Results of the Queensland state election, 1972 (M-Z)
Queensland state election, 27 May 1972 | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 997,489 | |||||
Votes cast | 921,763 | Turnout | 92.41% | +0.64% | ||
Informal votes | 15,566 | Informal | 1.61% | -0.18% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 424,002 | 46.75% | +1.76% | 33 | + 2 | |
Liberal | 201,596 | 22.23% | -1.45% | 21 | + 2 | |
Country | 181,404 | 20.00% | -1.02% | 26 | ± 0 | |
Democratic Labor | 69,757 | 7.69% | +0.46% | 0 | - 1 | |
Independent | 30,187 | 3.33% | +0.48% | 2 | + 1 | |
Total | 906,946 | 82 | ||||
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1972 Queensland state election for electorates from M to Z.
Results by electoral district
Mackay
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Independent | Ed Casey | 5,239 | 36.2 | +36.2 | |
Labor | John Breen | 4,027 | 27.8 | -30.9 | |
Country | Charles Johnstone | 3,717 | 25.7 | +25.7 | |
Liberal | Robert Gray | 1,480 | 10.2 | -27.5 | |
Total formal votes | 14,463 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 190 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 14,653 | 92.6 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Ed Casey | 9,167 | 63.4 | +63.4 | |
Labor | John Breen | 5,296 | 36.6 | -20.1 | |
Independent gain from Labor | Swing | +63.4 | |||
Mansfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Raymond Lynch | 6,358 | 46.0 | ||
Liberal | Bill Kaus | 6,193 | 44.8 | ||
Democratic Labor | John Thompson | 1,094 | 7.9 | ||
Independent | William Kenney | 187 | 1.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,832 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 251 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 14,083 | 94.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bill Kaus | 7,198 | 52.0 | +0.7 | |
Labor | Raymond Lynch | 6,634 | 48.0 | -0.7 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Maryborough
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Gilbert Alison | 5,908 | 52.4 | +14.5 | |
Labor | Edward Weber | 5,184 | 46.0 | -10.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Matthews Minnegal | 186 | 1.6 | -4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 11,278 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 100 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 11,378 | 95.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Gilbert Alison | 6,063 | 53.8 | +11.3 | |
Labor | Edward Weber | 5,215 | 46.2 | -11.3 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +11.3 | |||
Merthyr
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Don Lane | 5,369 | 52.2 | +2.3 | |
Labor | Denis Pie | 4,058 | 39.5 | -0.9 | |
Democratic Labor | James Moss | 849 | 8.3 | -1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 10,276 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 228 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 10,504 | 92.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Don Lane | 6,075 | 59.1 | +2.5 | |
Labor | Denis Pie | 4,201 | 40.9 | -2.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
Mirani
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Tom Newbery | 5,197 | 62.1 | +7.9 | |
Labor | Bernard Kirwan | 3,172 | 37.9 | -7.9 | |
Total formal votes | 8,369 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 102 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 8,471 | 92.5 | |||
Country hold | Swing | +7.9 | |||
Mount Coot-tha
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bill Lickiss | 6,880 | 56.6 | -2.0 | |
Labor | Ian De Lacy | 3,893 | 32.1 | +2.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Cecilia Edwards | 1,371 | 11.3 | -0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 12,144 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 163 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 12,307 | 91.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bill Lickiss | 8,019 | 66.0 | -3.2 | |
Labor | Ian De Lacy | 4,125 | 34.0 | +3.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.2 | |||
Mount Gravatt
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Avery | 5,922 | 46.6 | +5.7 | |
Liberal | Geoff Chinchen | 5,885 | 46.3 | -6.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Michael Scragg | 901 | 7.1 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 12,708 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 153 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 12,861 | 95.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Geoff Chinchen | 6,671 | 52.5 | -4.1 | |
Labor | Bill Avery | 6,037 | 47.5 | +4.1 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.1 | |||
Mount Isa
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alex Inch | 4,949 | 64.9 | +6.4 | |
Country | Lillian Noakes | 2,964 | 26.5 | -5.9 | |
Democratic Labor | John Turner | 957 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
Total formal votes | 11,184 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 332 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 11,516 | 83.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Alex Inch | 7,425 | 66.4 | +3.4 | |
Country | Lillian Oakes | 3,759 | 33.6 | -3.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Mourilyan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Moore | 5,039 | 55.7 | +2.4 | |
Country | Peter Mitchell | 2,949 | 32.6 | -1.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Geoffrey Higham | 1,054 | 11.7 | -1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 9,042 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 160 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 9,202 | 91.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Moore | 5,169 | 57.2 | +4.6 | |
Country | Peter Mitchell | 3,874 | 42.8 | -4.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.6 | |||
Mulgrave
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Roy Armstrong | 4,952 | 58.4 | +3.7 | |
Labor | Leslie Scheu | 3,530 | 41.6 | -3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 8,482 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 161 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 8,643 | 92.6 | |||
Country hold | Swing | +3.7 | |||
Murrumba
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Alex Barr | 6,138 | 46.3 | +1.8 | |
Country | Des Frawley | 4,444 | 33.6 | -14.7 | |
