COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== BOWMAN, Qld ==================================================================== Inner Brisbane: Bulimba, Coorparoo -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,873 +06.3 Votes cast: 43,367 96.6 +00.6 Informal votes: 479 01.1 -01.1 Formal votes: 42,888 98.9 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mabel Hanson CPA 1,069 02.5 -01.4 Jack Houston ALP 18,980 44.3 +02.3 Malcolm McCOLM * Lib 22,839 53.3 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,888 03.4 e 02.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Houston was Qld MLA for Bulimba 1957-80. He was Leader of the Opposition 1966-74. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Llewellyn McColm (1914-66): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRISBANE, Qld ==================================================================== Inner Brisbane: Fortitude Valley, Kelvin Grove, Merthyr, Paddington -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 09.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,496 -14.6 Votes cast: 30,735 94.6 +01.1 Informal votes: 552 01.8 -00.7 Formal votes: 30,183 98.2 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max Julius CPA 773 02.6 -03.8 Hon George LAWSON * ALP 16,964 56.2 +02.6 Harold Mead Lib 12,446 41.2 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,183 08.5 e 01.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Lawson (1881-1966): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPRICORNIA, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Fitzroy, Gladstone, Mt Morgan, Rockhampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,580 +00.5 Votes cast: 33,660 97.3 +00.6 Informal votes: 444 01.3 +00.3 Formal votes: 33,216 98.7 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Browne CPA 664 02.0 Harold Gardner ALP 14,318 43.1 -05.0 Henry PEARCE * Lib 18,234 54.9 +03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,216 05.1 e 03.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gardner was Qld MLA for Rockhampton 1956-60. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry George Pearce (born 1917): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING DOWNS, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Crows Nest, Jandaryan, Pittsworth, Toowoomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 majority: none (Liberal unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,742 +03.3 Votes cast: 38,399 96.6 Informal votes: 267 00.7 Formal votes: 38,132 99.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald SWARTZ * Lib 24,801 65.0 William Watson ALP 13,331 35.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,132 15.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald William Colin Swartz (1911-2006): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DAWSON, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Mackay, Mirani, Proserpine, Rockhampton North -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,319 +03.4 Votes cast: 35,984 96.4 +01.1 Informal votes: 354 01.0 -00.6 Formal votes: 35,630 99.0 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles DAVIDSON * CP 19,828 55.6 -00.7 George Hyde ALP 15,802 44.4 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,630 05.6 00.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles William Davidson (1897-1985): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FISHER, Qld ==================================================================== North of Brisbane: Gympie, Landsborough, Nanago, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,497 +03.0 Votes cast: 42,333 97.3 +00.4 Informal votes: 357 00.8 -00.6 Formal votes: 41,976 99.2 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles ADERMANN * CP 29,202 69.6 -03.3 Sydney Campbell ALP 12,774 30.4 +03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,976 19.6 03.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Frederick Adermann (1896-1979): Elected 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GRIFFITH, Qld ==================================================================== Inner Brisbane: Buranda, Kurilpa, Maree, South Brisbane -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,346 -12.2 Votes cast: 32,091 96.2 +00.7 Informal votes: 320 01.0 -01.2 Formal votes: 31,771 99.0 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas Berry * Lib 15,768 49.6 -04.1 Wilfred COUTTS ALP 16,003 50.4 +04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,771 00.4 04.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Douglas Reginald Berry (1907-57): Elected 1949, 1951. Defeated 1954 Died 17 April 1957 > Wilfred Charles Coutts (1908-97): Elected 1954 Born: 10 June 1908, Marburg, Queensland. Career: Educated state schools. Salesman. Brisbane City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HERBERT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Ayr, Ingham, Townsville, Tully -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 07.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,014 +01.6 Votes cast: 38,140 95.3 +01.6 Informal votes: 684 01.8 -00.9 Formal votes: 37,456 98.2 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William EDMONDS * ALP 20,894 55.8 +01.7 Claude Jones CPA 1,323 03.5 +00.3 Frederick Purdie CP 15,239 40.7 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,456 09.0 e 02.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Frederick Edmonds (1903-68): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KENNEDY, Qld ==================================================================== North-west Queensland: Bowen, Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Longreach -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 10.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,928 +02.4 Votes cast: 29,567 92.6 +02.1 Informal votes: 332 01.1 -00.6 Formal votes: 29,235 98.9 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clifford Lanham CP 11,650 39.8 00.0 Hon William RIORDAN * ALP 17,585 60.2 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,235 10.2 no swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James Riordan (1908-73): Elected 1936 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEICHHARDT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queenaland: Atherton, Cairns, Gordonvale, Mareeba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,746 +04.8 Votes cast: 37,623 94.7 +01.9 Informal votes: 576 01.5 -01.0 Formal votes: 37,047 98.5 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Henry BRUCE * ALP 19,044 51.4 +02.4 Thomas Gilmore CP 17,276 46.6 -00.5 Joseph Howe CPA 727 02.0 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,047 03.2 e 00.