Results of the Queensland state election, 1926 (L-Z)

Queensland state election, 8 May 1926[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1923 — 1929 >>

Enrolled voters 452,008[1]
Votes cast 401,055 Turnout 88.73% +6.50
Informal votes 4,927 Informal 1.23% +0.06
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 189,968 47.96% –0.18 43 ± 0
  CPNP 192,043 48.48% +1.53 28 – 1
  Primary Producers 7,749 1.95% +0.66 1 + 1
  Independent 6,368 1.61% –2.02 0 ± 0
Total 396,128     72  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1926 Queensland state election for electorates from L to Z.

At the time, the voting system in Queensland was based on contingency voting, which was similar to the modern optional preferential voting system. In electorates with 3 or more candidates, preferences were not distributed if a candidate received more than 50% of the primary vote.

If none received more than 50%, all except the top two candidates were eliminated from the count and their preferences distributed between the two leaders, with the one receiving the most votes declared the winner.

Results by electoral district

Leichhardt

Queensland state election, 1926: Leichhardt[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Foley 2,565 61.4 +2.7
CPNP Frederick Lodge 1,613 38.6 -2.7
Total formal votes 4,178 99.3 -0.1
Informal votes 30 0.7 +0.1
Turnout 4,208 83.3 +8.8
Labor hold Swing +2.7

Lockyer

Queensland state election, 1926: Lockyer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP George Logan 2,335 43.9 +0.5
Primary Producers Charles Jamieson 1,567 29.2 +29.2
Labor Joseph Sweeney 1,442 26.9 -14.2
Total formal votes 5,364 99.3 +0.3
Informal votes 36 0.7 -0.3
Turnout 5,400 93.8 +2.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
CPNP George Logan 2,470 57.6 +0.7
Primary Producers Charles Jamieson 1,821 42.4 +42.4
CPNP hold Swing N/A

Logan

Queensland state election, 1926: Logan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Reginald King 4,970 53.6 +1.0
Labor Richard Brown 4,304 46.4 -1.0
Total formal votes 9,274 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 71 0.8 -0.3
Turnout 9,345 93.6 +5.4
CPNP hold Swing +1.0

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1926: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Forgan Smith 3,448 64.6 +6.7
CPNP Hector O'Brien 1,888 35.4 -6.7
Total formal votes 5,336 99.0 -0.7
Informal votes 52 1.0 +0.7
Turnout 5,388 82.1 +2.4
Labor hold Swing +6.7

Maranoa

Queensland state election, 1926: Maranoa
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Charles Conroy 2,514 54.8 -2.7
CPNP Arthur Miscamble 2,072 45.2 +45.2
Total formal votes 4,586 96.7 -3.0
Informal votes 158 3.3 +3.0
Turnout 4,744 89.6 +6.7
Labor hold Swing -2.7

Maree

Queensland state election, 1926: Maree
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Bertram 3,467 50.5 -2.4
CPNP George Tedman 3,395 49.5 +2.4
Total formal votes 6,862 99.0 -0.6
Informal votes 66 1.0 +0.6
Turnout 6,928 91.9 +3.0
Labor hold Swing -2.4

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1926: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor David Weir 3,628 59.3 -0.5
CPNP Harry Keys 2,490 40.7 +0.5
Total formal votes 6,118 99.0 -0.1
Informal votes 62 1.0 +0.1
Turnout 6,180 93.6 +6.0
Labor hold Swing -0.5

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1926: Merthyr
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Peter McLachlan 3,666 51.5 -0.9
CPNP Edwin Fowles 3,448 48.5 +0.9
Total formal votes 7,114 99.2 -0.4
Informal votes 54 0.8 +0.4
Turnout 7,168 79.0 -0.5
Labor hold Swing -0.9

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1926: Mirani
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Edward Swayne 2,936 52.2 +1.2
Labor John Mulherin 2,690 47.8 -1.2
Total formal votes 5,626 99.0 -0.3
Informal votes 58 1.0 +0.3
Turnout 5,684 81.3 -1.6
CPNP hold Swing +1.2

Mitchell

Queensland state election, 1926: Mitchell
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Payne unopposed
Labor hold Swing

