Electoral results for the district of Windsor (Queensland)

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

Members for Windsor[edit]

Member Party Term
  Hugh Macrossan Liberal 1912–1915
  Herbert McPhail Labor 1915–1918
  Charles Taylor National
United
Country and Progressive National
1918–1935
  Herbert Williams Labor 1935–1941
  Harry Moorhouse Independent Democrat 1941–1944
  Bruce Pie Queensland People's 1944–1950
  Tom Rasey Labor 1950–1957
  Queensland Labor 1957
  Ray Smith Liberal 1957–1969
  Bob Moore Liberal 1969–1983
  National 1983
  Pat Comben Labor 1983–1992

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

1989 Queensland state election: Windsor[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Comben 11,468 62.3 +10.5
Liberal Kaye Harcourt 4,742 25.8 +4.6
National Andrew Hassall 2,196 11.9 -15.1
Total formal votes 18,406 97.4 -0.6
Informal votes 495 2.6 +0.6
Turnout 18,901 91.2 -0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Comben 11,633 63.2 +5.5
Liberal Kaye Harcourt 6,773 36.8 +36.8
Labor hold Swing +5.5
1986 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Comben 9,211 51.8 +4.4
National Bob Moore 4,800 27.0 -5.4
Liberal Karen Muir-McCarey 3,775 21.2 +1.1
Total formal votes 17,786 98.0
Informal votes 367 2.0
Turnout 18,153 91.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Comben 10,263 57.7 +3.0
National Bob Moore 7,523 42.3 -3.0
Labor hold Swing +3.0
1983 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Comben 6,868 47.4 +2.4
National Bob Moore 4,696 32.4 +32.4
Liberal Ann Garms 2,915 20.1 -27.1
Total formal votes 14,479 98.7 +0.2
Informal votes 195 1.3 -0.2
Turnout 14,674 92.7 +3.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Comben 7,549 52.1 +3.4
National Bob Moore 6,930 47.9 +47.9
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.4
1980 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bob Moore 6,685 47.5 -7.0
Labor Frank Melit 6,323 45.0 -0.5
Independent Louis McKenzie 1,055 7.5 +7.5
Total formal votes 14,063 98.5 +0.1
Informal votes 218 1.5 -0.1
Turnout 14,281 89.2 -0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Moore 7,213 51.3 -3.2
Labor Frank Melit 6,850 48.7 +3.2
Liberal hold Swing -3.2

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

1977 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bob Moore 7,736 54.5 -6.5
Labor Louis McKenzie 6,462 45.5 +13.3
Total formal votes 14,198 98.4
Informal votes 227 1.6
Turnout 14,425 89.7
Liberal hold Swing -9.3
1974 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bob Moore 7,505 61.0 +17.5
Labor Gloria Markland 3,960 32.2 -11.6
Queensland Labor Anne Wenck 484 3.9 -8.8
Independent Mervyn Chambers 358 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 12,307 98.5 -0.2
Informal votes 185 1.5 +0.2
Turnout 12,492 89.7 -3.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Moore 8,086 65.7 +10.6
Labor Gloria Markland 4,221 34.3 -10.6
Liberal hold Swing +10.6
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

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

1969 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith Fordyce 4,607 45.6 +1.7
Liberal Bob Moore 4,294 42.5 -6.3
Queensland Labor John Dawson 1,198 11.9 +3.7
Total formal votes 10,099 98.6 0.0
Informal votes 138 1.4 0.0
Turnout 10,237 91.9 -1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Moore 5,196 51.5 -4.6
Labor Keith Fordyce 4,903 48.5 +4.6
Liberal hold Swing -4.6
1966 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Smith 5,049 48.3 -2.7
Labor Keith Fordyce 4,546 43.5 +3.8
Queensland Labor Vincent Wenck 851 8.1 -1.1
Total formal votes 10,446 98.6 0.0
Informal votes 151 1.4 0.0
Turnout 10,597 94.6 -0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Smith 5,860 56.1 -2.4
Labor Keith Fordyce 4,546 43.9 +2.4
Liberal hold Swing -2.4
1963 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Smith 5,369 51.0 +1.1
Labor George Georgouras 4,180 39.7 +4.0
Queensland Labor Owen O'Donoghue 971 9.2 -5.1
Total formal votes 10,520 98.6 -0.6
Informal votes 148 1.4 +0.6
Turnout 10,668 95.3 +1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Smith 6,159 58.5
Labor George Georgouras 4,361 41.5
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Smith 5,364 49.9
Labor George Georgouras 3,834 35.7
Queensland Labor Percy Hotham 1,541 14.3
Total formal votes 10,739 99.2
Informal votes 90 0.8
Turnout 10,829 93.5
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s[edit]

