Results of the Queensland state election, 1972 (M-Z)

Queensland state election, 27 May 1972 Legislative Assembly << 1969–1974 >>
Enrolled voters		997,489
Votes cast		921,763		Turnout	92.41%	+0.64%
Informal votes		15,566		Informal	1.61%	-0.18%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	424,002	46.75%	+1.76%	33	+ 2
	Liberal	201,596	22.23%	-1.45%	21	+ 2
	Country	181,404	20.00%	-1.02%	26	± 0
	Democratic Labor	69,757	7.69%	+0.46%	0	- 1
	Independent	30,187	3.33%	+0.48%	2	+ 1
Total		906,946			82

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1972 Queensland state election for electorates from M to Z.

Results by electoral district

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1972: Mackay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ed Casey	5,239	36.2	+36.2
	Labor	John Breen	4,027	27.8	−30.9
	Country	Charles Johnstone	3,717	25.7	+25.7
	Liberal	Robert Gray	1,480	10.2	−27.5
Total formal votes			14,463	98.7
Informal votes			190	1.3
Turnout			14,653	92.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Ed Casey	9,167	63.4	+63.4
	Labor	John Breen	5,296	36.6	−20.1
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing	+63.4

Mansfield

Queensland state election, 1972: Mansfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Raymond Lynch	6,358	46.0
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	6,193	44.8
	Democratic Labor	John Thompson	1,094	7.9
	Independent	William Kenney	187	1.4
Total formal votes			13,832	98.2
Informal votes			251	1.8
Turnout			14,083	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	7,198	52.0	+0.7
	Labor	Raymond Lynch	6,634	48.0	−0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.7

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1972: Maryborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gilbert Alison	5,908	52.4	+14.5
	Labor	Edward Weber	5,184	46.0	−10.5
	Democratic Labor	Matthews Minnegal	186	1.6	−4.0
Total formal votes			11,278	99.1
Informal votes			100	0.9
Turnout			11,378	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gilbert Alison	6,063	53.8	+11.3
	Labor	Edward Weber	5,215	46.2	−11.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+11.3

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1972: Merthyr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Lane	5,369	52.2	+2.3
	Labor	Denis Pie	4,058	39.5	−0.9
	Democratic Labor	James Moss	849	8.3	−1.4
Total formal votes			10,276	97.8
Informal votes			228	2.2
Turnout			10,504	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Don Lane	6,075	59.1	+2.5
	Labor	Denis Pie	4,201	40.9	−2.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.5

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1972: Mirani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tom Newbery	5,197	62.1	+7.9
	Labor	Bernard Kirwan	3,172	37.9	−7.9
Total formal votes			8,369	98.8
Informal votes			102	1.2
Turnout			8,471	92.5
	Country hold		Swing	+7.9

Mount Coot-tha

Queensland state election, 1972: Mount Coot-tha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Lickiss	6,880	56.6	−2.0
	Labor	Ian De Lacy	3,893	32.1	+2.5
	Democratic Labor	Cecilia Edwards	1,371	11.3	−0.4
Total formal votes			12,144	98.7
Informal votes			163	1.3
Turnout			12,307	91.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Lickiss	8,019	66.0	−3.2
	Labor	Ian De Lacy	4,125	34.0	+3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.2

Mount Gravatt

Queensland state election, 1972: Mount Gravatt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Avery	5,922	46.6	+5.7
	Liberal	Geoff Chinchen	5,885	46.3	−6.0
	Democratic Labor	Michael Scragg	901	7.1	+0.3
Total formal votes			12,708	98.8
Informal votes			153	1.2
Turnout			12,861	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Chinchen	6,671	52.5	−4.1
	Labor	Bill Avery	6,037	47.5	+4.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.1

Mount Isa

Queensland state election, 1972: Mount Isa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alex Inch	4,949	64.9	+6.4
	Country	Lillian Noakes	2,964	26.5	−5.9
	Democratic Labor	John Turner	957	8.6	+8.6
Total formal votes			11,184	97.1
Informal votes			332	2.9
Turnout			11,516	83.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alex Inch	7,425	66.4	+3.4
	Country	Lillian Oakes	3,759	33.6	−3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.4

