Electoral results for the district of Dalby

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

Members for Dalby[]

Member Party Term
  Joshua Peter Bell Unaligned 1873–1878
  George Simpson Unaligned 1878–1882
  John Jessop Unaligned 1882–1893
  Joshua Thomas Bell Ministerialist 1893–1911
  William Vowles Ministerialist/Liberal/National/Country 1911–1926
  Wilfred Adams Russell PPC/Country 1926–1932
  Jim Sparkes Country 1932–1935
  Godfrey Morgan Country 1935–1938
  Aubrey Slessar Labor 1938–1947
  Charles Russell Country 1947–1949

Election results[]

Elections in the 1940s[]

1947 Queensland state election: Dalby[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Charles Russell 5,736 59.1 +10.6
Labor George Wilkes 3,977 40.9 -10.6
Total formal votes 9,713 98.8 +4.4
Informal votes 122 1.2 -4.4
Turnout 9,835 89.3 +0.8
Country gain from Labor Swing +10.6
1944 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Aubrey Slessar 4,688 51.5 -4.5
Country Charles Russell 4,409 48.5 +4.5
Total formal votes 9,097 94.4 -4.8
Informal votes 537 5.6 +4.8
Turnout 9,634 88.5 +1.4
Labor hold Swing -4.5
1941 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Aubrey Slessar 5,434 56.0 +5.7
Country Godfrey Morgan 4,262 44.0 -5.7
Total formal votes 9,696 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 74 0.8 -0.3
Turnout 9,770 87.1 -4.6
Labor hold Swing +5.7

Elections in the 1930s[]

1938 Queensland state election: Maree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William King 5,201 53.3 -16.6
United Australia William Carter 3,830 39.2 +9.1
Social Credit Charles Martin 727 7.5 +7.5
Total formal votes 9,758 98.7 +1.4
Informal votes 128 1.3 -1.4
Turnout 9,886 94.4 +0.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1935 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP Godfrey Morgan 4,373 51.8
Labor George Wilkes 4,061 48.2
Total formal votes 8,434 99.0
Informal votes 84 1.0
Turnout 8,518 93.1
CPNP hold Swing
1932 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP Jim Sparkes 3,904 53.8
Labor Adolphus Baker 3,349 46.2
Total formal votes 7,253 99.2
Informal votes 56 0.8
Turnout 7,309 93.3
CPNP hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s[]

1929 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP Wilfred Russell 3,511 65.9 +38.3
Labor Clive Curtis 1,816 34.1 +3.0
Total formal votes 5,327
Informal votes
Turnout
CPNP gain from Independent Swing N/A
1926 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Primary Producers Wilfred Russell 2,347 41.4 +41.4
Labor Harold Francis 1,762 31.1 -6.6
CPNP William Vowles 1,563 27.6 -21.2
Total formal votes 5,672 98.9 +1.0
Informal votes 64 1.1 -1.0
Turnout 5,736 91.2 +6.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Primary Producers Wilfred Russell 3,529 65.7 +65.7
Labor Harold Francis 1,842 34.3 +7.2
Primary Producers gain from CPNP Swing N/A
1923 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Vowles 2,679 48.8 -13.7
Labor Hugh McAnally 2,069 37.7 +0.2
Independent Country N C Hooper 743 13.5 +13.5
Total formal votes 5,491 97.9 -1.4
Informal votes 120 2.1 +1.4
Turnout 5,611 84.7 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country William Vowles 3,086 58.1 -4.4
Labor Hugh McAnally 2,221 41.9 +4.4
Country hold Swing -4.4
1920 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Vowles 3,005 62.5 +62.5
Labor James Connolly 1,804 37.5 -5.6
Total formal votes 4,849 99.3 -0.1
Informal votes 35 0.7 +0.1
Turnout 4,884 83.9 +4.1
Country gain from National Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s[]

1918 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National William Vowles 2,686 56.9 +23.3
Labor Austin McKeon 2,033 43.1 +0.6
Total formal votes 4,719 99.4 +1.5
Informal votes 28 0.6 -1.5
Turnout 4,747 79.8 -4.7
National hold Swing +3.7
1915 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Connolly 1,788 42.5 -0.4
Liberal William Vowles 1,414 33.6 -23.5
Farmers' Union Frederick Bradhurst 1,004 23.9 +23.9
Total formal votes 4,206 97.9 -1.6
Informal votes 89 2.1 +1.6
Turnout 4,295 84.5 +9.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William Vowles 2,165 53.2 -3.9
Labor John Connolly 1,902 46.8 +3.9
Liberal hold Swing -3.9
1912 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Vowles 1,992 57.1
Labor Robert Turnbull 1,497 42.9
Total formal votes 3,489 99.5
Informal votes 19 0.5
Turnout 3,508 75.4
Liberal hold Swing

References[]

  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0708103014.
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