COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== BOWMAN, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Ekibin, Greenslopes, Manly, Wynnum -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,817 +03.7 Votes cast: 43,745 95.5 +00.3 Informal votes: 1,244 02.8 +00.6 Formal votes: 42,501 97.2 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Terence Burns QLP 5,002 11.8 Hector Chalmers ALP 16,398 38.6 -06.7 Noel Condie 331 00.8 Malcolm McColm * Lib 20,770 48.9 -05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,501 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Condie's 331 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burns 85 25.7 5,087 12.0 Chalmers 105 31.7 16,503 38.8 McColm * 141 42.6 20,911 49.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 331 42,501 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Burns's 5,087 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chalmers 2,157 42.4 18,660 43.9 McCOLM * 2,930 57.6 23,841 56.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,087 42,501 06.1 01.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm Llewellyn McColm (1914-66): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRISBANE, Qld ==================================================================== Inner Brisbane: Fernberg, Ithaca, Kelvin Grove, Merthyr -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 05.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,196 -09.5 Votes cast: 39,026 94.7 +02.3 Informal votes: 2,290 05.9 +03.1 Formal votes: 36,736 94.1 -03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Cairns Lib 14,235 38.7 -05.3 James Henderson CPA 643 01.8 -01.3 Hon George Lawson * ALP 17,360 47.3 -05.6 Geoffrey Maule QLP 4,135 11.3 John Morgan 363 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,736 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Cairns, see Lilley 1963. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Morgan's 363 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cairns 65 17.9 14,300 38.9 Henderson 38 10.5 681 01.9 Lawson * 69 (19.0 17,429 47.4 Maule 191 52.6 4,326 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 363 36,736 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Henderson's 681 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cairns 234 34.5 14,534 39.6 Lawson * 390 57.3 17,819 48.5 Maule 57 08.4 4,383 11.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 681 36,736 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Maule's 4,383 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cairns 3,582 81.7 18,116 49.3 LAWSON * 801 (18.3 18,620 50.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,383 36,736 00.7 05.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Lawson (1881-1966): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Lawson retired at the 1961 election. Died 25 November 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPRICORNIA, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Fitzroy, Gladstone, Mt Morgan, Rockhampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 04.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,974 +01.4 Votes cast: 37,902 97.2 -00.3 Informal votes: 1,020 02.7 +00.5 Formal votes: 36,882 97.3 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Colin Maxwell ALP 14,978 40.6 -02.8 Henry Pearce * Lib 18,074 49.0 -04.8 James Verney QLP 3,830 10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Verney's 3,830 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maxwell 620 16.2 15,598 42.3 PEARCE * 3,210 83.8 21,284 57.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,830 36,882 05.7 01.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry George Pearce (born 1917): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING DOWNS, Qld ==================================================================== South-East Queenaland: Crows Nest, Oakey, Pittsworth, Toowoomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 majority: none (Lib unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,246 -00.1 Votes cast: 40,509 95.9 Informal votes: 737 01.8 Formal votes: 39,772 98.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McCafferty ALP 13,623 34.3 Reginald SWARTZ * Lib 22,469 56.5 Margaret Walsh QLP 3,680 09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,772 13.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald William Colin Swartz (1911-2006): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DAWSON, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Eidsvold, Mackay, Mirani, Pioneer -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,184 +02.1 Votes cast: 36,235 94.9 00.0 Informal votes: 999 02.8 +01.1 Formal votes: 35,236 97.2 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Charles DAVIDSON * CP 21,424 60.8 -00.4 Selwyn Ferguson ALP 10,243 29.1 -09.7 Waller O'Grady QLP 3,569 10.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,236 18.9 e 07.7 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles William Davidson (1897-1985): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Postmaster-General Minister for the Navy to 10 December 1958 Deputy Leader of the Country Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- FISHER, Qld ==================================================================== North of Brisbane: Gympie, Landsborough, Nanango, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 majority: none (Country Party unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,089 +01.1 Votes cast: 41,496 96.3 Informal votes: 741 01.8 Formal votes: 40,755 98.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles ADERMANN * CP 26,953 66.1 James Humphries QLP 3,465 08.5 William Weir ALP 10,337 25.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,755 22.