Results of the Queensland state election, 1966 (M-Z)
Appearance
Queensland state election, 28 May 1966[1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 870,869 | |||||
Votes cast | 812,235 | Turnout | 93.27 | -0.02 | ||
Informal votes | 13,262 | Informal | 1.63 | +0.07 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 350,254 | 43.84 | +0.01 | 26 | ± 0 | |
Liberal | 203,648 | 25.49 | +1.73 | 20 | ± 0 | |
Country | 154,081 | 19.28 | -1.03 | 27 | + 1 | |
Democratic Labor | 49,948 | 6.25 | -0.97 | 1 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 38,001 | 4.76 | +0.20 | 5 | – 1 | |
Total | 798,973 | 78 |
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1966 Queensland state election for electorates from M to Z.
Results by electoral district
Mackay
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Graham | 5,604 | 59.3 | +5.8 | |
Country | Roylance Eastment | 2,932 | 31.0 | -6.1 | |
Democratic Labor | T.J. Hayes | 918 | 9.7 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 9,454 | 98.6 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 137 | 1.4 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,591 | 92.6 | −2.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Fred Graham | 5,775 | 61.1 | +5.9 | |
Country | Roylance Eastment | 3,679 | 38.9 | -5.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.9 |
Mackenzie
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Neville Hewitt | unopposed | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Maryborough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Horace Davies | 6,906 | 61.1 | -0.8 | |
Country | Ernest Jurss | 3,108 | 27.5 | +1.6 | |
Democratic Labor | William Hutchinson | 879 | 7.8 | 0.0 | |
Social Credit | Arnold Jones | 402 | 3.6 | -0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 11,295 | 98.3 | −0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 196 | 1.7 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,491 | 94.8 | −0.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Horace Davies | 7,270 | 64.4 | -1.1 | |
Country | Ernest Jurss | 4,025 | 35.6 | +1.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.1 |
Merthyr
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ray Ramsden | 4,781 | 51.1 | -2.3 | |
Labor | Brian Mellifont | 3,745 | 40.0 | +3.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Laurence Kehoe | 830 | 8.9 | -0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 9,356 | 97.0 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 284 | 3.0 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 9,640 | 91.5 | 0.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Ray Ramsden | 5,384 | 57.5 | -3.7 | |
Labor | Brian Mellifont | 3,972 | 42.5 | +3.7 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.7 |
Mirani
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Tom Newbery | 4,094 | 51.2 | -13.6 | |
Labor | Gustav Creber | 3,700 | 46.3 | +11.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Edward Relf | 196 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 7,990 | 99.1 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 69 | 0.9 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,059 | 95.3 | +0.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Tom Newbery | 4,253 | 53.2 | -11.6 | |
Labor | Gustav Creber | 3,737 | 46.8 | +11.6 | |
Country hold | Swing | -11.6 |
Mount Coot-tha
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bill Lickiss | 8,522 | 60.0 | +0.3 | |
Labor | Barry Gorman | 4,463 | 31.4 | -1.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Maxwell Muller | 1,227 | 8.6 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 14,212 | 98.7 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 188 | 1.3 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 14,400 | 93.7 | −1.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bill Lickiss | 9,520 | 67.0 | +1.0 | |
Labor | Barry Gorman | 4,692 | 33.0 | -1.0 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Mount Gravatt
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Geoff Chinchen | 8,647 | 55.9 | -0.1 | |
Labor | Peter Rowe | 5,464 | 35.3 | -0.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Kenneth Bayliss | 1,349 | 8.7 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 15,460 | 98.5 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 240 | 1.5 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 15,700 | 94.4 | −0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Geoff Chinchen | 9,783 | 63.3 | +1.3 | |
Labor | Peter Rowe | 5,677 | 36.7 | -1.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Mourilyan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Byrne | 4,683 | 56.2 | -2.5 | |
Country | Alfred Martinuzzi | 2,623 | 31.5 | +1.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Geoffrey Higham | 1,021 | 12.3 | +1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 8,327 | 97.6 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 202 | 2.4 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,529 | 93.4 | −1.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Byrne | 4,873 | 58.5 | -2.3 | |
Country | Alfred Martinuzzi | 3,454 | 41.5 | +2.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -2.3 |
Mulgrave
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Roy Armstrong | 3,809 | 58.2 | +0.6 | |
Labor | Stanley Dalton | 2,733 | 41.8 | +6.3 | |
Total formal votes | 6,542 | 98.6 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 90 | 1.4 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,632 | 93.5 | −0.6 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -5.1 |
Murrumba
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Norm Kruger | 5,179 | 41.8 | +0.3 | |
Country | David Nicholson | 5,116 | 41.3 | -13.3 | |
Liberal | Nelson Cooke | 1,489 | 12.0 | +12.0 | |
