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Results of the 1972 Queensland state election

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Queensland state election, 27 May 1972
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 997,489
Votes cast 921,763 Turnout 92.41% +0.64%
Informal votes 15,566 Informal 1.61% -0.18%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 424,002 46.75% +1.76% 33 + 2
  Liberal 201,596 22.23% -1.45% 21 + 2
  Country 181,404 20.00% -1.02% 26 ± 0
  Queensland Labor 69,757 7.69% +0.46% 0 - 1
  Independent 30,187 3.33% +0.48% 2 + 1
Total 906,946     82  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1972 Queensland state election.

In seats where preferences were not distributed, the two-party majority figures given here are estimates only. Likewise, since this election followed a redistribution, figures for changes in party votes from the 1969 election are also estimates.

Results by electoral district

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Albert

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1972 Queensland state election: Albert[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill D'Arcy 6,781 50.5 +30.9
Country Ivan Gibbs 3,876 28.8 −21.8
Liberal Robert Allen 2,183 16.2 +3.3
Queensland Labor Thomas McKenzie 357 2.7 +0.1
Independent John Black 141 1.1 +1.1
Independent William Wollstein 101 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 13,439 97.7
Informal votes 319 2.3
Turnout 13,758 89.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill D'Arcy 7,268 54.1 +23.3
Country Ivan Gibbs 6,171 45.9 −23.3
Labor gain from Country Swing +23.3

Archerfield

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1972 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Hooper 8,075 71.8
Liberal Cyril Morgan 2,179 19.4
Queensland Labor Barry Weedon 933 8.8
Total formal votes 11,247 97.4
Informal votes 294 2.6
Turnout 11,541 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Hooper 8,243 73.3 +1.8
Liberal Cyril Morgan 3,004 26.7 −1.8
Labor hold Swing +1.8

Ashgrove

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1972 Queensland state election: Ashgrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Walter Tutt 4,597 39.5 −5.1
Liberal Douglas Tooth 3,525 30.3 −15.3
Independent Ivan Alcorn 2,507 21.5 +21.5
Queensland Labor Bert Vann 1,019 8.7 −1.1
Total formal votes 11,648 99.0
Informal votes 121 1.0
Turnout 11,769 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Douglas Tooth 6,378 54.8 −3.0
Labor Walter Tutt 5,270 45.2 +3.0
Liberal hold Swing −3.0

Aspley

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1972 Queensland state election: Aspley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Fred Campbell 6,169 51.3 +2.9
Labor John Steensen 4,841 40.3 −2.5
Queensland Labor Noel Hutchinson 1,003 8.4 −0.4
Total formal votes 12,013 99.0
Informal votes 124 1.0
Turnout 12,137 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Fred Campbell 7,002 58.3 +0.1
Labor John Steensen 5,011 41.7 −0.1
Liberal hold Swing +0.1

Auburn

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1972 Queensland state election: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Neville Hewitt 4,890 51.3
Labor Roden Carter 3,071 35.1
Queensland Labor Lindsay Sharpe 782 8.9
Total formal votes 8,743 98.9
Informal votes 95 1.1
Turnout 8,838 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Neville Hewitt 5,540 63.4 +0.3
Labor Roden Carter 3,203 36.6 −0.3
Country hold Swing +0.3

Balonne

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1972 Queensland state election: Balonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Don Neal 3,132 51.3 −8.1
Labor Bob Drenan 1,768 28.9 −11.7
Queensland Labor John Donnelly 814 13.3 +13.3
Independent William Dendle 395 6.5 +6.5
Total formal votes 6,109 99.1
Informal votes 58 0.9
Turnout 6,167 89.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country Don Neal 4,006 65.6 +6.2
Labor Bob Drenan 2,103 34.3 −6.2
Country hold Swing +6.2

Barambah

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1972 Queensland state election: Barambah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Joh Bjelke-Petersen 6,249 67.4 −10.3
Labor Neville Reinke 2,210 23.8 +1.5
Queensland Labor Mary Ryan 541 5.8 +5.8
Independent Percy Edwards 272 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 9,272 99.0
Informal votes 97 1.0
Turnout 9,369 95.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Joh Bjelke-Petersen 6,835 73.7 −4.0
Labor Neville Reinke 2,437 26.3 +4.0
Country hold Swing −4.0

Baroona

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1972 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Hanlon 7,110 62.6 −1.2
Liberal John Andrews 3,184 28.0 +1.7
Queensland Labor Maurice O'Connor 1,073 9.4 −0.5
Total formal votes 11,367 97.3
Informal votes 318 2.7
Turnout 11,685 90.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hanlon 7,291 64.1 +0.9
Liberal John Andrews 4,076 35.9 −0.9
Labor hold Swing +0.9