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Frederick Adermann (1896-1979): Elected 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Minister for Primary Industry from 10 December 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GRIFFITH, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Bulimba, Buranda, Kurlipa, Maree -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,274 -04.4 Votes cast: 40,615 96.1 +01.7 Informal votes: 1,479 03.6 +01.4 Formal votes: 39,136 96.4 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Chresby Lib 15,493 39.6 -09.1 Wilfred Coutts * ALP 18,136 46.3 -05.0 Gregory Kehoe QLP 5,507 14.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,136 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kehoe was Qld MLA for Nash 1953-57. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Kehoe's 5,507 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CHRESBY 4,100 74.5 19,593 50.1 Coutts * 1,407 25.5 19,543 49.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,507 39,136 00.1 01.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Wilfred Charles Coutts (1908-97): Elected 1954, 1955. Defeated 1958 Later career: See Griffith 1961 > Arthur Albert Chresby (1908-85): Elected 1958 Born: 6 February 1908, NSW. Career: Educated state schools. Journalist, car salesman, public relations consultant. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HERBERT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Ayr, Ingham, Ross, Townsville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Country Party 06.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,200 +05.2 Votes cast: 40,843 94.5 +01.7 Informal votes: 1,727 04.2 +01.5 Formal votes: 39,116 95.8 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor Bodero QLP 5,496 14.1 William Edmonds * ALP 16,249 41.5 -09.2 Hugh Fay CPA 702 01.8 -04.7 John Murray Lib/CP 16,669 42.6 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,116 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murray was endorsed both by the Liberals and the Country Party. His vote is compared with the Country Party vote in 1955. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Fay's 702 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bodero 65 09.3 5,561 14.2 Edmonds * 566 80.6 16,815 43.0 Murray 71 10.1 16,740 42.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 702 39,116 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Bodero's 5,561 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmonds * 2,165 38.9 18,980 48.5 MURRAY 3,396 61.1 20,136 51.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,561 39,116 01.5 08.1 to LCP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Frederick Edmonds (1903-68): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955. Defeated 1958 Died 25 November 1968 > John Murray (1915-2009): Elected 1958 Born: 31 December 1915 Career: Educated state schools. Military Service 1939-45. Farmer and grazier, Ingham, Queensland. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murray sat as a Liberal member. -------------------------------------------------------------------- KENNEDY, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Bowen, Charters Towers, Longreach, Mt Isa -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Country Party 08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,924 +09.5 Votes cast: 32,514 88.1 -02.3 Informal votes: 947 02.9 +00.7 Formal votes: 31,567 97.1 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Hindson CP 10,466 33.2 -08.6 Robert Katter QLP 5,026 15.9 Hon William RIORDAN * ALP 16,075 50.9 -07.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,567 04.1 e 04.1 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Katter, see Kennedy 1966. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James Riordan (1908-73): Elected 1936 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEICHHARDT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Atherton, Cairns, Gordonvale, Innisfail -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Country Party 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,474 +05.5 Votes cast: 39,761 91.5 -00.7 Informal votes: 1,099 02.8 +00.5 Formal votes: 38,662 97.2 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Bidner QLP 6,407 16.6 William Fulton + ALP 18,234 47.2 -02.7 George Turner CP 14,021 36.3 -11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,662 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bidner's 6,407 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FULTON + 3,485 54.4 21,719 56.2 Turner 2,922 45.6 16,943 43.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,407 38,662 06.2 04.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William John Fulton (1909-88): Elected 1958 Born: 18 June 1909, Cairns, Queensland. Career: Educated state schools. Business manager. Military Service 1939-45. Cairns City Council, Mayor 1952-59. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LILLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Banyo, Clayfield, Nundah, Sandgate -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,390 +04.5 Votes cast: 42,832 94.4 +00.5 Informal votes: 1,472 03.4 +01.3 Formal votes: 41,360 96.6 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Barnes QLP 5,606 13.6 Mervyn Goldstiver 312 00.8 John Melloy ALP 14,170 34.3 -07.6 Bruce WIGHT * Lib 21,272 51.4 -06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,360 11.9 e 03.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Melloy was Qld MLA for Nudgee 1960-77. He was the father of Elaine Darling MP and the grandfather of Vicky Darling MLA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce McDonald Wight (1914-69): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- McPHERSON, Qld ==================================================================== South-East Queensland: Beaudesert, Coolangatta, Southport, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 15.