Independent | David Bishop | 321 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Robert Vlug | 272 | 2.2 | -1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 12,377 | 97.5 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 320 | 2.5 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 12,697 | 94.0 | −0.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | David Nicholson | 6,688 | 54.0 | -3.3 | |
Labor | Norm Kruger | 5,689 | 46.0 | +3.3 | |
Country hold | Swing | -3.3 |
Norman
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Bromley | 5,080 | 56.6 | +3.4 | |
Liberal | Sydney Shawcross | 3,087 | 34.4 | -0.4 | |
Democratic Labor | John Fitz-Gibbon | 700 | 7.8 | -2.1 | |
Social Credit | David Gray | 107 | 1.2 | -1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 8,974 | 97.8 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 200 | 2.2 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 9,174 | 92.3 | −1.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Fred Bromley | 5,264 | 58.7 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Sydney Shawcross | 3,710 | 41.3 | -2.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Nudgee
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Melloy | 8,547 | 63.3 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | Kenneth Nugent | 4,685 | 34.7 | +3.4 | |
Communist | William Hill | 270 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 13,502 | 98.3 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 226 | 1.7 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 13,728 | 94.9 | −0.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Melloy | 8,763 | 64.9 | +2.9 | |
Liberal | Kenneth Nugent | 4,739 | 35.1 | -2.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Nundah
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Knox | 5,971 | 51.7 | +1.9 | |
Labor | John Carey | 4,599 | 39.9 | -0.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Michael Green | 972 | 8.4 | -1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 11,542 | 98.8 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 145 | 1.2 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 11,687 | 93.1 | −1.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | William Knox | 6,762 | 58.6 | +0.3 | |
Labor | John Carey | 4,780 | 41.4 | -0.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Port Curtis
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Martin Hanson | 6,012 | 70.0 | -10.4 | |
Country | James Grant | 1,526 | 17.8 | +17.8 | |
Liberal | John McGree | 1,056 | 12.3 | +12.3 | |
Total formal votes | 8,594 | 99.3 | +1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 57 | 0.7 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,651 | 94.6 | −1.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Martin Hanson | 6,160 | 71.5 | -11.1 | |
Country | James Grant | 2,434 | 28.5 | +28.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -11.1 |
Redcliffe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Jim Houghton | 5,292 | 45.1 | -10.3 | |
Labor | William Hunter | 4,514 | 38.5 | +3.0 | |
Liberal | Robert Elder | 1,206 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Democratic Labor | James Morrissey | 726 | 6.2 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 11,738 | 98.3 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 204 | 1.7 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 11,942 | 93.0 | −1.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Jim Houghton | 6,895 | 58.7 | -3.0 | |
Labor | William Hunter | 4,843 | 41.3 | +3.0 | |
Country hold | Swing | -3.0 |
Rockhampton North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Merv Thackeray | 8,221 | 64.4 | -0.5 | |
Liberal | Robert Woodrow | 3,450 | 27.0 | -0.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Iris Burke | 1,101 | 8.6 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 12,772 | 99.0 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 129 | 1.0 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 12,901 | 95.8 | −0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Merv Thackeray | 8,523 | 66.7 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Robert Woodrow | 4,249 | 33.3 | -0.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Rockhampton South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Rex Pilbeam | 5,873 | 48.8 | +1.4 | |
Labor | Kevin Charles | 4,709 | 39.1 | -3.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Peter Boyle | 1,456 | 12.1 | +3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 12,038 | 98.8 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 143 | 1.2 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,181 | 94.7 | −1.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Rex Pilbeam | 6,828 | 56.7 | +2.0 | |
Labor | Kevin Charles | 5,210 | 43.3 | -2.0 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Roma
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | William Ewan | 5,217 | 63.7 | +2.2 | |
Labor | Marcus Thew | 2,973 | 36.3 | +8.1 | |
Total formal votes | 8,190 | 99.1 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 74 | 0.9 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,264 | 92.9 | −0.7 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -6.2 |
By-election
- This by-election was caused by the death of William Ewan. It was held on 24th June 1967.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ken Tomkins | 3,632 | 49.6 | -14.1 | |
Labor | Marcus Thew | 2,148 | 29.4 | -6.9 | |
Independent | Ronald Alford | 1,535 | 21.0 | +21.0 | |
Total formal votes | 7,315 | 99.3 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 50 | 0.7 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,365 | 82.8 | −10.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Ken Tomkins | 4,479 | 61.2 | -2.5 | |
Labor | Marcus Thew | 2,836 | 38.8 | +2.5 | |
