,377	42.5	-1.7
Total formal votes			12,640	98.6	-0.3
Informal votes			181	1.4	+0.3
Turnout			12,821	92.3	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

Kelvin Grove

Queensland state election, 1947: Kelvin Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Turner	6,264	50.5	-2.6
	Queensland People's Party	Kenneth Fielding	6,133	49.5	+2.6
Total formal votes			12,397	97.8	-0.9
Informal votes			147	1.3	+0.9
Turnout			12,675	93.0	+2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.6

Kennedy

Queensland state election, 1947: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	4,331	44.8	-5.9
	Queensland People's Party	Robert Johnston	4,079	42.2	+19.1
	Communist	John Clubley	1,264	13.1	-13.1
Total formal votes			9,674	98.2	+0.3
Informal votes			178	1.8	-0.3
Turnout			9,852	85.7	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Keppel

Queensland state election, 1947: Keppel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Walter Ingram	3,593	41.2	+1.1
	Country	John Reid	3,422	39.2	+8.2
	Frank Barnes Labor	John Harding	1,717	19.7	+19.7
Total formal votes			8,732	98.9	+3.9
Informal votes			93	1.1	-3.9
Turnout			8,825	91.4	+1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.2

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1947: Kurilpa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kerry Copley	5,489	51.6	-1.9
	Queensland People's Party	Douglas Berry	5,144	48.4	+1.9
Total formal votes			10,633	98.4	-0.3
Informal votes			172	1.6	+0.3
Turnout			10,805	90.0	+5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.9

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of Kerry Copley. It was held on 10th September 1949.

Kurilpa state by-election, 1949

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Thomas Moores	5,197	53.6	+2.0
	Liberal	Norman Brandon	4,274	44.0	-4.4
	Communist	James Slater	232	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			9,703	98.6	+0.2
Informal votes			135	1.4	-0.2
Turnout			9,838	87.3	-2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• Results of the Queensland state election, 1947 (L-Z)
• Queensland state election, 1947
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1947
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1947-1950

References

1. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 3 May 1947". Retrieved 30 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.