Barron River

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1972 Queensland state election: Barron River
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Wood 6,507 52.3
Country Micheli Borzi 5,066 40.7
Liberal Rex Silver 443 3.6
Queensland Labor Thomas White 428 3.4
Total formal votes 12,444 98.5
Informal votes 191 1.5
Turnout 12,635 91.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Wood 6,641 53.4 −3.7
Country Micheli Borzi 5,803 46.6 +3.7
Labor hold Swing −3.7

Belmont

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1972 Queensland state election: Belmont
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Newton 7,350 63.9 +6.4
Liberal Maurice Hughes 3,229 28.1 −6.3
Queensland Labor Thomas Connor 924 8.0 +0.9
Total formal votes 11,503 98.5
Informal votes 169 1.5
Turnout 11,672 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Newton 7,463 64.9 +3.8
Liberal Maurice Hughes 4,040 35.1 −3.8
Labor hold Swing +3.8

Belyando

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1972 Queensland state election: Belyando
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eugene O'Donnell 4,213 51.3 −1.1
Country Vince Lester 4,003 48.7 +1.1
Total formal votes 8,216 98.6
Informal votes 116 1.4
Turnout 8,332 89.7
Labor hold Swing −1.1

Brisbane

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1972 Queensland state election: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Davis 5,414 55.0 −1.2
Liberal Harold Lowes 2,785 28.3 −1.4
Queensland Labor Kenneth Walpole 1,088 11.1 −3.0
Independent Llewellyn Davies 549 5.7 +5.7
Total formal votes 9,836 96.6
Informal votes 342 3.4
Turnout 10,178 90.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Davis 5,873 59.7 0.0
Liberal Harold Lowes 3,963 40.3 0.0
Labor hold Swing 0.0

Bulimba

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1972 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Houston 7,446 64.0
Liberal Megan Wilding 3,098 26.6
Queensland Labor Paul Tucker 1,081 9.3
Total formal votes 11,625 98.6
Informal votes 165 1.4
Turnout 11,790 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Houston 7,629 65.6 +6.2
Liberal Megan Wilding 3,996 34.4 −6.2
Labor hold Swing +6.2

Bundaberg

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1972 Queensland state election: Bundaberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lou Jensen 6,940 68.9 +19.4
Queensland Labor Alan Birchley 3,128 31.1 +28.4
Total formal votes 10,068 98.2
Informal votes 185 1.8
Turnout 10,253 92.9
Labor hold Swing +10.6

Burdekin

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1972 Queensland state election: Burdekin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Val Bird 4,883 54.4 +22.5
Labor Ronald Nuttall 3,568 39.8 −1.7
Queensland Labor Emil Liebrecht 518 5.8 −1.9
Total formal votes 7,245 96.6
Informal votes 252 3.4
Turnout 7,497 93.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Val Bird 5,313 59.2 +6.2
Labor Ronald Nuttall 3,656 40.8 −6.2
Country hold Swing +6.2

Burnett

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1972 Queensland state election: Burnett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Claude Wharton 6,383 65.9 +0.6
Labor Granville Batkines 2,772 28.6 −6.1
Queensland Labor Leonard Galligan 535 5.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 9,690 98.7
Informal votes 132 1.3
Turnout 9,822 91.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Claude Wharton 6,828 70.5 +5.2
Labor Granville Batkines 2,862 29.5 −5.2
Country hold Swing +5.2

Cairns

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1972 Queensland state election: Cairns
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ray Jones 8,160 66.5 +6.4
Country Arthur Kalman 2,230 18.2 +1.5
Liberal David Palmer 1,003 8.2 −5.9
Queensland Labor Bernard Marsh 887 7.2 +3.5
Total formal votes 12,280 98.3
Informal votes 208 1.7
Turnout 12,488 90.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ray Jones 8,450 68.8 +4.1
Country Arthur Kalman 3,830 31.2 −4.1
Labor hold Swing +4.1

Callide

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1972 Queensland state election: Callide
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Lindsay Hartwig 4,682 50.3 +7.1
Labor Charles Tutt 3,511 37.7 +1.2
Queensland Labor Edgar Lanigan 1,118 12.0 +1.9
Total formal votes 9,311 98.6
Informal votes 135 1.4
Turnout 9,446 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Lindsay Hartwig 5,611 60.3 +3.5
Labor Charles Tutt 3,700 39.7 −3.5
Country hold Swing +3.5

Carnarvon

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1972 Queensland state election: Carnarvon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Henry McKechnie 4,180 49.2 −7.2
Labor Neil Sullivan 3,652 43.0 +10.5
Queensland Labor Raymond Macnamara 655 7.7 −3.3
Total formal votes 8,487 98.7
Informal votes 107 1.3
Turnout 8,594 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Henry McKechnie 4,745 55.9 −8.5
Labor Neil Sullivan 3,742 44.1 +8.5
Country hold Swing −8.5