Country hold | Swing | -2.5 |
Salisbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Doug Sherrington | 11,484 | 69.3 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | Keith Brough | 5,097 | 30.7 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 16,581 | 97.9 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 361 | 2.1 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 16,942 | 92.4 | −2.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Sandgate
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harold Dean | 7,087 | 62.9 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | Colin Clark | 3,510 | 31.2 | -6.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Reginald Lincoln | 666 | 5.9 | -1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 11,263 | 98.2 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 202 | 1.8 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 11,465 | 92.4 | −2.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Harold Dean | 7,211 | 64.0 | +7.2 | |
Liberal | Colin Clark | 4,052 | 36.0 | -7.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +7.2 |
Sherwood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Herbert | 8,430 | 66.6 | +5.9 | |
Labor | Gilbert Thorsen | 4,233 | 33.4 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 12,663 | 98.4 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 210 | 1.6 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 12,873 | 93.4 | −1.8 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Somerset
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Harold Richter | 5,076 | 59.9 | -0.2 | |
Labor | Jacobus Van Der Lelie | 2,742 | 32.4 | -7.5 | |
Independent | John Rasmussen | 380 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Naomi Grulke | 274 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Total formal votes | 8,472 | 98.9 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 97 | 1.1 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 8,569 | 94.8 | −1.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Harold Richter | 5,497 | 64.9 | +4.8 | |
Labor | Jacobus Van Der Lelie | 2,975 | 35.1 | -4.8 | |
Country hold | Swing | +4.8 |
South Brisbane
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Col Bennett | 5,736 | 58.2 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Cecil Schuurs | 3,033 | 30.8 | -0.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Mervyn Eunson | 822 | 8.4 | -5.3 | |
Communist | Warren Bowden | 258 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 9,849 | 96.9 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 317 | 3.1 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 10,166 | 88.2 | −3.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Col Bennett | 6,096 | 61.9 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Cecil Schuurs | 3,753 | 38.1 | -3.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.5 |
South Coast
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert Winders | 4,464 | 37.9 | +37.9 | |
Country | Russ Hinze | 3,588 | 30.5 | -47.0 | |
Labor | Kevin Cummings | 2,462 | 20.9 | +1.6 | |
Independent | Bernard Elsey | 844 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
Democratic Labor | John McWatters | 415 | 3.5 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 11,773 | 98.1 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 225 | 1.9 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 11,998 | 89.3 | +0.2 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Country | Russ Hinze | 6,175 | 52.5 | -27.6 | |
Liberal | Herbert Winders | 5,598 | 47.5 | +47.5 | |
Country hold | Swing | -27.6 |
Tablelands
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Edwin Wallis-Smith | 3,747 | 55.6 | +4.0 | |
Country | Tom Gilmore | 2,853 | 42.4 | -1.0 | |
Democratic Labor | V. Rehbein | 137 | 2.0 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 6,737 | 97.7 | +1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 161 | 2.3 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,898 | 87.7 | −1.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Edwin Wallis-Smith | 3,772 | 56.0 | +2.5 | |
Country | Tom Gilmore | 2,965 | 44.0 | -2.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.5 |
Toowong
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Porter | 7,254 | 65.3 | -3.8 | |
Labor | Douglas Wallace | 2,825 | 25.4 | +1.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Brian O'Brien | 1,033 | 9.3 | +2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 11,112 | 98.4 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 183 | 1.6 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,295 | 92.8 | −1.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Charles Porter | 8,124 | 73.1 | -1.7 | |
Labor | Douglas Wallace | 2,988 | 26.9 | +1.7 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.7 |
Toowoomba East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Wood | 7,814 | 51.9 | +3.0 | |
Country | John McCafferty | 3,668 | 26.5 | +26.5 | |
Liberal | Lawrence Storey | 2,183 | 15.8 | -29.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Francis Mullins | 761 | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
Independent | Gladys O'Sullivan | 58 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 13,854 | 98.6 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 200 | 1.4 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 14,054 | 94.8 | 0.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Wood | 7,661 | 55.3 | +5.4 | |
Country | John McCafferty | 6,193 | 44.7 | +44.7 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.4 |
