Electoral results for the Division of Herbert

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Herbert in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until the present.

Members

	Party	Term
Fred Bamford	Labor	1901–1916
	National Labor	1916–1917
	Nationalist	1917–1925
Lewis Nott	Nationalist	1925–1928
George Martens	Labor	1928–1946
Bill Edmonds	Labor	1946–1958
John Murray	Liberal	1958–1961
Ted Harding	Labor	1961–1966
Robert Bonnett	Liberal	1966–1977
Gordon Dean	Liberal	1977–1983
Ted Lindsay	Labor	1983–1996
Peter Lindsay	Liberal	1996–2010
Ewen Jones	Liberal National	2010–2016
Cathy O'Toole	Labor	2016–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2016: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Ewen Jones	31,361	35.50	−7.84
	Labor	Cathy O'Toole	26,900	30.45	+1.07
	One Nation	Geoff Virgo	11,950	13.53	+12.70
	Katter's Australian	Colin Dwyer	6,070	6.87	−1.21
	Greens	Wendy Tubman	5,533	6.26	+1.02
	Family First	Michael Punshon	3,175	3.59	+2.29
	Glenn Lazarus Team	Aaron Raffin	1,937	2.19	+2.19
	Liberal Democrats	David Harris	1,096	1.24	+1.24
	Palmer United	Martin Brewster	315	0.36	−8.52
Total formal votes			88,337	93.12	−0.95
Informal votes			6,525	6.88	+0.95
Turnout			94,862	90.48	−2.88
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Cathy O'Toole	44,187	50.02	+6.19
	Liberal National	Ewen Jones	44,150	49.98	−6.19
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+6.19

Australian federal election, 2013: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Ewen Jones	36,952	43.34	−2.33
	Labor	Cathy O'Toole	25,051	29.38	−10.77
	Palmer United	Martin Brewster	7,573	8.88	+8.88
	Katter's Australian	Bronwyn Walker	6,890	8.08	+8.08
	Greens	Gail Hamilton	4,463	5.24	−3.61
	Sex Party	Costa George	1,576	1.85	+1.85
	Family First	Michael Punshon	1,106	1.30	−4.03
	One Nation	Steve Moir	710	0.83	+0.83
	Rise Up Australia	Nino Marolla	549	0.64	+0.64
	Australian Voice	Margaret Bell	383	0.45	+0.45
Total formal votes			85,253	94.07	+0.33
Informal votes			5,379	5.93	−0.33
Turnout			90,632	93.21	+0.62
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ewen Jones	47,889	56.17	+4.00
	Labor	Cathy O'Toole	37,364	43.83	−4.00
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+4.00

Australian federal election, 2010: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Ewen Jones	36,086	45.67	+2.14
	Labor	Tony Mooney	31,729	40.15	-3.12
	Greens	Mike Rubenach	6,995	8.85	+3.81
	Family First	Michael Punshon	4,208	5.33	+3.67
Total formal votes			79,018	93.74	-2.04
Informal votes			5,281	6.26	+2.04
Turnout			84,299	92.59	-1.07
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ewen Jones	41,221	52.17	+2.20
	Labor	Tony Mooney	37,797	47.83	-2.20
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+2.20

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Lindsay	37,397	45.70	-2.68
	Labor	George Colbran	35,838	43.79	+7.81
	Greens	Jenny Stirling	4,201	5.13	+0.17
	Family First	Michael Punshon	1,283	1.57	-2.33
	Independent	Bill Brennan	900	1.10	+1.10
	One Nation	Francis Pauler	748	0.91	-2.43
	Liberty & Democracy	Ben Thompson	505	0.62	+0.62
	Independent	Garrie Lynch	487	0.60	+0.60
	Democrats	Sharon Sheridan	476	0.58	-0.73
Total formal votes			81,835	95.81	+1.31
Informal votes			3,575	4.19	-1.31
Turnout			85,410	94.11	-0.77
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Lindsay	41,089	50.21	-6.03
	Labor	George Colbran	40,746	49.79	+6.03
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.03

