Electoral results for the district of Ithaca

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

Members for Ithaca[]

Member Party Term
  John Gilday Labor 1912–1926
Ned Hanlon Labor 1926–1952
Leonard Eastment Labor 1952–1956
Pat Hanlon Labor 1956–1960
Bob Windsor Liberal 1960–1966
Col Miller Liberal 1966–1984
Independent 1984–1986

Election results[]

Elections in the 1980s[]

1983 Queensland state election: Ithaca[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Col Miller 7,475 53.3 -6.6
Labor Ross MacLeod 6,561 46.7 +6.6
Total formal votes 14,036 98.4 +0.4
Informal votes 228 1.6 -0.4
Turnout 14,264 91.0 +3.7
Liberal hold Swing -6.6
1980 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Col Miller 8,114 59.9 +6.4
Labor Peter Venning 5,440 40.1 -2.8
Total formal votes 13,554 98.0 -0.7
Informal votes 272 2.0 +0.7
Turnout 13,826 87.3 -3.6
Liberal hold Swing +3.9

Elections in the 1970s[]

1977 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Col Miller 7,419 53.5 -11.2
Labor Francis Gilbert 5,948 42.9 +7.6
Progress Paul Rackemann 492 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 13,859 98.7
Informal votes 175 1.3
Turnout 14,034 90.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Col Miller 7,763 56.0 -8.7
Labor Francis Gilbert 6,096 44.0 +8.7
Liberal hold Swing -8.7
1974 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Col Miller 7,940 65.4 +17.3
Labor Robert Coutts 4,196 34.6 -8.7
Total formal votes 12,136 98.2 -0.2
Informal votes 216 1.8 +0.2
Turnout 12,352 87.1 -5.5
Liberal hold Swing +9.8
1972 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Col Miller 5,429 48.1 -1.7
Labor Sylvester Martin 4,888 43.3 +1.6
Queensland Labor Mervyn Eunson 964 8.6 +0.1
Total formal votes 11,281 98.4
Informal votes 180 1.6
Turnout 11,461 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Col Miller 6,271 55.6 -2.4
Labor Sylvester Martin 5,010 44.4 -2.4
Liberal hold Swing -2.4

Elections in the 1960s[]

1969 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Col Miller 5,206 49.8 +0.8
Labor Sylvester Martin 4,355 41.7 +0.8
Queensland Labor Anne Wenck 890 8.5 -1.5
Total formal votes 10,451 98.2 -0.3
Informal votes 191 1.8 +0.3
Turnout 10,642 90.7 -3.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Col Miller 5,953 56.8 +0.6
Labor Sylvester Martin 4,518 43.2 -0.6
Liberal hold Swing +0.6
1966 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Col Miller 5,225 49.0 -2.2
Labor Samuel Hudson 4,363 40.9 +2.6
Queensland Labor James Ashe 1,069 10.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 10,657 98.5 +0.4
Informal votes 165 1.5 -0.4
Turnout 10,822 93.7 -0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Col Miller 5,988 56.2 -2.3
Labor Samuel Hudson 4,669 43.8 +2.3
Liberal hold Swing -2.3
1963 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bob Windsor 5,442 51.2 +4.4
Labor Lou Clifford 4,075 38.3 -4.2
Queensland Labor James Ashe 951 8.9 -1.8
Social Credit Bruce Tannock 159 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 10,627 98.1 -1.0
Informal votes 207 1.9 +1.0
Turnout 10,834 94.0 +1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Windsor 6,212 58.5
Labor Lou Clifford 4,415 41.5
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bob Windsor 5,178 46.8
Labor Manfred Cross 4,705 42.5
Queensland Labor John O'Connell 1,180 10.7
Total formal votes 11,063 99.1
Informal votes 104 0.9
Turnout 11,167 92.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing

Elections in the 1950s[]

