Electoral results for the district of Kennedy

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

Members for Kennedy

This section is an excerpt from Electoral district of Kennedy § Members for Kennedy.[edit]

The members for Kennedy were:

Member		Party	Term
	George Elphinstone Dalrymple	none	18 Mar 1865 – 19 Jul 1867
	Thomas Henry FitzGerald	none	19 Jul 1867 – 11 June 1869
	John Bright	none	10 July 1869 –   8 Jul 1870
	Edward MacDevitt	none	15 Sep 1870 – 18 Nov 1873
	John Murtagh Macrossan	none	25 Nov 1873 – 28 Nov 1878	Member 2 (1878–1888)		Party
	Henry Wyndham Palmer	none	28 Nov 1878 –   5 Oct 1883		Francis Horace Stubley	none
	Isidor Lissner	Ministerial	5 Oct 1883 – 12 May 1888		Sir Arthur Rutledge	Ministerial
			12 May 1888 – 13 May 1893
	George Jackson	Labor	13 May 1893 –   2 Oct 1909
	James O'Sullivan	Labor	2 Oct 1909 –   9 Oct 1920
	John Jones	Northern Country	9 Oct 1920 – 12 May 1923
	Harry Bruce	Labor	12 May 1923 – 11 June 1932
	Arthur Fadden	CPNP	11 June 1932 – 11 May 1935
	Cecil Jesson	Labor	11 May 1935 – 29 Apr 1950

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 Queensland state election § Kennedy.[edit]

1947 Queensland state election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	4,331	44.8	−5.9
	People's Party	Robert Johnston	4,079	42.2	+19.1
	Communist	John Clubley	1,264	13.1	−13.1
Total formal votes			9,674	98.2	+0.3
Informal votes			178	1.8	−0.3
Turnout			9,852	85.7	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 Queensland state election § Kennedy.[edit]

1944 Queensland state election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	4,297	50.7	−7.0
	Communist	John Clubley	2,220	26.2	+15.3
	People's Party	Aubrey Jurd	1,954	23.1	+23.1
Total formal votes			8,471	97.9	−0.3
Informal votes			180	2.1	+0.3
Turnout			8,651	82.3	−6.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 Queensland state election § Kennedy.[edit]

1941 Queensland state election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	5,210	57.7	−6.1
	Country	Aubrey Jurd	2,833	31.4	−4.8
	Communist	Florence Milburn	980	10.9	+10.9
Total formal votes			9,023	98.2	+0.3
Informal votes			161	1.8	−0.3
Turnout			9,184	88.4	−1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

• Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 Queensland state election § Kennedy.[edit]

1938 Queensland state election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	5,492	63.8	−0.1
	Country	James Kennedy	3,120	36.2	+0.1
Total formal votes			8,612	97.9	+1.1
Informal votes			183	2.1	−1.1
Turnout			8,795	90.1	−1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.1

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 Queensland state election § Kennedy.[edit]

1935 Queensland state election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	5,160	63.9
	CPNP	John Jackson	2,920	36.1
Total formal votes			8,080	96.8
Informal votes			267	3.2
Turnout			8,347	91.5
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 Queensland state election § Kennedy.[edit]

1932 Queensland state election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPNP	Arthur Fadden	3,747	50.6
	Labor	Patrick Hayes	3,653	49.4
Total formal votes			7,400	98.4
Informal votes			119	1.6
Turnout			7,519	92.2
	CPNP gain from Labor		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1929 Queensland state election § Kennedy.[edit]

1929 Queensland state election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Bruce	3,405	55.4	+5.2
	CPNP	Henry Hollins	2,738	44.6	+1.3
Total formal votes			6,143
Informal votes
Turnout
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1926 Queensland state election § Kennedy.[edit]

1926 Queensland state election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Bruce	3,122	50.2	−1.2
	CPNP	William Green	2,694	43.3	−5.3
	Primary Producers	John 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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1923 Queensland state election § Kennedy.[edit]

1923 Queensland state election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Bruce	2,757	51.4	+3.4
	United	John Clegg	2,612	48.6	−3.4
Total formal votes			5,369	98.4	+0.2
Informal votes			88	1.6	−0.2
Turnout			5,457	85.0	+8.5
	Labor gain from United		Swing	+3.4

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 Queensland state election § Kennedy.[edit]

1920 Queensland state election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Northern Country	John Jones	1,102	52.0	+52.0
	Labor	James O'Sullivan	1,016	48.0	−13.1
Total formal votes			2,118	98.2	+0.1
Informal votes			38	1.8	−0.1
Turnout			2,156	76.5	0.0
	Northern Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1918 Queensland state election § Kennedy.[edit]

1918 Queensland state election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James O'Sullivan	1,328	61.1	−6.7
	National	Andrew Taylor	846	38.9	+6.7
Total formal votes			2,174	98.1	+1.2
Informal votes			42	1.9	−1.2
Turnout			2,216	76.5	−14.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.7

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1915 Queensland state election § Kennedy.[edit]

1915 Queensland state election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James O'Sullivan	1,594	67.8	+10.3
	Liberal	John Houghton	756	32.2	−10.3
Total formal votes			2,350	96.9	−0.9
Informal votes			76	3.1	+0.9
Turnout			2,426	82.9	+8.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.3

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1912 Queensland state election § Kennedy.[edit]

1912 Queensland state election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James O'Sullivan	1,445	57.5
	Liberal	Osborn Fenwick	1,070	42.5
Total formal votes			2,515	97.8
Informal votes			56	2.2
Turnout			2,571	77.5
	Labor hold		Swing