COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== BOWMAN, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Ekibin, Greenslopes, Manly, Wynnum -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,969 +07.2 Votes cast: 48,182 96.4 +00.9 Informal votes: 979 02.0 -00.6 Formal votes: 47,203 98.0 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Comber * ALP 22,533 47.7 +00.6 Dr Wylie Gibbs Lib 21,618 45.8 +02.4 Harold Wright DLP 3,052 06.5 -03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,203 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Wright's 3,052 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Comber * 390 12.8 22,923 48.6 GIBBS 2,662 87.2 24,280 51.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,052 47,203 01.4 03.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jack Comber (1919-92): Elected 1961. Defeated 1963 Died 23 October 1992. > Wylie Talbot Gibbs (born 1925): Elected 1963 Born: 26 July 1922, Queensland. Career: Educated Ipswich Boys Grammar School, University of Queensland. Doctor and grazier. Flying Doctor Service 1947-48. House surgeon, London, 1949-51. Surgeon, Brisbane and Ipswich 1953-64. Brother of Rt Hon Sir Harry Gibbs, Chief Justice of the High Court 1981-87. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BRISBANE, Qld ==================================================================== Inner Brisbane: Fernberg, Ithaca, Kelvin Grove, Merthyr -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,389 -02.0 Votes cast: 36,242 94.4 +01.0 Informal votes: 1,357 03.7 -00.7 Formal votes: 34,885 96.3 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Warren Bowden CPA 1,310 03.8 +01.8 Manfred CROSS * ALP 17,489 50.1 -03.6 John O'Connell DLP 2,087 06.0 -05.7 Leith Sinclair Lib 13,999 40.1 +07.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,885 04.8 e 02.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Manfred Douglas Cross born 1929): Elected 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAPRICORNIA, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Fitzroy, Gladstone, Mt Morgan, Rockhampton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,887 +00.3 Votes cast: 38,576 96.7 +00.2 Informal votes: 569 01.5 -00.8 Formal votes: 38,007 98.5 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George GRAY * ALP 21,335 56.1 +06.7 Alphonsus Schleger DLP 2,967 07.8 -04.5 Maurice South Lib 13,705 36.1 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,007 07.7 e 02.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Henry Gray (1908-67): Elected 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARLING DOWNS, Qld ==================================================================== South-East Queenaland: Crows Nest, Oakey, Pittsworth, Toowoomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,499 +03.3 Votes cast: 43,157 97.0 -00.3 Informal votes: 589 01.4 -00.5 Formal votes: 42,568 98.6 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cyril Mitchell ALP 14,418 33.9 -07.8 Kenneth Rawle DLP 2,078 04.9 -02.5 Hon Reginald SWARTZ * Lib 26,072 61.2 +10.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,568 15.1 e 08.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald William Colin Swartz (1911-2006): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 Minister for Repatriation to 22 December 1964 Minister for Health 21 November 1964 to 26 January 1966 Minister for Social Services 21 January 1965 to 22 February 1965 Minister for Civil Aviation from 26 January 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- DAWSON, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Eidsvold, Mackay, Mirani, Pioneer -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 07.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,811 +02.3 Votes cast: 38,312 96.2 +00.8 Informal votes: 841 02.2 -00.4 Formal votes: 37,471 97.8 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwin Eshmann DLP 2,543 06.8 +00.3 Dr Douglas Everingham ALP 15,508 41.4 +00.6 George SHAW + CP 19,420 51.8 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,471 06.4 e 01.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Everingham, see Capricornia by-election 1967. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George William Shaw (1913-66): Elected 1963 Born: 28 July 1913, Rockhampton, Queensland Career: Educated state schools. Manager of sugar mills, Mackay, Queensland. Died 9 January 1966 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- FISHER, Qld ==================================================================== North of Brisbane: Gympie, Landsborough, Nanango, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 12.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,324 +02.2 Votes cast: 43,799 96.6 +00.2 Informal votes: 838 01.9 +00.3 Formal votes: 42,961 98.1 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Charles ADERMANN * CP 27,512 64.0 +08.1 Geoffrey Traill DLP 1,567 03.6 -04.7 William Weir ALP 13,882 32.3 -03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,961 16.9 e 04.4 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Frederick Adermann (1896-1979): Elected 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 Minister for Primary Industry Deputy Leader of the Country Party from 25 February 1964 -------------------------------------------------------------------- GRIFFITH, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Bulimba, Buranda, Kurlipa, Maree -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,375 -00.2 Votes cast: 40,167 94.8 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,204 03.0 -00.4 Formal votes: 38,963 97.0 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfred COUTTS * ALP 21,239 54.5 -00.9 Keith Grant Lib 15,097 38.7 +03.6 Paul Tucker DLP 2,627 06.7 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,963 05.8 e 01.