1957 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Hanlon 4,222 43.9 -17.8
Liberal Alan Edwards 3,638 37.8 -0.5
Queensland Labor Anthony Machin 1,759 18.3 +18.3
Total formal votes 9,619 98.7 +0.1
Informal votes 123 1.3 -0.1
Turnout 9,489 96.1 +1.9
Labor hold Swing -8.0
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Hanlon 5,186 59.2 -2.5
Liberal Alan Edwards 3,578 40.8 +2.5
Total formal votes 8,764 98.6 0.0
Informal votes 127 1.4 0.0
Turnout 8,891 88.4 -5.8
Labor hold Swing -2.5
1956 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leonard Eastment 5,967 61.7 -3.3
Liberal Alan Edwards 3,711 38.3 +4.7
Total formal votes 9,678 98.6 -0.3
Informal votes 138 1.4 +0.3
Turnout 9,816 94.2 -1.2
Labor hold Swing -4.5
1953 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leonard Eastment 6,513 65.0 +4.3
Liberal Douglas Lowndes 3,361 33.6 -5.7
Communist Herbert Heritage 141 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 10,015 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 107 1.1 0.0
Turnout 10,122 95.4 +1.3
Labor hold Swing +5.3
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leonard Eastment 5,658 62.2 +1.5
Liberal Douglas Lowndes 3,241 35.6 -3.7
Communist Edwin Bacon 194 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 9,093 99.1 +0.2
Informal votes 80 0.9 -0.2
Turnout 9,173
Labor hold Swing N/A
1950 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ned Hanlon 6,380 60.7
Liberal Charles Keen 4,137 39.3
Total formal votes 10,517 98.9
Informal votes 118 1.1
Turnout 10,635 94.1
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s[]

1947 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ned Hanlon 7,263 57.5 +3.5
People's Party Frank Roberts 5,377 42.5 -1.7
Total formal votes 12,640 98.6 -0.3
Informal votes 181 1.4 +0.3
Turnout 12,821 92.3 +0.6
Labor hold Swing +2.5
1944 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ned Hanlon 6,305 54.0 -2.9
People's Party Reg Groom 5,162 44.2 +44.2
Independent Jack McCallum 208 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 11,675 98.9 +0.3
Informal votes 132 1.1 -0.3
Turnout 11,807 91.7 -1.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1941 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ned Hanlon 6,155 56.9 +7.0
Independent Alexander Jolly 4,174 38.6 +38.6
Independent Socialist Ted Bacon 495 4.6 +4.6
Total formal votes 10,824 98.6 -0.5
Informal votes 158 1.4 +0.5
Turnout 10,982 93.2 -1.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s[]

1938 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ned Hanlon 5,145 49.9 -50.1
Protestant Labor George Webb 3,448 33.4 +33.4
United Australia Kenneth Morris 1,727 16.7 +16.7
Total formal votes 10,320 99.1
Informal votes 97 0.9
Turnout 10,417 94.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Ned Hanlon 5,226 52.3 -47.7
Protestant Labor George Webb 4,770 47.7 +47.7
Labor hold Swing N/A
1935 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ned Hanlon unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1932 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ned Hanlon 5,497 59.6
CPNP Thomas Thatcher 3,722 40.4
Total formal votes 9,219 99.3
Informal votes 69 0.7
Turnout 9,288 93.9
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s[]

1929 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ned Hanlon 3,926 51.8 -7.0
CPNP John Shaw 3,646 48.2 +9.8
Total formal votes 7,572 99.2 +0.4
Informal votes 63 0.8 -0.4
Turnout 7,635
Labor hold Swing N/A
1926 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ned Hanlon 4,201 58.8 +4.5
CPNP William Robbins 2,747 38.4 -7.3
Independent Labor Stanley Henderson 200 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 7,148 98.8 -0.3
Informal votes 87 1.2 +0.3
Turnout 7,235 91.9 +1.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
1923 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Gilday 3,549 54.3 +1.9
United Robert Archibald 2,991 45.7 -1.9
Total formal votes 6,540 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 60 0.9 -0.1
Turnout 6,600 90.1 +13.8
Labor hold Swing +1.9
1920 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Gilday 3,164 52.3 -3.2
National Labor John Morton 2,885 47.7 +47.7
Total formal votes 6,049 99.0 +1.0
Informal votes 61 1.0 -1.0
Turnout 6,111 76.3 -9.3
Labor hold Swing -3.2

Elections in the 1910s[]

1918 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Gilday 3,030 55.5 -8.2
National John Morton 2,434 44.5 +8.2
Total formal votes 5,464 98.0 -0.7
Informal votes 112 2.0 +0.7
Turnout 5,576 85.6 -5.2
Labor hold Swing -8.2
1915 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Gilday 3,095 63.7 +8.5
Liberal Benjamin Harding 1,763 36.3 -8.5
Total formal votes 4,858 98.7 -0.6
Informal votes 66 1.3 +0.6
Turnout 4,924 90.8 +3.7
Labor hold Swing +8.5
1912 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Gilday 2,266 55.2
Liberal Arthur Hawthorn 1,837 44.8
Total formal votes 4,103 99.3
Informal votes 27 0.7
Turnout 4,130 87.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

References[]

  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909779244.
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