Results of the Queensland state election, 1923 (L-Z)
Appearance
Queensland state election, 12 May 1923[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 449,087[1] | |||||
Votes cast | 369,267 | Turnout | 82.23 | +2.30 | ||
Informal votes | 4,311 | Informal | 1.17 | +0.16 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 175,659 | 48.13 | +0.36 | 43 | + 5 | |
United | 131,810 | 36.12 | +10.39 | 16 | + 3 | |
Country | 39,534 | 10.83 | –6.23 | 13 | – 4 | |
Ind. Country | 4,732 | 1.30 | –0.42 | 0 | – 1 | |
Independent | 13,221 | 3.62 | +2.83 | 0 | ± 0 | |
Others | –6.94 | – 3 | ||||
Total | 364,956 | 72 |
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1923 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 | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Tom Foley | 2,521 | 58.7 | −1.5 | |
United | Charles Kingston | 1,772 | 41.3 | +1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 4,293 | 99.4 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 25 | 0.6 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,318 | 74.5 | +2.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −1.5 |
Lockyer
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | George Logan | 2,384 | 43.4 | −9.9 | |
Labor | Albert Kluck | 2,257 | 41.1 | −5.6 | |
Independent | William Armstrong | 849 | 15.5 | +15.5 | |
Total formal votes | 5,490 | 99.0 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 56 | 1.0 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,546 | 91.2 | +1.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | George Logan | 3,037 | 56.9 | +3.6 | |
Labor | Albert Kluck | 2,301 | 43.1 | −3.6 | |
Country hold | Swing | +3.6 |
Logan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Reginald King | 3,717 | 52.6 | +15.4 | |
Labor | Thomas Jones | 3,345 | 47.4 | +7.5 | |
Total formal votes | 7,062 | 98.9 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 77 | 1.1 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,139 | 88.2 | +7.6 | ||
United hold | Swing | −4.9 |
Mackay
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Forgan Smith | 2,652 | 57.9 | +4.7 | |
United | Lewis Nott | 1,931 | 42.1 | +42.1 | |
Total formal votes | 4,583 | 99.7 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 14 | 0.3 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,597 | 79.7 | −0.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Maranoa
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Charles Conroy | 2,416 | 57.5 | +6.8 | |
Independent Country | Frederick Duncombe | 1,951 | 42.5 | +42.5 | |
Total formal votes | 4,590 | 99.7 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 14 | 0.3 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 4,604 | 82.9 | +2.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Maree
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Bertram | 3,450 | 52.9 | +1.7 | |
United | John Hetherington | 3,073 | 47.1 | −1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 6,523 | 99.6 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 29 | 0.4 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,552 | 88.9 | +4.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.7 |
Maryborough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | David Weir | 3,368 | 59.8 | +1.8 | |
United | John Hatton | 2,263 | 40.2 | −1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 5,631 | 99.1 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 50 | 0.9 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,681 | 87.6 | −1.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Merthyr
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter McLachlan | 3,509 | 52.4 | +4.0 | |
United | Peter MacGregor | 3,189 | 47.6 | −4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 6,698 | 99.6 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 28 | 0.4 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,726 | 79.5 | +7.5 | ||
Labor gain from United | Swing | +4.0 |
Mirani
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Edward Swayne | 2,670 | 51.0 | −4.7 | |
Labor | Henry Turner | 2,563 | 49.0 | +4.7 | |
Total formal votes | 5,233 | 99.3 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 35 | 0.7 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,268 | 82.9 | +2.2 | ||
Country hold | Swing | −4.7 |
Mitchell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Payne | 2,368 | 65.2 | −34.8 | |
United | L M Lyons | 1,262 | 34.8 | +34.8 | |
Total formal votes | 3,630 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 28 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,658 | 63.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Mount Morgan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Stopford | 3,282 | 71.3 | +6.0 | |
United | Frederick McCarthy | 1,323 | 28.7 | −6.0 | |
Total formal votes | 4,605 | 99.3 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 32 | 0.7 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,637 | 84.8 | +3.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +6.0 |
Mundingburra
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Dash | 3,285 | 64.5 | +4.5 | |
United | William Swales | 1,810 | 35.5 | +35.5 | |
