Results of the Queensland state election, 1960 (M-Z)

Queensland state election, 28 May 1960[1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 813,584[1]
Votes cast 752,927 Turnout 92.54 –2.04
Informal votes 9,897 Informal 1.31 +0.17
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 296,430 39.89 +11.00 25 + 5
  Liberal 178,567 24.03 +0.80 20 + 2
  Country 139,720 19.50 –0.49 26 + 2
  Queensland Labor 91,212 12.28 –11.12 4 – 7
  North Queensland Labor 7,488 1.07 –0.25 1 ± 0
  Ind. Labor 2,257 0.32 +0.26 0 ± 0
  Ind. Conservative 2,723 0.39 +0.39 0 ± 0
  Independent 30,897 4.16 2 + 1
Total 743,030     78  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1960 Queensland state election for electorates from M to Z.

Results by electoral district

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1960: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Fred Graham 4,561 50.2
Country John Matson 3,526 38.8
Queensland Labor Terence Hayes 1,004 11.0
Total formal votes 9,091 99.0
Informal votes 95 1.0
Turnout 9,186 93.0
Labor hold Swing

Mackenzie

Queensland state election, 1960: Mackenzie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Neville Hewitt 4,329 64.8
Labor Charles White 2,348 35.2
Total formal votes 6,677 98.8
Informal votes 83 1.2
Turnout 6,760 92.9
Country hold Swing

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1960: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Horace Davies 7,197 66.3
Country Ronald Christensen 3,665 33.7
Total formal votes 10,862 99.3
Informal votes 80 0.7
Turnout 10,942 96.5
Labor hold Swing

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1960: Merthyr
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ray Ramsden 5,376 50.1
Labor Tom Campbell 3,562 33.2
Queensland Labor Mick O'Connor 1,794 16.7
Total formal votes 10,732 98.1
Informal votes 205 1.9
Turnout 10,937 88.6
Liberal hold Swing

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1960: Mirani
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ernie Evans 4,670 62.9
Labor George Moody 2,053 27.7
Queensland Labor Walter O'Grady 697 9.4
Total formal votes 7,420 98.8
Informal votes 86 1.2
Turnout 7,506 92.6
Turnout 7,506 92.6
Country hold Swing

Mount Coot-tha

Queensland state election, 1960: Mount Coot-tha
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Kenneth Morris 5,803 56.8
Labor James Davis 3,057 29.9
Queensland Labor Bryan Hurley 1,362 13.3
Total formal votes 10,222 98.3
Informal votes 181 1.7
Turnout 10,403 93.0
Liberal hold Swing

Mount Gravatt

Queensland state election, 1960: Mount Gravatt
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Graham Hart 6,278 53.9
Labor Fred Pearson 3,433 29.5
Queensland Labor Rupert Kneen 1,117 9.6
Independent Labor Eric King 807 6.9
Total formal votes 11,635 98.9
Informal votes 125 1.1
Turnout 11,760 93.5
Liberal hold Swing

Mourilyan

Queensland state election, 1960: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Peter Byrne 4,417 54.6
Country Edmund Webb 2,905 35.9
Queensland Labor Geoff Higham 770 9.5
Total formal votes 8,092 98.6
Informal votes 115 1.4
Turnout 8,207 91.5
Labor hold Swing

Mulgrave

Queensland state election, 1960: Mulgrave
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Roy Armstrong 3,113 49.1
Labor Stanley Scoines 1,723 27.2
Independent James Hesp 787 12.4
Queensland Labor Charles English 714 11.3
Total formal votes 6,337 98.9
Informal votes 68 1.1
Turnout 6,405 88.8
Country hold Swing

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1960: Murrumba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country David Nicholson 5,334 60.5
Labor Norm Kruger 3,481 39.5
Total formal votes 8,815 98.3
Informal votes 151 1.7
Turnout 8,966 93.1
Country hold Swing

Norman

Queensland state election, 1960: Norman
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Fred Bromley 4,896 48.1
Liberal Cyril Ryan 3,679 36.1
Queensland Labor George Hartnett 1,489 14.6
Communist Edmund Crisp 115 1.1
Total formal votes 10,179 98.8
Informal votes 121 1.2
Turnout 10,300 92.1
Labor hold Swing