Liberal | Kathleen Macadam | 2,020 | 15.2 | +15.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Paul Maguire | 652 | 4.9 | -2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 13,254 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 249 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 13,503 | 92.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Des Frawley | 6,762 | 51.0 | -9.1 | |
Labor | Alex Barr | 6,492 | 49.0 | +9.1 | |
Country hold | Swing | -9.1 | |||
Nudgee
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Melloy | 7,908 | 64.3 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Alan Camp | 3,288 | 26.7 | -0.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Gordon Blain | 1,100 | 9.0 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 12,296 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 221 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 12,517 | 94.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Melloy | 8,042 | 65.4 | +1.7 | |
Liberal | Alan Camp | 4,254 | 34.6 | -1.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Nundah
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Knox | 5,341 | 47.3 | -1.9 | |
Labor | Ian Brusasco | 5,100 | 45.2 | +4.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Ambrose Shannon | 853 | 7.5 | -3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 11,294 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 115 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 11,409 | 93.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | William Knox | 6,092 | 53.9 | -5.5 | |
Labor | Ian Brusasco | 5,202 | 46.1 | +5.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.5 | |||
Pine Rivers
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kenneth Leese | 8,259 | 53.3 | ||
Country | Allan Male | 3,587 | 23.2 | ||
Liberal | William Battershill | 2,771 | 17.9 | ||
Democratic Labor | Brian Flynn | 872 | 5.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,489 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 252 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 15,741 | 93.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kenneth Leese | 8,794 | 56.8 | +4.4 | |
Country | Allan Male | 6,695 | 43.2 | -4.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Port Curtis
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Martin Hanson | 10,652 | 82.2 | +0.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Marguerita Glen | 1,771 | 18.7 | -0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 12,959 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 278 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 13,237 | 91.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Redcliffe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Trueman | 5,218 | 41.7 | +2.3 | |
Country | Jim Houghton | 4,179 | 33.4 | -20.2 | |
Liberal | John Hodges | 2,415 | 19.3 | +19.3 | |
Democratic Labor | Thomas Grundy | 709 | 5.6 | -1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 12,521 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 177 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 12,698 | 92.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Jim Houghton | 6,932 | 55.4 | -5.5 | |
Labor | Jack Trueman | 5,589 | 44.6 | +5.5 | |
Country hold | Swing | -5.5 | |||
Redlands
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Edgar Baldwin | 6,929 | 51.6 | +2.4 | |
Country | Ernest Wood | 3,271 | 24.3 | -19.2 | |
Liberal | Edward Fitzgerald | 2,746 | 20.4 | +20.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Kenneth Bayliss | 486 | 3.6 | -3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 13,432 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 229 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 13,661 | 91.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Edgar Baldwin | 7,395 | 55.1 | +2.0 | |
Country | Ernest Wood | 6,037 | 44.9 | -2.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Rockhampton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Keith Wright | 6,319 | 53.2 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | Rex Pilbeam | 3,163 | 26.6 | -14.2 | |
Country | Terence Molloy | 1,741 | 14.6 | +14.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Robert Bom | 658 | 5.5 | -2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 11,881 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 125 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 12,006 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Keith Wright | 6,643 | 55.9 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | Rex Pilbeam | 5,238 | 44.1 | -3.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.7 | |||
Rockhampton North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Les Yewdale | 5,639 | 44.0 | -21.8 | |
Liberal | Peter Vamvakaris | 3,156 | 24.6 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Merv Thackeray | 2,969 | 23.2 | +23.2 | |
Democratic Labor | John McKenna | 1,042 | 8.1 | -2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 12,806 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 175 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 12,981 | 96.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Les Yewdale | 6,540 | 51.1 | -14.9 | |
Liberal | Peter Vamvakaris | 6,266 | 48.9 | +14.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -14.9 | |||
Roma
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ken Tomkins | 4,613 | 53.0 | -3.5 | |
Labor | Marcus Thew | 2,309 | 31.8 | +1.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Patrick Feeney | 1,102 | 15.2 | +15.2 | |
Total formal votes | 7,265 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 73 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,338 | 90.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Ken Tomkins | 4,647 | 64.0 | +3.4 | |
Labor | Marcus Thew | 2,618 | 36.0 | -3.4 | |
Country hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Salisbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Doug Sherrington | 8,447 | 65.0 | -4.5 | |
Liberal | Rosemary Kyburz | 3,226 | 24.8 | -2.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Kenneth Wall | 1,328 | 10.2 | +6.5 | |
Total formal votes | 13,001 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 194 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 13,195 | 92.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Doug Sherrington | 8,671 | 66.7 | -1.5 | |
