COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== BOWMAN, Qld ==================================================================== Inner Brisbane: Bulimba, Coorparoo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,205 +04.6 Votes cast: 40,506 96.0 +00.6 Informal votes: 907 02.2 -00.1 Formal votes: 39,599 97.8 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mabel Hanson CPA 1,552 03.9 +02.2 Michael Lyons ALP 16,637 42.0 -02.9 Malcolm McCOLM * Lib 21,410 54.1 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,599 05.6 e 01.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Llewellyn McColm (1914-66): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRISBANE, Qld ==================================================================== Inner Brisbane: Fortitude Valley, Kelvin Grove, Merthyr, Paddington -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,038 -04.1 Votes cast: 35,582 93.5 -00.1 Informal votes: 886 02.5 -00.2 Formal votes: 34,696 97.5 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Graham CPA 2,225 06.4 +01.0 Hon George LAWSON * ALP 18,588 53.6 +01.3 Donagh McDonagh Lib 13,883 40.0 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,696 09.5 e 02.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Lawson (1881-1966): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPRICORNIA, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Fitzroy, Gladstone, Mt Morgan, Rockhampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,407 +00.8 Votes cast: 33,267 96.7 +00.1 Informal votes: 346 01.0 -00.5 Formal votes: 32,921 99.0 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Gardner ALP 15,848 48.1 +01.5 Henry PEARCE * Lib 17,073 51.9 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,921 01.9 00.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gardner was Qld MLA for Rockhampton 1956-60. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry George Pearce (born 1917): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING DOWNS, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Crows Nest, Jandaryan, Pittsworth, Toowoomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 12.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,469 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald SWARTZ * Lib Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald William Colin Swartz (1911-2006): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DAWSON, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Mackay, Mirani, Proserpine, Rockhampton North -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 08.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,082 00.0 Votes cast: 34,385 95.3 +01.8 Informal votes: 554 01.6 -00.4 Formal votes: 33,831 98.4 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles DAVIDSON * CP 19,058 56.3 -02.1 George Hyde ALP 14,773 43.7 +06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,831 06.3 02.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles William Davidson (1897-1985): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FISHER, Qld ==================================================================== North of Brisbane: Gympie, Landsborough, Nanago, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 20.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,247 -01.0 Votes cast: 40,944 96.9 +02.0 Informal votes: 575 01.4 +00.3 Formal votes: 40,369 98.6 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles ADERMANN * CP 29,417 72.9 +06.4 Geoffrey Arnell ALP 10,952 27.1 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,369 22.9 02.2 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Frederick Adermann (1896-1979): Elected 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GRIFFITH, Qld ==================================================================== Inner Brisbane: Buranda, Kurilpa, Maree, South Brisbane -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,964 -01.7 Votes cast: 36,244 95.5 +00.3 Informal votes: 852 02.4 -00.8 Formal votes: 35,392 97.6 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas BERRY * Lib 19,019 53.7 +02.0 William Thieme ALP 16,373 46.3 +00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,392 03.7 01.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas Reginald Berry (1907-57): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HERBERT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Ayr, Ingham, Townsville, Tully -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,401 +00.9 Votes cast: 36,928 93.7 +00.6 Informal votes: 991 02.7 -00.5 Formal votes: 35,937 97.3 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas Jeffrey CP 15,332 42.7 -02.7 William EDMONDS * ALP 19,445 54.1 +04.7 Gwendoline Phelan CPA 1,160 03.2 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,937 07.0 e 03.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Frederick Edmonds (1903-68): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KENNEDY, Qld ==================================================================== North-west Queensland: Bowen, Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Longreach -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 08.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,181 -00.6 Votes cast: 28,232 90.5 +01.2 Informal votes: 494 01.7 -00.2 Formal votes: 27,738 98.3 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sylvester Browne CP 11,038 39.8 -01.7 Hon William RIORDAN * ALP 16,700 60.2 +05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,738 10.2 01.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James Riordan (1908-73): Elected 1936 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEICHHARDT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queenaland: Atherton, Cairns, Gordonvale, Mareeba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,936 +01.3 Votes cast: 35,186 92.8 +01.3 Informal votes: 867 02.5 -01.7 Formal votes: 34,319 97.5 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Anear CPA 1,329 03.9 +00.4 Hon Henry Bruce ALP 16,827 49.0 +06.7 Thomas Gilmore * CP 16,163 47.1 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,319 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Anear's 1,329 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRUCE 1,256 94.5 18,083 52.7 Gilmore * 73 05.5 16,236 47.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,329 34,319 02.7 04.