Total formal votes | 5,095 | 99.0 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 50 | 1.0 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 5,145 | 90.7 | +8.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Murilla
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Godfrey Morgan | 2,590 | 55.3 | −2.4 | |
Labor | Robert Collins | 2,094 | 44.7 | +2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 4,684 | 99.3 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 31 | 0.7 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,715 | 77.5 | +1.1 | ||
Country hold | Swing | −2.4 |
Murrumba
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Richard Warren | 2,982 | 51.2 | +3.7 | |
Labor | David Moorcroft | 1,538 | 26.4 | +6.5 | |
Total formal votes | 5,821 | 98.7 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 75 | 1.3 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,896 | 77.5 | +1.3 | ||
United hold | Swing | N/A |
Nanango
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | James Edwards | 2,852 | 46.9 | +11.4 | |
Labor | Robert Webster | 2,414 | 39.7 | +13.1 | |
Independent Country | Robert Hodge | 809 | 13.3 | +13.3 | |
Total formal votes | 6,075 | 98.6 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 87 | 1.4 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,162 | 86.8 | +3.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | James Edwards | 3.426 | 58.1 | ||
Labor | Robert Webster | 2,468 | 41.9 | ||
Country gain from Independent Country | Swing | N/A |
Normanby
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Jens Peterson | 2,221 | 53.1 | +9.7 | |
Labor | Robert Lyle | 1,964 | 46.9 | −9.7 | |
Total formal votes | 4,185 | 99.0 | +1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 42 | 1.0 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,227 | 82.4 | +2.4 | ||
United gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
- Jens Peterson was the sitting Labor MP in the 1920 election, but defected to the United party to contest the 1923 election.
Nundah
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | William Kelso | 3,659 | 56.7 | −5.8 | |
Labor | James McCabe | 2,492 | 38.6 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Thomas Shaw | 298 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Total formal votes | 6,449 | 98.8 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 77 | 1.2 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,526 | 87.8 | +3.2 | ||
United hold | Swing | N/A |
Oxley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Cecil Elphinstone | 4,435 | 64.5 | +5.6 | |
Labor | William Ridings | 2,443 | 35.5 | −5.6 | |
Total formal votes | 6,878 | 99.2 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 55 | 0.8 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,933 | 86.9 | −0.1 | ||
United hold | Swing | +5.6 |
Paddington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alfred Jones | 3,750 | 64.3 | +2.7 | |
United | George Tedman | 2,080 | 35.7 | −2.7 | |
Total formal votes | 5,830 | 99.5 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 28 | 0.5 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 5,858 | 83.3 | +5.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Port Curtis
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Carter | 3,316 | 52.8 | +5.3 | |
United | John Fletcher | 2,760 | 43.9 | −8.9 | |
Independent | James Murray | 210 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 6,286 | 99.3 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 46 | 0.7 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,332 | 90.8 | +3.8 | ||
Labor gain from United | Swing | N/A |
Queenton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Vern Winstanley | 1,968 | 53.1 | −11.9 | |
United | John Jones | 1,739 | 46.9 | +11.9 | |
Total formal votes | 3,707 | 98.5 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 59 | 1.5 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,766 | 79.3 | +2.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −11.9 |
Rockhampton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Farrell | 2,705 | 61.4 | −4.2 | |
United | Thomas Lanigan | 1,699 | 38.6 | +4.2 | |
Total formal votes | 4,404 | 98.4 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 72 | 1.6 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,476 | 76.3 | −0.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −4.2 |
Rosewood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Cooper | 3,172 | 54.1 | +2.5 | |
Country | William Bebbington | 2,691 | 45.9 | −2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 5,863 | 98.3 | −0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 100 | 1.7 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,963 | 87.9 | +0.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Sandgate
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Hubert Sizer | 3,863 | 63.0 | ||
Independent | Thomas Coaldrake | 2,273 | 37.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,136 | 94.2 | |||
Informal votes | 377 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 6,513 | 77.6 | |||
United hold | Swing |
South Brisbane
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Myles Ferricks | 3,155 | 53.1 | +1.5 | |