Australian federal election, 2004: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Lindsay	38,792	49.74	+6.80
	Labor	Anita Phillips	28,260	36.24	-0.31
	Greens	Jenny Stirling	3,915	5.02	+2.30
	Family First	Cathy Eaton	2,993	3.84	+3.84
	One Nation	William Michael Brennan	2,675	3.43	-3.36
	Democrats	Richard Hoolihan	1,025	1.31	-1.79
	CEC	Les Marsden	323	0.41	+0.41
Total formal votes			77,983	94.47	-0.66
Informal votes			4,563	5.53	+0.66
Turnout			82,546	93.82	-2.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Lindsay	43,828	56.20	+4.67
	Labor	Anita Phillips	34,155	43.80	-4.67
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.67

Australian federal election, 2001: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Lindsay	35,349	42.98	+3.07
	Labor	Jenny Hill	29,897	36.35	-0.84
	Independent	Conway Bown	6,473	7.87	+7.87
	One Nation	Anthony Weil	5,827	7.08	-7.21
	Democrats	Richard Hoolihan	2,494	3.03	+0.46
	Greens	Anne Goddard	2,205	2.68	+0.41
Total formal votes			82,245	95.07	-1.07
Informal votes			4,266	4.93	+1.07
Turnout			86,511	96.31
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Lindsay	42,455	51.62	+1.52
	Labor	Jenny Hill	39,790	48.38	-1.52
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.52

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Lindsay	30,683	39.91	+1.28
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	28,588	37.19	+0.64
	One Nation	Mark Swain	10,991	14.30	+14.30
	Democrats	Althea Smith	1,979	2.57	-3.37
	Greens	Rebecca Smith	1,747	2.27	+2.27
	Christian Democrats	John Edmiston	948	1.23	+1.23
	Independent	Elaine Steley	816	1.06	+1.06
	Women's Party	Pauline Woodbridge	619	0.81	-0.93
	Independent	Bob Bradley	503	0.65	+0.65
Total formal votes			76,874	96.13	-1.30
Informal votes			3,091	3.87	+1.30
Turnout			79,965	94.68	-0.56
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Lindsay	38,512	50.10	-6.52
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	38,362	49.90	+6.52
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.52

Australian federal election, 1996: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Lindsay	29,405	38.75	+7.36
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	27,812	36.65	-4.49
	National	Ken Kipping	11,468	15.11	+8.92
	Democrats	Colin Edwards	4,473	5.89	+2.16
	Women's Party	Josephine Sailor	1,338	1.76	+1.76
	Independent	David Smallwood	730	0.96	+0.96
	Independent	Alex Caldwell	660	0.87	+0.87
Total formal votes			75,886	97.42	-0.06
Informal votes			2,010	2.58	+0.06
Turnout			77,896	94.12	-1.45
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Lindsay	42,826	56.59	+9.90
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	32,852	43.41	-9.90
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.90

Australian federal election, 1993: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	31,349	40.56	-5.33
	Liberal	Peter Hazard	24,300	31.44	+6.63
	Independent	John Robinson	10,002	12.94	+12.94
	National	Robyn Quick	5,374	6.95	-11.08
	Democrats	Col Parker	2,848	3.68	-7.59
	Greens	Dave Kimble	1,771	2.29	+2.29
	Confederate Action	Warren Harvey	640	0.83	+0.83
	Independent	Bill Setter	515	0.67	+0.67
	Indigenous Peoples	Cilla Pryor	495	0.64	+0.64
Total formal votes			77,294	97.50	-0.52
Informal votes			1,984	2.50	+0.52
Turnout			79,278	95.56
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	40,452	52.37	-2.63
	Liberal	Peter Hazard	36,786	47.63	+2.63
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.63

Australian federal election, 1990: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	32,166	45.8	-5.3
	Liberal	Peter Hazard	17,384	28.4	+8.7
	National	Rick Anderton	12,749	18.2	-9.5
	Democrats	Colin Parker	7,885	11.2	+6.1
Total formal votes			70,184	98.0
Informal votes			1,419	2.0
Turnout			71,603	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	38,438	54.9	-1.9
	Liberal	Peter Hazard	31,529	45.1	+45.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.9

