Results of the Queensland state election, 1926 (A-K)

Queensland state election, 8 May 1926[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1923 — 1929 >>

Enrolled voters 452,008[1]
Votes cast 401,055 Turnout 88.73% +6.50
Informal votes 4,927 Informal 1.23% +0.06
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 189,968 47.96% –0.18 43 ± 0
  CPNP 192,043 48.48% +1.53 28 – 1
  Primary Producers 7,749 1.95% +0.66 1 + 1
  Independent 6,368 1.61% –2.02 0 ± 0
Total 396,128     72  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1926 Queensland state election for electorates from A to K.

At the time, the voting system in Queensland was based on contingency voting, which was similar to the modern optional preferential voting system. In electorates with 3 or more candidates, preferences were not distributed if a candidate received more than 50% of the primary vote.

If none received more than 50%, all except the top two candidates were eliminated from the count and their preferences distributed between the two leaders, with the one receiving the most votes declared the winner.

Results by electoral district

Albert

Queensland state election, 1926: Albert[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP John Appel 4,736 68.8 -31.2
Labor William Lake 2,071 30.1 +30.1
Independent Edwin Wilkins 81 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 6,888 98.6
Informal votes 95 1.4
Turnout 6,983 89.0
CPNP hold Swing N/A

Aubigny

Queensland state election, 1926: Aubigny
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Arthur Moore 3,877 69.5 +10.4
Labor John Moir 1,700 30.5 -10.4
Total formal votes 5,577 99.2 +0.1
Informal votes 47 0.8 -0.1
Turnout 5,624 92.7 +5.0
CPNP hold Swing +10.4

Balonne

Queensland state election, 1926: Balonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Edward Land 2,271 56.9 -5.7
CPNP Ted Maher 1,721 43.1 +5.7
Total formal votes 3,992 99.4 +0.5
Informal votes 25 0.6 -0.5
Turnout 4,017 78.5 +11.7
Labor hold Swing -5.7

By-election

Balonne state by-election, 1927
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Samuel Brassington 1,760 59.7 +2.8
CPNP Ted Maher 1,190 40.3 -2.8
Total formal votes 2,950
Informal votes
Turnout
Labor hold Swing +2.8

Barcoo

Queensland state election, 1926: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Bulcock unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Bowen

Queensland state election, 1926: Bowen
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Charles Collins 3,273 57.6 -5.4
CPNP Frederick Woods 2,410 42.4 +5.4
Total formal votes 5,683 98.9 -0.3
Informal votes 65 1.1 +0.3
Turnout 5,748 89.8 +12.5
Labor hold Swing -5.4

Bremer

Queensland state election, 1926: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Cooper 3,888 66.2 +10.6
CPNP Kenneth McGill 1,988 33.8 -9.7
Total formal votes 5,876 98.9 +0.4
Informal votes 68 1.1 -0.4
Turnout 5,944 94.4 +1.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1926: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Mick Kirwan 2,723 59.8 0.0
CPNP Fred O'Keefe 1,832 40.2 0.0
Total formal votes 4,555 98.4 -0.6
Informal votes 72 1.6 +0.6
Turnout 4,627 78.5 +4.5
Labor hold Swing 0.0

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1926: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Albert Wright 5,101 55.6 +1.8
CPNP Allan Stanton 3,663 39.9 -5.0
Independent Labor John Costin 411 4.5 +4.5
Total formal votes 9,175 98.8 -0.5
Informal votes 114 1.2 +0.5
Turnout 9,289 93.7 +9.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1926: Bundaberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Barber 4,158 59.4 +0.4
CPNP William Gavegan 2,844 40.6 -0.4
Total formal votes 7,002 98.9 -0.4
Informal votes 76 1.1 +0.4
Turnout 7,078 92.0 +4.8
Labor hold Swing +0.4

Buranda

Queensland state election, 1926: Buranda
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Edward Hanson 3,971 60.3 +3.7
CPNP Henry Quinn 2,619 39.7 -3.7
Total formal votes 6,590 99.3 -0.1
Informal votes 48 0.7 +0.1
Turnout 6,638 92.3 +2.9
Labor hold Swing +3.7

