Results of the 1950 Queensland state election

Queensland state election, 29 April 1950^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1947–1953 >>
Enrolled voters		688,309^[1]
Votes cast		636,750		Turnout	92.51	+1.76
Informal votes		7,088		Informal	1.11	–0.25
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	295,138	46.87	+3.29	42	+ 7
	Liberal	188,331	29.91	+4.18	11	+ 2
	Country	121,689	19.25	–0.24	20	+ 6
	NQ Labor	7,689	1.22	+0.50	1	± 0
	Ind. Labor	3,509	0.56	–0.52	0	– 1
	Frank Barnes Labor	2,759	0.44	–3.53	0	– 1
	Communist	2,351	0.37	–0.89	0	– 1
	Independent	8,196	1.30	–2.86	1	+ 1
Total		629,662			75

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1950 Queensland state election.

Results by electoral district

Aubigny

1950 Queensland state election: Aubigny^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Jim Sparkes	6,537	73.6
	Labor	Christopher Schull	1,829	20.6
	Independent	George Legge	514	5.8
Total formal votes			8,880	99.5
Informal votes			43	0.5
Turnout			8,923	93.2
	Country hold		Swing

Balonne

1950 Queensland state election: Balonne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John Taylor	2,324	53.9
	Country	Herbert Dearden	1,989	46.1
Total formal votes			4,313	99.0
Informal votes			44	1.0
Turnout			4,357	87.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Barambah

1950 Queensland state election: Barambah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	6,881	75.2
	Labor	Donald Christiansen	2,266	24.8
Total formal votes			9,147	99.3
Informal votes			67	0.7
Turnout			9,214	94.2
	Country hold		Swing

Barcoo

1950 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ned Davis	2,828	68.5
	Country	Arthur Chresby	1,300	31.5
Total formal votes			4,128	99.1
Informal votes			38	0.9
Turnout			4,166	88.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Baroona

1950 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bill Power	6,439	61.7
	Liberal	Harry Middleton	3,768	36.1
	Communist	Max Julius	223	2.1
Total formal votes			10,430	98.5
Informal votes			159	1.5
Turnout			10,589	91.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Belyando

1950 Queensland state election: Belyando
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Tom Foley	2,619	58.9
	Country	Reg Colwell	1,826	41.1
Total formal votes			4,445	99.2
Informal votes			34	0.8
Turnout			4,479	90.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Bremer

1950 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Jim Donald	6,100	65.8
	Liberal	Alan Chambers	3,170	34.2
Total formal votes			9,270	99.3
Informal votes			63	0.7
Turnout			9,333	95.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Brisbane

1950 Queensland state election: Brisbane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Johnno Mann	5,942	58.8
	Liberal	John Herbert	4,159	41.2
Total formal votes			10,101	98.7
Informal votes			134	1.3
Turnout			10,235	89.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Bulimba

1950 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bob Gardner	4,024	35.7
	Liberal	John Hamilton	3,982	35.3
	Independent Labor	George Marriott	3,266	29.0
Total formal votes			11,272	98.8
Informal votes			138	1.2
Turnout			11,410	94.3
	Labor gain from Independent Labor		Swing

By-election

This by-election was caused by the result of the election being voided by the Court of Disputed Returns. It was held on 14 April 1951.

1951 Bulimba state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Gardner	4,427	37.7	+2.0
	Liberal	John Hamilton	4,323	36.8	+1.5
	Independent Labor	George Marriott	2,990	25.5	-3.5
Total formal votes			11,740	99.2	+0.4
Informal votes			99	0.8	-0.4
Turnout			11,839	92.8	-1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Bundaberg

1950 Queensland state election: Bundaberg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ted Walsh	4,152	44.6
	Frank Barnes Labor	Frank Barnes	2,759	29.6
	Liberal	Frank Row	2,401	25.8
Total formal votes			9,312	97.6
Informal votes			230	2.4
Turnout			9,542	95.5
	Labor gain from Frank Barnes Labor		Swing

Buranda

1950 Queensland state election: Buranda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Dick Brown	5,439	53.0
	Liberal	Percy Berry	4,826	47.0
Total formal votes			10,265	98.9
Informal votes			114	1.1
Turnout			10,379	94.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Burdekin

1950 Queensland state election: Burdekin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Arthur Coburn	3,955	52.5
	Labor	Ernest Russell	3,318	44.0
	Communist	Jack Penberthy	267	3.5
Total formal votes			7,540	99.1
Informal votes			66	0.9
Turnout			7,606	91.6
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing

Cairns

1950 Queensland state election: Cairns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Thomas Crowley	4,275	59.1
	Country	Arthur Farr	2,964	40.9
Total formal votes			7,239	98.8
Informal votes			88	1.2
Turnout			7,327	87.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Callide

1950 Queensland state election: Callide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Vince Jones	6,038	65.8
	Labor	Patrick Moore	3,138	34.2
Total formal votes			9,176	97.1
Informal votes			270	2.9
Turnout			9,446	94.7
	Country hold		Swing

Carnarvon

1950 Queensland state election: Carnarvon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Paul Hilton	4,500	50.8
	Country	Sandy Cameron	4,354	49.2
Total formal votes			8,834	99.3
Informal votes			85	0.7
Turnout			8,919	90.2
	Labor hold		Swing

Carpentaria

1950 Queensland state election: Carpentaria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Norm Smith	2,709	62.9
	Country	George Keyes	1,358	31.5
	Independent Labor	Merv Pether	243	5.6
Total formal votes			4,310	98.6
Informal votes			61	1.4
Turnout			4,371	80.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Charters Towers

1950 Queensland state election: Charters Towers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Arthur Jones	2,675	59.2
	Liberal	George Ellis	1,643	36.4
	NQ Labor	Victor Hay	201	4.4
Total formal votes			4,519	97.3
Informal votes			124	2.7
Turnout			4,643	96.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Chermside

1950 Queensland state election: Chermside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alex Dewar	6,910	60.1
	Labor	James Macarthur	4,585	39.9
Total formal votes			11,495	98.7
Informal votes			150	1.3
Turnout			11,645	94.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Clayfield

1950 Queensland state election: Clayfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Harold Taylor	7,459	74.6
	Labor	Edmund Roberts	2,539	25.4
Total formal votes			9,998	99.3
Informal votes			70	0.7
Turnout			10,068	91.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Condamine

1950 Queensland state election: Condamine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Eric Allpass	5,800	62.1
	Labor	Michael Lyons	3,546	37.9
Total formal votes			9,346	99.4
Informal votes			57	0.6
Turnout			9,403	90.9
	Country hold		Swing

Cook

1950 Queensland state election: Cook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Carlisle Wordsworth	3,811	50.8
	Labor	Jim Tully	3,690	49.2
Total formal votes			7,501	98.9
Informal votes			80	1.1
Turnout			7,581	88.2
	Country gain from Labor		Swing

Cooroora

1950 Queensland state election: Cooroora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	David Low	6,390	72.6
	Labor	Geoffrey Arnell	2,411	27.4
Total formal votes			8,801	99.2
Informal votes			73	0.8
Turnout			8,874	92.2
	Country hold		Swing

Coorparoo

1950 Queensland state election: Coorparoo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Hiley	6,899	63.0
	Labor	Erle Wettemeyer	4,047	37.0
Total formal votes			10,946	99.0
Informal votes			115	1.0
Turnout			11,061	93.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cunningham

1950 Queensland state election: Cunningham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Malcolm McIntyre	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Darlington

1950 Queensland state election: Darlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tom Plunkett	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Fassifern

1950 Queensland state election: Fassifern
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Alf Muller	6,788	76.2
	Labor	Thomas Lythgo	2,125	23.8
Total formal votes			8,913	99.3
Informal votes			63	0.7
Turnout			8,976	93.9
	Country hold		Swing

Fitzroy

1950 Queensland state election: Fitzroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Jim Clark	5,377	61.9
	Liberal	Hugh Douglas	3,313	38.1
Total formal votes			8,690	99.0
Informal votes			84	1.0
Turnout			8,774	93.2
	Labor hold		Swing

Flinders

1950 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ernest Riordan	1,907	47.5
	Country	Gordon Stuart	1,610	40.1
	NQ Labor	Victor Casey	291	7.3
	Independent	William Hall	207	5.1
Total formal votes			4,015	98.6
Informal votes			58	1.4
Turnout			4,073	84.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Fortitude Valley

1950 Queensland state election: Fortitude Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Samuel Brassington	5,853	57.6
	Liberal	Gladstone Walker	3,989	39.3
	Communist	Albert Graham	315	3.1
Total formal votes			10,157	98.4
Informal votes			162	1.6
Turnout			10,319	92.2
	Labor hold		Swing

By-election

This by-election was caused by the death of Samuel Brassington. It was held on 18 November 1950.

