Electoral results for the district of Belmont (Queensland)

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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

Election results[]

Elections in the 1970s[]

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

Elections in the 1960s[]

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

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