Mourilyan

Queensland state election, 1972: Mourilyan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Moore	5,039	55.7	+2.4
	Country	Peter Mitchell	2,949	32.6	−1.0
	Democratic Labor	Geoffrey Higham	1,054	11.7	−1.5
Total formal votes			9,042	98.3
Informal votes			160	1.7
Turnout			9,202	91.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Moore	5,169	57.2	+4.6
	Country	Peter Mitchell	3,874	42.8	−4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.6

Mulgrave

Queensland state election, 1972: Mulgrave

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Armstrong	4,952	58.4	+3.7
	Labor	Leslie Scheu	3,530	41.6	−3.7
Total formal votes			8,482	98.1
Informal votes			161	1.9
Turnout			8,643	92.6
	Country hold		Swing	+3.7

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1972: Murrumba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alex Barr	6,138	46.3	+1.8
	Country	Des Frawley	4,444	33.6	−14.7
	Liberal	Kathleen Macadam	2,020	15.2	+15.2
	Democratic Labor	Paul Maguire	652	4.9	−2.3
Total formal votes			13,254	98.2
Informal votes			249	1.8
Turnout			13,503	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Des Frawley	6,762	51.0	−9.1
	Labor	Alex Barr	6,492	49.0	+9.1
	Country hold		Swing	−9.1

Nudgee

Queensland state election, 1972: Nudgee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Melloy	7,908	64.3	+2.7
	Liberal	Alan Camp	3,288	26.7	−0.8
	Democratic Labor	Gordon Blain	1,100	9.0	+0.4
Total formal votes			12,296	98.2
Informal votes			221	1.8
Turnout			12,517	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Melloy	8,042	65.4	+1.7
	Liberal	Alan Camp	4,254	34.6	−1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1972: Nundah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Knox	5,341	47.3	−1.9
	Labor	Ian Brusasco	5,100	45.2	+4.9
	Democratic Labor	Ambrose Shannon	853	7.5	−3.1
Total formal votes			11,294	99.0
Informal votes			115	1.0
Turnout			11,409	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	William Knox	6,092	53.9	−5.5
	Labor	Ian Brusasco	5,202	46.1	+5.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.5

Pine Rivers

Queensland state election, 1972: Pine Rivers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kenneth Leese	8,259	53.3
	Country	Allan Male	3,587	23.2
	Liberal	William Battershill	2,771	17.9
	Democratic Labor	Brian Flynn	872	5.6
Total formal votes			15,489	98.4
Informal votes			252	1.6
Turnout			15,741	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kenneth Leese	8,794	56.8	+4.4
	Country	Allan Male	6,695	43.2	−4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.4

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1972: Port Curtis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Martin Hanson	10,652	82.2	+0.9
	Democratic Labor	Marguerita Glen	1,771	18.7	−0.9
Total formal votes			12,959	97.9
Informal votes			278	2.1
Turnout			13,237	91.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.9

Redcliffe

Queensland state election, 1972: Redcliffe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Trueman	5,218	41.7	+2.3
	Country	Jim Houghton	4,179	33.4	−20.2
	Liberal	John Hodges	2,415	19.3	+19.3
	Democratic Labor	Thomas Grundy	709	5.6	−1.4
Total formal votes			12,521	98.6
Informal votes			177	1.4
Turnout			12,698	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Jim Houghton	6,932	55.4	−5.5
	Labor	Jack Trueman	5,589	44.6	+5.5
	Country hold		Swing	−5.5

