Results of the 1947 Queensland state election

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Queensland state election, 3 May 1947[1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 697,405
Votes cast 632,909 Turnout 90.75% +3.21
Informal votes 8,579 Informal 1.36% –0.46
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 272,103 43.58% –1.09 35 – 2
  People's Party 160,623 25.73% +1.01 9 + 2
  Country 121,689 19.49% +1.89 14 + 2
  Frank Barnes Labor 24,781 3.97% +1.99 1 – 1
  Communist 7,870 1.26% –1.22 1 ± 0
  Ind. Labor 6,727 1.08% –1.33 1 ± 0
  Hermit Park Labor 4,541 0.73% –0.38 1 ± 0
  Ind. Country 2,544 0.41% +0.08 0 ± 0
  Independent 23,452 3.75% –0.96 0 – 1
Total 624,330     62  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1947 Queensland state election.

Results by electoral district[edit]

Albert[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Albert[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Plunkett 8,090 68.6 +17.8
Labor John Rosser 3,037 31.4 -0.5
Total formal votes 11,799 98.7 -0.4
Informal votes 159 1.3 +0.4
Turnout 11,958 89.8 +6.0
Country hold Swing +9.1

Aubigny[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Aubigny
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Jim Sparkes 6,140 71.5 +3.3
Labor John Tomlinson 2,442 28.5 -3.3
Total formal votes 8,582 98.9 -0.3
Informal votes 92 1.1 +0.3
Turnout 8,674 92.4 +3.8
Country hold Swing +3.3

Barcoo[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ned Davis 4,137 66.7 -33.3
People's Party James Keehan 1,740 28.1 +28.1
Frank Barnes Labor Reginald Parnell 323 5.2 +5.2
Total formal votes 6,200 97.9
Informal votes 134 2.1
Turnout 6,334 88.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Baroona[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Power 5,810 55.5 +0.2
People's Party Kenneth Toombes 3,974 37.9 -6.8
Communist Max Julius 449 4.3 +4.3
Independent Henry Beck 239 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 10,472 98.3 -0.2
Informal votes 178 1.7 +0.2
Turnout 10,650 88.9 +0.9
Labor hold Swing +4.1

Bowen[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Bowen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Communist Fred Paterson 3,331 39.3 -5.1
Labor John Barry 2,584 30.5 -8.1
Country George McLean 2,551 30.1 +13.2
Total formal votes 8,466 99.3 +0.3
Informal votes 57 0.7 -0.3
Turnout 8,523 93.8 +6.1
Communist hold Swing +2.8

Bremer[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Donald 6,715 69.3 -30.7
People's Party Henry Davidson 2,974 30.7 +30.7
Total formal votes 9,689 98.8
Informal votes 116 1.2
Turnout 9,805 91.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Brisbane[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Johnno Mann 4,457 51.0 -7.4
People's Party Maurice Mitchell 3,310 37.8 -3.8
Independent Labor Charles Coward 981 11.2 +11.2
Total formal votes 8,748 97.9 +0.3
Informal votes 185 2.1 -0.3
Turnout 8,933 86.9 +1.5
Labor hold Swing -1.0

Bulimba[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor George Marriott 5,544 42.8 +1.0
People's Party Hilda Brotherton 3,828 29.5 -4.1
Labor Bob Gardner 3,588 27.7 +3.2
Total formal votes 12,960 98.1 +2.1
Informal votes 244 1.9 -2.1
Turnout 13,204 94.0 -0.8
Independent Labor hold Swing +3.8

Bundaberg[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Bundaberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Frank Barnes Labor Frank Barnes 4,828 40.4 +0.4
Labor Viv Brown 3,940 33.0 -0.4
People's Party Geoffrey Boreham 3,185 26.6 +5.4
Total formal votes 11,953 99.4 +1.1
Informal votes 73 0.6 -1.1
Turnout 12,026 91.8 +3.5
Frank Barnes Labor hold Swing +0.6

Buranda[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Buranda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Dick Brown 6,210 52.9 +2.2
People's Party William Scott 5,525 47.1 -2.2
Total formal votes 11,735 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 127 1.1 0.0
Turnout 11,862 92.5 +3.6
Labor hold Swing +2.2