By-election

Mitchell state by-election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Richard Bow 1,449 53.1 -46.9
CPNP Thomas MacLeod 1,048 38.4 +38.4
Independent John Durkin 233 8.5 +8.5
Total formal votes 2,730
Informal votes
Turnout
Labor hold Swing N/A

Mount Morgan

Queensland state election, 1926: Mount Morgan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Stopford 2,581 66.3 -5.0
CPNP Robert Staines 1,310 33.7 +5.0
Total formal votes 3,891 98.7 -0.5
Informal votes 51 1.3 +0.5
Turnout 3,942 86.2 +1.4
Labor hold Swing -5.0

Mundingburra

Queensland state election, 1926: Mundingburra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Dash 3,285 74.0 +9.5
CPNP Miles Andrews 1,465 26.0 -9.5
Total formal votes 5,639 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 53 0.9 -0.1
Turnout 5,692 91.3 +0.6
Labor hold Swing +9.5

Murilla

Queensland state election, 1926: Murilla
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Godfrey Morgan 2,432 52.8 -2.5
Labor Louis McCorkell 1,934 42.0 -2.7
Primary Producers H.T. Kelly 241 5.2 +5.2
Total formal votes 4,607 98.6 -0.7
Informal votes 66 1.4 +0.7
Turnout 4,673 88.2 +10.7
CPNP hold Swing N/A

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1926: Murrumba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Richard Warren 4,151 68.9 +17.7
Labor William Friis 1,699 28.2 +1.8
Independent Alfred O'Loan 175 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 6,025 97.8 -0.9
Informal votes 135 2.2 +0.9
Turnout 6,160 82.1 +4.6
CPNP hold Swing N/A

Nanango

Queensland state election, 1926: Nanango
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP James Edwards 3,606 60.3 +13.4
Labor Robert Webster 2,066 34.6 -5.1
Primary Producers William O'Mara 304 5.1 +5.1
Total formal votes 5,976 97.3 -1.3
Informal votes 167 2.7 +1.3
Turnout 6,143 90.5 +3.7
CPNP hold Swing N/A

Normanby

Queensland state election, 1926: Normanby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Jens Peterson 2,389 56.7 +3.6
Labor Robert Lyle 1,826 43.3 -3.6
Total formal votes 4,215 98.9 -0.1
Informal votes 47 1.1 +0.1
Turnout 4,262 89.1 +6.7
CPNP hold Swing +3.6

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1926: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP William Kelso 4,860 59.2 +2.5
Labor Victor Kearney 3,353 40.8 -2.5
Total formal votes 8,213 99.1 +0.3
Informal votes 76 0.9 -0.3
Turnout 8,289 92.7 +4.9
CPNP hold Swing +2.5

Oxley

Queensland state election, 1926: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Cecil Elphinstone 5,479 60.4 -4.1
Labor William Searle 3,592 39.6 +4.1
Total formal votes 9,071 99.2 0.0
Informal votes 74 0.8 0.0
Turnout 9,145 92.3 +5.4
CPNP hold Swing -4.1

Paddington

Queensland state election, 1926: Paddington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alfred Jones 4,130 73.1 +8.8
Independent Grant Hervey 1,522 26.9 +26.9
Total formal votes 5,652 96.2 -3.3
Informal votes 226 3.8 +3.3
Turnout 5,878 77.4 -5.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1926: Port Curtis
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Carter 2,849 45.6 -7.2
CPNP Walter Prizeman 2,717 43.5 -0.4
Communist Fred Paterson 676 10.8 +10.8
Total formal votes 6,242 98.9 -0.4
Informal votes 68 1.1 +0.4
Turnout 6,310 90.9 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George Carter 2,945 51.5
CPNP Walter Prizeman 2,769 48.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Queenton

Queensland state election, 1926: Queenton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Vern Winstanley 2,069 55.9 +2.8
CPNP John Jones 1,635 44.1 -2.8
Total formal votes 3,704 99.1 +0.6
Informal votes 34 0.9 -0.6
Turnout 3,738 86.2 +6.9
Labor hold Swing +2.8

