Electoral results for the district of Bremer

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Bremer in Queensland state elections.

Members for Bremer

First incarnation (1873–1878)
MemberPartyTerm
  John Malbon Thompson Unaligned 1873–1878
Second incarnation (1912–1960)
  James Clarke Cribb Commonwealth Liberal 1912–1915
  Frank Cooper Labor 1915–1946
  Jim Donald Labor 1946–1960

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

Queensland state election, 1957: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jim Donald 6,692 59.7 -13.0
Liberal George Groth 2,938 26.2 -1.1
Queensland Labor Frank Corbutt 1,580 14.1 +14.1
Total formal votes 11,210 98.8 +0.2
Informal votes 132 1.2 -0.2
Turnout 11,342 95.9 +1.6
Labor hold Swing -3.2
Queensland state election, 1956: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jim Donald 7,826 72.7 -27.3
Liberal George Groth 2,938 27.3 +27.3
Total formal votes 10,764 98.6
Informal votes 149 1.4
Turnout 10,913 94.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
Queensland state election, 1953: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jim Donald unopposed
Labor hold Swing
Queensland state election, 1950: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jim Donald 6,100 65.8
Liberal Alan Chambers 3,170 34.2
Total formal votes 9,270 99.3
Informal votes 63 0.7
Turnout 9,333 95.6
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Queensland state election, 1947: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jim Donald 6,715 69.3 -30.7
Queensland People's Party Henry Davidson 2,974 30.7 +30.7
Total formal votes 9,689 98.8
Informal votes 116 1.2
Turnout 9,805 91.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
Bremer state by-election, 1946
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jim Donald 5,908 63.1 -36.9
Queensland People's Party Harold Shapcott 3,461 36.9 +36.9
Total formal votes 9,376 99.4
Informal votes 50 0.6
Turnout 9,426 87.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
Queensland state election, 1944: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Cooper unopposed
Labor hold Swing
Queensland state election, 1941: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Cooper 7,141 83.5 +0.1
Communist Geordie Burns 1,411 16.5 -0.1
Total formal votes 8,552 97.2 +0.3
Informal votes 249 2.8 -0.3
Turnout 8,801 94.0 -1.0
Labor hold Swing +0.1

Elections in the 1930s

Queensland state election, 1938: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Cooper 7,099 83.4 -4.1
Communist Geordie Burns 1,414 16.6 +4.1
Total formal votes 8,513 96.9 -0.5
Informal votes 276 3.1 +0.5
Turnout 8,789 95.0 +0.4
Labor hold Swing -4.1
Queensland state election, 1935: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Cooper 7,166 87.5
Communist Geordie Burns 1,026 12.5
Total formal votes 8,192 97.4
Informal votes 220 2.6
Turnout 8,412 94.6
Labor hold Swing
Queensland state election, 1932: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Cooper unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

Queensland state election, 1929: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Cooper 3,080 51.2 -15.0
CPNP Thomas Mitchell 2,933 48.8 +15.0
Total formal votes 6,082 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 69 1.1 0.0
Turnout 6,082 92.5 -1.9
Labor hold Swing -15.0
Queensland state election, 1926: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Cooper 3,888 66.2 +10.6
CPNP Kenneth McGill 1,988 33.8 -9.7
Total formal votes 5,876 98.9 +0.4
Informal votes 68 1.1 -0.4
Turnout 5,944 94.4 +1.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
Queensland state election, 1923: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Cooper 3,086 55.6 -5.9
United Andrew Wright 2,417 43.5 +8.7
Independent John Budd 51 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 5,554 98.5 -0.2
Informal votes 86 1.5 +0.2
Turnout 5,640 92.6 +0.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
Queensland state election, 1920: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Cooper 3,667 61.5 -4.5
Nationalist Alfred Stephenson 2,078 34.8 +0.8
Industrialist Albert Welsby 222 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 5,967 98.7 -0.1
Informal votes 79 1.3 +0.1
Turnout 6,046 92.4 +3.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

Queensland state election, 1918: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Cooper 3,678 66.0 +4.5
Nationalist E. Maurice Little 1,897 34.0 -4.5
Total formal votes 5,575 98.8 -0.1
Informal votes 65 1.2 +0.1
Turnout 5,640 89.3 -4.7
Labor hold Swing +4.5
Queensland state election, 1915: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Cooper 3,157 61.5 +11.7
Liberal Felix Barbat 1,974 38.5 -11.7
Total formal votes 5,131 98.9 -0.1
Informal votes 55 1.1 +0.1
Turnout 5,186 94.0 +12.4
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +11.7
Queensland state election, 1912: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal James Cribb 1,860 50.2
Labor William Hefferan 1,844 49.8
Total formal votes 3,704 99.0
Informal votes 36 1.0
Turnout 3,740 81.6
Liberal hold Swing

References

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