Results of the Queensland state election, 1957 (M-Z)

Queensland state election, 3 August 1957[1] Legislative Assembly << 1956 — 1960 >>
Enrolled voters		747,455[1]
Votes cast		706,909		Turnout	94.58	+1.57
Informal votes		8,033		Informal	1.14	–0.07
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	201,971	28.90	–22.32	20	–29
	Queensland Labor	163,534	23.40	+23.40	11	+11
	Liberal	162,372	23.23	–1.84	18	+10
	Country	139,720	19.99	+0.72	24	+ 8
	North Queensland Labor	7,488	1.07	–0.25	1	± 0
	Ind. Labor	2,257	0.32	+0.26	0	± 0
	Ind. Conservative	2,723	0.39	+0.39	0	± 0
	Independent	18,811	2.69	–0.17	1	± 0
Total		698,876			75

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1957 Queensland state election for electorates from M to Z.

Results by electoral district

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1957: Mackay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Fred Graham	3,175	42.0	-16.0
	Liberal	William Field	2,939	38.8	-0.7
	Queensland Labor	Joseph Griffin	1,452	19.2	+19.2
Total formal votes			7,566	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			84	1.1	0.0
Turnout			7,650	95.2	+2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.9

Mackenzie

Queensland state election, 1957: Mackenzie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Neville Hewitt	2,523	55.1	+4.6
	Labor	William James	1,140	24.9	-24.6
	Queensland Labor	J T Cook	920	20.1	+20.1
Total formal votes			4,583	99.2	+0.1
Informal votes			35	0.8	-0.1
Turnout			4,618	93.5	+4.0
	Country hold		Swing	+18.4

Marodian

Queensland state election, 1957: Marodian

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	James Heading	6,307	75.3	-24.7
	Labor	William Weir	2,073	24.7	+24.7
Total formal votes			8,380	98.4
Informal votes			135	1.6
Turnout			8,515	95.3
	Country hold		Swing	-24.7

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1957: Maryborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Horace Davies	5,297	53.1	-13.1
	Country	James Dunn	3,218	32.3	-1.5
	Queensland Labor	Clement Gott	1,461	14.6	+14.6
Total formal votes			9,976	98.6	+0.1
Informal votes			142	1.4	-0.1
Turnout			10,118	96.6	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.0

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1957: Merthyr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ray Ramsden	3,151	37.0	-3.2
	Queensland Labor	Bill Moore	3,028	35.6	+35.6
	Labor	Tom Campbell	2,336	27.4	-32.4
Total formal votes			8,515	99.0	+0.4
Informal votes			88	1.0	-0.4
Turnout			8,603	94.1	+3.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1957: Mirani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Ernie Evans	4,770	56.7	-2.5
	Labor	James Chataway	1,889	22.5	-18.3
	Queensland Labor	Walter O'Grady	1,749	20.8	+20.8
Total formal votes			8,408	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			83	1.0	-0.2
Turnout			8,491	95.8	+1.7
	Country hold		Swing	+12.4

Mount Coot-tha

Queensland state election, 1957: Mount Coot-tha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Kenneth Morris	8,723	58.4	-4.0
	Labor	Desmond Raven	3,254	21.8	-15.8
	Queensland Labor	John Lynch	2,967	19.8	+19.8
Total formal votes			14,944	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			148	1.0	-0.2
Turnout			15,092	94.9	+0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.4

Mount Gravatt

Queensland state election, 1957: Mount Gravatt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Graham Hart	10,562	39.7	-0.7
	Labor	Felix Dittmer	10,434	39.3	-20.3
	Queensland Labor	Charles Edwards	5,432	20.4	+20.4
	Independent	Harold Boone	145	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			26,573	98.6	-0.2
Informal votes			370	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			26,943	95.2	+1.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.9

Mourilyan

Queensland state election, 1957: Mourilyan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Peter Byrne	3,246	42.2	-17.3
	Country	Edmund Webb	2,619	34.1	-4.1
	Queensland Labor	Alfred Drew	1,740	22.6	+22.6
	Independent	Cecil Evans	81	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			7,686	98.6	-0.3
Informal votes			112	1.4	+0.3
Turnout			7,798	95.9	+2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.5

Mulgrave

Queensland state election, 1957: Mulgrave

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Robert Watson	3,407	45.2	-2.9
	Queensland Labor	Charles English	2,331	31.0	+31.0
	Labor	Leslie Trembath	1,792	23.8	-28.1
Total formal votes			7,530	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			77	1.0	-0.1
Turnout			7,607	94.4	+1.0
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of Robert Watson. It was held on 6th June 1959.