Cairns[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Cairns
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Crowley 4,246 40.0 +5.6
Country Ian MacKinnon 3,307 31.2 +31.2
Frank Barnes Labor Lou Barnes 3,061 28.8 -36.8
Total formal votes 10,614 99.1 +0.3
Informal votes 100 0.9 -0.3
Turnout 10,714 82.5 +2.9
Labor gain from Frank Barnes Labor Swing N/A

Carnarvon[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Carnarvon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Hilton 4,380 52.7 -3.9
Country Harold Phillips 3,930 47.3 +3.9
Total formal votes 8,310 99.1 +4.0
Informal votes 77 0.9 -4.0
Turnout 8,387 87.8 -0.3
Labor hold Swing -3.9

Carpentaria[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Carpentaria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Norm Smith 3,650 70.2 +12.7
Independent Walter Grant 1,549 29.8 +29.8
Total formal votes 5,199 94.7 -4.0
Informal votes 290 5.3 +4.0
Turnout 5,489 83.3 +6.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Charters Towers[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Charters Towers
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Jones 3,947 63.2 -4.3
Country Reg Smith 1,459 23.3 +23.3
Independent George Carbis 843 13.5 +13.5
Total formal votes 6,249 99.1 +0.9
Informal votes 55 0.9 -0.9
Turnout 6,304 91.0 +9.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Cook[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harold Collins 4,388 55.7 +1.1
Country Charles Griffin 3,485 44.3 +44.3
Total formal votes 7,873 98.4 +0.1
Informal votes 125 1.6 -0.1
Turnout 7,998 88.9 +6.9
Labor hold Swing -10.1

Cooroora[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Cooroora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country David Low 3,069 31.4 -31.1
Frank Barnes Labor Bill Gresham 2,693 27.6 +27.6
Labor Robert Spencer 2,217 22.7 -14.8
Independent Country William Low 1,791 18.3 +18.3
Total formal votes 9,770 98.6 -0.5
Informal votes 142 1.4 +0.5
Turnout 9,912 92.3 +3.3
Country hold Swing N/A

Cunningham[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Cunningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Malcolm McIntyre 6,099 72.3 +5.1
Labor John Hilton 2,336 27.7 -5.1
Total formal votes 8,435 99.1 +1.4
Informal votes 80 0.9 -1.4
Turnout 8,515 91.9 -0.2
Country hold Swing +5.1

Dalby[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Charles Russell 5,736 59.1 +10.6
Labor George Wilkes 3,977 40.9 -10.6
Total formal votes 9,713 98.8 +4.4
Informal votes 122 1.2 -4.4
Turnout 9,835 89.3 +0.8
Country gain from Labor Swing +10.6

East Toowoomba[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Party Gordon Chalk 5,015 51.8 +51.8
Labor Les Wood 4,669 48.2 +7.0
Total formal votes 9,684 98.5 -0.2
Informal votes 145 1.5 +0.2
Turnout 9,829 87.6 +2.9
People's Party gain from Labor Swing N/A

Enoggera[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Enoggera
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Party Kenneth Morris 7,988 57.5 +12.2
Labor Mark Scanlan 5,911 42.5 +20.5
Total formal votes 13,899 98.8 +1.0
Informal votes 169 1.2 -1.0
Turnout 14,068 93.0 -0.4
People's Party hold Swing N/A

Fassifern[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Fassifern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Alf Muller 6,690 71.6 +6.2
Labor Tom Thorpe 2,653 28.4 -1.2
Total formal votes 9,343 96.9 +1.1
Informal votes 301 3.1 -1.1
Turnout 9,644 92.8 -2.5
Country hold Swing +2.8

Fitzroy[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Clark 5,538 54.7 +3.3
People's Party Harry Weir 4,437 43.8 -4.8
Frank Barnes Labor Gordon Loukes 103 1.0 +1.0
Independent John Wharton 51 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 10,129 99.3 +0.3
Informal votes 67 0.7 -0.3
Turnout 10,196 93.5 +9.0
Labor hold Swing +4.1

Fortitude Valley[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Fortitude Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Samuel Brassington 5,968 59.8 -0.7
People's Party William Brenan 3,554 35.6 -3.9
Independent Andrew Knox 463 4.6 +4.6
Total formal votes 9,985 98.2 -0.4
Informal votes 185 1.8 +0.4
Turnout 10,170 90.0 +1.8
Labor hold Swing +2.2