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	33,507	51.1	+0.8
	National	Jose Goicoechea	18,206	27.7	-3.9
	Liberal	Rosemary Pavey	10,571	16.1	+1.9
	Democrats	Paul Swanton	3,344	5.1	+1.2
Total formal votes			65,628	96.6
Informal votes			2,338	3.4
Turnout			67,966	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	37,259	56.8	+3.2
	National	Jose Goicoechea	28,360	43.2	-3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Australian federal election, 1984: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	29,589	50.3	-0.2
	National	Vicky Kippin	18,602	31.6	+18.0
	Liberal	Theo Theofanes	8,326	14.2	-19.4
	Democrats	Ana Bristowe-Lamb	2,273	3.9	+1.6
Total formal votes			58,790	96.3
Informal votes			2,286	3.7
Turnout			61,076	90.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	31,517	53.6	+0.5
	National	Vicky Kippin	27,270	46.4	+46.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.5

Australian federal election, 1983: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	35,368	50.2	+3.7
	Liberal	Gordon Dean	23,875	33.9	-13.9
	National	John Aubrey	9,562	13.6	+13.6
	Democrats	John Lamb	1,597	2.3	-3.3
Total formal votes			70,402	99.1
Informal votes			659	0.9
Turnout			71,061	90.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Lindsay		52.8	+3.7
	Liberal	Gordon Dean		47.2	-3.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.7

Australian federal election, 1980: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gordon Dean	31,538	47.9	+14.4
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	30,575	46.5	+9.5
	Democrats	John Lamb	3,690	5.6	-2.2
Total formal votes			65,803	98.5
Informal votes			978	1.5
Turnout			66,781	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gordon Dean	33,462	50.9	-6.8
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	32,341	49.1	+6.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.8

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	22,668	37.0	-5.5
	Liberal	Gordon Dean	20,559	33.5	-24.0
	National Country	Charles Arnold	12,357	20.2	+20.2
	Democrats	Kenneth Kipping	4,799	7.8	+7.8
	Independent	Grahame Wells	418	0.7	+0.7
	Progress	Coral Finlay	250	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Peter Dunn	236	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			61,287	98.4
Informal votes			1,014	1.6
Turnout			62,301	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gordon Dean	35,353	57.7	+0.2
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	25,934	42.3	-0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

Australian federal election, 1975: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Robert Bonnett	34,620	58.0	+4.9
	Labor	John Rockett	25,096	42.0	-2.2
Total formal votes			59,716	98.4
Informal votes			945	1.6
Turnout			60,661	94.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.8

Australian federal election, 1974: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Robert Bonnett	30,908	53.1	+8.3
	Labor	John Rockett	25,712	44.2	+0.9
	Australia Party	Leonard Weber	1,601	2.7	+0.1
Total formal votes			58,221	98.7
Informal votes			783	1.3
Turnout			59,004	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Robert Bonnett		54.2	+0.4
	Labor	John Rockett		45.8	-0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

Australian federal election, 1972: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Robert Bonnett	22,601	44.8	+2.1
	Labor	Fabian Sweeney	21,873	43.3	-2.8
	Democratic Labor	Kiernan Dorney	4,719	9.3	-1.9
	Australia Party	Leonard Weber	1,311	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			50,504	98.3
Informal votes			897	1.7
Turnout			51,401	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Robert Bonnett	27,171	53.8	+2.1
	Labor	Fabian Sweeney	23,333	46.2	-2.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.1

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ted Harding	21,318	46.1	-1.6
	Liberal	Robert Bonnett	19,738	42.7	+6.9
	Democratic Labor	Kiernan Dorney	5,181	11.2	-5.2
Total formal votes			46,237	98.7
Informal votes			597	1.3
Turnout			46,834	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Robert Bonnett	23,897	51.7	+3.0
	Labor	Ted Harding	22,340	48.3	-3.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.0

Australian federal election, 1966: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ted Harding	22,212	45.3	-1.2
	Liberal	Robert Bonnett	18,721	38.2	+5.5
	Democratic Labor	Kiernan Dorney	8,053	16.4	-2.1
Total formal votes			48,986	98.1
Informal votes			955	1.9
Turnout			49,941	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Robert Bonnett	25,041	51.1	+4.3
	Labor	Ted Harding	23,945	48.9	-4.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+4.3

Australian federal election, 1963: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ted Harding	21,062	46.5	-2.5
	Liberal	Roy Pope	14,805	32.7	-10.4
	Democratic Labor	Kiernan Dorney	8,410	18.5	+13.4
	Communist	Frank Bishop	1,063	2.3	-0.5
Total formal votes			45,340	97.4
Informal votes			1,229	2.6
Turnout			46,569	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Harding	24,132	53.2	+0.9
	Liberal	Roy Pope	21,208	46.8	-0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.9

