Results of the Queensland state election, 1932 (L-Z)

Queensland state election, 11 June 1932[1] Legislative Assembly << 1929 — 1935 >>
Enrolled voters		492,036
Votes cast		456,706		Turnout	92.82%	+3.67%
Informal votes		5,144		Informal	1.13%	–0.43%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	225,270	49.89%	+9.73%	33	+5
	CPNP	204,158	45.21%	–9.02%	28	-15
	Queensland Party	7,590	1.68%	+1.68%	0	± 0
	Ind. Labor	1,831	0.41%	+0.41%	0	± 0
	Communist	1,057	0.23%	–0.45%	0	± 0
	Lang Labor	587	0.13%	+0.13%	0	± 0
	Independent	11,069	2.45%	–2.42%	1	– 1
Total		451,562			62

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1932 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

Logan

Queensland state election, 1932: Logan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Reginald King	4,301	50.1
	Labor	Joe Cranitch	4,087	47.6
	Independent Labor	Patrick Coffey	191	2.2
Total formal votes			8,579	99.0
Informal votes			84	1.0
Turnout			8,663	94.7
	CPNP hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1932: Mackay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Forgan Smith	4,535	61.4
	CPNP	Alexander Mackay	2,670	36.1
	Independent	Arthur Williams	183	2.5
Total formal votes			7,388	98.7
Informal votes			99	1.3
Turnout			7,487	88.1
	Labor hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Maranoa

Queensland state election, 1932: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Charles Conroy	4,148	62.2
	CPNP	Ernest Thomas	2,360	35.4
	Queensland Party	Daniel O'Brien	164	2.5
Total formal votes			6,672	99.0
Informal votes			70	1.0
Turnout			6,742	90.2
	Labor hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Maree

Queensland state election, 1932: Maree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William King	5,025	54.6
	CPNP	Louis Luckins	3,891	42.2
	Queensland Party	John Perry	163	1.8
	Social Credit	Hugh Phair	133	1.4
Total formal votes			9,212	99.1
Informal votes			82	0.9
Turnout			9,294	93.2
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1932: Maryborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	James Stopford	4,862	58.7
	CPNP	Louis Luckins	2,748	33.2
	Independent	Alan Price	425	5.1
	Communist	Harold McElligott	243	2.9
Total formal votes			8,278	97.2
Informal votes			235	2.8
Turnout			8,513	96.1
	Labor hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1932: Merthyr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	James Keogh	4,780	51.6
	CPNP	Patrick Kerwan	4,293	46.4
	Lang Labor	Kenneth McDonald	187	2.0
Total formal votes			9,259	99.4
Informal votes			54	0.6
Turnout			9,313	84.0
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1932: Mirani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Edward Swayne	3,083	45.7
	Labor	Alexander Gardner	2,958	43.8
	Queensland Party	Peter McCowan	711	10.5
Total formal votes			6,752	99.2
Informal votes			56	0.8
Turnout			6,808	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	CPNP	Edward Swayne	3,549	53.6
	Labor	Alexander Gardner	3,076	46.4
	CPNP hold		Swing

Mundingburra

Queensland state election, 1932: Mundingburra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Dash	4,921	66.9
	CPNP	John Garbutt	2,434	33.1
Total formal votes			7,355	99.2
Informal votes			58	0.8
Turnout			7,413	94.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Murilla

Queensland state election, 1932: Murilla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Godfrey Morgan	3,898	58.6
	Labor	Samuel Brassington	2,753	41.4
Total formal votes			6,651	98.7
Informal votes			90	1.3
Turnout			6,741	94.1
	CPNP hold		Swing

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1932: Murrumba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Frank Nicklin	4,206	61.1
	Labor	David Moorcroft	2,271	33.0
	Queensland Party	William Bradley	410	5.9
Total formal votes			6,887	98.7
Informal votes			88	1.3
Turnout			6,975	93.3
	CPNP hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Nanango

Queensland state election, 1932: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	James Edwards	4,162	56.3
	Labor	Thomas Reordan	2,442	33.0
	Independent	G.W. Young	791	10.7
Total formal votes			7,395	99.5
Informal votes			40	0.5
Turnout			7,435	94.5
	CPNP hold		Swing

Normanby

Queensland state election, 1932: Normanby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Foley	4,183	59.9
	CPNP	Thomas O'Brien	2,805	40.1
Total formal votes			6,988	98.9
Informal votes			80	1.1
Turnout			7,068	93.2
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1932: Nundah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Hayes	4,493	51.2
	CPNP	William Kelso	3,933	44.8
	Independent	Jack MacDonald	358	4.1
Total formal votes			8,784	99.4
Informal votes			56	0.6
Turnout			8,840	94.0
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

Oxley

Queensland state election, 1932: Oxley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Thomas Nimmo	5,294	56.9
	Labor	James MacArthur	4,005	43.1
Total formal votes			9,2999	98.6
Informal votes			132	1.4
Turnout			9,431	94.3
	CPNP hold		Swing