1957 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Smith 3,760 38.9 -4.8
Queensland Labor Tom Rasey 3,733 38.6 +38.6
Labor Kenneth Kemshead 2,165 22.4 -33.9
Total formal votes 9,658 99.0 +0.2
Informal votes 100 1.0 -0.2
Turnout 9,758 95.3 +0.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing N/A
1956 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Rasey 5,459 56.3 -3.9
Liberal Margaret Gordon 4,240 43.7 +3.9
Total formal votes 9,699 98.8 -0.1
Informal votes 121 1.2 +0.1
Turnout 9,820 94.6 +0.5
Labor hold Swing -3.9
1953 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Rasey 6,011 60.2 +10.1
Liberal John Cutting 3,980 39.8 -10.1
Total formal votes 9,901 98.9 -0.2
Informal votes 108 1.1 +0.2
Turnout 10,009 94.1 +0.5
Labor hold Swing +10.1
1950 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Rasey 5,213 50.1
Liberal Alexander Devene 5,184 49.9
Total formal votes 10,397 99.1
Informal votes 94 0.9
Turnout 10,491 93.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Elections in the 1940s[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
1944 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
People's Party Bruce Pie 5,353 51.2 +37.3
Labor William Hoy 4,266 40.8 -3.8
Independent Harry Moorhouse 833 8.0 -33.5
Total formal votes 10,452 99.0 +0.4
Informal votes 106 1.0 -0.4
Turnout 10,558 89.9 -2.9
People's Party gain from Independent Swing N/A
1941 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Herbert Williams 4,491 44.6 -1.6
Independent Harry Moorhouse 4,185 41.5 +41.5
United Australia Neil O'Sullivan 1,401 13.9 -21.4
Total formal votes 10,077 98.6 -0.2
Informal votes 138 1.4 +0.2
Turnout 10,215 92.8 -1.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Harry Moorhouse 4,647 50.3 +50.3
Labor Herbert Williams 4,590 49.7 -5.0
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s[edit]

1938 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Herbert Williams 4,592 46.2 -11.3
United Australia Edward Simpson 3,521 35.3 -7.2
Protestant Labor Cecil Maxwell 1,291 13.0 +13.0
Independent Labor Henry Bond 546 5.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 9,950 98.8 +0.3
Informal votes 124 1.2 -0.3
Turnout 10,074 94.6 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Herbert Williams 4,880 54.7 -2.8
United Australia Edward Simpson 4,042 45.3 +2.8
Labor hold Swing -2.8
1935 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Herbert Williams 5,253 57.5
CPNP Charles Taylor 3,886 42.5
Total formal votes 9,139 98.5
Informal votes 141 1.5
Turnout 9,280 94.4
Labor gain from CPNP Swing
1932 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP Charles Taylor 4,291 46.7
Labor Ernest Manchester 3,395 37.0
Independent Labor Donald MacKenzie 951 10.4
Independent Francis Corbett 541 5.9
Total formal votes 9,178 99.1
Informal votes 83 0.9
Turnout 9,261 88.6
Two-party-preferred result
CPNP Charles Taylor 4,522 54.0
Labor Ernest Manchester 3,852 46.0
CPNP hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s[edit]

1929 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP Charles Taylor 5,312 63.5 +5.2
Labor Harry Nowotny 3,049 36.5 -5.2
Total formal votes 8,361 99.1 +0.2
Informal votes 74 0.9 -0.2
Turnout 8,435 92.6 +0.8
CPNP hold Swing +5.2
1926 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP Charles Taylor 4,468 58.3 +0.7
Labor Donald MacKenzie 3,193 41.7 -0.7
Total formal votes 7,661 98.9 -0.4
Informal votes 85 1.1 +0.4
Turnout 7,746 91.8 +4.0
CPNP hold Swing +0.7
1923 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Charles Taylor 3,869 57.6 +3.0
Labor Sidney Cook 2,843 42.4 -3.0
Total formal votes 6,712 99.3 +0.1
Informal votes 44 0.7 -0.1
Turnout 6,756 87.8 +0.7
United hold Swing +3.0
1920 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Charles Taylor 5,567 54.6 +4.1
Labor Herbert McPhail 4,627 45.4 -4.1
Total formal votes 10,194 99.2 -0.4
Informal votes 79 0.8 +0.4
Turnout 10,273 87.1 -0.5
National hold Swing +4.1

Elections in the 1910s[edit]

1918 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Charles Taylor 4,373 50.5 +3.5
Labor Herbert McPhail 4,281 49.5 -3.5
Total formal votes 8,654 99.6 +1.1
Informal votes 34 0.4 -1.1
Turnout 8,688 87.6 -3.6
National gain from Labor Swing +3.5
1915 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Herbert McPhail 3,343 53.0 +10.1
Liberal Hugh Macrossan 2,969 47.0 -10.1
Total formal votes 6,312 98.5 -0.8
Informal votes 97 1.5 +0.8
Turnout 6,409 91.2 +6.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +10.1
1912 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hugh Macrossan 2,488 57.1
Labor Walter Crampton 1,837 42.9
Total formal votes 4,285 99.3
Informal votes 32 0.7
Turnout 4,317 85.0
Liberal hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "1989 Results for Windsor". Queensland Election Archive. ABC. Retrieved 4 August 2021.