Chatsworth

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1972 Queensland state election: Chatsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Hewitt 5,658 48.8 −4.0
Labor H. Zehr 5,095 43.9 +3.9
Queensland Labor Maurice Sheehan 845 7.3 +0.1
Total formal votes 11,598 98.7
Informal votes 158 1.3
Turnout 11,756 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Hewitt 6,391 55.1 −3.1
Labor H. Zehr 5,207 44.9 +3.1
Liberal hold Swing −3.1

Clayfield

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1972 Queensland state election: Clayfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Murray 5,215 47.2 −4.4
Labor John Stephens 4,459 40.4 +4.0
Queensland Labor Francis Andrews 1,378 12.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 11,052 98.2
Informal votes 199 1.8
Turnout 11,251 91.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Murray 6,436 58.2 −4.7
Labor John Stephens 4,616 41.8 +4.7
Liberal hold Swing −4.7

Condamine

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1972 Queensland state election: Condamine
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Vic Sullivan 4,561 43.6 −29.7
Independent Charles Russell 2,991 28.6 +28.6
Labor Gladys Krause 1,759 16.8 −9.9
Queensland Labor William Hickey 1,154 11.0 +11.0
Total formal votes 10,465 99.2
Informal votes 84 0.8
Turnout 10,549 93.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Vic Sullivan 7,708 73.7 +0.4
Labor Gladys Krause 2,757 26.3 −0.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Vic Sullivan 5,426 51.8 −21.5
Independent Charles Russell 5,039 48.2 +48.2
Country hold Swing −21.5

Cook

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1972 Queensland state election: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edwin Wallis-Smith 3,071 50.8 −2.1
Country Graham Gordon 1,749 28.9 −10.6
Queensland Labor Benjamin Nona 1,221 20.2 +18.3
Total formal votes 6,041 96.9
Informal votes 194 3.1
Turnout 6,235 84.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Edwin Wallis-Smith 3,277 54.2 +0.9
Country Graham Gordon 2,764 45.8 −0.9
Labor hold Swing +0.9

Cooroora

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1972 Queensland state election: Cooroora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country David Low 7,126 60.4 −1.7
Labor Anthony Dames 3,785 32.1 +1.7
Queensland Labor Alexander Browne 878 7.5 0.0
Total formal votes 11,789 98.7
Informal votes 149 1.3
Turnout 11,938 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country David Low 7,758 65.8 −1.7
Labor Anthony Dames 4,031 34.2 +1.7
Country hold Swing −1.7

Cunningham

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1972 Queensland state election: Cunningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Alan Fletcher 6,195 58.5 −0.6
Labor Brian Graham 2,232 21.1 −7.8
Queensland Labor Eugene Connolly 2,166 20.4 +8.4
Total formal votes 10,593 99.3
Informal votes 70 0.7
Turnout 10,663 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Alan Fletcher 8,097 76.4 +3.8
Labor Brian Graham 2,496 23.6 −3.8
Country hold Swing +3.8

Everton

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1972 Queensland state election: Everton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gerry Jones 5,835 53.6 −6.3
Liberal Denver Beanland 2,553 23.5 −7.6
Country Fred Roberts 1,341 12.3 +12.3
Queensland Labor Lyle Jehn 787 7.2 −1.8
Independent Theoron Toon 366 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 10,882 98.0
Informal votes 218 2.0
Turnout 11,100 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gerry Jones 6,339 58.3 −3.1
Liberal Denver Beanland 4,543 41.7 +3.1
Labor hold Swing −3.1

Fassifern

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1972 Queensland state election: Fassifern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Selwyn Muller 6,867 55.6 −2.2
Labor Murray Freiberg 3,983 32.2 −1.7
Queensland Labor Luke O'Reilly 1,508 12.2 +5.9
Total formal votes 12,358 98.8
Informal votes 151 1.2
Turnout 12,509 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Selwyn Muller 8,120 65.7 +0.5
Labor Murray Freiberg 4,238 34.3 −0.5
Country hold Swing +0.5

Flinders

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1972 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Longeran 4,010 59.7 +5.1
Labor Peter Lindenmayer 2,703 40.3 −5.1
Total formal votes 6,713 98.9
Informal votes 74 1.1
Turnout 6,787 87.3
Country hold Swing +5.1

Greenslopes

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1972 Queensland state election: Greenslopes
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Keith Hooper 5,566 48.8 −5.7
Labor Lewis Wyvill 4,824 42.3 +6.7
Queensland Labor Denis Cochran 871 7.6 −2.3
Independent Lynn Aberdeen 137 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 11,398 98.5
Informal votes 178 1.5
Turnout 11,576 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Keith Hooper 6,430 55.0 −9.3
Labor Lewis Wyvill 4,968 45.0 +9.3
Liberal hold Swing −9.3