Redlands

Queensland state election, 1972: Redlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edgar Baldwin	6,929	51.6	+2.4
	Country	Ernest Wood	3,271	24.3	−19.2
	Liberal	Edward Fitzgerald	2,746	20.4	+20.4
	Democratic Labor	Kenneth Bayliss	486	3.6	−3.7
Total formal votes			13,432	98.3
Informal votes			229	1.7
Turnout			13,661	91.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Edgar Baldwin	7,395	55.1	+2.0
	Country	Ernest Wood	6,037	44.9	−2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1972: Rockhampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Wright	6,319	53.2	+2.3
	Liberal	Rex Pilbeam	3,163	26.6	−14.2
	Country	Terence Molloy	1,741	14.6	+14.6
	Democratic Labor	Robert Bom	658	5.5	−2.8
Total formal votes			11,881	99.0
Informal votes			125	1.0
Turnout			12,006	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Wright	6,643	55.9	+3.7
	Liberal	Rex Pilbeam	5,238	44.1	−3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

Rockhampton North

Queensland state election, 1972: Rockhampton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Les Yewdale	5,639	44.0	−21.8
	Liberal	Peter Vamvakaris	3,156	24.6	+0.7
	Independent	Merv Thackeray	2,969	23.2	+23.2
	Democratic Labor	John McKenna	1,042	8.1	−2.3
Total formal votes			12,806	98.6
Informal votes			175	1.4
Turnout			12,981	96.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Les Yewdale	6,540	51.1	−14.9
	Liberal	Peter Vamvakaris	6,266	48.9	+14.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−14.9

Roma

Queensland state election, 1972: Roma

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ken Tomkins	4,613	53.0	−3.5
	Labor	Marcus Thew	2,309	31.8	+1.0
	Democratic Labor	Patrick Feeney	1,102	15.2	+15.2
Total formal votes			7,265	99.0
Informal votes			73	1.0
Turnout			7,338	90.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Ken Tomkins	4,647	64.0	+3.4
	Labor	Marcus Thew	2,618	36.0	−3.4
	Country hold		Swing	+3.4

Salisbury

Queensland state election, 1972: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Doug Sherrington	8,447	65.0	−4.5
	Liberal	Rosemary Kyburz	3,226	24.8	−2.0
	Democratic Labor	Kenneth Wall	1,328	10.2	+6.5
Total formal votes			13,001	98.5
Informal votes			194	1.5
Turnout			13,195	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Doug Sherrington	8,671	66.7	−1.5
	Liberal	Rosemary Kyburz	4,330	33.3	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.5

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1972: Sandgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harold Dean	7,184	61.7	−1.5
	Liberal	Ivan Brown	2,684	23.1	−4.0
	Democratic Labor	Bernard Beston	1,770	15.2	+5.5
Total formal votes			11,638	98.2
Informal votes			208	1.8
Turnout			11,846	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harold Dean	7,399	63.6	−2.5
	Liberal	Ivan Brown	4,239	36.4	+2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.5

Sherwood

Queensland state election, 1972: Sherwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Herbert	6,817	53.6	−3.7
	Labor	Kerry Keating	4,947	38.9	+3.9
	Democratic Labor	Clarice Weedon	960	7.5	−0.2
Total formal votes			12,724	98.3
Informal votes			217	1.7
Turnout			12,941	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Herbert	7,615	59.8	−6.4
	Labor	Kerry Keating	5,109	40.2	+6.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.4

Somerset

Queensland state election, 1972: Somerset

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Gunn	6,925	56.5	−4.1
	Labor	Henry Riis	3,874	31.6	−7.8
	Democratic Labor	Roland Forgan	1,263	10.3	+10.3
	Independent	Robert Wilkie	198	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			12,260	99.0
Informal votes			128	1.0
Turnout			12,388	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bill Gunn	8,133	66.3	+5.7
	Labor	Henry Riis	4,127	33.7	−5.7
	Country hold		Swing	+5.7

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1972: South Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Bromley	5,609	49.4	−9.8
	Liberal	Joseph Fenton	2,885	25.4	−4.5
	Independent	Col Bennett	2,227	19.6	+19.6
	Democratic Labor	Viliam Simek	591	5.2	−3.4
	Independent	Anton Terpstra	47	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			11,359	96.8
Informal votes			375	3.2
Turnout			11,734	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Bromley	6,933	61.0	+4.3
	Liberal	Joseph Fenton	4,426	39.0	−4.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.3

