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
[edit]| 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
[edit]Elections in the 1940s
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ 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.