COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 9 MAY 1953 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND (Five Senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 725,454 +02.1 Votes cast: 687,229 94.7 -00.6 Informal votes: 18,110 02.6 -02.1 Formal votes: 669,119 97.4 +02.1 Quota for election: 111,520 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Raphael Cilento 36,239 05.4 Group A Henry Herbert 754 00.1 Q:0.360 Charles Russell 3,116 00.5 Condon BYRNE * ALP 292,985 43.8 ELECTED 2 Hon Gordon Brown * ALP 3,407 00.5 Group B William Conelan ALP 2,876 00.4 Q:2.684 Albert Robinson CPA 6,195 00.9 Group C Max Julius CPA 822 00.1 Q:0.068 Thomas Millar CPA 511 00.1 Edmund MAHER * CP 314,219 47.0 ELECTED 1 Ian Wood * Lib 3,591 00.5 Group D Roy Kendall * Lib 4,404 00.7 Q:2.889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 669,119 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cilento was Qld Director-General of Health and Medical Services 1934-45 and a well-known authority on tropical medicine. He was associated with the Australian League of Rights, a right-wing extremist group. His ticket ran as the Independent Democratic Group (Brisbane Telegraph, 2 April 1953). 2. Conelan was MHR for Griffith 1939-49. 3. Russell was Country Party MHR for Maranoa 1949-51. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Maher's 202,699 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cilento 110 00.1 36,349 05.4 Herbert 17 00.0 771 00.1 Russell 45 00.0 3,161 00.5 BYRNE * E 292,985 43.8 ELECTED 2 Brown * 72 00.0 3,479 00.5 Conelan 28 00.0 2,904 00.4 Robinson 50 00.0 6,245 00.9 Julius 26 00.0 848 00.1 Millar 32 00.0 543 00.1 MAHER * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 1 WOOD * 202,014 99.7 205,605 30.7 ELECTED 3 Kendall * 305 00.2 4,709 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 202,699 669,119 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Byrne's 181,465 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cilento 154 00.1 36,503 05.5 Herbert 43 00.0 814 00.1 Russell 49 00.0 3,210 00.5 BYRNE * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 2 BROWN * 180,755 99.6 184,234 27.5 ELECTED 4 Conelan 277 00.2 3,181 00.5 Robinson 57 00.0 6,302 00.9 Julius 32 00.0 880 00.1 Millar 8 00.0 551 00.1 MAHER * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 1 WOOD * 73 00.0 205,678 30.7 ELECTED 3 Kendall * 17 00.0 4,726 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 181,465 669,119 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Wood's 94,158 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cilento 11 00.0 36,514 05.5 Herbert 4 00.0 818 00.1 Russell 5 00.0 3,215 00.5 BYRNE * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 2 BROWN * E 184,234 27.5 ELECTED 4 Conelan 13 00.0 3,194 00.5 Robinson 5 00.0 6,307 00.9 Julius 2 00.0 882 00.1 Millar 5 00.0 556 00.1 MAHER * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 1 WOOD * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 3 Kendall * 94,113 100.0 98,839 14.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 94,158 669,119 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Brown's 72,714 surplus votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cilento 43 00.1 36,557 05.5 Herbert 6 00.0 824 00.1 Russell 19 00.0 3,234 00.5 BYRNE * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 2 BROWN * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 4 Conelan 72,590 99.8 75,784 11.3 Robinson 18 00.0 6,325 00.9 Julius 8 00.0 890 00.1 Millar 3 00.0 559 00.1 MAHER * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 1 WOOD * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 3 Kendall * 27 00.0 98,866 14.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 72,714 669,119 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Millar's 559 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cilento 16 02.9 36,573 05.5 Herbert 6 01.1 830 00.1 Russell 14 02.5 3,248 00.5 BYRNE * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 2 BROWN * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 4 Conelan 32 05.7 75,816 11.3 Robinson 41 07.3 6,366 01.0 Julius 391 69.9 1,281 00.2 MAHER * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 1 WOOD * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 3 Kendall * 59 10.6 98,925 14.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 559 669,119 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Herbert's 830 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cilento 381 45.9 36,954 05.5 Russell 329 39.6 3,577 00.5 BYRNE * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 2 BROWN * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 4 Conelan 54 06.5 75,870 11.3 Robinson 18 02.2 6,384 01.0 Julius 20 02.4 1,301 00.2 MAHER * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 1 WOOD * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 3 Kendall * 28 03.4 98,953 14.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 830 669,119 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Julius's 1,301 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cilento 60 04.6 37,014 05.5 Russell 25 01.9 3,602 00.5 BYRNE * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 2 BROWN * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 4 Conelan 126 09.7 75,996 11.4 Robinson 1,004 77.2 7,388 01.1 MAHER * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 1 WOOD * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 3 Kendall * 86 06.6 99,039 14.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,301 669,119 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Russell's 3,602 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cilento 2,685 74.5 39,699 05.9 BYRNE * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 2 BROWN * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 4 Conelan 368 10.2 76,364 11.4 Robinson 105 02.9 7,493 01.1 MAHER * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 1 WOOD * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 3 Kendall * 444 12.3 99,483 14.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,602 669,119 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Robinson's 7,493 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cilento 955 12.7 40,654 06.1 BYRNE * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 2 BROWN * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 4 Conelan 5,415 72.3 81,779 12.2 MAHER * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 1 WOOD * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 3 Kendall * 1,123 15.0 100,606 15.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,493 669,119 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th count: Cilento's 40,654 second preferences distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BYRNE * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 2 BROWN * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 4 Conelan 23,220 57.1 104,999 15.7 MAHER * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 1 WOOD * E 111,520 16.7 ELECTED 3 KENDALL * 17,434 42.9 118,040 17.6 ELECTED 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,654 669,119 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 1 July 1953. Brown, Byrne, Kendall, Maher and Wood elected for a term ending 30 June 1959. Continuing senators (term to end 30 June 1956): Archibald BENN (ALP), Hon Walter COOPER (CP), Benjamin COURTICE (ALP), Hon Neil O'SULLIVAN (Lib), Annabelle RANKIN (Lib). -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Archibald Malcolm Benn (1897-1980): Elected 1949, 1951 > Gordon Brown (1885-1967): Elected 1931, 1937, 1943, 1949, 1951, 1953 > Condon Bryan Byrne (1910-93): Elected 1951, 1953 > Walter Jackson Cooper (1891-1973): Elected 1928. Defeated 1931. Elected 1934, 1940, 1946, 1951 Minister for Repatriation > Benjamin Courtice (1886-1972): Appointed 1937. Elected 1937, 1943, 1949, 1951 > Roy Kendall (1899-1972): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953 > Edmund Bede Maher (1891-1982): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953 > Neil O'Sullivan (1900-68): Elected 1946, 1951 Minister for Trade and Customs > Annabelle Jane Mary Rankin (1908-86): Elected 1946, 1951 > Ian Alexander Christie Wood (1901-92): Elected 1949, 1951, 1953 --------------------------------------------------------------------