Australian federal election, 1961: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ted Harding	20,839	49.0	+7.5
	Liberal	John Murray	18,296	43.1	+0.5
	Queensland Labor	Victor Bodero	2,181	5.1	-9.0
	Communist	Frank Bishop	1,171	2.8	+1.0
Total formal votes			42,487	96.3
Informal votes			1,634	3.7
Turnout			44,121	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Harding		52.3	+3.8
	Liberal	John Murray		47.7	-3.8
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.8

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Murray	16,669	42.6	-0.2
	Labor	Bill Edmonds	16,249	41.6	-9.2
	Queensland Labor	Victor Bodero	5,496	14.1	+14.1
	Communist	Hugh Fay	702	1.8	-4.7
Total formal votes			39,116	95.8
Informal votes			1,727	4.2
Turnout			40,843	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Murray	20,136	51.5	+8.1
	Labor	Bill Edmonds	18,980	48.5	-8.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.1

Australian federal election, 1955: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Edmonds	18,825	50.7	-5.1
	Country	Arnold White	15,885	42.8	+2.1
	Communist	Frank Bishop	2,416	6.5	+3.0
Total formal votes			37,126	97.3
Informal votes			1,012	2.7
Turnout			38,138	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Edmonds		56.6	-2.3
	Country	Arnold White		43.4	+2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.3

Australian federal election, 1954: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Edmonds	20,894	55.8	+1.7
	Country	Fred Purdie	15,239	40.7	-2.0
	Communist	Claude Jones	1,323	3.5	+0.3
Total formal votes			37,456	98.2
Informal votes			684	1.8
Turnout			38,140	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Edmonds		59.0	+2.0
	Country	Fred Purdie		41.0	-2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

Australian federal election, 1951: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Edmonds	19,445	54.1	+4.7
	Country	Doug Jeffrey	15,332	42.7	-2.7
	Communist	Gloria Phelan	1,160	3.2	-2.0
Total formal votes			35,937	97.3
Informal votes			991	2.7
Turnout			36,928	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Edmonds		57.0	+3.3
	Country	Doug Jeffrey		43.0	-3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Edmonds	17,395	49.4	+1.0
	Country	Doug Jeffrey	15,973	45.4	+13.0
	Communist	Jim Henderson	1,847	5.2	-10.6
Total formal votes			35,215	96.8
Informal votes			1,160	3.2
Turnout			36,375	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Edmonds	18,898	53.7	-10.4
	Country	Doug Jeffrey	16,317	46.3	+10.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.4

Australian federal election, 1946: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Edmonds	28,246	46.0	+8.4
	Country	Lloyd Roberts	20,804	33.9	+11.2
	Communist	Jack Henry	9,404	15.3	-18.9
	Independent	Joseph Pollard	1,668	2.7	+2.7
	Services	Alexander McNamee	1,236	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			61,358	95.3
Informal votes			3,050	4.7
Turnout			64,408	90.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Edmonds	37,026	60.3	-1.4
	Country	Lloyd Roberts	24,332	39.7	+39.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.4

Australian federal election, 1943: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Martens	22,697	37.6	-3.1
	Communist	Fred Paterson	20,629	34.2	+34.2
	Country	Archie Graham	13,693	22.7	-12.8
	Independent	Charles Cook	3,300	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			60,319	97.3
Informal votes			1,673	2.7
Turnout			61,992	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Martens	37,219	61.7	+5.3
	Communist	Fred Paterson	23,100	38.3	+38.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.3

Australian federal election, 1940: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Martens	24,712	40.7	-2.9
	Country	Thomas Mann	21,545	35.5	+6.3
	Independent	Fred Paterson	11,104	18.3	+18.3
	Independent RSL	Louis Haydon	3,346	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			60,707	96.3
Informal votes			2,365	3.7
Turnout			63,072	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Martens	34,261	56.4	-10.0
	Country	Thomas Mann	26,446	43.6	+10.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.0

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Martens	25,766	43.6	-8.7
	Country	James Wilkie	17,252	29.2	+29.2
	Communist	Fred Paterson	12,523	21.2	+12.9
	Social Credit	Henry Beck	3,622	6.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			59,163	95.1
Informal votes			3,019	4.9
Turnout			62,182	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Martens	39,263	66.4	+5.4
	Country	James Wilkie	19,900	33.6	+33.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.4