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1932: Port Curtis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Thomas Williams	3,805	51.2
	CPNP	Frank Butler	3,625	48.8
Total formal votes			7,430	99.5
Informal votes			39	0.5
Turnout			7,469	94.9
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1932: Rockhampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	James Larcombe	5,331	60.7
	Independent	Thomas Dunlop	2,346	26.7
	Independent	Joseph Conachan	1,101	12.5
Total formal votes			8,778	99.0
Informal votes			92	1.0
Turnout			8,870	93.2
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1932: Sandgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Hubert Sizer	4,711	50.8
	Labor	Herbert McPhail	4,194	45.2
	Queensland Party	Benjamin White	374	4.0
Total formal votes			9,279	99.2
Informal votes			76	0.8
Turnout			9,355	94.7
	CPNP hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1932: South Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Vince Gair	4,737	52.2
	CPNP	Neil MacGroarty	3,972	43.8
	Queensland Party	Joseph Clancy	364	4.0
Total formal votes			9,073	98.0
Informal votes			182	2.0
Turnout			9,255	94.7
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

Stanley

Queensland state election, 1932: Stanley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Ernest Grimstone	3,984	56.0
	Labor	Francis Staunton	2,278	32.0
	Independent	Ernest Cannell	834	12.9
Total formal votes			7,096	99.4
Informal votes			44	0.6
Turnout			7,140	95.6
	CPNP hold		Swing

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of Ernest Grimstone. It was held on 9th December 1933.

Stanley state by-election, 1933

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Roy Bell	4,336	68.3	+12.3
	Independent	Alfred Langdon	2,013	31.7	+31.7
Total formal votes			6,349	97.3	-2.1
Informal votes			177	2.7	+2.1
Turnout			6,526	83.0	-12.6
	CPNP hold		Swing	N/A

The Tableland

Queensland state election, 1932: The Tableland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harry Bruce	3,664	52.1
	CPNP	Ernest Atherton	3,375	47.9
Total formal votes			7,039	98.2
Informal votes			126	1.8
Turnout			7,165	93.4
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1932: Toowong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	James Maxwell	5,354	58.9
	Labor	Edward Turner	3,105	34.2
	Queensland Party	James Trotter	428	4.7
	Independent	Charles Graves	196	2.2
Total formal votes			9,083	99.3
Informal votes			61	0.7
Turnout			9,144	94.0
	CPNP hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1932: Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Evan Llewelyn	4,456	52.4
	CPNP	James Annand	8,568	43.3
	Communist	Fred Paterson	359	4.2
Total formal votes			8,499	99.2
Turnout			8,568	92.8
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1932: Townsville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Maurice Hynes	5,686	73.0
	Independent	John Burns	1,990	25.5
	Communist	Douglas Price	114	1.5
Total formal votes			7,790	98.8
Informal votes			92	1.2
Turnout			7,882	92.0
	Labor hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1932: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Randolph Bedford	3,171	55.3
	CPNP	John Fletcher	1,870	32.6
	Independent Labor	John Kerr	689	12.0
Total formal votes			5,730	98.9
Informal votes			63	1.1
Turnout			5,793	85.6
	Labor hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1932: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	George Barnes	3,865	51.7
	Labor	John Healy	3,399	45.5
	Queensland Party	Alice Chambers	209	2.8
Total formal votes			7,473	99.4
Informal votes			43	0.6
Turnout			7,516	96.1
	CPNP hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

West Moreton

Queensland state election, 1932: West Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Ted Maher	3,723	52.0
	Labor	Lorenz Krebs	2,349	32.8
	Queensland Party	Christy Littman	684	9.6
	Independent	William Cooper	400	5.6
Total formal votes			7,156	99.2
Informal votes			56	0.8
Turnout			7,212	95.5
	CPNP hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Wide Bay

Queensland state election, 1932: Wide Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Ernest Clayton	4,214	62.4
	Labor	John Brown	2,535	37.6
Total formal votes			6,749	97.4
Informal votes			180	2.6
Turnout			6,929	93.7
	CPNP hold		Swing

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1932: Windsor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Charles Taylor	4,291	46.7
	Labor	Ernest Manchester	3,395	37.0
	Independent Labor	Donald MacKenzie	951	10.4
	Independent	Francis Corbett	541	5.9
Total formal votes			9,178	99.1
Informal votes			83	0.9
Turnout			9,261	88.6
Two-party-preferred result
	CPNP	Charles Taylor	4,522	54.0
	Labor	Ernest Manchester	3,852	46.0
	CPNP hold		Swing

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1932: Wynnum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	Walter Barnes	4,224	49.5
	Labor	John Donnelly	3,658	42.9
	Queensland Party	William Argaet	651	7.6
Total formal votes			8,533	99.3
Informal votes			60	0.7
Turnout			8,593	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	CPNP	Walter Barnes	4,684	53.8
	Labor	John Donnelly	3,761	46.2
	CPNP hold		Swing

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of Walter Barnes. It was held on 29th April 1933.

Wynnum state by-election, 1933

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPNP	James Bayley	4,170	46.3	-3.2
	Labor	John Donnelly	4,096	45.5	+2.6
	Queensland Party	William Argaet	505	6.3	-1.3
	Communist	Bert Hurworth	167	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			8,998	98.9	-0.4
Informal votes			101	1.1	+0.4
Turnout			9,099
Two-party-preferred result
	CPNP	James Bayley	4,385	50.9	-2.9
	Labor	John Donnelly	4,236	49.1	+2.9
	CPNP hold		Swing	-2.9

See also

• Results of the Queensland state election, 1932 (A-K)
• Queensland state election, 1932
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1932
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1932-1935

References