Burke

Queensland state election, 1926: Burke
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Darby Riordan unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Burnett

Queensland state election, 1926: Burnett
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Bernard Corser 3,763 62.2 +4.4
Labor Bill Baxter 2,283 37.8 -2.0
Total formal votes 6,046 98.3 -0.5
Informal votes 103 1.7 +0.5
Turnout 6,149 91.0 +4.1
CPNP hold Swing N/A

By-election

Burnett state by-election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Robert Boyd unopposed
CPNP hold Swing

Burrum

Queensland state election, 1926: Burrum
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP William Brand 3,311 55.0 +4.4
Labor John Laurison 2,713 45.0 -4.4
Total formal votes 6,024 98.9 -0.4
Informal votes 65 1.1 +0.4
Turnout 6,089 89.9 +6.1
CPNP hold Swing +4.4

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1926: Cairns
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William McCormack 4,544 66.4 +7.6
CPNP Thomas Boylan 2,302 33.6 -7.6
Total formal votes 6,846 99.1 +0.8
Informal votes 60 0.9 -0.8
Turnout 6,906 88.5 +6.0
Labor hold Swing +7.6

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1926: Carnarvon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Edward Costello 3,054 53.9 +0.7
Labor Adolphus Baker 2,607 46.1 -0.7
Total formal votes 5,661 99.1 -0.5
Informal votes 54 0.9 +0.5
Turnout 5,715 88.0 +7.0
CPNP hold Swing +0.7

Charters Towers

Queensland state election, 1926: Charters Towers
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Wellington 2,251 62.3 +0.6
CPNP William Clark 1,365 37.7 -0.6
Total formal votes 3,616 98.8 -0.1
Informal votes 42 1.2 +0.1
Turnout 3,658 88.6 +2.9
Labor hold Swing +0.6

Chillagoe

Queensland state election, 1926: Chillagoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John O'Keefe 2,537 67.5 +3.2
CPNP Bernard Hayes 1,222 32.5 +4.2
Total formal votes 3,759 98.8 +1.0
Informal votes 47 1.2 -1.0
Turnout 3,806 79.1 -1.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Cook

Queensland state election, 1926: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry Ryan 2,422 62.0 +10.2
CPNP Thomas Kilpatrick 1,760 38.0 -10.2
Total formal votes 3,909 98.5 -0.5
Informal votes 59 1.5 +0.5
Turnout 3,968 86.2 +9.3
Labor hold Swing +10.2

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1926: Cooroora
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Harry Walker unopposed
CPNP hold Swing

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1926: Cunningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP William Deacon 3,974 69.1 +26.4
Labor Edward Doyle 1,779 30.9 -5.2
Total formal votes 5,753 99.4 +1.6
Informal votes 32 0.6 -1.6
Turnout 5,785 85.2 -3.8
CPNP hold Swing +7.4

Dalby

Queensland state election, 1926: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Wilfred Russell 2,347 41.4 +41.4
Labor Harold Francis 1,762 31.1 -6.6
CPNP William Vowles 1,563 27.6 -21.2
Total formal votes 5,672 98.9 +1.0
Informal votes 64 1.1 -1.0
Turnout 5,736 91.2 +6.5
Independent gain from CPNP Swing N/A

Eacham

Queensland state election, 1926: Eacham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Cornelius Ryan 2,965 51.5 -48.5
CPNP George Duffy 2,794 48.5 +48.5
Total formal votes 5,759 97.6
Informal votes 141 2.4
Turnout 5,900 85.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

East Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1926: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Robert Roberts 3,827 61.8 +0.2
Labor John Herbert 2,369 38.2 -0.2
Total formal votes 6,196 99.2 +0.1
Informal votes 52 0.8 -0.1
Turnout 6,248 89.1 +11.2
CPNP hold Swing +0.2

Enoggera

Queensland state election, 1926: Enoggera
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Jim Kerr 5,485 61.3 +2.6
Labor Hurtle Patterson 3,463 38.7 -2.6
Total formal votes 8,948 99.2 -0.4
Informal votes 71 0.8 +0.4
Turnout 9,019 93.2 +9.5
CPNP hold Swing +2.6

