Electoral results for the district of Dalby
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Dalby in Queensland state elections.
Members for Dalby
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua Peter Bell | Unaligned | 1873–1878 | |
| George Simpson | Unaligned | 1878–1882 | |
| John Jessop | Unaligned | 1882–1893 | |
| Joshua Thomas Bell | Ministerialist | 1893–1911 | |
| William Vowles | Ministerialist/Liberal/National/Country | 1911–1926 | |
| Wilfred Adams Russell | PPC/Country | 1926–1932 | |
| Jim Sparkes | Country | 1932–1935 | |
| Godfrey Morgan | Country | 1935–1938 | |
| Aubrey Slessar | Labor | 1938–1947 | |
| Charles Russell | Country | 1947–1949 | |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1940s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Charles Russell | 5,736 | 59.1 | +10.6 | |
| Labor | George Wilkes | 3,977 | 40.9 | −10.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 9,713 | 98.8 | +4.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 122 | 1.2 | −4.4 | ||
| Turnout | 9,835 | 89.3 | +0.8 | ||
| Country gain from Labor | Swing | +10.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Aubrey Slessar | 4,688 | 51.5 | −4.5 | |
| Country | Charles Russell | 4,409 | 48.5 | +4.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 9,097 | 94.4 | −4.8 | ||
| Informal votes | 537 | 5.6 | +4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 9,634 | 88.5 | +1.4 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | −4.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Aubrey Slessar | 5,434 | 56.0 | +5.7 | |
| Country | Godfrey Morgan | 4,262 | 44.0 | −5.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 9,696 | 99.2 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 74 | 0.8 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 9,770 | 87.1 | −4.6 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | +5.7 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | William King | 5,201 | 53.3 | −16.6 | |
| United Australia | William Carter | 3,830 | 39.2 | +9.1 | |
| Social Credit | Charles Martin | 727 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 9,758 | 98.7 | +1.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 128 | 1.3 | −1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 9,886 | 94.4 | +0.6 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPNP | Godfrey Morgan | 4,373 | 51.8 | ||
| Labor | George Wilkes | 4,061 | 48.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 8,434 | 99.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 84 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 8,518 | 93.1 | |||
| CPNP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPNP | Jim Sparkes | 3,904 | 53.8 | ||
| Labor | Adolphus Baker | 3,349 | 46.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 7,253 | 99.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 56 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 7,309 | 93.3 | |||
| CPNP hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPNP | Wilfred Russell | 3,511 | 65.9 | +38.3 | |
| Labor | Clive Curtis | 1,816 | 34.1 | +3.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 5,327 | ||||
| Informal votes | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| CPNP gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Producers | 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 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Primary Producers | Wilfred Russell | 3,529 | 65.7 | +65.7 | |
| Labor | Harold Francis | 1,842 | 34.3 | +7.2 | |
| Primary Producers gain from CPNP | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | William Vowles | 2,679 | 48.8 | −13.7 | |
| Labor | Hugh McAnally | 2,069 | 37.7 | +0.2 | |
| Independent Country | N C Hooper | 743 | 13.5 | +13.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 5,491 | 97.9 | −1.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 120 | 2.1 | +1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 5,611 | 84.7 | +0.8 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Country | William Vowles | 3,086 | 58.1 | −4.4 | |
| Labor | Hugh McAnally | 2,221 | 41.9 | +4.4 | |
| Country hold | Swing | −4.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | William Vowles | 3,005 | 62.5 | +62.5 | |
| Labor | James Connolly | 1,804 | 37.5 | −5.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 4,849 | 99.3 | −0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 35 | 0.7 | +0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 4,884 | 83.9 | +4.1 | ||
| Country gain from National | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | William Vowles | 2,686 | 56.9 | +23.3 | |
| Labor | Austin McKeon | 2,033 | 43.1 | +0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 4,719 | 99.4 | +1.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 28 | 0.6 | −1.5 | ||
| Turnout | 4,747 | 79.8 | −4.7 | ||
| National hold | Swing | +3.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Connolly | 1,788 | 42.5 | −0.4 | |
| Liberal | William Vowles | 1,414 | 33.6 | −23.5 | |
| Farmers' Union | Frederick Bradhurst | 1,004 | 23.9 | +23.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 4,206 | 97.9 | −1.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 89 | 2.1 | +1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 4,295 | 84.5 | +9.1 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | William Vowles | 2,165 | 53.2 | −3.9 | |
| Labor | John Connolly | 1,902 | 46.8 | +3.9 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −3.9 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Vowles | 1,992 | 57.1 | ||
| Labor | Robert Turnbull | 1,497 | 42.9 | ||
| Total formal votes | 3,489 | 99.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 19 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 3,508 | 75.4 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ 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 0708103014.