Results of the 1912 Queensland state election

Queensland state election, 27 April 1912
Legislative Assembly
<< 1909–1915 >>

Enrolled voters 309,590
Votes cast 216,032 Turnout 75.52 +2.85
Informal votes N/A Informal N/A N/A
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Liberal 110,981 51.37 +0.46 46 +5
  Labor 100,878 46.70 +9.85 25 –2
  Independent 3,766 1.74 +0.14 1 +1
Total 216,032     72  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1912 Queensland state election in Australia.[1]

At the time, the voting system in Queensland was based on contingency voting, which was similar to the modern optional preferential voting system. In electorates with 3 or more candidates, preferences were not distributed if a candidate received more than 50% of the primary vote.

If none received more than 50%, all except the top two candidates were eliminated from the count and their preferences distributed between the two leaders, with the one receiving the most votes declared the winner.

Results by electoral district

Albert

1912 Queensland state election: Albert
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Appel unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Aubigny

1912 Queensland state election: Aubigny
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Luke 2,287 69.2
Labor John Connelly 1,020 30.8
Total formal votes 3,307 98.6
Informal votes 48 1.4
Turnout 3,355 71.9
Liberal hold Swing

Balonne

1912 Queensland state election: Balonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Land 1,387 68.6
Liberal Jasper Harvey 635 31.4
Total formal votes 2,022 96.9
Informal votes 64 3.1
Turnout 2,086 56.3
Labor hold Swing

Barcoo

1912 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor T.J. Ryan 1,649 72.3
Liberal Albert Catchlove 633 27.7
Total formal votes 2,282 98.4
Informal votes 38 1.6
Turnout 2,320 65.3
Labor hold Swing

Bowen

1912 Queensland state election: Bowen
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edwin Caine 1,868 55.1
Labor Myles Ferricks 1,519 44.9
Total formal votes 3,387 98.8
Total formal votes 42 1.2
Turnout 3,429 76.4
Liberal gain from Labor Swing

Bremer

1912 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Cribb 1,860 50.2
Labor William Hefferan 1,844 49.8
Total formal votes 3,704 99.0
Informal votes 36 1.0
Turnout 3,740 81.6
Liberal hold Swing

Brisbane

1912 Queensland state election: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Mick Kirwan 2,281 50.4
Liberal Edward Forrest 2,249 49.6
Total formal votes 4,530 98.9
Informal votes 51 1.1
Turnout 4,581 73.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Bulimba

1912 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Walter Barnes 2,315 56.9
Labor Hugh McMinn 1,752 43.1
Total formal votes 4,067 99.4
Informal votes 23 0.6
Turnout 4,090 85.7
Liberal hold Swing

Bundaberg

1912 Queensland state election: Bundaberg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Barber 1,926 55.7
Liberal James Macleod 1,531 44.3
Total formal votes 3,457 99.4
Informal votes 22 0.6
Turnout 3,479 83.2
Labor hold Swing

Buranda

1912 Queensland state election: Buranda
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Huxham 2,276 55.5
Liberal William Stephens 1,824 44.5
Total formal votes 4,100 99.3
Informal votes 27 0.7
Turnout 4,127 87.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Burke

1912 Queensland state election: Burke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent William Murphy 1,174 53.5
Labor Charles Collins 1,020 46.5
Total formal votes 2,194 99.0
Informal votes 21 1.0
Turnout 2,215 70.7
Independent gain from Labor Swing

Burnett

1912 Queensland state election: Burnett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bernard Corser 1,603 53.1
Labor Alfred Jones 1,415 46.9
Total formal votes 3,018 98.3
Informal votes 53 1.7
Turnout 3,071 78.0
Liberal hold Swing

Burrum

1912 Queensland state election: Burrum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Colin Rankin 1,623 58.4
Labor Albert Whitford 1,157 41.6
Total formal votes 2,780 99.1
Informal votes 26 0.9
Turnout 2,806 71.3
Liberal hold Swing

