Results of the Queensland state election, 1969 (M-Z)

Queensland state election, 17 May 1969[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1966 — 1972 >>

Enrolled voters 945,583
Votes cast 867,743 Turnout 91.77% -1.50%
Informal votes 15,566 Informal 1.79% +0.16%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 383,388 44.99% +1.15% 31 + 4
  Liberal 201,765 23.68% -1.81% 19 – 1
  Country 179,125 21.02% +1.73% 26 ± 0
  Democratic Labor 61,661 7.24% +0.99% 1 ± 0
  Independent 24,268 2.85% -1.91% 2 – 3
Total 852,177     78  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1969 Queensland state election for electorates from M to Z.

Results by electoral district

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1969: Mackay[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ed Casey 5,501 58.7 -0.6
Liberal Robert Gray 3,535 37.7 +37.7
Independent Thomas McCanna 331 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 9,367 98.4 -0.2
Informal votes 154 1.6 +0.2
Turnout 9,521 90.4 -2.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ed Casey 5,667 60.5 -0.6
Liberal Robert Gray 3,700 39.5 +39.5
Labor hold Swing -0.6

Mackenzie

Queensland state election, 1969: Mackenzie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Neville Hewitt 4,777 61.3 -38.7
Labor Harold Kuhn 3,009 38.7 +38.7
Total formal votes 7,786 98.9
Informal votes 89 1.1
Turnout 7,875 90.1
Country hold Swing -38.7

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1969: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Horace Davies 6,374 56.5 -4.6
Liberal Ralph Stafford 4,282 37.9 +37.9
Democratic Labor Brian Hawes 636 5.6 -2.2
Total formal votes 11,292 98.9 +0.6
Informal votes 126 1.1 -0.6
Turnout 11,418 94.2 -0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Horace Davies 6,492 57.5 -6.9
Liberal Ralph Stafford 4,800 42.5 +6.9
Labor hold Swing -6.9

By-election

Maryborough state by-election, 1971
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor A.G.M. Zemek 4,197 39.4 -17.1
Liberal Gilbert Alison 3,085 29.0 -8.9
Country Ernest Jurss 2,943 27.6 +27.6
Independent Barry Dau 303 2.9 +2.9
Democratic Labor Matthews Minnegal 115 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 10,653 98.6 -0.3
Informal votes 154 1.4 +0.3
Turnout 10,807 89.7 -4.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Gilbert Alison 6,041 56.7 +14.2
Labor A.G.M. Zemek 4,612 43.3 -14.2
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +14.2

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1969: Merthyr
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ray Ramsden 4,508 49.9 -1.2
Labor Brian Mellifont 3,651 40.4 +0.4
Democratic Labor Maurice O'Connor 880 9.7 +0.8
Total formal votes 9,039 97.1 +0.1
Informal votes 268 2.9 -0.1
Turnout 9,307 87.3 -4.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Ramsden 5,182 57.3 -0.2
Labor Brian Mellifont 3,857 42.7 +0.2
Liberal hold Swing -0.2

By-election

Merthyr state by-election, 1971
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Don Lane 4,026 53.1 +3.2
Labor Brian Mellifont 2,672 35.3 -5.1
Democratic Labor Peter Flanagan 882 11.6 +1.9
Total formal votes 7,580 97.6 +0.5
Informal votes 187 2.4 -0.5
Turnout 7,767 73.9 -13.4
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1969: Mirani
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Tom Newbery 4,352 54.5 +3.3
Labor Gustav Creber 3,632 45.5 -0.8
Total formal votes 7,984 99.0 -0.1
Informal votes 81 1.0 +0.1
Turnout 8,065 92.8 -2.5
Country hold Swing +1.3