Mulgrave state by-election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Carlisle Wordsworth	3,281	47.1	+1.9
	Labor	Leslie Trembath	2,331	33.5	+9.7
	Queensland Labor	Charles English	1,349	19.4	-11.6
Total formal votes			6,961	98.9	-0.1
Informal votes			80	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			7,041	85.5	-8.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Mundingburra

Queensland state election, 1957: Mundingburra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	NQ Labor	Tom Aikens	7,488	75.1	-2.8
	Labor	Jim Mahony	1,920	19.3	-2.8
	Independent	G F Evans	564	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			9,972	98.7	+0.7
Informal votes			132	1.3	-0.7
Turnout			10,104	94.2	+0.6
	Independent hold		Swing	+1.7

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1957: Murrumba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	David Nicholson	9,112	61.8	-0.2
	Labor	Bertram Krause	2,868	19.5	-18.5
	Queensland Labor	Michael Ryan	2,756	18.7	+18.7
Total formal votes			14,736	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			161	1.1	-0.3
Turnout			14,897	94.9	+1.2
	Country hold		Swing	+14.1

Nash

Queensland state election, 1957: Nash

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Max Hodges	4,331	41.5	-2.5
	Queensland Labor	Greg Kehoe	3,696	35.4	+35.4
	Labor	George Hooper	2,414	23.1	-32.9
Total formal votes			10,441	99.3	+0.3
Informal votes			78	0.7	-0.3
Turnout			10,519	96.8	+1.6
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Norman

Queensland state election, 1957: Norman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Baxter	4,478	41.1	-15.0
	Liberal	George Regan	4,376	40.2	-3.7
	Queensland Labor	Norman Tacey	2,033	18.7	+18.7
Total formal votes			10,887	98.7	-0.2
Informal votes			148	1.3	+0.2
Turnout			11,035	95.6	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.5

North Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1957: North Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Leslie Wood	4,183	44.3	-14.7
	Liberal	Herbert Yeates	3,610	38.2	-2.8
	Queensland Labor	Francis Bowdler	1,646	17.4	+17.4
Total formal votes			9,439	99.3	+0.4
Informal votes			64	0.7	-0.4
Turnout			9,503	94.5	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.3

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of Leslie Wood. It was held on 31st May 1958.

North Toowoomba state by-election, 1958

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jack Duggan	5,765	63.0	+18.7
	Liberal	Geoffrey Godsall	2,912	31.8	-6.4
	Queensland Labor	Tim Whittaker	471	5.2	-12.2
Total formal votes			9,148	99.0	-0.3
Informal votes			89	1.0	+0.3
Turnout			9,237	92.8	-1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1957: Nundah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Knox	4,421	39.3	-5.2
	Queensland Labor	James Hadley	3,526	31.3	+31.3
	Labor	Dudley Ryder	3,307	29.4	-26.1
Total formal votes			11,254	98.9	+0.4
Informal votes			124	1.1	-0.4
Turnout			11,378	95.4	+0.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1957: Port Curtis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	James Burrows	4,757	49.4	-15.1
	Country	Colin Wilson	3,460	35.9	+0.4
	Queensland Labor	Samuel Andrewartha	1,412	14.7	+14.7
Total formal votes			9,629	99.5	+0.2
Informal votes			46	0.5	-0.2
Turnout			9,675	96.2	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.6

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1957: Rockhampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Queensland Labor	Robert Gardner	3,245	36.3	+36.3
	Liberal	James Marshall	2,589	29.0	-20.3
	Labor	James Fraser	2,203	24.6	-25.4
	Independent	Rex Pilbeam	895	10.0	+10.0
	Independent	Thomas Kelly	9	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			8,941	99.4	+0.4
Informal votes			51	0.6	-0.4
Turnout			8,992	95.7	+0.2
	Queensland Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Roma

Queensland state election, 1957: Roma

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	William Ewan	2,568	46.1	-3.8
	Queensland Labor	Alfred Dohring	2,006	36.0	+36.0
	Labor	William Hay	855	15.4	-34.7
	Independent	James Clarke	141	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			5,570	99.2	-0.2
Informal votes			43	0.8	+0.2
Turnout			5,613	94.8	+1.3
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1957: Sandgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Thomas Ahearn	6,620	37.2	-6.2
	Labor	Harold Dean	6,323	35.5	-21.1
	Queensland Labor	Herbert Robinson	4,867	27.3	+27.3
Total formal votes			17,810	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			173	1.0	-0.2
Turnout			17,983	95.3	+2.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+7.7

Sherwood

Queensland state election, 1957: Sherwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Herbert	8,934	49.3	-1.8
	Labor	Doug Sherrington	5,810	32.1	-13.1
	Queensland Labor	Harry Wright	3,381	18.7	+18.7
Total formal votes			18,125	98.9	+1.9
Informal votes			198	1.1	-1.9
Turnout			18,323	94.4	+0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.6