Cairns

1912 Queensland state election: Cairns
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McCormack 1,411 51.3
Independent John Mann 1,341 48.7
Total formal votes 2,752 98.7
Informal votes 37 1.3
Turnout 3,241 77.9
Labor gain from Independent Swing

Carnarvon

1912 Queensland state election: Carnarvon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Donald Gunn 1,793 55.6
Labor Tom Crawford 1,430 44.4
Total formal votes 3,223 99.4
Informal votes 18 0.6
Turnout 3,241 77.9
Liberal hold Swing

Charters Towers

1912 Queensland state election: Charters Towers
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Williams 1,569 53.3
Labor John Mullan 1,374 46.7
Total formal votes 2,943 98.6
Informal votes 42 1.4
Turnout 2,985 82.9
Liberal gain from Labor Swing

Chillagoe

1912 Queensland state election: Chillagoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Theodore 1,774 75.1
Liberal Archibald Frew 588 24.9
Total formal votes 2,362 97.4
Informal votes 64 2.6
Turnout 2,426 69.9
Labor hold Swing

Cook

1912 Queensland state election: Cook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Douglas 1,393 58.3
Labor Harry Ryan 996 41.7
Total formal votes 2,389 99.2
Informal votes 20 0.8
Turnout 2,409 76.9
Liberal hold Swing

Cooroora

1912 Queensland state election: Cooroora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harry Walker 2,206 64.5
Labor William Jones 1,216 35.5
Total formal votes 3,422 99.1
Informal votes 31 0.9
Turnout 3,453 75.0
Liberal hold Swing

Cunningham

1912 Queensland state election: Cunningham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Francis Grayson 2,049 75.7
Labor Percy McCawley 656 24.3
Total formal votes 2,705 98.8
Informal votes 33 1.2
Turnout 2,738 67.0
Liberal hold Swing

Dalby

1912 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Vowles 1,992 57.1
Labor Robert Turnbull 1,497 42.9
Total formal votes 3,489 99.5
Informal votes 19 0.5
Turnout 3,508 75.4
Liberal hold Swing

Drayton

1912 Queensland state election: Drayton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Bebbington 1,962 62.2
Labor James Desmond 1,040 33.0
Independent William Binns 151 4.8
Total formal votes 3,153 98.8
Informal votes 38 1.2
Turnout 3,191 75.8
Liberal hold Swing

Eacham

1912 Queensland state election: Eacham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Gillies 1,254 52.4
Liberal Michael Woods 1,141 47.6
Total formal votes 2,395 98.4
Informal votes 38 1.6
Turnout 2,433 76.9
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

East Toowoomba

1912 Queensland state election: East Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Roberts 1,851 55.7
Labor George Walden 1,473 44.3
Total formal votes 3,324 99.3
Informal votes 22 0.7
Turnout 3,346 74.5
Liberal hold Swing

Enoggera

1912 Queensland state election: Enoggera
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Trout 2,076 53.4
Labor William Lloyd 1,814 46.6
Total formal votes 3,890 99.6
Informal votes 15 0.4
Turnout 3,905 87.0
Liberal hold Swing

Fassifern

1912 Queensland state election: Fassifern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Arnold Wienholt unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

By-election

1913 Fassifern state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ernest Bell 2,130 72.6 −27.4
Labor Arthur Laban 508 17.3 +17.3
Liberal Charles Jenkinson 294 10.0 10.0
Total formal votes 2,932 98.8
Informal votes 35 1.2
Turnout 2,967
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Fitzroy

1912 Queensland state election: Fitzroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kenneth Grant 1,925 58.8
Labor Charles Bluett 1,348 41.2
Total formal votes 3,273 97.0
Informal votes 101 3.0
Turnout 3,374 74.0
Liberal hold Swing

Flinders

1912 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John May unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Fortitude Valley