Gregory

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1972 Queensland state election: Gregory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Wally Rae 3,019 52.6 −7.8
Labor Gordon Harding 2,725 47.4 +7.8
Total formal votes 5,744 99.1
Informal votes 53 0.9
Turnout 5,797 86.2
Country hold Swing −7.8

Gympie

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1972 Queensland state election: Gympie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Max Hodges 5,407 53.7 −4.6
Labor Alex Pringle 3,830 38.0 +6.9
Queensland Labor Benedict Kehoe 572 5.7 +0.2
Independent Cecil Rivers 260 2.6 −1.4
Total formal votes 9,611 98.1
Informal votes 184 1.9
Turnout 9,795 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Max Hodges 6,012 59.7 +5.2
Labor Alex Pringle 4,057 40.3 −5.2
Country hold Swing +5.2

Hinchinbrook

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1972 Queensland state election: Hinchinbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Byrne 4,162 44.6 +11.6
Country Ted Row 3,777 40.4 −15.3
Queensland Labor Peter Wood 1,399 15.0 +3.6
Total formal votes 9,338 98.1
Informal votes 185 1.9
Turnout 9,523 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Ted Row 4,904 52.5 −13.1
Labor James Byrne 4,434 47.5 +13.1
Country hold Swing −13.1

Ipswich

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1972 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Phillip Dwyer 5,446 45.3
Liberal Llew Edwards 4,674 38.8
Independent Douglas Wood 951 7.9
Queensland Labor Francis Carroll 578 4.8
Independent David Laird 340 2.8
Independent Victor Robb 47 0.4
Total formal votes 12,036 97.8
Informal votes 271 2.2
Turnout 12,307 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Llew Edwards 6,159 51.2 +5.7
Labor Phillip Dwyer 5,877 48.8 −5.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +5.7

Ipswich West

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1972 Queensland state election: Ipswich West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Vi Jordan 6,781 57.9 +4.2
Liberal Allan Whybird 2,806 24.0 −12.6
Independent Robert Maxwell 1,233 10.5 +10.5
Queensland Labor Ernest Devin 887 7.6 −2.2
Total formal votes 11,707 98.5
Informal votes 174 1.5
Turnout 11,881 91.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Vi Jordan 7,202 61.5 +6.2
Liberal Allan Whybird 4,505 38.5 −6.2
Labor hold Swing +6.2

Isis

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1972 Queensland state election: Isis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Blake 7,062 55.3 +1.2
Country Alfred Plath 3,441 26.9 −17.0
Liberal Kenneth Murphy 1,777 13.9 +13.9
Independent Eric Andrew 491 3.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 12,771 99.0
Informal votes 124 1.0
Turnout 12,895 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Blake 7,448 58.3 +1.7
Country Alfred Plath 5,323 41.7 −1.7
Labor hold Swing +1.7

Ithaca

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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

Kurilpa

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1972 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Gardiner 5,233 46.4 +3.3
Liberal Clive Hughes 5,134 45.5 −3.6
Queensland Labor Edward Doherty 811 7.2 −0.6
Independent Michael Neenan 93 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 11,271 97.8
Informal votes 256 2.2
Turnout 11,527 91.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Clive Hughes 5,809 51.5 −4.1
Labor Frank Gardiner 5,462 48.5 +4.1
Liberal hold Swing −4.1

Landsborough

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1972 Queensland state election: Landsborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Mike Ahern 7,016 54.3 −9.0
Labor Roger Jeffries 3,802 29.4 +0.4
Liberal David Barker 2,106 16.3 +16.3
Total formal votes 12,924 98.5
Informal votes 190 1.5
Turnout 13,114 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Mike Ahern 8,490 65.7 −1.9
Labor Roger Jeffries 4,434 34.3 +1.9
Country hold Swing −1.9

Lockyer

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1972 Queensland state election: Lockyer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir Gordon Chalk 7,217 62.2 −1.4
Labor Lindesay Jones 4,380 37.8 +37.8
Total formal votes 11,597 98.3
Informal votes 204 1.7
Turnout 11,801 93.9
Liberal hold Swing −1.7

Lytton

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1972 Queensland state election: Lytton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Burns 8,376 68.2
Liberal John Ottway 3,163 25.8
Queensland Labor John O'Connell 735 6.0
Total formal votes 12,274 98.4
Informal votes 200 1.6
Turnout 12,474 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Burns 8,500 69.3 +1.7
Liberal John Ottway 3,774 30.7 −1.7
Labor hold Swing +1.7