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Vernon Gilmore (1908-94): Elected 1949. Defeated 1951 Later career: Grazier and cattle-breeder. Died 15 November 1994 > Henry Adam Bruce (1884-1958): Elected 1951 Born: 16 May 1884, Wandiligong, Victoria. Career: Educated Haylebury College, Melbourne. Bushworker, Queensland, 1902. Sugar grower. Organiser, Australian Workers Union. State politics: Qld MLA for The Tablelands 1932-50. Secretary for Public Works 1932-47, Secretary for Public Instruction 1938-41, 1947-50. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LILLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Nundah, Sandgate, Toombul -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,594 +03.9 Votes cast: 40,546 95.2 +01.1 Informal votes: 865 02.1 +00.2 Formal votes: 39,681 97.9 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Collings 1,681 04.2 James Hadley ALP 15,055 37.9 -02.7 Bruce WIGHT * Lib 22,945 57.8 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,681 08.9 e 00.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hadley was member for Lilley 1943-49. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce McDonald Wight (1914-69): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McPHERSON, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Beaudesert, Southport, Stanthorpe, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 24.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,244 -00.3 Votes cast: 33,984 96.4 +02.4 Informal votes: 747 02.2 +00.6 Formal votes: 33,237 97.8 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Arthur FADDEN * CP 24,899 74.9 +00.7 John Rosser ALP 8,338 25.1 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,237 24.9 00.7 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur William Fadden (1895-1973): Elected 1936 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 Treasurer Leader of the Country Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARANOA, Qld ==================================================================== South-western Queensland: Dalby, Goondiwindi, Miles, Roma -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,561 +02.4 Votes cast: 32,282 93.4 -00.4 Informal votes: 475 01.5 +00.4 Formal votes: 31,807 98.5 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfred Brimblecombe CP 10,316 32.4 -27.2 Alfred Dohring ALP 11,989 37.7 -02.7 Charles Russell * 9,502 29.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,807 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Dohring was Qld MLA for Roma 1952-57. 2. Russell had lost his Country Party endorsement. He was an independent Country candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Russell's 9,502 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRIMBLECOMBE 7,755 81.6 18,071 56.8 Dohring 1,747 18.4 13,736 43.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,502 31,807 06.8 02.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Charles Wilfred Russell (1907-77): Elected 1949. Defeated 1951 Later career: Grazier. Died 21 October 1977 > Wilfred John Brimblecombe (1898-1973): Elected 1951 Born: 6 February 1898, Laidley, Queensland. Career: Educated state schools, Queensland Agricultural College. Farmer. Military Service 1915-19. Wambo Shire Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Kingston, Mt Gravatt, Sherwood, Wynnum -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,477 +10.4 Votes cast: 46,534 96.0 +00.8 Informal votes: 914 02.0 -00.1 Formal votes: 45,620 98.0 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Josiah FRANCIS * Lib 27,146 59.5 -01.9 Robert Mansfield ALP 17,661 38.7 +02.3 William Yarrow CPA 813 01.8 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,620 09.7 e 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Josiah Francis (1890-1964): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 Minister for the Army Minister for the Navy to 11 May 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- OXLEY, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Bremer, Goodna, Ipswich, Rosewood -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,086 +02.0 Votes cast: 37,125 97.5 -00.8 Informal votes: 656 01.8 -00.2 Formal votes: 36,469 98.2 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Donald CAMERON * Lib 21,219 58.2 +16.1 Andrew Crilly ALP 14,648 40.2 -00.1 Francis O'Connor CPA 602 01.7 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,469 08.4 e 01.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Alastair Cameron (1900-74): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PETRIE, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Enoggera, Kedron, North Pine, Windsor -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,090 +05.0 Votes cast: 43,225 95.9 -01.4 Informal votes: 849 02.0 -00.3 Formal votes: 42,376 98.0 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Bredhauer ALP 17,533 41.4 +04.8 Alan HULME * Lib 24,843 58.6 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,376 08.6 03.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Shallcross Hulme (1907-89): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RYAN, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Ashgrove, Ithaca, Moggill, Toowong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,501 +04.2 Votes cast: 43,537 93.6 -00.7 Informal votes: 783 01.8 00.0 Formal votes: 42,754 98.2 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nigel DRURY * Lib 26,021 60.9 +00.6 Bernard Luton ALP 16,733 39.1 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,754 10.9 00.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Nigel Drury (1911-84): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIDE BAY, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Childers, Maryborough, Pialba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 14.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,035 +02.7 Votes cast: 40,826 97.1 +00.4 Informal votes: 594 01.5 +00.1 Formal votes: 40,232 98.5 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard CORSER * CP 22,895 56.9 +00.4 Thomas Wallace ALP 17,337 43.1 +15.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,232 06.9 07.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Henry Corser (1882-1967): Elected 1928 By, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 Corser retired at the 1954 election. Later career: Grazier. Died 15 December 1967 --------------------------------------------------------------------