1912 Queensland state election: Fortitude Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Bowman 2,456 60.0
Liberal Edwin Fowles 1,640 40.0
Total formal votes 4,096 99.2
Informal votes 34 0.8
Turnout 4,130 83.6
Labor hold Swing

Gregory

1912 Queensland state election: Gregory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Hamilton 1,249 74.4
Liberal Francis North 429 25.6
Total formal votes 1,678 96.4
Informal votes 63 3.6
Turnout 1,741 46.6
Labor hold Swing

Gympie

1912 Queensland state election: Gympie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Mackay 1,529 45.7
Labor George Ryland 1,409 42.1
Independent Labor Daniel Mulcahy 407 12.2
Total formal votes 3,345 98.7
Informal votes 44 1.3
Turnout 3,389 80.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal George Mackay 1,581 52.7
Labor George Ryland 1,417 47.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing

Herbert

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

Ipswich

1912 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Blair 2,145 53.1
Labor William Ryott Maughan 1,897 46.9
Total formal votes 4,042 99.1
Informal votes 35 0.9
Turnout 4,077 77.2
Liberal hold Swing

Ithaca

1912 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Gilday 2,266 55.2
Liberal Arthur Hawthorn 1,837 44.8
Total formal votes 4,103 99.3
Informal votes 27 0.7
Turnout 4,130 87.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Kennedy

1912 Queensland state election: Kennedy
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James O'Sullivan 1,445 57.5
Liberal Osborn Fenwick 1,070 42.5
Total formal votes 2,515 97.8
Informal votes 56 2.2
Turnout 2,571 77.5
Labor hold Swing

Keppel

1912 Queensland state election: Keppel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Larcombe 1,432 50.0
Liberal James Brennan 1,269 44.3
Independent Liberal Frank Lennon 164 5.7
Total formal votes 2,865 98.2
Informal votes 52 1.8
Turnout 2,917 74.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor James Larcombe 1,448 52.4
Liberal James Brennan 1,313 47.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Kurilpa

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

Leichhardt

1912 Queensland state election: Leichhardt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Herbert Hardacre 1,702 74.8
Liberal William Fox 575 25.2
Total formal votes 2,277 98.4
Informal votes 36 1.6
Turnout 2,313 61.9
Labor hold Swing

Lockyer

1912 Queensland state election: Lockyer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Drayton Armstrong unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Logan

1912 Queensland state election: Logan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Stodart 2,127 68.7
Labor Wolfgang Arnold 971 31.3
Total formal votes 3,098 98.9
Informal votes 34 1.1
Turnout 3,132 77.6
Liberal hold Swing

Mackay

1912 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Walter Paget 1,937 62.1
Labor Charles Tait 1,182 37.9
Total formal votes 3,119 96.1
Informal votes 127 3.9
Turnout 3,246 69.5
Liberal hold Swing

Maranoa

1912 Queensland state election: Maranoa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Hunter 1,819 62.4
Liberal Aaron Hoskin 1,095 37.6
Total formal votes 2,914 99.1
Informal votes 26 0.9
Turnout 2,940 70.4
Labor hold Swing

Maree

1912 Queensland state election: Maree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Bertram 2,096 51.2
Liberal David Hunter 2,000 48.8
Total formal votes 4,096 98.7
Informal votes 53 1.3
Turnout 4,149 84.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Maryborough

1912 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Corser 1,750 50.1
Labor William Mitchell 1,740 49.9
Total formal votes 3,490 98.6
Informal votes 48 1.4
Turnout 3,538 79.0
Liberal hold Swing

By-election

  • Election was voided by the Court of Disputed Returns.
  • This by-election was held on 12 October 1912.
1912 Maryborough state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Corser 1,791 50.02 −0.08
Labor William Mitchell 1,789 49.98 +0.08
Total formal votes 3,580 99.6 +1.0
Informal votes 16 0.4 −1.0
Turnout 3,596 80.2 +1.2
Liberal hold Swing −0.08