Mackay

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1972 Queensland state election: Mackay[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ed Casey 5,239 36.2 +36.2
Labor John Breen 4,027 27.8 −30.9
Country Charles Johnstone 3,717 25.7 +25.7
Liberal Robert Gray 1,480 10.2 −27.5
Total formal votes 14,463 98.7
Informal votes 190 1.3
Turnout 14,653 92.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ed Casey 9,167 63.4 +63.4
Labor John Breen 5,296 36.6 −20.1
Independent gain from Labor Swing +63.4

Mansfield

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1972 Queensland state election: Mansfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Raymond Lynch 6,358 46.0
Liberal Bill Kaus 6,193 44.8
Queensland Labor John Thompson 1,094 7.9
Independent William Kenney 187 1.4
Total formal votes 13,832 98.2
Informal votes 251 1.8
Turnout 14,083 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Kaus 7,198 52.0 +0.7
Labor Raymond Lynch 6,634 48.0 −0.7
Liberal hold Swing +0.7

Maryborough

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1972 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gilbert Alison 5,908 52.4 +14.5
Labor Edward Weber 5,184 46.0 −10.5
Queensland Labor Matthews Minnegal 186 1.6 −4.0
Total formal votes 11,278 99.1
Informal votes 100 0.9
Turnout 11,378 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Gilbert Alison 6,063 53.8 +11.3
Labor Edward Weber 5,215 46.2 −11.3
Liberal hold Swing +11.3

Merthyr

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1972 Queensland state election: Merthyr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Don Lane 5,369 52.2 +2.3
Labor Denis Pie 4,058 39.5 −0.9
Queensland Labor James Moss 849 8.3 −1.4
Total formal votes 10,276 97.8
Informal votes 228 2.2
Turnout 10,504 92.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Don Lane 6,075 59.1 +2.5
Labor Denis Pie 4,201 40.9 −2.5
Liberal hold Swing +2.5

Mirani

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1972 Queensland state election: Mirani
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Newbery 5,197 62.1 +7.9
Labor Bernard Kirwan 3,172 37.9 −7.9
Total formal votes 8,369 98.8
Informal votes 102 1.2
Turnout 8,471 92.5
Country hold Swing +7.9

Mount Coot-tha

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1972 Queensland state election: Mount Coot-tha
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Lickiss 6,880 56.6 −2.0
Labor Ian De Lacy 3,893 32.1 +2.5
Queensland Labor Cecilia Edwards 1,371 11.3 −0.4
Total formal votes 12,144 98.7
Informal votes 163 1.3
Turnout 12,307 91.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Lickiss 8,019 66.0 −3.2
Labor Ian De Lacy 4,125 34.0 +3.2
Liberal hold Swing −3.2

Mount Gravatt

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1972 Queensland state election: Mount Gravatt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Avery 5,922 46.6 +5.7
Liberal Geoff Chinchen 5,885 46.3 −6.0
Queensland Labor Michael Scragg 901 7.1 +0.3
Total formal votes 12,708 98.8
Informal votes 153 1.2
Turnout 12,861 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoff Chinchen 6,671 52.5 −4.1
Labor Bill Avery 6,037 47.5 +4.1
Liberal hold Swing −4.1

Mount Isa

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1972 Queensland state election: Mount Isa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alec Inch 4,949 64.9 +6.4
Country Lillian Noakes 2,964 26.5 −5.9
Queensland Labor John Turner 957 8.6 +8.6
Total formal votes 11,184 97.1
Informal votes 332 2.9
Turnout 11,516 83.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Alec Inch 7,425 66.4 +3.4
Country Lillian Oakes 3,759 33.6 −3.4
Labor hold Swing +3.4

Mourilyan

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1972 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Moore 5,039 55.7 +2.4
Country Peter Mitchell 2,949 32.6 −1.0
Queensland Labor Geoffrey Higham 1,054 11.7 −1.5
Total formal votes 9,042 98.3
Informal votes 160 1.7
Turnout 9,202 91.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Moore 5,169 57.2 +4.6
Country Peter Mitchell 3,874 42.8 −4.6
Labor hold Swing +4.6

Mulgrave

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1972 Queensland state election: Mulgrave
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Roy Armstrong 4,952 58.4 +3.7
Labor Leslie Scheu 3,530 41.6 −3.7
Total formal votes 8,482 98.1
Informal votes 161 1.9
Turnout 8,643 92.6
Country hold Swing +3.7

Murrumba

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1972 Queensland state election: Murrumba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alex Barr 6,138 46.3 +1.8
Country Des Frawley 4,444 33.6 −14.7
Liberal Kathleen Macadam 2,020 15.2 +15.2
Queensland Labor Paul Maguire 652 4.9 −2.3
Total formal votes 13,254 98.2
Informal votes 249 1.8
Turnout 13,503 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Des Frawley 6,762 51.0 −9.1
Labor Alex Barr 6,492 49.0 +9.1
Country hold Swing −9.1

