Electoral results for the district of Burke

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

Members for Burke

First incarnation (1873–1932)
Member		Party	Term
	William Hodgkinson		1873—1875
	James Parker		1875—1876
	Patrick O'Sullivan		1876—1878
	Roger Sheaffe		1878—1883	Dual member electorate (1888–1893)
	Edward Palmer		1883—1888	Member 2		Party	Term
	Ernest Hunter		1888—1890		William Hodgkinson		1888—1893
	John Hoolan	Labor	1890—1894
	Thomas Glassey	Labor	1894—1896
	John Hoolan	Labor	1896—1899
	William Maxwell	Labor	1899—1907
		Kidstonites	1907—1909
	Charles Collins	Labor	1909—1912
	William Murphy	Independent	1912—1918
	Darby Riordan	Labor	1918—1929
	Arthur Jones	Labor	1929—1932

Second incarnation (1960—1972)
Member		Party	Term
	Alec Inch	Labor	1960—1972

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Burke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alex Inch	4,949	58.5	−4.1
	Country	William Aplin	2,739	32.4	+7.9
	Social Credit	John Donaldson	777	9.2	−3.8
Total formal votes			8,465	96.8	−0.7
Informal votes			280	3.2	+0.7
Turnout			8,745	81.3	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alex Inch	5,337	63.0	−6.0
	Country	William Aplin	3,128	37.0	+6.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.0

1966 Queensland state election: Burke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alex Inch	4,394	62.6	−37.4
	Liberal	William Presley	1,718	24.5	+24.5
	Social Credit	John Donaldson	909	12.9	+12.9
Total formal votes			7,021	97.5
Informal votes			180	2.5
Turnout			7,201	81.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alex Inch	4,848	69.0	−31.0
	Liberal	William Presley	2,173	31.0	+31.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−31.0

1963 Queensland state election: Burke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alex Inch	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1960 Queensland state election: Burke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alex Inch	2,908	42.3
	Queensland Labor	Alfred Smith	2,294	33.3
	Country	Alexander Hindson	1,681	24.4
Total formal votes			6,883	98.7
Informal votes			88	1.3
Turnout			6,971	81.4
	Labor win		(new seat)

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Burke state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Jones	1,524	63.5	−2.3
	CPNP	Robert Clarke	878	36.5	+2.3
Total formal votes			2,402	99.3	+1.8
Informal votes			17	0.7	−1.8
Turnout			2,419	49.8	−20.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.3

1929 Queensland state election: Burke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Darby Riordan	2,205	65.8	−34.2
	CPNP	Robert Clarke	1,148	34.2	+34.2
Total formal votes			3,353	97.5
Informal votes			86	2.5
Turnout			3,439	70.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1926 Queensland state election: Burke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Darby Riordan	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1923 Queensland state election: Burke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Darby Riordan	1,943	61.1	−5.5
	United	Campbell Murray	1,235	38.9	+5.5
Total formal votes			3,178	96.0	−1.0
Informal votes			133	4.0	+1.0
Turnout			3,311	62.8	−6.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.5

1920 Queensland state election: Burke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Darby Riordan	998	66.6	+7.6
	Northern Country	John Williamson	501	33.4	+33.4
Total formal votes			1,499	97.0	−0.4
Informal votes			46	3.0	+0.4
Turnout			1,545	69.6	−3.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.6

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Burke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Darby Riordan	886	59.0	+10.8
	Independent	William Murphy	617	41.0	−10.8
Total formal votes			1,503	97.4	+1.4
Informal votes			40	2.6	−1.4
Turnout			1,543	73.2	−8.1
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	+10.8

1915 Queensland state election: Burke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Murphy	828	51.8	−1.7
	Labor	David Swiss-Davies	771	48.2	+1.7
Total formal votes			1,599	96.0	−3.0
Informal votes			66	4.0	+3.0
Turnout			1,665	81.3	+10.6
	Independent hold		Swing	−1.7

1912 Queensland state election: Burke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Murphy	1,174	53.5
	Labor	Charles Collins	1,020	46.5
Total formal votes			2,194	99.0
Informal votes			21	1.0
Turnout			2,215	70.7
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing

Elections in the 1890s

1894 by-election

1894 Burke state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Glassey	315	79.3
	Independent	William Little	82	20.6
Total formal votes			397