Electoral results for the district of Hamilton (Queensland)
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Hamilton in Queensland state elections.
Members for Hamilton[]
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Hugh Russell | CPNP | 1932–1936 | |
United Australia | 1936–1941 | ||
Bruce Pie | Independent Democrat | 1941–1943 | |
Sir John Beals Chandler | QPP | 1943–1947 | |
Harold Taylor | QPP | 1947–1948 | |
Liberal | 1948–1950 |
Election results[]
Elections in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
People's Party | Harold Taylor | 8,370 | 73.7 | -1.5 | |
Labor | Vic Bartlett | 2,981 | 26.3 | +1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 11,351 | 98.8 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 134 | 1.2 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,485 | 91.9 | +3.5 | ||
People's Party hold | Swing | -1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
People's Party | John Chandler | 7,916 | 75.2 | +39.0 | |
Labor | John Dixon | 2,614 | 24.8 | +24.8 | |
Total formal votes | 10,530 | 98.8 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 125 | 1.2 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 10,655 | 88.4 | -3.1 | ||
People's Party hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
People's Party | John Chandler | 5,069 | 54.7 | +18.5 | |
Country | Graham Hart | 2,231 | 24.1 | +24.1 | |
Labor | Frank Roberts | 1,967 | 21.2 | +21.2 | |
Total formal votes | 9,267 | 99.3 | +1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 62 | 0.7 | -1.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,329 | ||||
People's Party gain from Independent | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Bruce Pie | 6,221 | 63.8 | +63.8 | |
United Australia | Hugh Russell | 3,538 | 36.2 | -32.5 | |
Total formal votes | 9,759 | 98.0 | -0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 194 | 2.0 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 9,953 | 91.5 | -2.8 | ||
Independent gain from United Australia | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Hugh Russell | 6,573 | 68.7 | +2.9 | |
Labor | William Pinder | 3,001 | 31.3 | -2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 9,574 | 98.7 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 129 | 1.3 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,703 | 94.3 | +4.3 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPNP | Hugh Russell | 5,647 | 65.8 | ||
Labor | John Moir | 2,936 | 34.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,583 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 134 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 8,717 | 90.0 | |||
CPNP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPNP | Hugh Russell | 5,202 | 58.9 | ||
Labor | Alfred Jones | 3,533 | 40.0 | ||
Queensland Party | James Trotter | 100 | 1.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,835 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 76 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 8,911 | 87.5 | |||
CPNP hold | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
References[]
- ^ 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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- Queensland state electoral results by district