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1926: Rockhampton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Farrell 3,088 67.7 +6.3
CPNP James Cullen 1,473 32.3 -6.3
Total formal votes 4,561 97.8 -0.6
Informal votes 101 2.2 +0.6
Turnout 4,662 88.2 +11.9
Labor hold Swing +6.3

Rosewood

Queensland state election, 1926: Rosewood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Cooper 3,422 57.6 +3.5
CPNP William Ruhno 2,518 42.4 -3.5
Total formal votes 5,940 98.2 -0.1
Informal votes 109 1.8 +0.1
Turnout 6,049 94.1 +6.2
Labor hold Swing +3.5

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1926: Sandgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Hubert Sizer 4,739 59.8 -3.2
Labor James Weir 3,185 40.2 +40.2
Total formal votes 7,924 99.0 +4.8
Informal votes 79 1.0 -4.8
Turnout 8,003 90.5 +12.9
CPNP hold Swing N/A

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1926: South Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Myles Ferricks 3,006 50.8 -2.3
CPNP Alec McGill 2,907 49.2 +7.9
Total formal votes 5,888 99.1 +1.5
Informal votes 79 0.9 -1.5
Turnout 5,967 87.4 +2.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Stanley

Queensland state election, 1926: Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Frederick Nott 3,699 63.0 +12.8
Labor James Gillies 2,171 37.0 +37.0
Total formal votes 5,870 99.0 +0.1
Informal votes 62 1.0 -0.1
Turnout 5,932 90.2 +8.0
CPNP hold Swing N/A

By-election

Stanley state by-election, 1928
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Ernest Grimstone 2,666 54.6 -8.4
Independent Henry Somerset 2,096 43.0 +43.0
Independent Alfred O'Loan 117 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 4,879
Informal votes
Turnout
CPNP hold Swing N/A

Toombul

Queensland state election, 1926: Toombul
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Hugh Russell 3,659 52.6 -14.7
Independent Charles Jenkinson 3,303 47.4 +14.7
Total formal votes 6,962 96.7 +1.1
Informal votes 240 3.3 -1.1
Turnout 7,202 89.8 +6.0
CPNP hold Swing -14.7

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1926: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP James Maxwell 4,588 68.0 -1.7
Labor William Stock 2,583 32.0 +1.7
Total formal votes 8,071 99.4 0.0
Informal votes 51 0.6 0.0
Turnout 8,122 90.5 +3.2
CPNP hold Swing -1.7

Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1926: Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Evan Llewelyn 3,816 56.7 +4.0
CPNP Albert Godsall 2,911 43.3 -3.7
Total formal votes 6,727 98.5 -0.5
Informal votes 100 1.5 +0.5
Turnout 6,827 87.9 +12.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1926: Townsville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Maurice Hynes 2,903 64.2 +12.2
CPNP John Shearer 1,617 35.8 -12.2
Total formal votes 4,520 98.5 -0.6
Informal votes 67 1.5 +0.6
Turnout 4,587 86.9 +4.5
Labor hold Swing +12.2

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1926: Warrego
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Randolph Bedford unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1926: Warwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP George Barnes 3,261 54.6 +0.8
Labor George James 2,708 45.4 -0.8
Total formal votes 5,969 99.1 -0.2
Informal votes 52 0.9 +0.2
Turnout 6,021 89.6 +3.3
CPNP hold Swing +0.8

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1926: Wide Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Ernest Clayton 4,392 73.7 -26.3
Labor Aaron Davies 1,567 26.3 +26.3
Total formal votes 5,959 97.5
Informal votes 153 2.5
Turnout 6,112 90.8
CPNP hold Swing N/A

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1926: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Charles Taylor 4,468 58.3 +0.7
Labor Donald MacKenzie 3,193 41.7 -0.7
Total formal votes 7,661 98.9 -0.4
Informal votes 85 1.1 +0.4
Turnout 7,746 91.8 +4.0
CPNP hold Swing +0.7

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1926: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±
CPNP Walter Barnes 4,458 61.6 +1.9
Labor James McLaughlin 2,777 38.4 -1.9
Total formal votes 7,233 99.3 -0.1
Informal votes 50 0.7 +0.1
Turnout 7,283 91.0 +13.0
CPNP hold Swing +1.9

See also

References

  1. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 8 May 1926". Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.
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