COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== Seven senators to be elected. Quota for election: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 697,029 +05.6 Votes cast: 658,607 94.5 +01.8 Informal votes: 46,861 07.1 +00.4 Formal votes: 611,746 92.9 -00.4 Quota for election: 76,469 12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Benjamin COURTICE * ALP 255,478 41.8 ELECTED 2 Archibald Benn ALP 2,109 00.3 Group A Hon Gordon Brown * ALP 5,339 00.9 Q:3.532 Robert Elliott ALP 3,162 00.5 Martin Hanson ALP 1,598 00.3 John Quinlan ALP 2,382 00.4 Edmund MAHER CP 310,816 50.8 ELECTED 1 Ian Wood Lib 7,125 01.2 Group B Roy Kendall Lib 1,412 00.2 Q:4.217 Wilfred Simmonds Lib 3,137 00.5 Max Julius CPA 8,967 01.5 Group C Alexander MacDonald CPA 744 00.1 Q:0.138 Gwendoline Phelan CPA 488 00.1 Herbert Field CPA 385 00.1 James Fowler 5,139 00.8 Group D Arthur Sainsbury 855 00.1 Q:0.078 James Julin 2,610 00.4 Q:0.034 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 611,746 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Each state elected seven Senators because of the enlargement of the Senate. The first five Senators chosen were elected to six-year terms, while the last two Senators chosen were elected for three- year terms, joined the continuing Senators elected in 1946. 2. Hanson was Qld MLA for Port Curtis 1963-76. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Maher's 234,347 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COURTICE * E 255,478 41.8 ELECTED 2 Benn 555 00.2 2,664 00.4 Brown * 229 00.1 5,568 00.9 Elliott 66 00.0 3,228 00.5 Hanson 66 00.0 1,664 00.3 Quinlan 118 00.1 2,500 00.4 MAHER E 76,469 12.5 ELECTED 1 WOOD 232,021 99.0 239,146 39.1 ELECTED 3 Kendall 543 00.2 1,955 00.3 Simmonds 493 00.2 3,630 00.6 Julius 53 00.0 9,020 01.5 MacDonald 71 00.0 815 00.1 Phelan 34 00.0 522 00.1 Field 9 00.0 394 00.1 Fowler 35 00.0 5,174 00.8 Sainsbury 13 00.0 868 00.1 Julin 41 00.0 2,651 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 234,347 611,746 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Courtice's 179,009 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COURTICE * E 76,469 12.5 ELECTED 2 BENN 175,302 97.9 177,966 29.1 ELECTED 4 Brown * 1,740 01.0 7,308 01.2 Elliott 458 00.3 3,686 00.6 Hanson 250 00.1 1,914 00.3 Quinlan 227 00.1 2,727 00.4 MAHER E 76,469 12.5 ELECTED 1 WOOD 485 00.3 239,631 39.2 ELECTED 3 Kendall 75 00.0 2,030 00.3 Simmonds 62 00.0 3,692 00.6 Julius 200 00.1 9,220 01.5 MacDonald 41 00.0 856 00.1 Phelan 33 00.0 555 00.1 Field 15 00.0 409 00.1 Fowler 53 00.0 5,227 00.9 Sainsbury 15 00.0 883 00.1 Julin 53 00.0 2,704 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 179,009 611,746 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Wood's 163,162 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COURTICE * E 76,469 12.5 ELECTED 2 BENN E 177,966 29.1 ELECTED 4 Brown * 183 00.1 7,491 01.2 Elliott 31 00.0 3,717 00.6 Hanson 17 00.0 1,931 00.3 Quinlan 15 00.0 2,742 00.4 MAHER E 76,469 12.5 ELECTED 1 WOOD E 76,469 12.5 ELECTED 3 KENDALL 162,701 99.7 164,731 26.9 ELECTED 5 Simmonds 160 00.1 3,852 00.6 Julius 12 00.0 9,232 01.5 MacDonald 15 00.0 871 00.1 Phelan 4 00.0 559 00.1 Field 4 00.0 413 00.1 Fowler 13 00.0 5,240 00.9 Sainsbury 3 00.0 886 00.1 Julin 4 00.0 2,708 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 163,162 611,746 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Benn's 101,497 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COURTICE * E 76,469 12.5 ELECTED 2 BENN E 76,469 12.5 ELECTED 4 BROWN * 101,248 99.8 108,739 17.8 ELECTED 6 Elliott 116 00.1 3,833 00.6 Hanson 33 00.0 1,964 00.3 Quinlan 26 00.0 