Somerset

Queensland state election, 1957: Somerset

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Harold Richter	3,700	41.0	-3.1
	Queensland Labor	Alexander Skinner	3,246	36.0	+36.0
	Labor	Evan Marginson	2,078	23.0	-32.9
Total formal votes			9,024	99.5	+0.2
Informal votes			42	0.5	-0.2
Turnout			9,066	95.4	+0.7
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1957: South Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Queensland Labor	Vince Gair	3,598	44.1	+44.1
	Liberal	William Henry	2,593	31.8	+31.8
	Labor	Tom Doyle	1,974	24.2	-34.4
Total formal votes			8,165	98.7	+0.2
Informal votes			104	1.3	-0.2
Turnout			8,269	93.7	+1.8
	Queensland Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Southport

Queensland state election, 1957: Southport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Eric Gaven	9,650	73.9	+7.9
	Labor	William Bedford	3,401	26.1	-7.9
Total formal votes			13,051	98.8	-0.6
Informal votes			154	1.2	+0.6
Turnout			13,205	93.9	+2.2
	Country hold		Swing	+7.9

Tablelands

Queensland state election, 1957: Tablelands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Tom Gilmore	3,359	37.5	+3.9
	Queensland Labor	Harold Collins	3,279	36.6	+36.6
	Labor	Sidney Tullipan	2,321	25.9	-40.5
Total formal votes			8,959	99.3	+0.4
Informal votes			64	0.7	-0.4
Turnout			9,023	92.3	+1.7
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1957: Toowong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alan Munro	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Toowoomba

Queensland state election, 1957: Toowoomba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Mervyn Anderson	4,031	41.3	+4.3
	Labor	Jack Duggan	3,781	38.7	-24.3
	Queensland Labor	T D McCawley	1,654	16.9	+16.9
	Independent	Vera Lacaze	301	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			9,767	99.5	+0.8
Informal votes			49	0.5	-0.8
Turnout			9,816	94.5	+1.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+14.6

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1957: Townsville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Keyatta	2,631	40.1	-6.8
	Liberal	Roy Pope	2,290	34.9	-1.3
	Queensland Labor	Lionel Tomlins	1,637	25.0	+25.0
Total formal votes			6,558	98.4	-0.7
Informal votes			105	1.6	+0.7
Turnout			6,663	92.2	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.9

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1957: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Dufficy	2,358	44.8	-22.9
	Country	Arnold White	1,550	29.4	-2.9
	Queensland Labor	John Glynn	1,361	25.8	+25.8
Total formal votes			5,269	99.0	+0.6
Informal votes			53	1.0	-0.6
Turnout			5,322	89.4	+4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.4

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1957: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,695	65.3	+1.7
	Queensland Labor	George Wilkinson	3,026	34.7	+34.7
Total formal votes			8,721	98.4	-0.7
Informal votes			142	1.6	+0.7
Turnout			8,863	95.8	-0.4
	Country hold		Swing	+1.7

Whitsunday

Queensland state election, 1957: Whitsunday

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Lloyd Roberts	4,861	55.3	-4.1
	Labor	Ralph Staples	2,555	29.1	-11.5
	Queensland Labor	Bernard Lewis	1,374	15.6	+15.6
Total formal votes			8,790	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			94	1.1	-0.3
Turnout			8,884	95.0	+1.8
	Country hold		Swing	+6.1

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1957: Windsor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Percy Smith	3,760	38.9	-4.8
	Queensland Labor	Thomas Rasey	3,733	38.6	+38.6
	Labor	Kenneth Kemshead	2,165	22.4	-33.9
Total formal votes			9,658	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			100	1.0	-0.2
Turnout			9,758	95.3	+0.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1957: Wynnum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Gunn	7,807	52.3	-13.1
	Liberal	Peter McAdam	5,170	34.6	0.0
	Queensland Labor	James Pendergast	1,821	12.2	+12.2
	Independent	William St George-Grambauer	126	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			14,924	98.9	+0.2
Informal votes			170	1.1	-0.2
Turnout			15,094	95.1	+2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.2

Yeronga

Queensland state election, 1957: Yeronga

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Winston Noble	6,660	54.6	-3.3
	Labor	Roy Dent	2,903	23.8	-16.7
	Queensland Labor	William Quaill	2,635	21.6	+21.6
Total formal votes			12,198	99.2	+0.2
Informal votes			98	0.8	-0.2
Turnout			12,296	95.7	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.7

See also

• Results of the Queensland state election, 1957 (A-L)
• Queensland state election, 1957
• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1957
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1957-1960

References