Electoral results for the district of Kurilpa

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

Members for Kurilpa

Member Party Term
  James Allan Liberal (Qld.) 1912–1915
  William Hartley Labor 1915–1918
  James Fry National 1918–1922
United Party 1922–1925
  CPNP 1925–1932
  Kerry Copley Labor 1932–1949
  Tom Moores Labor 1949–1957
  QLP 1957–1957
  Peter Connolly Liberal 1957–1960
  Clive Hughes Liberal 1960–1974
  Sam Doumany Liberal 1974–1983
  Anne Warner Labor 1983–1986

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1983 Queensland state election: Kurilpa[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Anne Warner 7,098 49.4 +3.5
Liberal Sam Doumany 3,607 25.1 −25.1
National Patricia Kelly 3,198 22.2 +22.2
Progress Alvan Hawkes 270 1.9 −2.0
Independent John Nobody 198 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 14,371 97.8 −0.2
Informal votes 318 2.2 +0.2
Turnout 14,689 89.3 +2.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Anne Warner 7,469 52.0 +4.7
Liberal Sam Doumany 6,902 48.0 −4.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +4.7
1980 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sam Doumany 7,158 50.2 +4.8
Labor Maurice Dwyer 6,549 45.9 +6.3
Progress Alvan Hawkes 562 3.9 +2.2
Total formal votes 14,269 98.0 −0.3
Informal votes 286 2.0 +0.3
Turnout 14,555 87.0 −2.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sam Doumany 7,523 52.7 −0.3
Labor Maurice Dwyer 6,746 47.3 +0.3
Liberal hold Swing −0.3

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sam Doumany 6,547 45.4 +5.1
Labor John Saunders 5,714 39.6 +2.0
Democrats Stanley Stanley 1,922 13.3 +13.3
Progress Fred Drake 240 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 14,423 98.3
Informal votes 255 1.7
Turnout 14,678 89.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sam Doumany 7,641 53.0 −9.3
Labor John Saunders 6,782 47.0 +9.3
Liberal hold Swing −9.3
1974 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sam Doumany 4,673 40.3 −5.2
Labor Frank Gardiner 4,355 37.6 −8.8
National Col Bennett 1,902 16.4 +16.4
National Brendan Clark-Coolee 453 3.9 +3.9
Queensland Labor Damien White 210 1.8 −5.4
Total formal votes 11,593 97.5 −0.3
Informal votes 300 2.5 +0.3
Turnout 11,893 86.5 −5.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sam Doumany 7,066 61.0 +9.5
Labor Frank Gardiner 4,527 39.0 −9.5
Liberal hold Swing +9.5
1972 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Gardiner 5,233 46.4 +3.3
Liberal Clive Hughes 5,134 45.5 −3.6
Queensland Labor Edward Doherty 811 7.2 −0.6
Independent Michael Neenan 93 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 11,271 97.8
Informal votes 256 2.2
Turnout 11,527 91.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Clive Hughes 5,809 51.5 −4.1
Labor Frank Gardiner 5,462 48.5 +4.1
Liberal hold Swing −4.1

