Electoral results for the district of Wynnum

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

Members for Wynnum[]

Member Party Term
  Walter Barnes National/United/CPNP 1923–1933
  James Bayley Country and Progressive National Party 1933–1935
  John Donnelly Labor Party 1935–1938
  Bill Dart United Australia Party 1938–1944
  Bill Gunn Labor Party 1944–1966
  Ted Harris Labor Party 1966–1974
  Bill Lamond Country Party/National Party 1974–1977
  Eric Shaw Labor Party 1977–1986

Election results[]

Elections in the 1980s[]

1983 Queensland state election: Wynnum[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eric Shaw 9,267 55.7 +3.3
National Michael Podagiel 5,469 32.9 +3.3
Liberal Audrey Dickie 1,888 11.4 -6.6
Total formal votes 16,624 98.3 -0.5
Informal votes 281 1.7 +0.5
Turnout 16,905 93.0 +3.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Eric Shaw 9,689 58.3 +1.0
National Michael Podagiel 6,935 41.7 -1.0
Labor hold Swing +1.0
1980 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eric Shaw 8,068 52.4 +3.6
National Merven Hoppner 4,556 29.6 -7.0
Liberal Vanessa Gregory 2,781 18.1 +10.8
Total formal votes 15,405 98.8 +0.1
Informal votes 184 1.2 -0.1
Turnout 15,589 90.0 -2.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Eric Shaw 8,833 57.3 +3.2
National Merven Hoppner 6,572 42.7 -3.2
Labor hold Swing +3.2

Elections in the 1970s[]

1977 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eric Shaw 7,290 48.8 +1.8
National Bill Lamond 5,462 36.6 +6.9
Liberal Douglas Graeme-Clark 1,087 7.3 -15.3
Democrats Graham Shuker 1,099 7.4 +7.4
Total formal votes 14,938 98.7
Informal votes 191 1.3
Turnout 15,129 92.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Eric Shaw 8,076 54.1 +4.2
National Bill Lamond 6,862 45.9 -4.2
Labor gain from National Swing +4.2
1974 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Harris 5,829 47.0 -16.3
National Bill Lamond 3,686 29.7 +29.7
Liberal William Vaughan 2,734 22.6 -6.9
Queensland Labor Gordon Randall 150 1.2 -6.0
Total formal votes 12,399 98.6 0.0
Informal votes 178 1.4 0.0
Turnout 12,577 93.2 -0.4
Two-party-preferred result
National Bill Lamond 6,211 50.1 +14.6
Labor Ted Harris 6,188 49.9 -14.6
National gain from Labor Swing +14.6
1972 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Harris 7,352 63.3 +2.8
Liberal Brian Cahill 3,427 29.5 -2.1
Queensland Labor Gordon Randall 835 7.2 +1.4
Total formal votes 11,614 98.6
Informal votes 167 1.4
Turnout 11,781 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ted Harris 7,493 64.5 +1.5
Liberal Brian Cahill 4,121 35.5 -1.5
Labor hold Swing +1.5

Elections in the 1960s[]

1969 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Harris 8,076 60.5 +5.8
Liberal Noel Justo 4,222 31.6 -6.7
Queensland Labor Gordon Randall 777 5.8 +0.4
Communist R.A. Annear 270 2.0 +0.4
Total formal votes 13,345 98.2 0.0
Informal votes 241 1.8 0.0
Turnout 13,586 91.8 -2.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ted Harris 8,437 63.2 +6.2
Liberal Noel Justo 4,908 36.8 -6.2
Labor hold Swing +6.2
1966 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Harris 6,986 54.7 -10.5
Liberal Ian Beath 4,896 38.3 +7.8
Queensland Labor Terence Burns 685 5.4 +1.0
Communist Stella Nord 207 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 12,774 98.2 -0.3
Informal votes 238 1.8 +0.3
Turnout 13,012 94.1 -1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ted Harris 7,279 57.0 -9.0
Liberal Ian Beath 5,495 43.0 +9.0
Labor hold Swing -9.0
1963 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Gunn 8,114 65.2 +1.8
Liberal Oswald Brunner 3,797 30.5 +0.5
Queensland Labor Kevin O'Regan 544 4.4 -2.3
Total formal votes 12,455 98.5 -0.4
Informal votes 187 1.5 +0.4
Turnout 12,642 95.1 +2.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Gunn 8,215 66.0
Liberal Oswald Brunner 4,240 34.0
Labor hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Gunn 7,789 63.4
Liberal George Dodd 3,684 30.0
Queensland Labor George Campbell 819 6.7
Total formal votes 12,292 98.9
Informal votes 130 1.1
Turnout 12,422 92.7
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s[]

