Electoral results for the district of Belmont (Queensland)

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

Members for Belmont[]

Member		Party	Term
	Fred Newton	Labor	1960–1974
	David Byrne	Liberal	1974–1977

1974 Queensland state election: Belmont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Byrne	6,974	53.6	+25.5
	Labor	Fred Newton	6,044	46.4	-17.5
Total formal votes			13,018	98.6	+0.1
Informal votes			183	1.4	-0.1
Turnout			13,201	90.7	-3.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+18.5

1972 Queensland state election: Belmont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Newton	7,350	63.9	+6.4
	Liberal	Maurice Hughes	3,229	28.1	-6.3
	Queensland Labor	Thomas Connor	924	8.0	+0.9
Total formal votes			11,503	98.5
Informal votes			169	1.5
Turnout			11,672	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Newton	7,463	64.9	+3.8
	Liberal	Maurice Hughes	4,040	35.1	-3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

1969 Queensland state election: Belmont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Newton	10,399	57.5	-0.5
	Liberal	Cyril Morgan	6,405	34.4	-1.4
	Queensland Labor	John Taylor	1,285	7.1	+0.9
Total formal votes			18,089	98.0	-0.2
Informal votes			364	2.0	+0.2
Turnout			18,453	93.3	-0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Newton	10,638	58.8	-1.3
	Liberal	Cyril Morgan	7,451	41.2	+1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.3

1966 Queensland state election: Belmont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Newton	8,898	58.0	-1.3
	Liberal	Oswald Brunner	5,494	35.8	+1.1
	Queensland Labor	John Taylor	951	6.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			15,343	98.2	+0.1
Informal votes			280	1.8	-0.1
Turnout			15,623	94.1	-1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Newton	9,075	60.1	+0.3
	Liberal	Oswald Brunner	6,268	39.9	-0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.3

1963 Queensland state election: Belmont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Newton	7,846	59.3	+4.6
	Liberal	Cecil Schuurs	4,593	34.7	+0.2
	Queensland Labor	John Taylor	790	6.0	-4.8
Total formal votes			13,229	98.1	-0.3
Informal votes			253	1.9	+0.3
Turnout			13,482	95.1	+2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Newton	7,993	60.4
	Liberal	Cecil Schuurs	5,236	39.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1960 Queensland state election: Belmont
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Newton	6,120	54.7	+9.1
	Liberal	Bill Hewitt	3,869	34.5	-1.6
	Queensland Labor	Jean Reville	1,209	10.8	-5.0
Total formal votes			11,198	98.4
Informal votes			180	1.6
Turnout			11,378	92.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.5