1950 Fortitude Valley state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Brosnan	7,508	92.5	+34.9
	Communist	Albert Graham	610	7.5	+4.4
Total formal votes			8,118	94.1	-4.3
Informal votes			508	5.9	+4.3
Turnout			8,626
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Gregory

1950 Queensland state election: Gregory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	George Devries	2,594	64.1
	Country	Gordon Lee	1,450	35.9
Total formal votes			4,044	99.3
Informal votes			29	0.7
Turnout			4,073	86.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Haughton

1950 Queensland state election: Haughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Colin McCathie	3,492	46.9
	Liberal	Bill Longeran	2,349	31.5
	NQ Labor	Ernest O'Brien	1,463	19.6
	Communist	Gwendoline Phelan	143	1.9
Total formal votes			7,447	98.0
Informal votes			151	2.0
Turnout			7,598	93.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Hinchinbrook

1950 Queensland state election: Hinchinbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	4,005	55.9
	Liberal	Charles Mylrea	3,158	44.1
Total formal votes			7,163	98.1
Informal votes			141	1.9
Turnout			7,304	90.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Ipswich

1950 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ivor Marsden	5,778	64.0
	Liberal	Ralph Sherrington	3,249	36.0
Total formal votes			9,027	99.0
Informal votes			87	1.0
Turnout			9,114	95.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Isis

1950 Queensland state election: Isis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Jack Pizzey	5,539	61.9
	Labor	Frank Eastaughffe	3,412	38.1
Total formal votes			8,951	97.1
Informal votes			269	2.9
Turnout			9,220	95.0
	Country hold		Swing

Ithaca

1950 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ned Hanlon	6,380	60.7
	Liberal	Charles Keen	4,137	39.3
Total formal votes			10,517	98.9
Informal votes			118	1.1
Turnout			10,635	94.1
	Labor hold		Swing

By-election

This by-election was caused by the death of Ned Hanlon. It was held on 5 April 1952.

1952 Ithaca state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leonard Eastment	5,658	62.2	+1.5
	Liberal	Douglas Lowndes	3,241	35.6	-3.7
	Communist	Edwin Bacon	194	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			9,093	99.1	+0.2
Informal votes			80	0.9	-0.2
Turnout			9,173
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Kedron

1950 Queensland state election: Kedron
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bruce Pie	6,329	52.0
	Labor	Jim Hadley	5,830	48.0
Total formal votes			12,159	99.2
Informal votes			101	0.8
Turnout			12,260	94.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

By-election

This by-election was caused by the resignation of Bruce Pie. It was held on 14 March 1951.

1951 Kedron state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Lloyd	6,601	51.6	+3.6
	Liberal	James Robertson	6,185	48.4	-3.6
Total formal votes			12,786	99.0	-0.2
Informal votes			127	1.0	+0.2
Turnout			12,913	91.2	-3.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.6

Kelvin Grove

1950 Queensland state election: Kelvin Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bert Turner	5,785	56.2
	Liberal	James Gibson	4,515	43.8
Total formal votes			10,300	99.0
Informal votes			106	1.0
Turnout			10,406	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Keppel

1950 Queensland state election: Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Walter Ingram	5,251	56.1
	Country	Harry Beak	4,112	43.9
Total formal votes			9,363	99.3
Informal votes			70	0.7
Turnout			9,433	94.0
	Labor hold		Swing

By-election

This by-election was caused by the death of Walter Ingram. It was held on 25 October 1952.

1952 Keppel state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Viv Cooper	5,272	53.0	-3.1
	Country	Alfred Ganter	4,454	44.8	+0.9
	Independent Labor	Thomas Kelly	222	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			9,948	99.5	+0.2
Informal votes			51	0.5	-0.2
Turnout			9,999	87.2	-6.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Kurilpa

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

Landsborough

1950 Queensland state election: Landsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Frank Nicklin	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Lockyer

1950 Queensland state election: Lockyer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Gordon Chalk	5,564	63.2
	Labor	Andrew Grilly	2,219	25.2
	Independent	Tom Ford	1,019	11.6
Total formal votes			8,802	99.6
Informal votes			31	0.4
Turnout			8,833	93.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mackay

1950 Queensland state election: Mackay^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Fred Graham	4,129	55.0
	Liberal	Noel Weder	3,383	45.0
Total formal votes			7,512	99.2
Informal votes			58	0.8
Turnout			7,570	92.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Mackenzie

1950 Queensland state election: Mackenzie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Paddy Whyte	2,184	51.3
	Country	William Holmes	2,076	48.7
Total formal votes			4,260	98.7
Informal votes			54	1.3
Turnout			4,314	89.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Marodian

1950 Queensland state election: Marodian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	James Heading	6,209	69.8
	Labor	Thomas Williams	2,686	30.2
Total formal votes			8,895	99.4
Informal votes			53	0.6
Turnout			8,948	90.2
	Country hold		Swing