Mount Coot-tha

Queensland state election, 1969: Mount Coot-tha
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Bill Lickiss 9,854 58.6 -1.4
Labor Con Sciacca 4,976 29.6 -1.8
Democratic Labor Andrew Aitken 1,972 11.7 +3.1
Total formal votes 16,802 98.5 -0.2
Informal votes 259 1.5 +0.2
Turnout 17,061 91.8 -1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Lickiss 11,514 68.5 +1.5
Labor Con Sciacca 5,288 31.5 -1.5
Liberal hold Swing +1.5

Mount Gravatt

Queensland state election, 1969: Mount Gravatt
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Geoff Chinchen 9,577 52.3 -3.6
Labor James Kennedy 7,488 40.9 +5.6
Democratic Labor Patrick O'Reilly 1,250 6.8 -1.9
Total formal votes 18,315 98.5 0.0
Informal votes 272 1.5 0.0
Turnout 18,587 93.9 -0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Geoff Chinchen 10,595 57.8 -5.5
Labor James Kennedy 7,720 42.2 +5.5
Liberal hold Swing -5.5

Mourilyan

Queensland state election, 1969: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Peter Moore 4,451 53.3 -2.9
Country Arnold Palmer 2,807 33.6 +2.1
Democratic Labor Geoffrey Higham 1,100 13.2 +0.9
Total formal votes 8,358 97.4 -0.2
Informal votes 226 2.6 +0.2
Turnout 8,584 93.1 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Moore 4,752 56.9 -1.6
Country Arnold Palmer 3,606 43.1 +1.6
Labor hold Swing -1.6

Mulgrave

Queensland state election, 1969: Mulgrave
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Roy Armstrong 3,926 59.8 +1.6
Labor Leslie Trembath 2,640 40.2 -1.6
Total formal votes 6,566 98.2 -0.4
Informal votes 117 1.8 +0.4
Turnout 6,683 93.5 0.0
Country hold Swing +1.6

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1969: Murrumba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country David Nicholson 7,715 48.3 +7.0
Labor Reginald O'Brien 7,115 44.5 +2.7
Democratic Labor Robert Macklin 1,155 7.2 +5.0
Total formal votes 15,985 97.8 +0.3
Informal votes 365 2.2 -0.3
Turnout 16,350 93.6 -0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country David Nicholson 8,659 54.2 +0.2
Labor Reginald O'Brien 7,326 45.8 -0.2
Country hold Swing +0.2

Norman

Queensland state election, 1969: Norman
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Fred Bromley 4,483 53.4 -3.2
Liberal Ross Cameron 3,340 39.8 +5.4
Democratic Labor Maurice Sheehan 577 6.9 -0.9
Total formal votes 8,400 97.5 -0.3
Informal votes 219 2.5 +0.3
Turnout 8,619 89.4 -2.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Bromley 4,590 54.6 -4.1
Liberal Ross Cameron 3,810 45.4 +4.1
Labor hold Swing -4.1

Nudgee

Queensland state election, 1969: Nudgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Melloy 8,771 61.6 -1.7
Liberal Robert Harper 3,914 27.5 -7.2
Democratic Labor David Mapstone 1,228 8.6 +8.6
Social Credit Hubert Giesberts 335 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 14,248 98.1 -0.2
Informal votes 268 1.9 +0.2
Turnout 14,516 95.2 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Melloy 9,111 63.9 -1.0
Liberal Robert Harper 5,137 36.1 +1.0
Labor hold Swing -1.0

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1969: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal William Knox 5,471 49.2 -2.5
Labor Roderick Blundell 4,479 40.3 +0.4
Democratic Labor Brian Barlow 1,178 10.6 +2.2
Total formal votes 11,128 98.4 -0.4
Informal votes 175 1.6 +0.4
Turnout 11,303 92.3 -0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William Knox 6,322 56.8 -1.8
Labor Roderick Blundell 4,806 43.2 +1.8
Liberal hold Swing -1.8

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1969: Port Curtis
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Martin Hanson 7,705 81.3 +11.3
Democratic Labor Marguerita Glen 1,771 18.7 +18.7
Total formal votes 9,476 97.5 -1.8
Informal votes 244 2.5 +1.8
Turnout 9,720 91.2 -3.4
Labor hold Swing +9.8

