Electoral results for the district of Ipswich East

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

Members for Ipswich East[]

Member Party Term
  Jim Donald Labor 1960–1969
  Evan Marginson Labor 1969–1972

Election results[]

Elections in the 1960s[]

1969 Queensland state election: Ipswich East[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Evan Marginson 8,889 58.4 -10.1
Liberal John Shapcott 5,714 37.5 +13.1
Queensland Labor Peter Grant 620 4.1 +4.1
Total formal votes 15,223 97.5 -1.0
Informal votes 388 2.5 +1.0
Turnout 15,611 93.1 +2.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Evan Marginson 9,059 59.5 -13.3
Liberal John Shapcott 6,164 40.5 +13.3
Labor hold Swing -13.3
1966 Queensland state election: Ipswich East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Donald 9,845 68.5 -1.9
Liberal Hedley Scriven 3,506 24.4 -2.2
Independent Douglas Wood 1,014 7.1 +7.1
Total formal votes 14,365 98.5 -0.5
Informal votes 217 1.5 +0.5
Turnout 14,582 90.4 -5.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Donald 10,453 72.8 +1.7
Liberal Hedley Scriven 3,912 27.2 -1.7
Labor hold Swing +1.7
1963 Queensland state election: Ipswich East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Donald 9,496 70.4 +1.2
Liberal Hedley Scriven 3,592 26.6 +1.9
Queensland Labor Andrij Janicky 340 2.5 -3.6
Social Credit Vic Robb 67 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 13,495 99.0 -0.2
Informal votes 135 1.0 +0.2
Turnout 13,630 95.6 -0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Donald 9,593 71.1
Liberal Hedley Scriven 3,902 28.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Ipswich East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Donald 8,596 69.2
Liberal Hedley Scriven 3,068 24.7
Queensland Labor Charles Archer 761 6.1
Total formal votes 12,425 99.2
Informal votes 101 0.8
Turnout 12,526 95.8
Labor win (new seat)

References[]

  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1981). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1965-1974. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909596735.
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