Merthyr

1912 Queensland state election: Merthyr
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Welsby 2,119 50.05
Labor Peter McLachlan 2,115 49.95
Total formal votes 4,234 98.9
Informal votes 47 1.1
Turnout 4,281 85.5
Liberal hold Swing

Mirani

1912 Queensland state election: Mirani
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Swayne 1,730 68.8
Labor Philip Kirwan 785 31.2
Total formal votes 2,515 98.6
Informal votes 36 1.4
Turnout 2,551 63.9
Liberal hold Swing

Mitchell

1912 Queensland state election: Mitchell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Payne 1,394 71.8
Liberal John Cross 547 28.2
Total formal votes 1,941 97.9
Informal votes 42 2.1
Turnout 1,983 52.7
Labor hold Swing

Mount Morgan

1912 Queensland state election: Mount Morgan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Crawford 1,874 53.0
Labor James Stopford 1,659 47.0
Total formal votes 3,533 99.5
Informal votes 19 0.5
Turnout 3,552 77.7
Liberal hold Swing

Mundingburra

1912 Queensland state election: Mundingburra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Foley 1,974 61.7
Liberal William Little 1,226 38.3
Total formal votes 3,200 98.9
Informal votes 34 1.1
Turnout 3,234 76.3
Labor hold Swing

Murilla

1912 Queensland state election: Murilla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Godfrey Morgan 1,725 56.2
Labor Frank Allen 1,346 43.8
Total formal votes 3,071 97.6
Informal votes 74 2.4
Turnout 3,145 72.8
Liberal hold Swing

Murrumba

1912 Queensland state election: Murrumba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Forsythe 2,400 77.7
Labor Gideon Dennis 688 22.3
Total formal votes 3,088 99.1
Informal votes 29 0.9
Turnout 3,117 71.1
Liberal hold Swing

Musgrave

1912 Queensland state election: Musgrave
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John White 1,569 56.9
Labor Henry Cattermull 1,188 43.1
Total formal votes 2,757 98.5
Informal votes 41 1.5
Turnout 2,798 78.3
Liberal hold Swing

Nanango

1912 Queensland state election: Nanango
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Hodge 2,379 63.8
Labor Maurice Harland 1,348 36.2
Total formal votes 3,727 98.7
Informal votes 48 1.3
Turnout 3,775 69.5
Liberal hold Swing

Normanby

1912 Queensland state election: Normanby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Fox 1,490 60.7
Labor George Martens 966 39.3
Total formal votes 2,456 97.3
Informal votes 69 2.7
Turnout 2,525 68.3
Liberal hold Swing

By-election

  • This by-election was caused by the death of George Fox.
  • It was held on 5 March 1914.
1914 Normanby state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Archer 1,105 53.6 −7.1
Labor Joseph Whiteley 971 46.4 +7.1
Total formal votes 2,051 98.7 +1.4
Informal votes 25 1.3 −1.4
Turnout 2,076 63.0 −5.3
Liberal hold Swing −7.1

Nundah

1912 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Bridges 2,301 65.1
Labor Robert McCormack 1,232 34.9
Total formal votes 3,533 99.5
Informal votes 17 0.5
Turnout 3,550 79.9
Liberal hold Swing

Oxley

1912 Queensland state election: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Digby Denham 2,213 58.3
Labor Charles Martin 1,580 41.7
Total formal votes 3,793 99.5
Informal votes 20 0.5
Turnout 3,813 85.6
Liberal hold Swing

Paddington

1912 Queensland state election: Paddington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Fihelly 2,678 57.6
Liberal John Walsh 1,973 42.4
Total formal votes 4,651 98.8
Informal votes 58 1.2
Turnout 4,709 84.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Pittsworth

1912 Queensland state election: Pittsworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Donald Mackintosh 1,850 60.6
Labor Matthias Dwyer 1,204 39.4
Total formal votes 3,054 99.6
Informal votes 13 0.4
Turnout 3,067 73.2
Liberal hold Swing