Toowoomba West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Duggan | 8,912 | 61.8 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Clifford Leavy | 4,162 | 28.9 | -4.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Terry Morris | 1,347 | 9.3 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 14,421 | 98.8 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 173 | 1.2 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 14,594 | 95.5 | +0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Duggan | 9,163 | 63.5 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | Clifford Leavy | 5,258 | 36.5 | -3.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.7 |
Townsville North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Perc Tucker | 6,862 | 50.2 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 4,919 | 36.0 | +7.6 | |
Democratic Labor | J.J. McManus | 1,895 | 13.9 | -8.7 | |
Total formal votes | 13,676 | 98.9 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 154 | 1.1 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 13,830 | 91.8 | −1.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Perc Tucker | 7,214 | 52.7 | -0.5 | |
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 6,464 | 47.3 | +0.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.5 |
Townsville South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tom Aikens | 9,260 | 63.2 | +3.0 | |
Labor | Arthur Trower | 5,196 | 35.5 | -4.3 | |
Communist | Francis Bishop | 194 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 14,650 | 98.7 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 186 | 1.3 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 14,836 | 93.7 | −0.3 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Tom Aikens | 9,361 | 63.9 | +3.7 | |
Labor | Arthur Trower | 5,289 | 36.1 | -3.7 | |
Independent hold | Swing | +3.7 |
Warrego
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Dufficy | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Warwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | David Cory | 4,816 | 58.9 | -2.5 | |
Labor | Eric Barrett | 2,701 | 33.0 | +9.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Daniel Skehan | 659 | 8.1 | -6.4 | |
Total formal votes | 8,176 | 98.9 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 90 | 1.1 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,266 | 95.9 | +0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | David Cory | 5,352 | 65.5 | -7.8 | |
Labor | Eric Barrett | 2,824 | 34.5 | +7.8 | |
Country hold | Swing | -7.8 |
Wavell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alex Dewar | 7,209 | 50.4 | -2.6 | |
Labor | Herbert Bromley | 5,895 | 41.2 | +4.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Thomas Grundy | 1,046 | 7.3 | -1.6 | |
Social Credit | Mervyn Goldstiver | 113 | 0.8 | -0.6 | |
Independent | Desmond Fulton | 51 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 14,314 | 98.5 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 222 | 1.5 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 14,536 | 94.8 | −0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Alex Dewar | 8,142 | 56.9 | -4.7 | |
Labor | Herbert Bromley | 6,172 | 43.1 | +4.7 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.7 |
Whitsunday
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ron Camm | 4,497 | 51.2 | -5.7 | |
Labor | Bernard Kirwan | 3,801 | 43.3 | +0.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Bernard Lewis | 485 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 8,783 | 98.3 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 154 | 1.7 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,937 | 92.8 | −2.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Ron Camm | 4,892 | 55.7 | -1.2 | |
Labor | Bernard Kirwan | 3,891 | 44.3 | +1.2 | |
Country hold | Swing | -1.2 |
Windsor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Percy Smith | 5,049 | 48.3 | -2.7 | |
Labor | Keith Fordyce | 4,546 | 43.5 | +3.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Vincent Wenck | 851 | 8.1 | -1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 10,446 | 98.6 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 151 | 1.4 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,597 | 94.6 | −0.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Percy Smith | 5,860 | 56.1 | -2.4 | |
Labor | Keith Fordyce | 4,546 | 43.9 | +2.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.4 |
Wynnum
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Edward Harris | 6,986 | 54.7 | -10.5 | |
Liberal | Ian Beath | 4,896 | 38.3 | +7.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Terence Burns | 685 | 5.4 | +1.0 | |
Communist | Stella Nord | 207 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 12,774 | 98.2 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 238 | 1.8 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 13,012 | 94.1 | −1.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Edward Harris | 7,279 | 57.0 | -9.0 | |
Liberal | Ian Beath | 5,495 | 43.0 | +9.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -9.0 |
Yeronga
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Norm Lee | 5,499 | 51.0 | -1.2 | |
Labor | Jack Davis | 4,180 | 38.8 | +1.9 | |
Democratic Labor | John Lamberth | 1,106 | 10.3 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 10,785 | 98.4 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 177 | 1.6 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 10,962 | 94.7 | −0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Norm Lee | 6,399 | 59.3 | -0.7 | |
Labor | Jack Davis | 4,386 | 40.7 | +0.7 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.7 |
See also
- Results of the Queensland state election, 1966 (A-L)
- Queensland state election, 1966
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1966-1969
References
- ^ "Details of Queensland 1966 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. University of Western Australia.
- ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.