Gregory[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Gregory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Devries 3,335 59.6 -40.4
Country Gordon Lee 2,264 40.4 +40.4
Total formal votes 5,599 98.9
Informal votes 60 1.1
Turnout 5,659 81.6
Labor hold Swing N/A

Gympie[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Gympie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Dunstan 3,116 41.7 -6.1
People's Party Ronald Witham 3,054 40.8 -2.9
Frank Barnes Labor Ray Smith 875 11.7 +11.7
Independent Eric Grice 437 5.8 +5.8
Total formal votes 7,482 99.6 +0.1
Informal votes 28 0.4 -0.1
Turnout 7,510 92.5 +4.5
Labor hold Swing -1.7

Hamilton[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Hamilton
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

Herbert[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stephen Theodore 4,308 48.0 -9.1
Country Carlisle Wordsworth 2,728 30.4 +30.4
Communist Les Sullivan 1,936 21.6 -21.3
Total formal votes 8,972 98.8 +1.9
Informal votes 112 1.2 -1.9
Turnout 9,084 88.6 +2.6
Labor hold Swing N/A

Ipswich[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Gledson 7,039 61.9 -38.1
People's Party Harry Shapcott 4,326 38.1 +38.1
Total formal votes 11,365 98.9
Informal votes 123 1.1
Turnout 11,488 91.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

By-election[edit]

  • This by-election was caused by the death of David Gledson. It was held on 10 September 1949.
1949 Ipswich state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ivor Marsden 6,021 53.3 -8.6
Liberal Selwyn Stephenson 4,906 43.4 +5.3
Communist Edmund Crisp 364 3.2 +3.2
Total formal votes 11,311 99.4 +0.5
Informal votes 73 0.6 -0.5
Turnout 11,384 92.8 +1.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Isis[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Isis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Brand 5,239 68.3 +3.8
Labor Samuel Round 2,426 31.7 -3.8
Total formal votes 7,665 96.9 +0.9
Informal votes 241 3.1 -0.9
Turnout 7,906 95.6 +2.8
Country hold Swing +3.8

Ithaca[edit]

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

Kelvin Grove[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Kelvin Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bert Turner 6,264 50.5 -2.6
People's Party Kenneth Fielding 6,133 49.5 +2.6
Total formal votes 12,397 97.8 -0.9
Informal votes 147 1.3 +0.9
Turnout 12,675 93.0 +2.5
Labor hold Swing -2.6

Kennedy[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Kennedy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cecil Jesson 4,331 44.8 -5.9
People's Party Robert Johnston 4,079 42.2 +19.1
Communist John Clubley 1,264 13.1 -13.1
Total formal votes 9,674 98.2 +0.3
Informal votes 178 1.8 -0.3
Turnout 9,852 85.7 +3.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Keppel[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Keppel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Walter Ingram 3,593 41.2 +1.1
Country John Reid 3,422 39.2 +8.2
Frank Barnes Labor John Harding 1,717 19.7 +19.7
Total formal votes 8,732 98.9 +3.9
Informal votes 93 1.1 -3.9
Turnout 8,825 91.4 +1.3
Labor hold Swing -5.2

Kurilpa[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kerry Copley 5,489 51.6 -1.9
People's Party Doug Berry 5,144 48.4 +1.9
Total formal votes 10,633 98.4 -0.3
Informal votes 172 1.6 +0.3
Turnout 10,805 90.0 +5.0
Labor hold Swing -1.9

By-election[edit]

  • This by-election was caused by the death of Kerry Copley. It was held on 10 September 1949.
1949 Kurilpa state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Moores 5,197 53.6 +2.0
Liberal Norman Brandon 4,274 44.0 -4.4
Communist James Slater 232 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 9,703 98.6 +0.2
Informal votes 135 1.4 -0.2
Turnout 9,838 87.3 -2.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Logan[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Logan[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Party Thomas Hiley 10,034 60.7 +8.0
Labor Ferdinand Scholl 6,589 39.3 -8.0
Total formal votes 16,523 99.1 +0.3
Informal votes 145 0.9 -0.3
Turnout 16,668 93.3 +4.2
People's Party hold Swing +8.0

Mackay[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Graham 6,289 60.8 +2.7
Country Jack Broughton 4,047 39.2 -2.7
Total formal votes 10,336 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 87 0.8 -0.3
Turnout 10,423 86.7 +4.5
Labor hold Swing +2.7

