Electoral results for the district of Haughton

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

Members for Haughton

Member		Party	Term
	Colin McCathie	Labor	1950–1957
		Queensland Labor	1957–1960

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Haughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Queensland Labor	Colin McCathie	4,164	48.1	+48.1
	Labor	Vivien Owens	2,393	27.6	-42.8
	Country	William Clayton	2,105	24.3	+24.3
Total formal votes			8,662	99.3	+0.4
Informal votes			64	0.7	-0.4
Turnout			8,726	95.2	+0.5
	Queensland Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

1956 Queensland state election: Haughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin McCathie	5,737	70.4	+11.2
	Liberal	Edwin Pearse	2,415	29.6	+29.6
Total formal votes			8,152	98.9	-0.5
Informal votes			88	1.1	+0.5
Turnout			8,240	94.7	-1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.4

1953 Queensland state election: Haughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin McCathie	4,617	59.2	+12.3
	Country	Frederick Purdie	1,661	21.3	+21.3
	NQ Labor	Ernest O'Brien	1,526	19.6	0.0
Total formal votes			7,804	99.4	+1.4
Informal votes			46	0.6	-1.4
Turnout			7,850	96.3	+3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.7

1950 Queensland state election: Haughton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin McCathie	3,492	46.9
	Liberal	Bill Longeran	2,349	31.5
	NQ Labor	Ernest O'Brien	1,463	19.6
	Communist	Gwendoline Phelan	143	1.9
Total formal votes			7,447	98.0
Informal votes			151	2.0
Turnout			7,598	93.0
	Labor hold		Swing