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfred Charles Coutts (1908-85): Elected 1954, 1955. Defeated 1958. Elected 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HERBERT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Ayr, Ingham, Ross, Townsville -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,618 +04.0 Votes cast: 46,569 95.8 +01.5 Informal votes: 1,229 02.6 -01.1 Formal votes: 45,340 97.4 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Bishop CPA 1,063 02.3 -00.5 Kiernan Dorney DLP 8,410 18.5 +13.4 Ted Harding * ALP 21,062 46.5 -02.5 Roy Pope Lib 14,805 32.7 -10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,340 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bishop's 1,063 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dorney 562 52.9 8,972 19.8 Harding * 458 43.1 21,520 47.5 Pope 43 04.0 14,848 32.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,063 45,340 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Dorney's 8,972 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HARDING * 2,612 29.1 24,132 53.2 Pope 6,360 70.9 21,208 46.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,972 45,340 03.2 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest William Harding (1921-2004): Elected 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- KENNEDY, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Bowen, Charters Towers, Longreach, Mt Isa -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 13.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,173 +01.4 Votes cast: 35,291 90.1 -00.5 Informal votes: 791 02.2 -00.6 Formal votes: 34,500 97.8 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Judge DLP 2,174 06.3 -00.1 Hon William RIORDAN * ALP 21,182 61.4 -00.7 Keith Siemon CP 11,144 32.3 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,500 13.5 e 00.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James Riordan (1908-73): Elected 1936 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 Riordan retired at the 1966 election. Died 15 January 1973 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LEICHHARDT, Qld ==================================================================== North Queensland: Atherton, Cairns, Gordonvale, Innisfail -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 17.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,486 +06.5 Votes cast: 44,130 92.9 +01.6 Informal votes: 1,196 02.7 -00.1 Formal votes: 42,934 97.3 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William FULTON * ALP 24,881 58.0 -08.3 Robert Norman CP 16,895 39.4 +12.0 Arthur Trembath DLP 1,158 02.7 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,934 08.5 e 09.1 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William John Fulton (1909-88): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LILLEY, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Banyo, Clayfield, Nundah, Sandgate -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,211 +01.9 Votes cast: 46,017 95.4 +00.1 Informal votes: 1,032 02.2 -00.8 Formal votes: 44,985 97.8 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Andrews DLP 3,934 08.7 -01.4 Kevin Cairns Lib 20,503 45.6 +02.3 Donald Cameron * ALP 20,548 45.7 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,985 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Andrews's 3,934 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAIRNS 3,580 91.0 24,083 53.5 Cameron * 354 09.0 20,902 46.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,934 44,985 03.5 04.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Donald James Cameron (1917-64): Elected 1961. Defeated 1963 Died 22 June 1964 > Kevin Michael Kiernan Cairns (1929-84): Elected 1963 Born: 15 May 1929, Sydney. Career: Educated St Joseph's Hunters Hill, Sydney, University of Queensland. Dentist and economist. Lecturer in economics, dental surgeon, Brisbane. -------------------------------------------------------------------- McPHERSON, Qld ==================================================================== South-East Queensland: Beaudesert, Coolangatta, Southport, Warwick -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 10.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,134 +08.5 Votes cast: 58,907 94.8 -00.7 Informal votes: 1,347 02.3 -00.8 Formal votes: 57,560 97.7 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles BARNES * CP 33,422 58.1 +04.3 Gerry Jones ALP 21,657 37.6 +00.6 Michael O'Connor DLP 2,481 04.3 -02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,560 11.5 e 01.1 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Jones, see Senate Queensland 1980. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Edward Barnes (1901-98): Elected 1958, 1961, 1963 Minister for Territories from 18 December 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARANOA, Qld ==================================================================== South-West Queensland: Charleville, Dalby, Miles, Roma -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,932 +00.9 Votes cast: 38,295 93.6 +01.1 Informal votes: 627 01.6 +00.1 Formal votes: 37,668 98.4 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Trevor Alexander ALP 15,965 42.4 -01.9 Wilfred BRIMBLECOMBE * CP 20,649 54.8 +07.3 Mervyn Eunson DLP 1,054 02.8 -05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,668 07.0 e 03.4 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilfred John Brimblecombe (1898-1973): Elected 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 Brimblecombe retired at the 1966 election. Died 14 September 1973 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MORETON, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Moorooka, Mt Gravatt, Salisbury, Sherwood -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,075 +08.9 Votes cast: 59,381 95.7 +00.5 Informal votes: 1,408 02.4 -01.1 Formal votes: 57,973 97.6 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Allingham DLP 3,790 06.5 -00.9 Jim Killen * Lib 28,574 49.3 +06.0 John O'Donnell ALP 25,609 44.2 -03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,973 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Allingham's 3,790 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- KILLEN * 3,319 87.6 31,893 55.0 O'Donnell 471 12.4 26,080 45.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,790 57,973 05.0 04.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denis James Killen (1925-2007): Elected 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- OXLEY, Qld ==================================================================== West of Brisbane: Bremer, Gatton, Goodna, Ipswich -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,869 +02.9 Votes cast: 44,497 97.0 +00.4 Informal votes: 761 01.7 -00.2 Formal votes: 43,736 98.3 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Terence Burns DLP 1,942 04.4 +00.3 Arthur Chresby Lib 16,600 38.0 -05.3 Bill HAYDEN * ALP 25,194 57.6 +04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,736 08.3 e 04.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chresby was member for Griffith 1949-54. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William George Hayden born 1933): Elected 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PETRIE, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Chermside, Kedron, Redcliffe, Windsor -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,538 +07.9 Votes cast: 60,008 96.0 +00.5 Informal votes: 1,394 02.3 -00.6 Formal votes: 58,614 97.7 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Balaam DLP 4,035 06.9 +01.0 Hon Alan Hulme Lib 27,616 47.1 +05.2 Reginald O'Brien * ALP 26,804 45.7 -03.5 Francis O'Mara 159 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 58,614 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hulme was member for Petrie 1949-61. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: O'Mara's 159 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Balaam 33 20.8 4,068 06.9 Hulme 34 21.4 27,650 47.2 O'Brien * 92 57.9 26,896 45.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 159 58,614 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Balaam's 4,068 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HULME 3,685 90.6 31,335 53.5 O'Brien * 383 09.4 27,279 46.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,068 58,614 03.5 04.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Reginald Charles O'Brien (1926-99): Elected 1961. Defeated 1963 Died 20 April 1999 > Alan Shallcross Hulme (1907-89): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958. Defeated 1961. Elected 1963 Postmaster-General from 18 December 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- RYAN, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Dorrington, Enoggera, St Lucia, Toowong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 08.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,619 +05.9 Votes cast: 52,095 95.4 +00.1 Informal votes: 1,230 02.4 -00.1 Formal votes: 50,865 97.6 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Hooker 588 01.2 Nigel DRURY * Lib 29,608 58.2 +06.0 Raymond McCreath ALP 17,082 33.6 -06.4 Brian O'Brien DLP 3,587 07.1 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,865 15.7 e 07.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Nigel Drury (1911-84): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WIDE BAY, Qld ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Gayndah, Howard, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 05.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,564 +00.6 Votes cast: 42,123 96.7 +00.7 Informal votes: 738 01.8 +00.1 Formal votes: 41,385 98.2 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan HANSEN * ALP 23,182 56.0 +02.6 Rogers Judge DLP 935 02.3 -02.0 Geoffrey Nichols 700 01.7 Albert White CP 16,568 40.0 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,385 07.3 e 02.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Percival Hansen (1922-99): Elected 1961, 1963 --------------------------------------------------------------------