South Coast

Queensland state election, 1972: South Coast

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Russ Hinze	5,072	39.2	−1.0
	Labor	Ronald Todd	4,410	34.1	+12.2
	Liberal	Bruce Bishop	2,256	17.4	−15.0
	Independent	Douglas Roughton	694	5.4	+5.4
	Democratic Labor	Victor Kearney	493	3.8	+0.1
Total formal votes			12,925	97.8
Informal votes			291	2.2
Turnout			13,216	88.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Russ Hinze	7,975	61.7	−9.0
	Labor	Ronald Todd	4,950	38.3	+9.0
	Country hold		Swing	−9.0

Stafford

Queensland state election, 1972: Stafford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roy Harvey	5,872	49.5
	Liberal	Percy Smith	4,834	40.7
	Democratic Labor	James Hancock	1,163	9.8
Total formal votes			11,869	95.4
Informal votes			545	4.6
Turnout			12,414	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roy Harvey	6,119	51.6	−0.8
	Liberal	Percy Smith	5,750	48.4	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.8

Surfers Paradise

Queensland state election, 1972: Surfers Paradise

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Hunt	4,223	30.1
	Liberal	John McIlwain	4,202	29.9
	Country	Bruce Small	4,122	29.4
	Independent	Eileen Peters	655	4.7
	Democratic Labor	Frederick Bassani	536	3.8
	Independent	William Daniel	303	2.2
Total formal votes			14,041	97.2
Informal votes			398	2.8
Turnout			14,439	87.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bruce Small	8,368	59.6	−11.4
	Labor	Keith Hunt	5,673	40.4	+11.4
	Country hold		Swing	−11.4

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1972: Toowong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Porter	6,248	55.6	−3.5
	Labor	Donald Dignam	3,987	35.5	+4.7
	Democratic Labor	Brian O'Brien	996	8.9	−1.2
Total formal votes			11,231	98.7
Informal votes			150	1.3
Turnout			11,381	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Charles Porter	7,076	63.0	−4.3
	Labor	Donald Dignam	4,155	37.0	+4.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.3

Toowoomba North

Queensland state election, 1972: Toowoomba North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ray Bousen	7,336	61.8	+13.8
	Country	Nellie E. Robinson	2,072	17.4	−9.4
	Liberal	A.L.P. Zerbst	1,599	13.5	−2.9
	Democratic Labor	John Davis	872	7.3	−1.5
Total formal votes			11,879	99.2
Informal votes			99	0.8
Turnout			11,978	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ray Bousen	7,707	64.9	+7.8
	Country	Nellie Robinson	4,172	35.1	−7.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.8

Toowoomba South

Queensland state election, 1972: Toowoomba South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Wood	6,148	53.1	−0.3
	Country	John Peel	2,446	21.1	+21.1
	Liberal	Allison Dickson	2,151	18.6	−21.6
	Democratic Labor	Francis Mullins	831	7.2	+0.8
Total formal votes			11,576	98.9
Informal votes			133	1.1
Turnout			11,709	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Wood	6,589	56.9	+3.0
	Country	John Peel	4,987	43.1	+43.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.0

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1972: Townsville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norman Scott-Young	3,913	36.5
	Labor	Michael Reynolds	3,672	34.3
	Country	Owen Griffiths	2,341	21.9
	Democratic Labor	William Higgins	783	7.3
Total formal votes			10,709	98.6
Informal votes			148	1.4
Turnout			10,857	85.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Norman Scott-Young	6,588	61.5	+4.3
	Labor	Michael Reynolds	4,121	38.5	−4.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.3

Townsville South

Queensland state election, 1972: Townsville South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tom Aikens	5,500	51.0	−2.1
	Labor	Alex Wilson	4,391	40.7	+6.0
	Democratic Labor	Kerry Smith	890	8.3	−2.6
Total formal votes			10,781	98.7
Informal votes			144	1.3
Turnout			10,925	93.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Tom Aikens	6,210	57.6	−1.6
	Labor	Alex Wilson	4,571	42.4	+1.6
	Independent hold		Swing	−1.6