Australian federal election, 1934: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Martens	27,721	52.3	-3.7
	United Australia	Ron Muir	20,005	37.7	-6.3
	Communist	Jack Henry	4,404	8.3	+8.3
	Lang Labor	Claude Vesperman	865	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			52,995	95.6
Informal votes			2,429	4.4
Turnout			55,424	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Martens		61.0	+5.0
	United Australia	Ron Muir		39.0	-5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.0

Australian federal election, 1931: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Martens	31,866	56.3	+3.5
	United Australia	Grosvenor Francis	24,733	43.7	-3.5
Total formal votes			56,599	95.8
Informal votes			2,473	4.2
Turnout			59,072	92.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.5

Elections in the 1920s

Australian federal election, 1929: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Martens	28,813	52.8	+2.6
	Nationalist	William Amiet	25,772	47.2	-2.6
Total formal votes			54,585	95.5
Informal votes			2,593	4.5
Turnout			57,178	93.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.6

Australian federal election, 1928: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Martens	25,462	50.2	+0.5
	Nationalist	Lewis Nott	25,308	49.8	-0.5
Total formal votes			50,770	93.9
Informal votes			3,312	6.1
Turnout			54,082	93.5
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+0.5

Australian federal election, 1925: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Lewis Nott	22,385	50.3	-1.4
	Labor	Ted Theodore	22,117	49.7	+1.4
Total formal votes			44,502	95.3
Informal votes			2,188	4.7
Turnout			46,690	90.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-1.4

Australian federal election, 1922: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Fred Bamford	17,396	51.7	+0.9
	Labor	Maurice Hynes	16,259	48.3	+1.8
Total formal votes			33,655	93.3
Informal votes			2,435	6.7
Turnout			36,090	83.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-0.5

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Fred Bamford	17,470	51.0	-0.3
	Labor	Eugene McKenna	15,872	46.3	-2.4
	Independent	Henry Madden	493	1.4	+1.4
	Independent	Terence Haren	443	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			34,278	90.5
Informal votes			3,583	9.5
Turnout			37,861	87.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Fred Bamford		52.4	+1.1
	Labor	Eugene McKenna		47.6	-1.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+1.1

Australian federal election, 1917: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Fred Bamford	18,583	51.3	+15.7
	Labor	Eugene McKenna	17,634	48.7	-15.7
Total formal votes			36,217	97.5
Informal votes			921	2.5
Turnout			37,138	90.0
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+15.7

Australian federal election, 1914: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Fred Bamford	18,700	64.4	+6.4
	Liberal	Frank Fraser	10,350	35.6	-6.4
Total formal votes			29,050	97.2
Informal votes			829	2.8
Turnout			29,879	74.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.4

Australian federal election, 1913: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Fred Bamford	16,709	58.0	+0.4
	Liberal	John Mann	12,081	42.0	-0.4
Total formal votes			28,790	96.1
Informal votes			1,172	3.9
Turnout			29,926	76.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

Australian federal election, 1910: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Fred Bamford	13,668	61.0	+8.1
	Liberal	Thomas Crawford	8,751	39.0	-8.1
Total formal votes			22,419	96.7
Informal votes			765	3.3
Turnout			23,184	61.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+8.1

Elections in the 1900s

Australian federal election, 1906: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Fred Bamford	8,151	52.9	-4.9
	Anti-Socialist	Walter Tunbridge	7,255	47.1	+47.1
Total formal votes			15,406	95.3
Informal votes			764	4.7
Turnout			16,170	50.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.9

Australian federal election, 1903: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Fred Bamford	8,965	57.8	+6.2
	Protectionist	William White	6,549	42.2	-6.2
Total formal votes			15,514	95.5
Informal votes			727	4.5
Turnout			16,241	63.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.2

Australian federal election, 1901: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Fred Bamford	3,353	51.6	+51.6
	Protectionist	William Brown	3,140	48.4	+48.4
Total formal votes			6,493	96.8
Informal votes			217	3.2
Turnout			6,710	66.6
	Labour win		(new seat)

References

Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
Carr, Adam. Psephos

Electoral results for the divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Queensland

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