United | John Kessell | 2,450 | 41.3 | −7.1 | |
Independent | Charles Gabbert | 333 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
Total formal votes | 5,938 | 97.6 | −0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 146 | 2.4 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,084 | 84.5 | +5.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Stanley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Frederick Nott | 2,929 | 50.2 | +5.3 | |
Independent | Henry Somerset | 2,904 | 49.8 | +49.8 | |
Total formal votes | 5,833 | 98.9 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 63 | 1.1 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,896 | 82.2 | −0.2 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Toombul
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Andrew Petrie | 3,991 | 67.3 | +2.5 | |
Independent | Charles Jenkinson | 1,936 | 32.7 | +32.7 | |
Total formal votes | 5,927 | 95.6 | −3.4 | ||
Informal votes | 271 | 4.4 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,198 | 83.8 | +0.4 | ||
United hold | Swing | N/A |
Toowong
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | James Maxwell | 4,855 | 69.7 | −2.2 | |
Labor | Robert Easton | 2,112 | 30.3 | +2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 6,967 | 99.4 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 42 | 0.6 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,009 | 87.3 | +1.9 | ||
United hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Toowoomba
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Brennan | 3,354 | 52.7 | +6.5 | |
United | William Peak | 2,988 | 47.0 | +14.8 | |
Independent | Albert Godsall | 16 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 6,359 | 99.0 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 65 | 1.0 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,424 | 75.7 | −10.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.5 |
By-election
- This by-election was caused by the appointment of Frank Brennan to the Supreme Court. It was held on 4th April 1925.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Evan Llewelyn | 3,406 | 56.3 | +3.6 | |
CPNP | James Tolmie | 2,646 | 43.7 | −3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 6,052 | 99.3 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 42 | 0.7 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 6,094 | 79.2 | +3.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.4 |
Townsville
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Maurice Hynes | 2,168 | 52.0 | +7.0 | |
United | William Green | 2,004 | 48.0 | −7.0 | |
Total formal votes | 4,172 | 99.1 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 38 | 0.9 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,210 | 82.4 | +2.4 | ||
Labor gain from United | Swing | +7.0 |
Warrego
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harry Coyne | 2,309 | 70.2 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Thomas Lonsdale | 979 | 29.8 | +29.8 | |
Total formal votes | 3,288 | 98.3 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 58 | 1.7 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 3,346 | 60.7 | +4.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
By-election
- This by-election was caused by the resignation of Harry Coyne. It was held on 13th October 1923.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Randolph Bedford | 1,104 | 59.5 | −10.7 | |
Country | Herbert Yeates | 468 | 25.2 | +25.2 | |
Independent | George Espie | 285 | 15.3 | +15.3 | |
Total formal votes | 1,857 | ||||
Informal votes | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Warwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | George Barnes | 3,128 | 53.8 | −1.2 | |
Labor | George Campbell | 2,685 | 46.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 5,813 | 99.3 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 43 | 0.7 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,856 | 86.3 | +0.7 | ||
United hold | Swing | −1.2 |
Wide Bay
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ernest Clayton | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Windsor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Charles Taylor | 3,869 | 57.6 | +3.0 | |
Labor | Sidney Cook | 2,843 | 42.4 | −3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 6,712 | 99.3 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 44 | 0.7 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,756 | 87.8 | +0.7 | ||
United hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Wynnum
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Walter Barnes | 3,694 | 59.7 | ||
Labor | John McLaughlin | 2,498 | 40.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,193 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 35 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 6,227 | 78.0 | |||
United hold | Swing |
See also
- Results of the Queensland state election, 1923 (A-K)
- Queensland state election, 1923
- Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1923
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1923-1926
References
- ^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 12 May 1923". Retrieved 7 February 2010.