2,768 00.5 MAHER E 76,469 12.5 ELECTED 1 WOOD E 76,469 12.5 ELECTED 3 KENDALL 26 00.0 164,757 26.9 ELECTED 5 Simmonds 12 00.0 3,864 00.6 Julius 15 00.0 9,247 01.5 MacDonald 7 00.0 878 00.1 Phelan 1 00.0 560 00.1 Field 2 00.0 415 00.1 Fowler 4 00.0 5,244 00.9 Sainsbury 3 00.0 889 00.1 Julin 4 00.0 2,712 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 101,497 611,746 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Kendall's 88,288 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COURTICE * E 76,469 12.5 ELECTED 2 BENN E 76,469 12.5 ELECTED 4 BROWN * E 108,739 17.8 ELECTED 6 Elliott 30 00.0 3,863 00.6 Hanson 8 00.0 1,972 00.3 Quinlan 7 00.0 2,775 00.5 MAHER E 76,469 12.5 ELECTED 1 WOOD E 76,469 12.5 ELECTED 3 KENDALL E 76,469 12.5 ELECTED 5 SIMMONDS 88,213 99.9 92,077 15.1 ELECTED 7 Julius 4 00.0 9,251 01.5 MacDonald 2 00.0 880 00.1 Phelan 1 00.0 561 00.1 Field 1 00.0 416 00.1 Fowler 10 00.0 5,254 00.9 Sainsbury 5 00.0 894 00.1 Julin 7 00.0 2,719 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 88,288 611,746 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown and Simmonds began their terms 22 February 1950. Benn, Courtice, Kendall, Maher and Wood began their terms 1 July 1950. Benn, Courtice, Kendall, Maher and Wood elected for a term ending 30 June 1956. Brown and Simmonds elected to a term ending 30 June 1953 (because of the enlargement of the Senate). Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1953): Walter COOPER (CP), Neil O'SULLIVAN (Lib), Annabelle RANKIN (Lib). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brown and Simmonds began their terms on 22 February 1950 because they had been elected to fill the two short-term vacancies created by the enlargement of the Senate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archibald Malcolm Benn (1897-1980): Elected 1949 Born: 1897, Darling Downs, Queensland Career: Educated Melbourne. Public servant, Queensland Public Service. Director of Labour, Queensland, World War II. > Gordon Brown (1885-1967): Elected 1931, 1937, 1943, 1949 President of the Senate to 19 March 1951 > Walter Jackson Cooper (1891-1973): Elected 1928. Defeated 1931. Elected 1934, 1940, 1946 Minister for Repatriation from 19 December 1949 > Benjamin Courtice (1886-1972): Appointed 1937. Elected 1937, 1943, 1949 Minister for Trade and Customs to 19 December 1949 > Roy Kendall (1899-1972): Elected 1949 Born: 9 June 1899, London, England Career: Educated Bristol Cathedral School, Bristol, England. Merchant seaman. Military Service 1914-18, 1939-45. Newsagent, Brisbane. > Edmund Bede Maher (1891-1982): Elected 1949 Born: 8 June 1891, Forbes, NSW Career: Educated Catholic schools, NSW. Post office worker, stock agent. Grazier, Queensland, from 1921. Businessman and company director. State politics: Qld MLA for Rosewood 1929-32, West Moreton 1932-49. Leader of the Opposition 1936, Leader of the CP 1936. > Neil O'Sullivan (1900-68): Elected 1946 Minister for Trade and Customs from 19 December 1949 > Annabelle Jane Mary Rankin (1908-86): Elected 1946 > Wildred Mylchreest Simmonds (1890-1967): Elected 1949 Born: 1890, Cairns, Queensland Career: Educated Mulgrave, Queensland. Sugar cane grower. Military Service 1917-19. Mulgrave Shire Council. Simmonds retired at the 1951 election. Died 2 January 1967 > Ian Alexander Christie Wood (1901-92): Elected 1949 Born: 31 January 1901, Mackay, Queensland Career: Educated state schools. Travel agent, Mackay, Queensland. Mackay City Council, Mayor 1930-33, 1943-52. President Queensland Local Government Association, Mackay Chamber of Commerce. --------------------------------------------------------------------