Nudgee

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1972 Queensland state election: Nudgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Melloy 7,908 64.3 +2.7
Liberal Alan Camp 3,288 26.7 −0.8
Queensland Labor Gordon Blain 1,100 9.0 +0.4
Total formal votes 12,296 98.2
Informal votes 221 1.8
Turnout 12,517 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Melloy 8,042 65.4 +1.7
Liberal Alan Camp 4,254 34.6 −1.7
Labor hold Swing +1.7

Nundah

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1972 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Knox 5,341 47.3 −1.9
Labor Ian Brusasco 5,100 45.2 +4.9
Queensland Labor Ambrose Shannon 853 7.5 −3.1
Total formal votes 11,294 99.0
Informal votes 115 1.0
Turnout 11,409 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William Knox 6,092 53.9 −5.5
Labor Ian Brusasco 5,202 46.1 +5.5
Liberal hold Swing −5.5

Pine Rivers

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1972 Queensland state election: Pine Rivers
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kenneth Leese 8,259 53.3
Country Allan Male 3,587 23.2
Liberal William Battershill 2,771 17.9
Queensland Labor Brian Flynn 872 5.6
Total formal votes 15,489 98.4
Informal votes 252 1.6
Turnout 15,741 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kenneth Leese 8,794 56.8 +4.4
Country Allan Male 6,695 43.2 −4.4
Labor hold Swing +4.4

Port Curtis

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1972 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Martin Hanson 10,652 82.2 +0.9
Queensland Labor Marguerita Glen 1,771 18.7 −0.9
Total formal votes 12,959 97.9
Informal votes 278 2.1
Turnout 13,237 91.6
Labor hold Swing +0.9

Redcliffe

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1972 Queensland state election: Redcliffe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Trueman 5,218 41.7 +2.3
Country Jim Houghton 4,179 33.4 −20.2
Liberal John Hodges 2,415 19.3 +19.3
Queensland Labor Thomas Grundy 709 5.6 −1.4
Total formal votes 12,521 98.6
Informal votes 177 1.4
Turnout 12,698 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Jim Houghton 6,932 55.4 −5.5
Labor Jack Trueman 5,589 44.6 +5.5
Country hold Swing −5.5

Redlands

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1972 Queensland state election: Redlands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Baldwin 6,929 51.6 +2.4
Country Dick Wood 3,271 24.3 −19.2
Liberal Edward Fitzgerald 2,746 20.4 +20.4
Queensland Labor Kenneth Bayliss 486 3.6 −3.7
Total formal votes 13,432 98.3
Informal votes 229 1.7
Turnout 13,661 91.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ted Baldwin 7,395 55.1 +2.0
Country Dick Wood 6,037 44.9 −2.0
Labor hold Swing +2.0

Rockhampton

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1972 Queensland state election: Rockhampton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith Wright 6,319 53.2 +2.3
Liberal Rex Pilbeam 3,163 26.6 −14.2
Country Terence Molloy 1,741 14.6 +14.6
Queensland Labor Robert Bom 658 5.5 −2.8
Total formal votes 11,881 99.0
Informal votes 125 1.0
Turnout 12,006 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Wright 6,643 55.9 +3.7
Liberal Rex Pilbeam 5,238 44.1 −3.7
Labor hold Swing +3.7

Rockhampton North

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1972 Queensland state election: Rockhampton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Les Yewdale 5,639 44.0 −21.8
Liberal Peter Vamvakaris 3,156 24.6 +0.7
Independent Merv Thackeray 2,969 23.2 +23.2
Queensland Labor John McKenna 1,042 8.1 −2.3
Total formal votes 12,806 98.6
Informal votes 175 1.4
Turnout 12,981 96.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Les Yewdale 6,540 51.1 −14.9
Liberal Peter Vamvakaris 6,266 48.9 +14.9
Labor hold Swing −14.9

Roma

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1972 Queensland state election: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ken Tomkins 4,613 53.0 −3.5
Labor Marcus Thew 2,309 31.8 +1.0
Queensland Labor Patrick Feeney 1,102 15.2 +15.2
Total formal votes 7,265 99.0
Informal votes 73 1.0
Turnout 7,338 90.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country Ken Tomkins 4,647 64.0 +3.4
Labor Marcus Thew 2,618 36.0 −3.4
Country hold Swing +3.4

Salisbury

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1972 Queensland state election: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Doug Sherrington 8,447 65.0 −4.5
Liberal Rosemary Kyburz 3,226 24.8 −2.0
Queensland Labor Kenneth Wall 1,328 10.2 +6.5
Total formal votes 13,001 98.5
Informal votes 194 1.5
Turnout 13,195 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Doug Sherrington 8,671 66.7 −1.5
Liberal Rosemary Kyburz 4,330 33.3 +1.5
Labor hold Swing −1.5