Port Curtis

1912 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Breslin 1,590 50.03
Liberal John Kessell 1,588 49.97
Total formal votes 3,178 98.8
Informal votes 39 1.2
Turnout 3,217 78.4
Labor hold Swing

By-election

  • This result was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns and a by-election was held on 26 October 1912.
1912 Port Curtis state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Kessell 1,512 51.6 +1.6
Labor Edward Breslin 1,416 48.4 −1.6
Total formal votes 2,928 99.2 +0.4
Informal votes 23 0.8 −0.4
Turnout 2,951 70.6 +7.8
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +1.6

Queenton

1912 Queensland state election: Queenton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Vern Winstanley 1,704 58.6
Liberal Frederick Johnson 1,202 41.4
Total formal votes 2,906 99.6
Informal votes 12 0.4
Turnout 2,918 81.4
Labor hold Swing

Rockhampton

1912 Queensland state election: Rockhampton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Adamson 1,705 55.5
Liberal George Curtis 1,366 44.5
Total formal votes 3,071 99.1
Informal votes 27 0.9
Turnout 3,098 67.0
Labor hold Swing

Rosewood

1912 Queensland state election: Rosewood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Stevens 1,412 44.1
Independent William Ruhno 941 29.4
Labor Patrick Madden 687 21.5
Independent John Rea 159 5.0
Total formal votes 3,199 99.4
Informal votes 19 0.6
Turnout 3,218 79.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Henry Stevens 1,468 58.0
Independent William Ruhno 1,062 42.0
Liberal hold Swing

South Brisbane

1912 Queensland state election: South Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Bouchard 1,914 50.4
Labor Joseph Sherry 1,882 49.6
Total formal votes 3,796 99.3
Informal votes 26 0.7
Turnout 3,822 77.5
Liberal hold Swing

Stanley

1912 Queensland state election: Stanley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Somerset unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Toombul

1912 Queensland state election: Toombul
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Petrie 2,648 64.7
Labor Daniel Dowling 1,447 35.3
Total formal votes 4,095 99.4
Informal votes 23 0.6
Turnout 4,118 82.1
Liberal hold Swing

Toowong

1912 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Macartney 2,734 70.5
Labor Lewis McDonald 1,145 29.5
Total formal votes 3,879 99.8
Informal votes 9 0.2
Turnout 3,888 81.2
Liberal hold Swing

Toowoomba

1912 Queensland state election: Toowoomba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Tolmie 1,784 59.3
Labor Michael Alke 1,225 40.7
Total formal votes 3,009 99.6
Informal votes 13 0.4
Turnout 3,022 72.8
Liberal hold Swing

Townsville

1912 Queensland state election: Townsville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Philp 1,908 54.3
Labor Alexander Austin 1,604 45.7
Total formal votes 3,512 98.3
Informal votes 60 1.7
Turnout 3,572 72.7
Liberal hold Swing

Warrego

1912 Queensland state election: Warrego
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harry Coyne 1,758 65.4
Liberal Duncan McDonald 932 34.6
Total formal votes 2,690 95.3
Informal votes 134 4.7
Turnout 2,824 69.7
Labor hold Swing

Warwick

1912 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Barnes 1,915 59.4
Labor Angus Sinclair 1,307 40.6
Total formal votes 3,222 98.8
Informal votes 38 1.2
Turnout 3,260 70.3
Liberal hold Swing

Wide Bay

1912 Queensland state election: Wide Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Booker 1,866 57.1
Labor Andrew Thompson 1,400 42.9
Total formal votes 3,266 99.2
Informal votes 27 0.8
Turnout 3,293 81.2
Liberal hold Swing

Windsor

1912 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hugh Macrossan 2,488 57.1
Labor Walter Crampton 1,837 42.9
Total formal votes 4,285 99.3
Informal votes 32 0.7
Turnout 4,317 85.0
Liberal hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "Parliament of Queensland, Legislative Assembly election results for 27 April 1912". elections.uwa.edu.au. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2020.