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1926: Fassifern
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Ernest Bell 3,264 53.1 +0.9
Independent Country Thomas Plunkett 2,885 46.9 +46.9
Total formal votes 6,149 99.4 +0.6
Informal votes 34 0.6 -0.6
Turnout 6,183 87.1 +4.6
CPNP hold Swing +0.9

Fitzroy

Queensland state election, 1926: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry Hartley 3,787 58.4 +6.0
CPNP Frank Dawson 2,699 41.6 -6.0
Total formal votes 6,486 98.4 -0.6
Informal votes 107 1.6 +0.6
Turnout 6,593 84.0 +2.7
Labor hold Swing +6.0

Flinders

Queensland state election, 1926: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Mullan 1,342 65.9 +3.0
CPNP Neville Sturzaker 695 34.1 -3.0
Total formal votes 2,037 99.3 +0.1
Informal votes 15 0.7 -0.1
Turnout 2,052 74.9 +26.3
Labor hold Swing +3.0

Fortitude Valley

Queensland state election, 1926: Fortitude Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Wilson 3,862 62.8 +1.0
CPNP Percival Hooper 2,286 37.2 -1.0
Total formal votes 6,148 99.2 -0.1
Informal votes 47 0.8 +0.1
Turnout 6,195 88.7 +2.9
Labor hold Swing +1.0

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1926: Gregory
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Pollock unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Gympie

Queensland state election, 1926: Gympie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Dunstan 2,795 57.0 +0.9
CPNP Henry Cowie 2,108 43.0 -0.9
Total formal votes 4,903 99.1 -0.3
Informal votes 44 0.9 +0.3
Turnout 4,947 93.2 +5.4
Labor hold Swing +0.9

Herbert

Queensland state election, 1926: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Percy Pease 3,796 57.3 -9.2
CPNP Norman Mighell 2,827 42.7 +9.2
Total formal votes 6,623 99.0 +0.1
Informal votes 69 1.0 -0.1
Turnout 6,692 84.0 +8.2
Labor hold Swing -9.2

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1926: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor David Gledson 3,702 56.2 +1.5
CPNP Alfred Stephenson 2,880 43.8 -1.5
Total formal votes 6,582 98.8 -0.7
Informal votes 81 1.2 +0.7
Turnout 6,663 92.5 +1.8
Labor hold Swing +1.5

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1926: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ned Hanlon 4,201 58.8 +4.5
CPNP William Robbins 2,747 38.4 -7.3
Independent Labor Stanley Henderson 200 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 7,148 98.8 -0.3
Informal votes 87 1.2 +0.3
Turnout 7,235 91.9 +1.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Kelvin Grove

Queensland state election, 1926: Kelvin Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Lloyd 3,882 54.3 -1.3
CPNP Jack MacDonald 3,267 45.7 +1.3
Total formal votes 7,149 99.2 -0.3
Informal votes 57 0.8 +0.3
Turnout 7,206 84.8 +4.1
Labor hold Swing -1.3

Kennedy

Queensland state election, 1926: Kennedy
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry Bruce 3,122 50.2 -1.2
CPNP William Green 2,694 43.3 -5.3
Primary Producers J. Young 405 6.5 +6.5
Total formal votes 6,221 98.8 +0.4
Informal votes 75 1.2 -0.4
Turnout 6,296 89.9 +4.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Keppel

Queensland state election, 1926: Keppel
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Larcombe 3,351 58.2 -2.5
CPNP Ernest Larcombe 2,404 41.8 +2.5
Total formal votes 5,755 98.9 -0.1
Informal votes 65 1.1 +0.1
Turnout 5,820 92.2 +6.4
Labor hold Swing -2.5

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1926: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP James Fry 3,536 55.3 0.0
Labor Hamilton Jones 2,861 44.7 0.0
Total formal votes 6,397 99.1 0.0
Informal votes 59 0.9 0.0
Turnout 6,456 92.1 +3.5
CPNP hold Swing 0.0

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 8 May 1926". Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  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.
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