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Clive Hughes 4,657 49.1 −4.7
Labor Ian Brusasco 4,090 43.1 +2.5
Queensland Labor Edward Doherty 742 7.8 +3.1
Total formal votes 9,489 97.5 +0.7
Informal votes 244 2.5 −0.7
Turnout 9,733 88.8 −5.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Clive Hughes 5,213 54.9 −3.2
Labor Ian Brusasco 4,276 45.1 +3.2
Liberal hold Swing −3.2
1966 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Clive Hughes 5,203 53.8 −2.4
Labor Leslie Buckley 3,926 40.6 +4.8
Queensland Labor Felix Doolan 458 4.7 −1.9
Social Credit William Smith 89 0.9 −0.4
Total formal votes 9,676 96.8 −0.9
Informal votes 320 3.2 +0.9
Turnout 9,996 94.1 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Clive Hughes 5,621 58.1 −4.2
Labor Leslie Buckley 4,055 41.9 +4.2
Liberal hold Swing −4.2
1963 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Clive Hughes 5,602 56.2 +6.9
Labor Bernie Dokter 3,569 35.8 −4.0
Queensland Labor Maurice Sheehan 656 6.6 −4.3
Social Credit Paul Kenealy 134 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 9,961 97.7 −0.3
Informal votes 233 2.3 +0.3
Turnout 10,194 93.3 +2.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Clive Hughes 6,203 62.3
Labor Bernie Dokter 3,758 37.7
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Clive Hughes 5,068 49.3
Labor Arthur Larkin 4,087 39.8
Queensland Labor Paul Tucker 1,115 10.9
Total formal votes 10,270 98.2
Informal votes 193 1.8
Turnout 10,463 90.9
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Connolly 3,167 37.5 −5.2
Queensland Labor Tom Moores 2,737 32.4 +32.4
Labor Myles Kane 2,421 28.7 −28.6
Independent George Fry 109 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 8,434 98.7 +0.3
Informal votes 113 1.3 −0.3
Turnout 8,547 93.2 +3.2
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +11.3
1956 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Moores 4,785 57.3 −5.4
Liberal Doug Berry 3,573 42.7 +12.0
Total formal votes 8,358 98.4 +0.3
Informal votes 133 1.6 −0.3
Turnout 8,491 90.0 −1.7
Labor hold Swing −8.7
1953 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Moores 5,853 62.7 +5.3
Liberal Lilian Derrick 2,868 30.7 −11.9
Social Credit Richard Boorman 349 3.7 +3.7
Communist Anna Slater 165 1.8 +1.8
Independent Sydney Clare 101 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 9,336 98.1 −0.4
Informal votes 180 1.9 +0.4
Turnout 9,516 91.7 −1.8
Labor hold Swing +9.7
1950 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Moores 5,999 57.4
Liberal John Aboud 4,444 42.6
Total formal votes 10,443 98.5
Informal votes 157 1.5
Turnout 10,600 93.5
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1949 Kurilpa state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Moores 5,197 53.6 +2.0
Liberal Norman Brandon 4,274 44.0 −4.4
Communist James Slater 232 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 9,703 98.6 +0.2
Informal votes 135 1.4 −0.2
Turnout 9,838 87.3 −2.7
Labor hold Swing N/A
1947 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kerry Copley 5,489 51.6 −1.9
People's Party Doug Berry 5,144 48.4 +1.9
Total formal votes 10,633 98.4 −0.3
Informal votes 172 1.6 +0.3
Turnout 10,805 90.0 +5.0
Labor hold Swing −1.9
1944 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kerry Copley 5,504 53.5 +5.1
People's Party Norman Brandon 4,780 46.5 0.0
Total formal votes 10,284 98.7 +0.3
Informal votes 135 1.3 −0.3
Turnout 10,419 85.0 −0.5
Labor hold Swing +2.5
1941 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kerry Copley 4,556 48.4 +1.6
United Australia Norman Brandon 4,374 46.5 +21.0
Independent Socialist Ruby McGrorty 477 5.1 +0.7
Total formal votes 9,407 98.4 −0.2
Informal votes 153 1.6 +0.2
Turnout 9,560 85.5 −5.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kerry Copley 4,629 50.9 −5.2
United Australia Norman Brandon 4,469 49.1 +5.2
Labor hold Swing −5.2

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kerry Copley 4,545 46.8 −17.1
United Australia John Pringle 2,437 25.5 −5.7
Protestant Labor Joseph Moore 2,313 24.0 +24.0
Communist Alec MacDonald 426 4.4 +4.4
Total formal votes 9,721 98.6 +0.3
Informal votes 133 1.4 −0.3
Turnout 9,854 91.3 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kerry Copley 4,960 56.1
United Australia John Pringle 3,880 43.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
1935 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kerry Copley 5,831 63.9
CPNP Frederick Cross 2,848 31.2
Independent Charles Drew 452 4.9
Total formal votes 9,131 98.3
Informal votes 155 1.7
Turnout 9,286 91.9
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1932 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kerry Copley 5,177 56.5
CPNP James Fry 3,826 41.8
Independent Hans Bang 157 1.7
Total formal votes 9,160 97.2
Informal votes 263 2.8
Turnout 9,423 92.4
Labor gain from CPNP Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP James Fry 3,575 53.0 −2.3
Labor Kerry Copley 3,168 47.0 +2.3
Total formal votes 6,743 99.2 +0.1
Informal votes 56 0.8 −0.1
Turnout 6,799
CPNP hold Swing −2.3
1926 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP James Fry 3,536 55.3 0.0
Labor Hamilton Jones 2,861 44.7 0.0
Total formal votes 6,397 99.1 0.0
Informal votes 59 0.9 0.0
Turnout 6,456 92.1 +3.5
CPNP hold Swing 0.0
1923 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United James Fry 3,310 55.3 −0.7
Labor William Dobinson 2,675 44.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 5,985 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 56 0.9 −0.1
Turnout 6,041 88.6 +3.2
United hold Swing −0.7
1920 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National James Fry 3,342 56.0 +5.3
Labor John Pringle 2,626 44.0 −5.3
Total formal votes 5,968 99.0 0.0
Informal votes 58 1.0 0.0
Turnout 6,026 85.4 +1.0
National hold Swing +5.3

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National James Fry 2,819 50.7 +4.8
Labor William Hartley 2,745 49.3 −4.8
Total formal votes 5,564 99.0 −0.4
Informal votes 56 1.0 +0.4
Turnout 5,620 84.4 −6.9
National gain from Labor Swing +4.8
1915 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Hartley 2,610 54.1 +9.6
Liberal James Allan 2,211 45.9 −9.6
Total formal votes 4,821 99.4 0.0
Informal votes 31 0.6 0.0
Turnout 4,852 91.3 +7.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +9.6
1912 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Allan 2,204 55.5
Labor James Sharpe 1,765 44.5
Total formal votes 3,969 99.4
Informal votes 22 0.6
Turnout 3,991 83.6
Liberal hold Swing

References

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