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gilmore was member for Leichhardt 1949-51. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Adam Bruce (1884-1958): Elected 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LILLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Nundah, Sandgate, Toombul -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 08.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,520 +06.9 Votes cast: 43,158 94.8 -00.4 Informal votes: 557 01.3 -00.8 Formal votes: 42,601 98.7 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce WIGHT * Lib 24,777 58.2 +00.4 Bernard Williams ALP 17,824 41.8 +03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,601 08.2 00.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce McDonald Wight (1914-69): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McPHERSON, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Beaudesert, Southport, Stanthorpe, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 24.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,046 +02.3 Votes cast: 34,652 96.1 -00.3 Informal votes: 350 01.0 -01.2 Formal votes: 34,302 99.0 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Raphael Cilento 11,905 34.7 Rt Hon Sir Arthur FADDEN * CP 22,397 65.3 -09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,302 15.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. He was an Independent Democrat candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur William Fadden (1895-1973): Elected 1936 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 Treasurer Leader of the Country Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARANOA, Qld ==================================================================== South-western Queensland: Dalby, Goondiwindi, Miles, Roma -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,159 +04.6 Votes cast: 34,108 94.3 +00.9 Informal votes: 230 00.7 -00.8 Formal votes: 33,878 99.3 +008 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfred Brimblecombe * CP 14,323 42.3 +09.9 Charles Russell 5,906 17.4 -12.5 Eric Taylor ALP 13,649 40.3 +02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,878 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Russell was member for Maranoa 1949-51. He was an independent Country candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Russell's 5,906 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRIMBLECOMBE * 4,041 68.4 18,364 54.2 Taylor 1,865 31.6 15,514 45.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,906 33,878 04.2 02.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfred John Brimblecombe (1898-1973): Elected 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Kingston, Mt Gravatt, Sherwood, Wynnum -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 09.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,267 +20.2 Votes cast: 56,109 96.3 +00.3 Informal votes: 633 01.1 -00.9 Formal votes: 55,476 98.9 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Josiah FRANCIS * Lib 30,873 55.7 -03.8 Robert Mansfield ALP 23,657 42.6 +03.9 William Yarrow CPA 946 01.7 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,476 05.9 e 03.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Josiah Francis (1890-1964): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 Minister for the Army to 7 November 1955 Minister for the Navy to 7 November 1955 Francis retired at the 1955 election. Later career: Ambassador to the United States 1955-61. Knighted 1957. Died 22 February 1964 -------------------------------------------------------------------- OXLEY, Qld ==================================================================== South-east Queensland: Bremer, Goodna, Ipswich, Rosewood -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 08.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,638 +01.4 Votes cast: 37,599 97.3 -00.2 Informal votes: 273 00.7 -01.1 Formal votes: 37,326 99.3 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Donald CAMERON * Lib 20,822 55.8 -02.4 Thomas Millar CPA 841 02.3 +00.6 Norman Thomas ALP 15,663 42.0 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,326 06.0 e 02.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Alastair Cameron (1900-74): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PETRIE, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Enoggera, Kedron, North Pine, Windsor -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 08.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,687 +12.4 Votes cast: 49,041 96.8 +00.9 Informal votes: 561 01.1 -00.9 Formal votes: 48,480 98.9 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Barry ALP 21,774 44.9 +03.5 Alan HULME * Lib 26,706 55.1 -03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,480 05.1 03.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Shallcross Hulme (1907-89): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RYAN, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Ashgrove, Ithaca, Moggill, Toowong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 10.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,099 +01.3 Votes cast: 45,093 95.7 +02.1 Informal votes: 439 01.0 -00.8 Formal votes: 44,654 99.0 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nigel DRURY * Lib 26,140 58.5 -02.4 Bernard Luton ALP 18,514 41.5 +02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,654 08.5 02.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Nigel Drury (1911-84): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIDE BAY, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Childers, Maryborough, Pialba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,096 +02.5 Votes cast: 41,962 97.4 +00.3 Informal votes: 379 00.9 -00.6 Formal votes: 41,583 99.1 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William BRAND + CP 22,493 54.1 -02.8 William Falls CPA 442 01.1 Rt Hon Frank Forde ALP 18,648 44.8 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,583 04.2 e 02.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Forde was member for Capricornia 1922-46. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Alfred Brand (1888-1979): Elected 1954 Born: 22 August 1888, Childers, Queensland. Career: Educated state schools. Sugarcane grower, Childers, Queensland. President Australian Sugar Producers Association. State politics: Qld MLA for Burrum Burrum 1920-32, Isis 1932-50. Deputy Leader of the Opposition 1944-47. --------------------------------------------------------------------