Electoral results for the district of Herbert

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

Members for Herbert

This section is an excerpt from Electoral district of Herbert § Members.[edit]

The following people were elected in the seat of Herbert:[1]

Member Party Term
  Alfred Cowley Ministerial 12 May 1888 – 18 May 1907
  William Lennon Labor 18 May 1907 – 16 Jan 1920
  Percy Pease Labor 10 Apr 1920 – 17 Sep 1940
  Stephen Theodore Labor   9 Nov 1940 – 29 Apr 1950

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 Queensland state election § Herbert.[edit]
1947 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stephen Theodore 4,308 48.0 −9.1
Country Carlisle Wordsworth 2,728 30.4 +30.4
Communist Les Sullivan 1,936 21.6 −21.3
Total formal votes 8,972 98.8 +1.9
Informal votes 112 1.2 −1.9
Turnout 9,084 88.6 +2.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 Queensland state election § Herbert.[edit]
1944 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stephen Theodore 4,331 57.1 +0.9
Communist Les Sullivan 3,261 42.9 +42.9
Total formal votes 7,592 96.9 −1.3
Informal votes 166 1.8 +1.3
Turnout 7,834 86.0 −5.7
Labor hold Swing N/A
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 Queensland state election § Herbert.[edit]
1941 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stephen Theodore 5,182 56.2 +3.3
Country Alfred Moule 2,417 26.2 +8.3
Independent Socialist Jack Wells 1,617 17.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 9,216 98.2 −0.2
Informal votes 166 1.8 +0.2
Turnout 9,382 91.7 +4.5
Labor hold Swing −6.5
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1940 Herbert state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stephen Theodore 4,839 53.8 +0.9
Country Alfred Moule 2,472 27.5 +9.6
Independent Socialist Jack Wells 1,683 18.7 +18.7
Total formal votes 8,994
Informal votes
Turnout
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 Queensland state election § Herbert.[edit]
1938 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Percy Pease 4,858 52.9 −10.8
Country Clarence Page 1,643 17.9 +17.9
Communist Jack Henry 1,563 17.0 −0.3
Protestant Labor Ernest Malin 1,121 12.2 +12.2
Total formal votes 9,185 98.4 +0.2
Informal votes 146 1.6 −0.2
Turnout 9,331 87.2 −0.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 Queensland state election § Herbert.[edit]
1935 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Percy Pease 5,590 63.7
Independent Roy Sherrington 1,661 18.9
Communist Jack Henry 1,520 17.3
Total formal votes 8,771 98.2
Informal votes 158 1.8
Turnout 8,929 88.1
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 Queensland state election § Herbert.[edit]
1932 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Percy Pease 4,573 66.5
CPNP Clarence Page 2,307 33.5
Total formal votes 6,880 98.1
Informal votes 134 1.9
Turnout 7,014 90.3
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1929 Queensland state election § Herbert.[edit]
1929 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Percy Pease 4,370 57.5 +0.2
CPNP Clarence Page 3,226 42.5 −0.2
Total formal votes 7,596 97.4 −1.6
Informal votes 205 2.6 +1.6
Turnout 7,801
Labor hold Swing +0.2
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1926 Queensland state election § Herbert.[edit]
1926 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Percy Pease 3,796 57.3 −9.2
CPNP Norman Mighell 2,827 42.7 +9.2
Total formal votes 6,623 99.0 +0.1
Informal votes 69 1.0 −0.1
Turnout 6,692 84.0 +8.2
Labor hold Swing −9.2
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1923 Queensland state election § Herbert.[edit]
1923 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Percy Pease 3,191 66.5 +11.9
United John McNamee 1,607 33.5 +33.5
Total formal votes 4,798 98.9 +0.8
Informal votes 54 1.1 −0.8
Turnout 4,852 75.8 −5.2
Labor hold Swing +11.9
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 Queensland state election § Herbert.[edit]
1920 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Percy Pease 2,869 54.6 −8.6
Northern Country Hedley Gelston 2,387 45.5 +45.5
Total formal votes 5,256 98.1 −0.9
Informal votes 102 1.9 +0.9
Turnout 5,358 87.8 +0.6
Labor hold Swing −8.6
1920 Herbert state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Percy Pease 2,134 50.6 −12.8
National Hedley Gelston 2,087 49.4 +12.8
Total formal votes 4,221
Informal votes
Turnout
Labor hold Swing −12.8

Elections in the 1910s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1918 Queensland state election § Herbert.[edit]
1918 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Lennon 2,304 63.4 −1.2
National Ralph Johnson 1,333 36.6 +1.2
Total formal votes 3,637 98.1 +0.4
Informal votes 71 1.9 −0.4
Turnout 3,708 69.3 −11.4
Labor hold Swing −1.2
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1915 Queensland state election § Herbert.[edit]
1915 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Lennon 1,864 64.6 +7.9
Liberal Ralph Johnson 1,023 35.4 −7.9
Total formal votes 2,887 97.7 −1.7
Informal votes 69 2.3 +1.7
Turnout 2,956 80.7 +13.4
Labor hold Swing +7.9
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1912 Queensland state election § Herbert.[edit]
1912 Queensland state election: Herbert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Lennon 1,472 56.7
Liberal Frederick O'Rourke 1,124 43.3
Total formal votes 2,596 99.4
Informal votes 15 0.6
Turnout 2,611 67.3
Labor hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.