Sandgate

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1972 Queensland state election: Sandgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harry Dean 7,184 61.7 −1.5
Liberal Ivan Brown 2,684 23.1 −4.0
Queensland Labor Bernard Beston 1,770 15.2 +5.5
Total formal votes 11,638 98.2
Informal votes 208 1.8
Turnout 11,846 92.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Harry Dean 7,399 63.6 −2.5
Liberal Ivan Brown 4,239 36.4 +2.5
Labor hold Swing −2.5

Sherwood

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1972 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Herbert 6,817 53.6 −3.7
Labor Kerry Keating 4,947 38.9 +3.9
Queensland Labor Clarice Weedon 960 7.5 −0.2
Total formal votes 12,724 98.3
Informal votes 217 1.7
Turnout 12,941 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Herbert 7,615 59.8 −6.4
Labor Kerry Keating 5,109 40.2 +6.4
Liberal hold Swing −6.4

Somerset

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1972 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Gunn 6,925 56.5 −4.1
Labor Henry Riis 3,874 31.6 −7.8
Queensland Labor Roland Forgan 1,263 10.3 +10.3
Independent Robert Wilkie 198 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 12,260 99.0
Informal votes 128 1.0
Turnout 12,388 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bill Gunn 8,133 66.3 +5.7
Labor Henry Riis 4,127 33.7 −5.7
Country hold Swing +5.7

South Brisbane

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1972 Queensland state election: South Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Bromley 5,609 49.4 −9.8
Liberal Joseph Fenton 2,885 25.4 −4.5
Independent Col Bennett 2,227 19.6 +19.6
Queensland Labor Viliam Simek 591 5.2 −3.4
Independent Anton Terpstra 47 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 11,359 96.8
Informal votes 375 3.2
Turnout 11,734 91.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Bromley 6,933 61.0 +4.3
Liberal Joseph Fenton 4,426 39.0 −4.3
Labor hold Swing +4.3

South Coast

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1972 Queensland state election: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Russ Hinze 5,072 39.2 −1.0
Labor Ronald Todd 4,410 34.1 +12.2
Liberal Bruce Bishop 2,256 17.4 −15.0
Independent Douglas Roughton 694 5.4 +5.4
Queensland Labor Victor Kearney 493 3.8 +0.1
Total formal votes 12,925 97.8
Informal votes 291 2.2
Turnout 13,216 88.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Russ Hinze 7,975 61.7 −9.0
Labor Ronald Todd 4,950 38.3 +9.0
Country hold Swing −9.0

Stafford

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1972 Queensland state election: Stafford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roy Harvey 5,872 49.5
Liberal Percy Smith 4,834 40.7
Queensland Labor James Hancock 1,163 9.8
Total formal votes 11,869 95.4
Informal votes 545 4.6
Turnout 12,414 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roy Harvey 6,119 51.6 −0.8
Liberal Percy Smith 5,750 48.4 +0.8
Labor hold Swing −0.8

Surfers Paradise

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1972 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith Hunt 4,223 30.1
Liberal John McIlwain 4,202 29.9
Country Bruce Small 4,122 29.4
Independent Eileen Peters 655 4.7
Queensland Labor Frederick Bassani 536 3.8
Independent William Daniel 303 2.2
Total formal votes 14,041 97.2
Informal votes 398 2.8
Turnout 14,439 87.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bruce Small 8,368 59.6 −11.4
Labor Keith Hunt 5,673 40.4 +11.4
Country hold Swing −11.4

Toowong

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1972 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Porter 6,248 55.6 −3.5
Labor Donald Dignam 3,987 35.5 +4.7
Queensland Labor Brian O'Brien 996 8.9 −1.2
Total formal votes 11,231 98.7
Informal votes 150 1.3
Turnout 11,381 92.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Charles Porter 7,076 63.0 −4.3
Labor Donald Dignam 4,155 37.0 +4.3
Liberal hold Swing −4.3

Toowoomba North

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1972 Queensland state election: Toowoomba North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ray Bousen 7,336 61.8 +13.8
Country Nellie Robinson 2,072 17.4 −9.4
Liberal Athol Zerbst 1,599 13.5 −2.9
Queensland Labor John Davis 872 7.3 −1.5
Total formal votes 11,879 99.2
Informal votes 99 0.8
Turnout 11,978 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ray Bousen 7,707 64.9 +7.8
Country Nellie Robinson 4,172 35.1 −7.8
Labor hold Swing +7.8

Toowoomba South

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1972 Queensland state election: Toowoomba South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Wood 6,148 53.1 −0.3
Country John Peel 2,446 21.1 +21.1
Liberal Allison Dickson 2,151 18.6 −21.6
Queensland Labor Francis Mullins 831 7.2 +0.8
Total formal votes 11,576 98.9
Informal votes 133 1.1
Turnout 11,709 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Wood 6,589 56.9 +3.0
Country John Peel 4,987 43.1 +43.1
Labor hold Swing +3.0