1957 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Gunn 7,807 52.3 -13.1
Liberal Peter McAdam 5,170 34.6 0.0
Queensland Labor James Pendergast 1,821 12.2 +12.2
Independent William St George-Grambauer 126 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 14,924 98.9 +0.2
Informal votes 170 1.1 -0.2
Turnout 15,094 95.1 +2.0
Labor hold Swing -5.2
1956 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Gunn 9,354 65.4 -4.1
Liberal Charles Mengel 4,954 34.6 +4.1
Total formal votes 14,308 98.7 -0.2
Informal votes 192 1.3 +0.2
Turnout 14,500 93.1 -0.8
Labor hold Swing -4.1
1953 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Gunn 9,261 69.5 +8.5
Liberal Charles Mengel 4,066 30.5 -8.5
Total formal votes 13,327 98.9 -0.2
Informal votes 152 1.1 +0.2
Turnout 13,479 93.9 -1.2
Labor hold Swing +8.5
1950 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Gunn 7,103 61.0
Liberal Bill Dart 4,548 39.0
Total formal votes 11,651 99.1
Informal votes 105 0.9
Turnout 11,756 95.1
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s[]

1947 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Gunn 8,163 52.7 +16.1
People's Party Syd Ewart 4,797 31.0 +3.7
Independent Albert Barrett 1,319 8.5 +8.5
Frank Barnes Labor Thomas Ebbage 1,208 7.8 +7.8
Total formal votes 15,550 98.2 -0.6
Informal votes 218 1.8 +0.6
Turnout 15,768 92.8 +1.1
Labor hold Swing +5.8
1944 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Gunn 4,457 36.6 -3.9
People's Party William Kempson 3,333 27.3 -23.9
Independent Bill Dart 2,549 20.9 +20.9
Communist Joseph Bailes 1,846 15.2 +6.8
Total formal votes 12,185 98.8 +0.8
Informal votes 148 1.2 -0.8
Turnout 12,333 91.7 +0.2
Labor gain from People's Party Swing +13.0
1941 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Bill Dart 5,698 51.2 +17.9
Labor William Laracy 4,506 40.5 +4.0
Independent Socialist Joseph Bailes 930 8.3 +8.3
Total formal votes 11,134 98.0 -0.6
Informal votes 222 2.0 +0.6
Turnout 11,356 91.5 -2.5
United Australia hold Swing +3.7
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s[]

1938 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Donnelly 4,041 36.5 -14.0
United Australia Bill Dart 3,687 33.3 -1.4
Protestant Labor Samuel Greene 2,290 20.7 +20.7
Social Credit Thomas Ebbage 1,050 9.5 -5.3
Total formal votes 11,068 98.6 0.0
Informal votes 154 1.4 0.0
Turnout 11,222 94.0 -0.8
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Bill Dart 4,671 52.1
Labor John Donnelly 4,298 47.9
United Australia gain from Labor Swing N/A
1935 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Donnelly 5,005 50.5
CPNP James Bayley 3,434 34.7
Social Credit Joanna Helbach 1,466 14.8
Total formal votes 9,905 98.6
Informal votes 144 1.4
Turnout 10,049 94.8
Labor gain from CPNP Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP James Bayley 4,170 46.3 -3.2
Labor John Donnelly 4,096 45.5 +2.6
Queensland Party William Argaet 505 6.3 -1.3
Communist Bert Hurworth 167 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 8,998 98.9 -0.4
Informal votes 101 1.1 +0.4
Turnout 9,099
Two-party-preferred result
CPNP James Bayley 4,385 50.9 -2.9
Labor John Donnelly 4,236 49.1 +2.9
CPNP hold Swing -2.9
1932 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP Walter Barnes 4,224 49.5
Labor John Donnelly 3,658 42.9
Queensland Party William Argaet 651 7.6
Total formal votes 8,533 99.3
Informal votes 60 0.7
Turnout 8,593 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
CPNP Walter Barnes 4,684 53.8
Labor John Donnelly 3,761 46.2
CPNP hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s[]

1929 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP Walter Barnes 5,368 68.3 +6.7
Labor Fred Moore 2,492 31.7 -6.7
Total formal votes 7,860 99.1 -0.2
Informal votes 73 0.9 +0.2
Turnout 7,933 91.8 +0.8
CPNP hold Swing +6.7
1926 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP Walter Barnes 4,458 61.6 +1.9
Labor James McLaughlin 2,777 38.4 -1.9
Total formal votes 7,233 99.3 -0.1
Informal votes 50 0.7 +0.1
Turnout 7,283 91.0 +13.0
CPNP hold Swing +1.9
1923 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Walter Barnes 3,694 59.7
Labor John McLaughlin 2,498 40.3
Total formal votes 6,193 99.4
Informal votes 35 0.6
Turnout 6,227 78.0
United hold 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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