Liberal | Rosemary Kyburz | 4,330 | 33.3 | +1.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.5 | |||
Sandgate
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harold Dean | 7,184 | 61.7 | -1.5 | |
Liberal | Ivan Brown | 2,684 | 23.1 | -4.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Bernard Beston | 1,770 | 15.2 | +5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 11,638 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 208 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 11,846 | 92.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Harold Dean | 7,399 | 63.6 | -2.5 | |
Liberal | Ivan Brown | 4,239 | 36.4 | +2.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -2.5 | |||
Sherwood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Herbert | 6,817 | 53.6 | -3.7 | |
Labor | Kerry Keating | 4,947 | 38.9 | +3.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Clarice Weedon | 960 | 7.5 | -0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 12,724 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 217 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 12,941 | 93.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Herbert | 7,615 | 59.8 | -6.4 | |
Labor | Kerry Keating | 5,109 | 40.2 | +6.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.4 | |||
Somerset
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Gunn | 6,925 | 56.5 | -4.1 | |
Labor | Henry Riis | 3,874 | 31.6 | -7.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Roland Forgan | 1,263 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Independent | Robert Wilkie | 198 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 12,260 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 128 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 12,388 | 93.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Bill Gunn | 8,133 | 66.3 | +5.7 | |
Labor | Henry Riis | 4,127 | 33.7 | -5.7 | |
Country hold | Swing | +5.7 | |||
South Brisbane
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Bromley | 5,609 | 49.4 | -9.8 | |
Liberal | Joseph Fenton | 2,885 | 25.4 | -4.5 | |
Independent | Col Bennett | 2,227 | 19.6 | +19.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Viliam Simek | 591 | 5.2 | -3.4 | |
Independent | Anton Terpstra | 47 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 11,359 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 375 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 11,734 | 91.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Fred Bromley | 6,933 | 61.0 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Joseph Fenton | 4,426 | 39.0 | -4.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.3 | |||
South Coast
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Russ Hinze | 5,072 | 39.2 | -1.0 | |
Labor | Ronald Todd | 4,410 | 34.1 | +12.2 | |
Liberal | Bruce Bishop | 2,256 | 17.4 | -15.0 | |
Independent | Douglas Roughton | 694 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Victor Kearney | 493 | 3.8 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 12,925 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 291 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 13,216 | 88.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Russ Hinze | 7,975 | 61.7 | -9.0 | |
Labor | Ronald Todd | 4,950 | 38.3 | +9.0 | |
Country hold | Swing | -9.0 | |||
Stafford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Roy Harvey | 5,872 | 49.5 | ||
Liberal | Percy Smith | 4,834 | 40.7 | ||
Democratic Labor | James Hancock | 1,163 | 9.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,869 | 95.4 | |||
Informal votes | 545 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 12,414 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Roy Harvey | 6,119 | 51.6 | -0.8 | |
Liberal | Percy Smith | 5,750 | 48.4 | +0.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.8 | |||
Surfers Paradise
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Keith Hunt | 4,223 | 30.1 | ||
Liberal | John McIlwain | 4,202 | 29.9 | ||
Country | Bruce Small | 4,122 | 29.4 | ||
Independent | Eileen Peters | 655 | 4.7 | ||
Democratic Labor | Frederick Bassani | 536 | 3.8 | ||
Independent | William Daniel | 303 | 2.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,041 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 398 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 14,439 | 87.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Bruce Small | 8,368 | 59.6 | -11.4 | |
Labor | Keith Hunt | 5,673 | 40.4 | +11.4 | |
Country hold | Swing | -11.4 | |||
Toowong
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles Porter | 6,248 | 55.6 | -3.5 | |
Labor | Donald Dignam | 3,987 | 35.5 | +4.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Brian O'Brien | 996 | 8.9 | -1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 11,231 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 150 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 11,381 | 92.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Charles Porter | 7,076 | 63.0 | -4.3 | |
Labor | Donald Dignam | 4,155 | 37.0 | +4.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.3 | |||
Toowoomba North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ray Bousen | 7,336 | 61.8 | +13.8 | |
Country | Nellie E. Robinson | 2,072 | 17.4 | -9.4 | |
Liberal | A.L.P. Zerbst | 1,599 | 13.5 | -2.9 | |
Democratic Labor | John Davis | 872 | 7.3 | -1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 11,879 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 99 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 11,978 | 93.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ray Bousen | 7,707 | 64.9 | +7.8 | |
Country | Nellie Robinson | 4,172 | 35.1 | -7.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +7.8 | |||
Toowoomba South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Peter Wood | 6,148 | 53.1 | -0.3 | |
Country | John Peel | 2,446 | 21.1 | +21.1 | |
Liberal | Allison Dickson | 2,151 | 18.6 | -21.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Francis Mullins | 831 | 7.2 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 11,576 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 133 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 11,709 | 94.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Wood | 6,589 | 56.9 | +3.0 | |
Country | John Peel | 4,987 | 43.1 | +43.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
Townsville
