Electoral results for the district of Baroona

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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Baroona in Queensland state elections.

Members for Baroona[]

Member Party Term
  Bill Power Labor 1935–1957
  Queensland Labor 1957–1960
  Pat Hanlon Labor 1960–1974
  Dennis Young Liberal 1974–1977

Election results[]

Elections in the 1970s[]

1974 Queensland state election: Baroona[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dennis Young 5,643 48.4 +20.4
Labor John Camp 5,528 47.4 -15.2
Queensland Labor Denis Cochran 484 4.1 -5.3
Total formal votes 11,655 97.6 +0.3
Informal votes 280 2.4 -0.3
Turnout 11,935 84.7 -5.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dennis Young 6,022 51.7 +15.8
Labor John Camp 5,633 48.3 -15.8
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +15.8
1972 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Hanlon 7,110 62.6 -1.2
Liberal John Andrews 3,184 28.0 +1.7
Queensland Labor Maurice O'Connor 1,073 9.4 -0.5
Total formal votes 11,367 97.3
Informal votes 318 2.7
Turnout 11,685 90.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hanlon 7,291 64.1 +0.9
Liberal John Andrews 4,076 35.9 -0.9
Labor hold Swing +0.9

Elections in the 1960s[]

1969 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Hanlon 6,427 63.8 +4.1
Liberal Thomas Bence 2,648 26.3 -4.8
Queensland Labor Anthony Machin 998 9.9 +2.2
Total formal votes 10,073 97.2 +0.3
Informal votes 288 2.8 -0.3
Turnout 10,361 88.8 -2.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hanlon 6,613 65.7 +3.4
Liberal Thomas Bence 3,460 34.4 -3.4
Labor hold Swing +3.4
1966 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Hanlon 6,359 59.7 -1.7
Liberal Ian Barron 3,313 31.1 +1.7
Queensland Labor Anthony Machin 822 7.7 +0.7
Communist Brian Moynihan 151 1.4 -0.8
Total formal votes 9,645 96.9 -0.3
Informal votes 342 3.1 +0.3
Turnout 9,987 91.7 -1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hanlon 6,633 62.3 -1.5
Liberal Ian Barron 4,012 37.7 +1.5
Labor hold Swing -1.5
1963 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Hanlon 7,601 61.4 +2.6
Liberal Dawn Stanton 3,209 29.4 +0.8
Queensland Labor Douglas Garsden 764 7.0 -5.6
Communist Vincent Englart 239 2.2 +2.2
Total formal votes 10,913 97.2 -1.3
Informal votes 317 2.8 +1.3
Turnout 11,230 93.3 +1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hanlon 6,963 63.8
Liberal Dawn Stanton 3,950 36.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Hanlon 7,094 58.8 +21.0
Liberal Roger Moore 3,450 28.6 -6.2
Queensland Labor Geoffrey Maule 1,521 12.6 -14.8
Total formal votes 12,065 98.5
Informal votes 182 1.5
Turnout 12,247 91.6
Labor gain from Queensland Labor Swing N/A

Elections in the 1950s[]

1957 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Queensland Labor Bill Power 3,333 40.6 +40.6
Liberal Robert Thomasson 2,691 32.8 -0.2
Labor Norman Buchan 2,177 26.5 -38.3
Total formal votes 8,201 98.2 -0.3
Informal votes 149 1.8 +0.3
Turnout 8,350 93.0 +2.3
Queensland Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A
1956 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Power 5,525 64.8 -35.2
Liberal Robert Thomasson 2,816 33.0 +33.0
Communist Kevin Loughlin 190 2.2 +2.2
Total formal votes 8,531 98.5
Informal votes 126 1.5
Turnout 8,657 90.7
Labor hold Swing N/A
1953 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Power unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1950 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Power 6,439 61.7
Liberal Harry Middleton 3,768 36.1
Communist Max Julius 223 2.1
Total formal votes 10,430 98.5
Informal votes 159 1.5
Turnout 10,589 91.4
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s[]

1947 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Power 5,810 55.5 +0.2
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
1944 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Power 5,415 55.3 -4.6
People's Party Richard Cooper 4,370 44.7 +4.6
Total formal votes 9,785 98.5 +0.9
Informal votes 147 1.5 -0.9
Turnout 9,932 88.0 -1.6
Labor hold Swing -4.6
1941 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Power 5,317 59.9 +10.3
United Australia Cecil Noble 3,564 40.1 +17.3
Total formal votes 8,881 97.6 -1.1
Informal votes 219 2.4 +1.1
Turnout 9,100 89.6 -2.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s[]

1938 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Power 4,571 49.6 -19.6
Protestant Labor Ralph Powell 2,539 27.6 +27.6
United Australia Edwyn Roper 2,103 22.8 +22.8
Total formal votes 9,213 98.7 +2.4
Informal votes 123 1.3 -2.4
Turnout 9,336 92.4 +2.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Bill Power 4,736 57.7 -11.5
Protestant Labor Ralph Powell 3,478 42.3 +42.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
1935 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Power 5,835 69.2
Social Credit Julius Streeter 2,600 30.8
Total formal votes 8,435 96.3
Informal votes 320 3.7
Turnout 8,755 89.7
Labor hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.
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