Nudgee

Queensland state election, 1960: Nudgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Melloy 6,325 53.7
Liberal William Banks 3,926 33.3
Queensland Labor Walter Barnes 1,423 12.1
Communist William Hill 105 0.9
Total formal votes 11,779 98.7
Informal votes 151 1.3
Turnout 11,930 93.9
Labor win (new seat)

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1960: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Knox 6,148 52.0
Labor Michael Sweeney 3,808 32.2
Queensland Labor James Hadley 1,873 15.8
Total formal votes 11,829 98.5
Informal votes 178 1.5
Turnout 12,007 93.0
Liberal hold Swing

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1960: Port Curtis
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Burrows 6,033 68.6
Independent Desmond Neill-Ballantine 2,773 31.4
Total formal votes 8,806 98.8
Informal votes 108 1.2
Turnout 8,914 95.1
Labor hold Swing

Redcliffe

Queensland state election, 1960: Redcliffe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Jim Houghton 4,047 42.0
Country Seymour Gomersall 2,394 24.8
Labor Kenneth Griffith 2,178 22.6
Queensland Labor Edward Dignan 556 5.8
Independent Alexander Black 470 4.9
Total formal votes 9,645 98.9
Informal votes 109 1.1
Turnout 9,754 92.3
Independent win (new seat)

Rockhampton North

Queensland state election, 1960: Rockhampton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Merv Thackeray 7,312 60.0
Liberal Hector MacDonald 3,205 26.3
Queensland Labor James Verney 1,667 13.7
Total formal votes 12,184 99.1
Informal votes 109 0.9
Turnout 12,293 95.4
Labor win (new seat)

Rockhampton South

Queensland state election, 1960: Rockhampton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Rex Pilbeam 5,047 41.1
Queensland Labor Mick Gardner 3,801 31.0
Labor James Clark 3,427 27.9
Total formal votes 12,275 99.1
Informal votes 106 0.9
Turnout 12,381 93.7
Liberal win (new seat)

Roma

Queensland state election, 1960: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country William Ewan 3,629 44.5
Labor John Taylor 2,558 31.3
Independent Richard Condon 1,976 24.2
Total formal votes 8,163 99.3
Informal votes 61 0.7
Turnout 8,224 92.8
Country hold Swing

Salisbury

Queensland state election, 1960: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Doug Sherrington 6,243 55.7
Liberal Norman Edwards 3,530 31.5
Queensland Labor William Tresillian 1,299 11.6
Communist Walter Stubbins 141 1.3
Total formal votes 11,213 98.5
Informal votes 169 1.5
Turnout 11,382 92.0
Labor win (new seat)

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1960: Sandgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harold Dean 4,990 50.8
Liberal Thomas Ahearn 4,112 41.8
Queensland Labor Hindrick Lokhorst 727 7.4
Total formal votes 9,829 98.7
Informal votes 126 1.3
Turnout 9,955 92.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Sherwood

Queensland state election, 1960: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John Herbert 7,107 62.9
Labor Gordon Thomson 4,190 37.1
Total formal votes 11,297 98.5
Informal votes 173 1.5
Turnout 11,470 93.8
Liberal hold Swing

Somerset

Queensland state election, 1960: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Harold Richter 4,860 55.1
Queensland Labor Alexander Skinner 2,291 26.0
Labor Robert Warren 1,672 19.0
Total formal votes 8,823 98.6
Informal votes 126 1.4
Turnout 8,949 94.1
Country hold Swing

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1960: South Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Col Bennett 5,011 43.9
Queensland Labor Vince Gair 3,294 28.9
Liberal Charles O'Brien 3,106 27.2
Total formal votes 11,411 98.2
Informal votes 209 1.8
Turnout 11,620 88.0
Labor gain from Queensland Labor Swing

South Coast

Queensland state election, 1960: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Eric Gaven 6,611 75.9
Labor William Darveniza 1,872 21.5
Independent John Fitzgerald 223 2.6
Total formal votes 8,706 98.2
Informal votes 163 1.8
Turnout 8,869 87.4
Country win (new seat)