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Norman Scott-Young | 3,913 | 36.5 | ||
Labor | Michael Reynolds | 3,672 | 34.3 | ||
Country | Owen Griffiths | 2,341 | 21.9 | ||
Democratic Labor | William Higgins | 783 | 7.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,709 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 148 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 10,857 | 85.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Norman Scott-Young | 6,588 | 61.5 | +4.3 | |
Labor | Michael Reynolds | 4,121 | 38.5 | -4.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.3 | |||
Townsville South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tom Aikens | 5,500 | 51.0 | -2.1 | |
Labor | Alex Wilson | 4,391 | 40.7 | +6.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Kerry Smith | 890 | 8.3 | -2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 10,781 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 144 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 10,925 | 93.9 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Tom Aikens | 6,210 | 57.6 | -1.6 | |
Labor | Alex Wilson | 4,571 | 42.4 | +1.6 | |
Independent hold | Swing | -1.6 | |||
Townsville West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Perc Tucker | 5,526 | 49.2 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Keith Rundle | 3,091 | 27.5 | +2.3 | |
Country | Jean Thomas | 1,477 | 13.1 | -3.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Brian Hurney | 1,146 | 10.2 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 11,240 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 145 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 11,385 | 91.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Perc Tucker | 5,862 | 52.2 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Keith Rundle | 5,378 | 47.8 | -2.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Warrego
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Aiken | 4,728 | 63.4 | +18.4 | |
Country | John Nevell | 2,729 | 36.6 | -2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 7,457 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 97 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 7,554 | 90.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Warwick
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | David Cory | 4,258 | 49.3 | -4.5 | |
Labor | Raymond Lyons | 3,053 | 35.4 | -2.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Daniel Skehan | 679 | 7.9 | -0.3 | |
Independent | Norman Stuart | 641 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
Total formal votes | 8,631 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 98 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 8,729 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | David Cory | 5,305 | 61.5 | +0.2 | |
Labor | Raymond Lyons | 3,326 | 38.5 | -0.2 | |
Country hold | Swing | +0.2 | |||
Wavell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Herbert Bromley | 5,661 | 47.0 | +9.5 | |
Liberal | Arthur Crawford | 5,351 | 44.5 | +15.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Peter Flanagan | 1,024 | 8.5 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 12,036 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 103 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 12,139 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Arthur Crawford | 6,279 | 52.2 | -2.7 | |
Labor | Herbert Bromley | 5,757 | 47.8 | +2.7 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.7 | |||
Whitsunday
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ron Camm | 5,024 | 52.7 | ||
Labor | Graeme Bowen | 4,029 | 42.2 | ||
Democratic Labor | Bernard Lewis | 485 | 5.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,538 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 121 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 9,659 | 93.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Ron Camm | 5,427 | 56.9 | +0.3 | |
Labor | Graeme Bowen | 4,111 | 43.1 | -0.3 | |
Country hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
Windsor
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bryan Walsh | 5,090 | 43.8 | -1.8 | |
Liberal | Bob Moore | 5,060 | 43.5 | +1.0 | |
Democratic 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 | |||
Wolston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Evan Marginson | 7,973 | 65.4 | +7.0 | |
Liberal | Dirk Plooy | 2,595 | 21.3 | -16.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Leonard Maguire | 971 | 8.0 | +3.9 | |
Independent | George Whyte | 653 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 12,192 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 334 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 12,526 | 92.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Evan Marginson | 8,572 | 70.3 | +8.7 | |
Liberal | Dirk Plooy | 3,620 | 29.7 | -8.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +8.7 | |||
Wynnum
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Edward Harris | 7,352 | 63.3 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Brian Cahill | 3,427 | 29.5 | -2.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Gordon Randall | 835 | 7.2 | +1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 11,614 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 167 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 11,781 | 93.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Edward Harris | 7,493 | 64.5 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | Brian Cahill | 4,121 | 35.5 | -1.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
Yeronga
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Norm Lee | 5,546 | 48.3 | -1.2 | |
Labor | Clem Jones | 5,156 | 44.9 | +5.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Harold Wright | 770 | 6.7 | -4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 11,472 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 156 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 11,628 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Norm Lee | 6,234 | 54.3 | -5.7 | |
Labor | Clem Jones | 5,238 | 45.7 | +5.7 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.7 | |||
See also
- Results of the Queensland state election, 1972 (A-L)
- Queensland state election, 1972
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1972-1974
References
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