Townsville West

Queensland state election, 1972: Townsville West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Perc Tucker	5,526	49.2	+1.6
	Liberal	Keith Rundle	3,091	27.5	+2.3
	Country	Jean Thomas	1,477	13.1	−3.9
	Democratic Labor	Brian Hurney	1,146	10.2	0.0
Total formal votes			11,240	98.7
Informal votes			145	1.3
Turnout			11,385	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Perc Tucker	5,862	52.2	+2.0
	Liberal	Keith Rundle	5,378	47.8	−2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1972: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Aiken	4,728	63.4	+18.4
	Country	John Nevell	2,729	36.6	−2.5
Total formal votes			7,457	98.7
Informal votes			97	1.3
Turnout			7,554	90.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.4

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1972: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Cory	4,258	49.3	−4.5
	Labor	Raymond Lyons	3,053	35.4	−2.6
	Democratic Labor	Daniel Skehan	679	7.9	−0.3
	Independent	Norman Stuart	641	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			8,631	98.9
Informal votes			98	1.1
Turnout			8,729	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	David Cory	5,305	61.5	+0.2
	Labor	Raymond Lyons	3,326	38.5	−0.2
	Country hold		Swing	+0.2

Wavell

Queensland state election, 1972: Wavell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herbert Bromley	5,661	47.0	+9.5
	Liberal	Arthur Crawford	5,351	44.5	+15.1
	Democratic Labor	Peter Flanagan	1,024	8.5	+0.7
Total formal votes			12,036	99.1
Informal votes			103	0.9
Turnout			12,139	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Arthur Crawford	6,279	52.2	−2.7
	Labor	Herbert Bromley	5,757	47.8	+2.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.7

Whitsunday

Queensland state election, 1972: Whitsunday

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ron Camm	5,024	52.7
	Labor	Graeme Bowen	4,029	42.2
	Democratic Labor	Bernard Lewis	485	5.1
Total formal votes			9,538	98.7
Informal votes			121	1.3
Turnout			9,659	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Ron Camm	5,427	56.9	+0.3
	Labor	Graeme Bowen	4,111	43.1	−0.3
	Country hold		Swing	+0.3

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1972: Windsor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bryan Walsh	5,090	43.8	−1.8
	Liberal	Bob Moore	5,060	43.5	+1.0
	Democratic Labor	Thomas Heike	1,480	12.7	+0.8
Total formal votes			11,630	98.7
Informal votes			157	1.3
Turnout			11,787	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bob Moore	6,408	55.1	+1.6
	Labor	Bryan Walsh	5,222	44.9	−1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.6

Wolston

Queensland state election, 1972: Wolston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Evan Marginson	7,973	65.4	+7.0
	Liberal	Dirk Plooy	2,595	21.3	−16.2
	Democratic Labor	Leonard Maguire	971	8.0	+3.9
	Independent	George Whyte	653	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			12,192	97.3
Informal votes			334	2.7
Turnout			12,526	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Evan Marginson	8,572	70.3	+8.7
	Liberal	Dirk Plooy	3,620	29.7	−8.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.7

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1972: Wynnum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Harris	7,352	63.3	+2.8
	Liberal	Brian Cahill	3,427	29.5	−2.1
	Democratic Labor	Gordon Randall	835	7.2	+1.4
Total formal votes			11,614	98.6
Informal votes			167	1.4
Turnout			11,781	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Edward Harris	7,493	64.5	+1.5
	Liberal	Brian Cahill	4,121	35.5	−1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

Yeronga

Queensland state election, 1972: Yeronga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norm Lee	5,546	48.3	−1.2
	Labor	Clem Jones	5,156	44.9	+5.2
	Democratic Labor	Harold Wright	770	6.7	−4.0
Total formal votes			11,472	98.7
Informal votes			156	1.3
Turnout			11,628	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Norm Lee	6,234	54.3	−5.7
	Labor	Clem Jones	5,238	45.7	+5.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.7

See also

• Results of the Queensland state election, 1972 (A-L)
• Queensland state election, 1972
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1972-1974