Redcliffe

Queensland state election, 1969: Redcliffe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Jim Houghton 7,232 53.6 +8.5
Labor Jack Trueman 5,313 39.4 +0.9
Democratic Labor James Morrissey 952 7.0 +0.8
Total formal votes 13,497 98.6 +0.3
Informal votes 194 1.4 -0.3
Turnout 13,691 92.5 -0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Jim Houghton 8,007 59.3 +0.6
Labor Jack Trueman 5,490 40.7 -0.6
Country hold Swing +0.6

Rockhampton North

Queensland state election, 1969: Rockhampton North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Merv Thackeray 8,763 65.8 +1.4
Liberal Philip German 3,183 23.9 -3.1
Democratic Labor John Dunn 1,380 10.4 +1.8
Total formal votes 13,326 98.7 -0.3
Informal votes 177 1.3 +0.3
Turnout 13,503 94.2 -1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Merv Thackeray 8,981 67.4 +0.7
Liberal Philip German 4,345 32.6 -0.7
Labor hold Swing +0.7

Rockhampton South

Queensland state election, 1969: Rockhampton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Keith Wright 5,948 50.9 +11.8
Liberal Rex Pilbeam 4,778 40.8 -8.0
Democratic Labor Peter Boyle 971 8.3 -3.8
Total formal votes 11,697 98.7 -0.1
Informal votes 150 1.3 +0.1
Turnout 11,847 92.7 -2.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Wright 6,101 52.2 +8.9
Liberal Rex Pilbeam 5,596 47.8 -8.9
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +8.9

Roma

Queensland state election, 1969: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ken Tomkins 4,613 56.5 -7.2
Labor Marcus Thew 2,511 30.8 -5.5
Independent Ronald Alford 1,037 12.7 +12.7
Total formal votes 8,161 99.1 0.0
Informal votes 73 0.9 0.0
Turnout 8,234 93.4 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Ken Tomkins 5,235 64.1 +0.4
Labor Marcus Thew 2,926 35.9 -0.4
Country hold Swing +0.4

Salisbury

Queensland state election, 1969: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Doug Sherrington 12,756 69.5 +0.2
Liberal George Whyte 4,922 26.8 -3.9
Democratic Labor Miroslav Jansky 679 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 18,357 98.0 +0.1
Informal votes 367 2.0 -0.1
Turnout 18,724 90.5 -1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Doug Sherrington 12,942 70.5 +1.2
Liberal George Whyte 5,415 29.5 -1.2
Labor hold Swing +1.2

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1969: Sandgate
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harold Dean 7,431 63.2 +0.3
Liberal Colin Clark 3,190 27.1 -4.1
Democratic Labor Bernard Beston 1,146 9.7 +3.8
Total formal votes 11,767 98.3 +0.1
Informal votes 205 1.7 -0.1
Turnout 11,972 92.1 -0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Harold Dean 7,612 64.7 +0.7
Liberal Colin Clark 4,155 35.3 -0.7
Labor hold Swing +0.7

Sherwood

Queensland state election, 1969: Sherwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John Herbert 7,951 57.3 -9.3
Labor Robert Wilson 4,855 35.0 +1.6
Democratic Labor Clarice Weedon 1,072 7.7 +7.7
Total formal votes 13,878 98.1 -0.3
Informal votes 271 1.9 +0.3
Turnout 14,149 92.5 -0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Herbert 8,824 63.6 -3.0
Labor Robert Wilson 5,054 36.4 +3.0
Liberal hold Swing -3.0

Somerset

Queensland state election, 1969: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Harold Richter 5,014 59.9 0.0
Labor Norman Cush 3,351 40.1 +7.7
Total formal votes 8,365 98.8 -0.1
Informal votes 101 1.2 +0.1
Turnout 8,466 94.8 0.0
Country hold Swing -5.0

