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Electoral results for the district of Darlington (Queensland)

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

Members for Darlington

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Member Party Term
  Tom Plunkett Country 1950–1957
  Leslie Harrison Country 1957–1960

Election results

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Elections in the 1950s

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1957 Queensland state election: Darlington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Leslie Harrison 6,589 60.1 −7.8
Labor Charles Knoll 2,227 20.3 −11.8
Independent Michael Smith 1,874 17.1 +17.1
Independent Henry Longfield 273 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 10,963 98.8 +0.1
Informal votes 128 1.2 −0.1
Turnout 11,091 93.9 +2.5
Country hold Swing +6.8
1956 Queensland state election: Darlington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Plunkett 6,823 67.9 +1.3
Labor Charles Knoll 3,223 32.1 −1.3
Total formal votes 10,046 98.7 +1.8
Informal votes 130 1.3 −1.8
Turnout 10,176 91.4 −1.9
Country hold Swing +1.3
1953 Queensland state election: Darlington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Plunkett 6,507 66.6 −33.4
Labor Charles Knoll 2,998 30.7 +30.7
Communist William Yarrow 270 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 9,775 96.9
Informal votes 314 3.1
Turnout 10,089 93.3
Country hold Swing N/A
1950 Queensland state election: Darlington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Plunkett unopposed
Country hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ 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.