Tablelands

Queensland state election, 1960: Tablelands
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Tom Gilmore, Sr. 3,438 52.8
Labor Edwin Wallis-Smith 2,633 40.4
Queensland Labor Arthur Mottarelly 442 6.8
Total formal votes 6,513 98.1
Informal votes 123 1.9
Turnout 6,636 87.4
Country hold Swing

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1960: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Alan Munro 8,200 78.7
Queensland Labor Roger Judge 2,222 21.3
Total formal votes 10,422 95.0
Informal votes 553 5.0
Turnout 10,975 91.7
Liberal hold Swing

Toowoomba East

Queensland state election, 1960: Toowoomba East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Mervyn Anderson 6,019 47.2
Labor Peter Wood 5,922 46.4
Queensland Labor Leonard Green 818 6.4
Total formal votes 12,759 99.2
Informal votes 97 0.8
Turnout 12,856 93.3
Liberal win (new seat)

Toowoomba West

Queensland state election, 1960: Toowoomba West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Duggan 7,414 55.3
Liberal Lawrence Storey 4,768 35.5
Queensland Labor Kenneth Rawle 1,229 9.2
Total formal votes 13,411 99.3
Informal votes 92 0.7
Turnout 13,503 93.4
Labor win (new seat)

Townsville North

Queensland state election, 1960: Townsville North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Perc Tucker 5,262 43.4
Liberal Roy Annable 4,140 34.1
Queensland Labor Ronald Comerford 1,655 13.6
Independent Archibald Hooper 871 7.2
Communist P.F. Bishop 208 1.7
Total formal votes 12,136 98.6
Informal votes 166 1.4
Turnout 12,302 92.9
Labor win (new seat)

Townsville South

Queensland state election, 1960: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Tom Aikens 8,501 66.8
Labor William Edmonds 4,216 33.2
Total formal votes 12,717 98.3
Informal votes 223 1.7
Turnout 12,940 93.3
Independent win (new seat)

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1960: Warrego
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Dufficy 4,630 66.7
Queensland Labor John Glynn 2,307 33.3
Total formal votes 6,937 97.0
Informal votes 213 3.0
Turnout 7,150 87.4
Labor hold Swing

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1960: Warwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Otto Madsen 5,437 63.9
Labor Reggie Wenham 1,818 21.4
Queensland Labor George Campbell 1,254 14.7
Total formal votes 8,509 98.7
Informal votes 108 1.3
Turnout 8,617 94.6
Country hold Swing

Wavell

Queensland state election, 1960: Wavell
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Alex Dewar 7,134 53.7
Labor Benjamin Harriss 4,696 35.3
Queensland Labor Kevin O'Dea 1,459 11.0
Total formal votes 13,289 98.9
Informal votes 144 1.1
Turnout 13,433 94.9
Liberal win (new seat)

Whitsunday

Queensland state election, 1960: Whitsunday
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Lloyd Roberts 4,341 56.8
Labor Stanley Dalton 2,669 34.9
Queensland Labor Bernard Lewis 631 8.3
Total formal votes 7,641 98.9
Informal votes 83 1.1
Turnout 7,724 92.4
Country hold Swing

By-election

Whitsunday state by-election, 1961
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ron Camm 3,531 48.9 -7.9
Labor William Graves 3,002 41.5 +6.6
Queensland Labor Peter Dempsey 694 9.6 +1.3
Total formal votes 7,227 99.5 +0.6
Informal votes 37 0.5 -0.6
Turnout 7,264 88.5 -3.9
Country hold Swing N/A

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1960: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Percy 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

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1960: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Gunn 7,789 63.4
Liberal George Dodd 3,684 30.0
Queensland Labor George Campbell 819 6.7
Total formal votes 12,292 98.9
Informal votes 130 1.1
Turnout 12,422 92.7
Labor hold Swing

Yeronga

Queensland state election, 1960: Yeronga
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Winston Noble 5,594 51.4
Labor John O'Donnell 4,085 37.6
Queensland Labor Francis Wickings 1,196 11.0
Total formal votes 10,875 98.9
Informal votes 124 1.1
Turnout 10,999 93.9
Liberal hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 28 May 1960". Retrieved 12 February 2010.
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