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,682 +14.5 Votes cast: 47,691 94.1 -00.2 Informal votes: 1,202 02.5 +00.2 Formal votes: 46,489 97.5 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles BARNES + CP 29,346 63.1 +03.6 Harold Evans ALP 12,730 27.4 -01.9 John Hilton QLP 4,413 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,489 20.7 e 05.6 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Edward Barnes (1901-98): Elected 1958 Born: 13 November 1901, Einasleigh, Queensland. Career: Educated Sydney Grammar School. Grazier, stud farmer and horse breeder, Warwick, Queensland. Military Service 1942-44. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARANOA, Qld ==================================================================== South-West Queensland: Charleville, Dalby, Miles, Roma -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 majority: Country Party over Independent 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,979 +04.9 Votes cast: 36,770 92.0 -00.3 Informal votes: 660 01.8 -00.2 Formal votes: 36,110 98.2 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leslie Beaumont ALP 12,384 34.3 Wildred BRIMBLECOMBE * CP 18,699 51.8 +07.2 Alfred Dohring QLP 5,027 13.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,110 12.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dohring was Qld MLA for Roma 1952-57. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfred John Brimblecombe (1898-1973): Elected 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Moorooka, Mt Gravatt, Salisbury, Sherwood -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,654 +13.8 Votes cast: 47,984 96.6 +01.6 Informal votes: 1,888 03.9 +01.7 Formal votes: 46,096 96.1 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Max Julius CPA 1,297 02.8 +01.0 Jim KILLEN * Lib 23,460 50.9 -00.8 Robert Mansfield QLP 4,652 10.1 Bernard Ouston ALP 16,687 36.2 -10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,096 10.3 e 08.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denis James Killen (1925-2007): Elected 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- OXLEY, Qld ==================================================================== West of Brisbane: Bremer, Gatton, Goodna, Ipswich -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 10.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,725 +02.2 Votes cast: 41,387 96.9 -00.1 Informal votes: 927 02.2 +00.1 Formal votes: 40,460 97.8 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Dr Donald CAMERON * Lib 22,555 55.7 -03.5 Wallace Dawson CPA 939 02.3 +00.6 Robert Warren ALP 16,966 41.9 +05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,460 05.9 e 04.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Alastair Cameron (1900-74): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Minister for Health Minister in charge of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation from 4 February 1960 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PETRIE, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Chermside, Kedron, Redcliffe, Windsor -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,694 +15.1 Votes cast: 48,825 96.3 +00.8 Informal votes: 1,910 03.9 +01.5 Formal votes: 46,915 96.1 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Horace Burge 1,776 03.8 John Claffey ALP 16,376 34.9 -08.3 Alan HULME * Lib 23,682 50.5 -06.3 Maxwell McCurdie QLP 5,081 10.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,915 10.5 e 03.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Shallcross Hulme (1907-89): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Minister for Supply from 10 December 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RYAN, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Dorrington, Enoggera, St Lucia, Toowong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 10.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,695 +06.2 Votes cast: 45,903 96.2 +01.5 Informal votes: 1,493 03.3 +01.3 Formal votes: 44,410 96.7 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nigel DRURY * Lib 25,770 58.0 -02.8 Ronald Edmonds 795 01.8 Bryan Hurley DLP 4,613 10.4 Bernard McDonnell ALP 13,232 29.8 -09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,410 17.2 e 06.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Nigel Drury (1911-84): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIDE BAY, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Gayndah, Howard, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,157 +00.9 Votes cast: 40,905 97.0 +01.0 Informal votes: 697 01.7 +00.3 Formal votes: 40,208 98.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Bandidt + CP 19,184 47.7 -07.5 Brendan Hansen ALP 16,498 41.0 -03.8 Edward McDonnell QLP 4,526 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,208 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Hansen, see Wide Bay 1961. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McDonnell's 4,526 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BANDIDT + 2,631 58.1 21,815 54.3 Hansen 1,895 41.9 18,393 45.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,526 40,208 04.3 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Norman Charles Bandidt (1906-90): Elected 1958 Born: 12 October 1906, near Galton, Queensland. Career: Educated Ipswich Grammar and University of Queensland. Solicitor 1931. Dairy farmer, writer and lecturer. Official, Queensland Country Party. --------------------------------------------------------------------