Maranoa[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Maranoa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Taylor 4,319 59.9 +3.7
Country Finlay Skinner 2,896 40.1 -3.7
Total formal votes 7,215 98.6 +0.3
Informal votes 104 1.4 -0.3
Turnout 7,319 86.3 +4.7
Labor hold Swing +3.7

Maree[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Maree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Party Louis Luckins 5,326 50.6 +50.6
Labor Leslie Brown 5,204 49.4 +2.7
Total formal votes 10,530 98.8 +0.3
Informal votes 124 1.2 -0.3
Turnout 10,654 92.5 +6.8
People's Party gain from Independent Swing N/A

Maryborough[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Farrell 6,015 55.9 -44.1
People's Party Frank Lawrence 2,555 23.8 +23.8
Frank Barnes Labor Mary De Mattos 2,184 20.3 +20.3
Total formal votes 10,764 98.4
Informal votes 161 1.6
Turnout 10,925 91.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Merthyr[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Merthyr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Moore 5,865 55.4 +0.7
People's Party Bert Frost 4,726 44.6 -0.7
Total formal votes 10,591 98.3 +0.2
Informal votes 183 1.7 -0.2
Turnout 10,774 90.2 +1.5
Labor hold Swing +0.7

Mirani[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Mirani
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ernie Evans 4,865 58.1 +25.6
Labor Ted Walsh 3,511 41.9 -5.7
Total formal votes 8,376 99.0 +0.2
Informal votes 83 1.0 -0.2
Turnout 8,459 90.6 +6.1
Country gain from Labor Swing +17.5

Mundingburra[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Mundingburra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Hermit Park Labor Tom Aikens 4,541 39.6 +4.0
Independent Arthur Coburn 4,296 37.5 +10.7
Labor George Parker 2,630 22.9 -5.6
Total formal votes 11,467 99.4 +0.2
Informal votes 67 0.6 -0.2
Turnout 11,534 90.9 +3.7
Hermit Park Labor hold Swing N/A

Murrumba[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Murrumba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frank Nicklin 10,334 75.9 -24.1
Independent Samuel Halpin 3,273 24.1 +24.1
Total formal votes 13,607 98.2
Informal votes 249 1.8
Turnout 13,856 91.0
Country hold Swing N/A

Nanango[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Nanango
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Joh Bjelke-Petersen 3,733 42.0 -8.1
Frank Barnes Labor Phil Cameron 2,164 24.4 +24.4
Labor Daniel Carroll 2,028 22.8 -13.4
Independent Country Cliff Edwards 753 8.5 +8.5
Independent Labor Samuel Andrewartha 202 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 8,880 99.1 0.0
Informal votes 82 0.9 0.0
Turnout 8,962 93.1 +6.9
Country hold Swing N/A

Normanby[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Normanby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Foley 3,733 48.4 -6.2
Country Bill Rundle 2,990 38.7 -6.7
Frank Barnes Labor Cecil Chandler 998 12.9 +12.9
Total formal votes 7,721 99.0 +0.3
Informal votes 80 1.0 -0.3
Turnout 7,801 91.9 +7.2
Labor hold Swing +0.9

Nundah[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Roberts 7,128 50.8 -0.8
People's Party Alex Dewar 6,893 49.2 +0.8
Total formal votes 14,021 98.8 -0.1
Informal votes 165 1.2 +0.1
Turnout 14,186 93.4 +3.0
Labor hold Swing -0.8

Oxley[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Party Tom Kerr 8,409 59.6 +2.4
Labor William Wood 5,699 40.4 -2.4
Total formal votes 14,108 97.8 +0.7
Informal votes 314 2.2 -0.7
Turnout 14,422 93.9 +2.9
People's Party hold Swing +2.4

Port Curtis[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Burrows 4,199 41.4 -17.9
Country William McGreever 3,871 38.2 -2.5
Frank Barnes Labor Peter Neilson 1,520 15.0 +15.0
Independent Alec Paterson 432 4.3 +4.3
Independent John Daly 120 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 10,142 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 85 0.8 -0.3
Turnout 10,227 92.5 +5.1
Labor hold Swing -7.3