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1969: South Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Col Bennett 5,193 59.2 +1.0
Liberal Alan Brown 2,621 29.9 -0.9
Democratic Labor John O'Connell 757 8.6 +0.2
Socialist Victor Slater 199 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 8,770 97.0 +0.1
Informal votes 273 3.0 -0.1
Turnout 9,043 84.4 -3.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Col Bennett 5,493 62.3 +0.4
Liberal Alan Brown 3,277 37.7 -0.4
Labor hold Swing +0.4

South Coast

Queensland state election, 1969: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Russ Hinze 6,071 40.2 +9.7
Liberal Bruce Bishop 4,883 32.4 -5.5
Labor Frank Culell 3,309 21.9 +1.0
Democratic Labor Laurence Kehoe 553 3.7 +0.2
Independent Dino Bertoldo 164 1.1 +1.1
Independent John Lee 104 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 15,084 96.3 -1.8
Informal votes 577 3.7 +1.8
Turnout 15,661 85.4 -3.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Russ Hinze 9,407 62.4 +9.9
Liberal Bruce Bishop 5,677 37.6 -9.9
Country hold Swing +9.9

Tablelands

Queensland state election, 1969: Tablelands
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Edwin Wallis-Smith 3,759 52.4 -3.2
Country Micheli Borzi 3,410 47.6 +5.3
Total formal votes 7,169 97.7 0.0
Informal votes 166 2.3 0.0
Turnout 7,335 89.1 +1.4
Labor hold Swing -3.6

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1969: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Charles Porter 6,566 59.1 -6.2
Labor Ian Hinckfuss 3,417 30.8 +5.4
Democratic Labor Brian O'Brien 1,117 10.1 +0.8
Total formal votes 11,100 98.5 +0.1
Informal votes 174 1.5 -0.1
Turnout 11,274 89.0 -3.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Charles Porter 7,475 67.3 -5.8
Labor Ian Hinckfuss 3,625 32.7 +5.8
Liberal hold Swing -5.8

Toowoomba East

Queensland state election, 1969: Toowoomba East
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Peter Wood 7,993 53.4 +1.5
Liberal Sydney Goodrick 6,012 40.2 +24.4
Democratic Labor Francis Mullins 954 6.4 +0.9
Total formal votes 14,959 98.8 +0.4
Informal votes 182 1.2 -0.4
Turnout 15,141 92.5 -2.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Wood 8,170 54.6 -0.7
Liberal Sydney Goodrick 6,789 45.4 +45.4
Labor hold Swing -0.7

Toowoomba West

Queensland state election, 1969: Toowoomba West
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ray Bousen 7,489 48.0 -13.8
Country John Peel 4,191 26.8 +26.8
Liberal Leigh Wallman 2,563 16.4 -12.5
Democratic Labor John Davis 1,371 8.8 -0.5
Total formal votes 15,614 98.7 -0.1
Informal votes 209 1.3 +0.1
Turnout 15,823 93.1 -2.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ray Bousen 7,896 50.6 -12.9
Country John Peel 7,718 49.4 +49.4
Labor hold Swing -12.9

Townsville North

Queensland state election, 1969: Townsville North
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Perc Tucker 6,977 47.6 -2.6
Liberal Keith Rundle 3,695 25.2 -10.8
Country Owen Griffiths 2,488 17.0 +17.0
Democratic Labor Peter Flanagan 1,495 10.2 -3.7
Total formal votes 14,655 98.6 -0.3
Informal votes 208 1.4 +0.3
Turnout 14,863 88.3 -3.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Perc Tucker 7,436 50.7 -2.0
Liberal Keith Rundle 7,219 49.3 +2.0
Labor hold Swing -2.0