Townsville

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1972 Queensland state election: Townsville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Norman Scott-Young 3,913 36.5
Labor Mike Reynolds 3,672 34.3
Country Owen Griffiths 2,341 21.9
Queensland Labor William Higgins 783 7.3
Total formal votes 10,709 98.6
Informal votes 148 1.4
Turnout 10,857 85.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Norman Scott-Young 6,588 61.5 +4.3
Labor Mike Reynolds 4,121 38.5 −4.3
Liberal hold Swing +4.3

Townsville South

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1972 Queensland state election: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Aikens 5,500 51.0 −2.1
Labor Alex Wilson 4,391 40.7 +6.0
Queensland Labor Kerry Smith 890 8.3 −2.6
Total formal votes 10,781 98.7
Informal votes 144 1.3
Turnout 10,925 93.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Aikens 6,210 57.6 −1.6
Labor Alex Wilson 4,571 42.4 +1.6
Independent hold Swing −1.6

Townsville West

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1972 Queensland state election: Townsville West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Perc Tucker 5,526 49.2 +1.6
Liberal Keith Rundle 3,091 27.5 +2.3
Country Jean Thomas 1,477 13.1 −3.9
Queensland Labor Brian Hurney 1,146 10.2 0.0
Total formal votes 11,240 98.7
Informal votes 145 1.3
Turnout 11,385 91.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Perc Tucker 5,862 52.2 +2.0
Liberal Keith Rundle 5,378 47.8 −2.0
Labor hold Swing +2.0

Warrego

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1972 Queensland state election: Warrego
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Aiken 4,728 63.4 +18.4
Country John Nevell 2,729 36.6 −2.5
Total formal votes 7,457 98.7
Informal votes 97 1.3
Turnout 7,554 90.2
Labor hold Swing +4.4

Warwick

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1972 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country David Cory 4,258 49.3 −4.5
Labor Raymond Lyons 3,053 35.4 −2.6
Queensland Labor Daniel Skehan 679 7.9 −0.3
Independent Norman Stuart 641 7.4 +7.4
Total formal votes 8,631 98.9
Informal votes 98 1.1
Turnout 8,729 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country David Cory 5,305 61.5 +0.2
Labor Raymond Lyons 3,326 38.5 −0.2
Country hold Swing +0.2

Wavell

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1972 Queensland state election: Wavell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Herbert Bromley 5,661 47.0 +9.5
Liberal Arthur Crawford 5,351 44.5 +15.1
Queensland Labor Peter Flanagan 1,024 8.5 +0.7
Total formal votes 12,036 99.1
Informal votes 103 0.9
Turnout 12,139 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Arthur Crawford 6,279 52.2 −2.7
Labor Herbert Bromley 5,757 47.8 +2.7
Liberal hold Swing −2.7

Whitsunday

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1972 Queensland state election: Whitsunday
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ron Camm 5,024 52.7
Labor Graeme Bowen 4,029 42.2
Queensland Labor Bernard Lewis 485 5.1
Total formal votes 9,538 98.7
Informal votes 121 1.3
Turnout 9,659 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Ron Camm 5,427 56.9 +0.3
Labor Graeme Bowen 4,111 43.1 −0.3
Country hold Swing +0.3

Windsor

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1972 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bryan Walsh 5,090 43.8 −1.8
Liberal Bob Moore 5,060 43.5 +1.0
Queensland Labor Thomas Heike 1,480 12.7 +0.8
Total formal votes 11,630 98.7
Informal votes 157 1.3
Turnout 11,787 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Moore 6,408 55.1 +1.6
Labor Bryan Walsh 5,222 44.9 −1.6
Liberal hold Swing +1.6

Wolston

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1972 Queensland state election: Wolston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Evan Marginson 7,973 65.4 +7.0
Liberal Dirk Plooy 2,595 21.3 −16.2
Queensland Labor Leonard Maguire 971 8.0 +3.9
Independent George Whyte 653 5.4 +5.4
Total formal votes 12,192 97.3
Informal votes 334 2.7
Turnout 12,526 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Evan Marginson 8,572 70.3 +8.7
Liberal Dirk Plooy 3,620 29.7 −8.7
Labor hold Swing +8.7

Wynnum

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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

Yeronga

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1972 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Norm Lee 5,546 48.3 −1.2
Labor Clem Jones 5,156 44.9 +5.2
Queensland Labor Harry Wright 770 6.7 −4.0
Total formal votes 11,472 98.7
Informal votes 156 1.3
Turnout 11,628 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Norm Lee 6,234 54.3 −5.7
Labor Clem Jones 5,238 45.7 +5.7
Liberal hold Swing −5.7

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.
  2. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.