Rockhampton[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Rockhampton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Larcombe 5,312 50.4 -15.1
People's Party Arthur Gordon 2,981 28.3 +28.3
Independent Edwin Price 1,193 11.3 +11.3
Frank Barnes Labor Arthur Webb 1,060 10.0 +10.0
Total formal votes 10,546 99.3 +1.7
Informal votes 74 0.7 -1.7
Turnout 10,620 92.9 +6.4
Labor hold Swing -1.4

Sandgate[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Sandgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Party Eric Decker 7,904 58.3 -1.2
Labor Ron McAuliffe 5,664 41.7 +1.2
Total formal votes 13,568 98.8 +0.1
Informal votes 160 1.2 -0.1
Turnout 13,728 93.5 +3.3
People's Party hold Swing -1.2

South Brisbane[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: South Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Vince Gair 6,072 53.1 -3.2
People's Party Winston Noble 5,369 46.9 +3.2
Total formal votes 11,441 98.0 +0.4
Informal votes 234 2.0 -0.4
Turnout 11,675 91.8 +9.0
Labor hold Swing -3.2

Stanley[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Duncan MacDonald 4,894 58.9 -5.3
Independent John Hatton 1,863 22.4 +22.4
Independent William Walters 1,549 18.7 +18.7
Total formal votes 8,306 99.1 -0.1
Informal votes 75 0.9 +0.1
Turnout 8,381 92.7 +1.5
Country hold Swing N/A

The Tableland[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: The Tableland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harry Bruce 3,781 49.6 +2.6
Country Herbert Trackson 2,955 38.7 +38.7
Communist Frank Falls 890 11.7 -11.6
Total formal votes 7,626 98.8 +0.5
Informal votes 96 1.2 -0.5
Turnout 7,722 89.8 +6.4
Labor hold Swing -8.1

Toowong[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Party Charles Wanstall 8,375 70.2 +13.6
Labor Frank Venables 3,549 29.8 +29.8
Total formal votes 11,924 98.9 +0.4
Informal votes 136 1.1 -0.4
Turnout 12,060 91.9 +0.8
People's Party hold Swing N/A

Toowoomba[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Duggan 6,878 59.8 -40.2
People's Party Victor Boettecher 4,623 40.2 +40.2
Total formal votes 11,501 98.1
Informal votes 225 1.9
Turnout 11,726 86.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Townsville[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Townsville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Keyatta 6,306 67.8 +4.9
Country Fred Feather 2,997 32.2 +32.2
Total formal votes 9,303 98.6 +0.1
Informal votes 128 1.4 -0.1
Turnout 9,431 84.4 +2.6
Labor hold Swing N/A

Warrego[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Warrego
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harry O'Shea 3,029 49.3 -20.3
Country Robert King 2,320 37.7 +7.3
Independent Cyril Healy 797 13.0 +13.0
Total formal votes 6,146 98.8 +1.4
Informal votes 72 1.2 -1.4
Turnout 6,128 85.2 +3.7
Labor hold Swing -13.0

Warwick[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Otto Madsen 4,657 51.7 +6.1
Labor John Healy 4,347 48.3 -6.1
Total formal votes 9,004 99.2 +2.5
Informal votes 72 0.8 -2.5
Turnout 9,076 89.7 -0.5
Country gain from Labor Swing +6.1

West Moreton[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: West Moreton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ted Maher 6,893 81.1 +6.5
Labor Jack Ryan 1,607 18.9 -6.5
Total formal votes 8,500 99.1 -0.2
Informal votes 75 0.9 +0.2
Turnout 8,575 92.8 +1.5
Country hold Swing +6.5

Wide Bay[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Wide Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country James Heading 4,953 55.0 -2.1
Frank Barnes Labor N F Spence 2,150 23.9 +23.9
Labor George Stockwell 1,903 21.1 -21.8
Total formal votes 9,006 99.1 +0.7
Informal votes 80 0.9 -0.7
Turnout 9,086 90.3 +2.7
Country hold Swing N/A

Windsor[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Party Bruce Pie 6,618 58.1 +6.9
Labor Erle Wettemeyer 4,766 41.9 +1.1
Total formal votes 11,384 99.0 0.0
Informal votes 109 1.0 0.0
Turnout 11,493 92.4 +2.5
People's Party hold Swing +2.5

Wynnum[edit]

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

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 3 May 1947". Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  2. ^ 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 0-7081-0301-4.
  3. ^ 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 0-7081-0301-4.
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