Electoral results for the district of Ipswich East

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

Members for Ipswich East

Member		Party	Term
	Jim Donald	Labor	1960–1969
	Evan Marginson	Labor	1969–1972

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Ipswich East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Evan Marginson	8,889	58.4	-10.1
	Liberal	John Shapcott	5,714	37.5	+13.1
	Queensland Labor	Peter Grant	620	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			15,223	97.5	-1.0
Informal votes			388	2.5	+1.0
Turnout			15,611	93.1	+2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Evan Marginson	9,059	59.5	-13.3
	Liberal	John Shapcott	6,164	40.5	+13.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-13.3

1966 Queensland state election: Ipswich East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Donald	9,845	68.5	-1.9
	Liberal	Hedley Scriven	3,506	24.4	-2.2
	Independent	Douglas Wood	1,014	7.1	+7.1
Total formal votes			14,365	98.5	-0.5
Informal votes			217	1.5	+0.5
Turnout			14,582	90.4	-5.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Donald	10,453	72.8	+1.7
	Liberal	Hedley Scriven	3,912	27.2	-1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

1963 Queensland state election: Ipswich East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Donald	9,496	70.4	+1.2
	Liberal	Hedley Scriven	3,592	26.6	+1.9
	Queensland Labor	Andrij Janicky	340	2.5	-3.6
	Social Credit	Vic Robb	67	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			13,495	99.0	-0.2
Informal votes			135	1.0	+0.2
Turnout			13,630	95.6	-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Donald	9,593	71.1
	Liberal	Hedley Scriven	3,902	28.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1960 Queensland state election: Ipswich East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Donald	8,596	69.2
	Liberal	Hedley Scriven	3,068	24.7
	Queensland Labor	Charles Archer	761	6.1
Total formal votes			12,425	99.2
Informal votes			101	0.8
Turnout			12,526	95.8
	Labor win		(new seat)