Townsville South

Queensland state election, 1969: Townsville South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Tom Aikens 8,085 53.1 -10.1
Labor Leslie Moon 5,281 34.7 -0.8
Democratic Labor Bryan Hurney 1,653 10.9 +10.9
Communist Francis Bishop 206 1.3 0.0
Total formal votes 15,225 98.5 -0.2
Informal votes 224 1.5 +0.2
Turnout 15,449 90.7 -3.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Aikens 9,013 59.2 -4.7
Labor Leslie Moon 6,212 40.8 +4.7
Independent hold Swing -4.7

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1969: Warrego
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Aiken 3,020 45.0 -55.0
Country Robert Anson 2,628 39.1 +39.1
Independent Jack Tonkin 1,066 15.9 +15.9
Total formal votes 6,714 99.3
Informal votes 49 0.7
Turnout 6,763 84.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Aiken 3,656 54.5 -45.5
Country Robert Anson 3,058 45.5 +45.5
Labor hold Swing -45.5

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1969: Warwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country David Cory 4,276 53.8 -5.1
Labor Raymond Lyons 3,014 38.0 +5.0
Democratic Labor Daniel Skehan 650 8.2 +0.1
Total formal votes 7,940 99.1 +0.2
Informal votes 70 0.9 -0.2
Turnout 8,010 95.4 -0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country David Cory 4,805 60.5 -5.0
Labor Raymond Lyons 3,135 39.5 +5.0
Country hold Swing -5.0

Wavell

Queensland state election, 1969: Wavell
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Herbert Bromley 5,562 37.5 -3.7
Liberal Arthur Crawford 4,360 29.4 -21.0
Independent Alex Dewar 3,765 25.4 +25.4
Democratic Labor Rogers Judge 1,158 7.8 +0.5
Total formal votes 14,845 99.0 +0.5
Informal votes 154 1.0 -0.5
Turnout 14,999 94.0 -0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Arthur Crawford 8,131 54.8 -2.1
Labor Herbert Bromley 6,714 45.2 +2.1
Liberal hold Swing -2.1

Whitsunday

Queensland state election, 1969: Whitsunday
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ron Camm 5,254 55.3 +4.1
Labor Elwyn Uprichard 3,848 40.5 -2.8
Democratic Labor Bernard Lewis 401 4.2 -1.3
Total formal votes 9,503 98.4 +0.1
Informal votes 154 1.6 -0.1
Turnout 9,657 92.4 -0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Ron Camm 5,580 58.7 +3.0
Labor Elwyn Uprichard 3,923 41.3 -3.0
Country hold Swing +3.0

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1969: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Keith Fordyce 4,607 45.6 +1.7
Liberal Bob Moore 4,294 42.5 -6.3
Democratic Labor John Dawson 1,198 11.9 +3.7
Total formal votes 10,099 98.6 0.0
Informal votes 138 1.4 0.0
Turnout 10,237 91.9 -1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Moore 5,196 51.5 -4.6
Labor Keith Fordyce 4,903 48.5 +4.6
Liberal hold Swing -4.6

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1969: Wynnum
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Edward Harris 8,076 60.5 +5.8
Liberal Noel Justo 4,222 31.6 -6.7
Democratic Labor Gordon Randall 777 5.8 +0.4
Communist R.A. Annear 270 2.0 +0.4
Total formal votes 13,345 98.2 0.0
Informal votes 241 1.8 0.0
Turnout 13,586 91.8 -2.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Edward Harris 8,437 63.2 +6.2
Liberal Noel Justo 4,908 36.8 -6.2
Labor hold Swing +6.2

Yeronga

Queensland state election, 1969: Yeronga
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Norm Lee 5,311 49.5 -1.5
Labor Malcolm Campbell 4,261 39.7 +0.9
Democratic Labor Jonyth Mapstone 1,149 10.7 +0.4
Total formal votes 10,721 98.5 +0.1
Informal votes 159 1.5 -0.1
Turnout 10,880 93.1 -1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Norm Lee 6,280 58.6 -0.7
Labor Malcolm Campbell 4,441 41.4 +0.7
Liberal hold Swing -0.7

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Details of Queensland 1969 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. University of Western Australia.
  2. ↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.
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