Maryborough

1950 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	David Farrell	6,397	65.5
	Liberal	Robert Hunter	3,377	34.5
Total formal votes			9,774	98.0
Informal votes			203	2.0
Turnout			9,977	96.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Merthyr

1950 Queensland state election: Merthyr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bill Moore	5,948	56.0
	Liberal	Albert Rees	4,669	44.0
Total formal votes			10,617	98.7
Informal votes			134	1.3
Turnout			10,751	93.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Mirani

1950 Queensland state election: Mirani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Ernie Evans	4,709	63.0
	Labor	Matthew O'Neill	2,764	37.0
Total formal votes			7,473	99.3
Informal votes			52	0.7
Turnout			7,525	92.2
	Country hold		Swing

Mount Coot-tha

1950 Queensland state election: Mount Coot-tha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Kenneth Morris	7,032	60.1
	Labor	Bryan Hurley	4,668	39.9
Total formal votes			11,700	99.0
Informal votes			117	1.0
Turnout			11,817	93.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mount Gravatt

1950 Queensland state election: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Felix Dittmer	6,702	52.3
	Liberal	Edward Knoblanch	5,890	46.0
	Independent	Donald Orr	215	1.7
Total formal votes			12,807	98.6
Informal votes			186	1.4
Turnout			12,993	92.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Mourilyan

1950 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Peter Byrne	3,168	43.5
	Country	Andrew Laurie	2,812	38.6
	NQ Labor	William Batchelor	1,028	14.1
	Communist	Les Sullivan	271	3.7
Total formal votes			7,279	99.2
Informal votes			60	0.8
Turnout			7,339	91.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Mulgrave

1950 Queensland state election: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Bob Watson	3,559	48.8
	Labor	Charles English	3,208	44.0
	NQ Labor	George Groth	345	4.7
	Communist	Frank Falls	175	2.4
Total formal votes			7,287	98.9
Informal votes			84	1.1
Turnout			7,371	90.9
	Country hold		Swing

Mundingburra

1950 Queensland state election: Mundingburra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NQ Labor	Tom Aikens	3,348	42.6
	Liberal	William Brackin	2,664	33.7
	Labor	Jim Mahony	1,889	23.9
Total formal votes			7,901	98.7
Informal votes			105	1.3
Turnout			8,006	92.3
	NQ Labor hold		Swing

Murrumba

1950 Queensland state election: Murrumba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	David Nicholson	6,680	65.1
	Labor	Eric Lloyd	3,579	34.9
Total formal votes			10,259	98.9
Informal votes			111	1.1
Turnout			10,370	93.2
	Country hold		Swing

Nash

1950 Queensland state election: Nash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Thomas Dunstan	4,584	50.1
	Liberal	Ronald Witham	4,559	49.9
Total formal votes			9,143	99.4
Informal votes			52	0.6
Turnout			9,195	94.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Norman

1950 Queensland state election: Norman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Louis Luckins	5,593	51.2
	Labor	Edward Falk	5,339	48.8
Total formal votes			10,932	98.9
Informal votes			121	1.1
Turnout			11,053	93.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

North Toowoomba

1950 Queensland state election: North Toowoomba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Les Wood	4,992	54.4
	Liberal	Ralph Weppner	4,178	45.6
Total formal votes			9,170	99.2
Informal votes			70	0.8
Turnout			9,240	89.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Nundah

1950 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Frank Roberts	5,624	52.3
	Liberal	William Cook	5,122	47.7
Total formal votes			10,746	98.9
Informal votes			123	1.1
Turnout			10,869	93.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Port Curtis

1950 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Jim Burrows	5,296	57.8
	Liberal	Harold Jensen	3,871	42.2
Total formal votes			9,167	99.2
Informal votes			70	0.8
Turnout			9,237	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Rockhampton

1950 Queensland state election: Rockhampton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	James Larcombe	4,709	51.3
	Liberal	Ron Diamond	4,464	48.7
Total formal votes			9,173	99.0
Informal votes			90	1.0
Turnout			9,263	92.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Roma

1950 Queensland state election: Roma
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	William Ewan	2,631	53.3
	Labor	James Kane	2,308	46.7
Total formal votes			4,939	98.9
Informal votes			54	1.1
Turnout			4,993	93.7
	Country hold		Swing

Sandgate

1950 Queensland state election: Sandgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eric Decker	6,193	54.0
	Labor	Herbert Robinson	5,273	46.0
Total formal votes			11,466	98.6
Informal votes			168	1.4
Turnout			11,634	94.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sherwood

1950 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Tom Kerr	6,765	58.4
	Labor	Robert Mansfield	4,813	41.6
Total formal votes			11,578	99.2
Informal votes			96	0.8
Turnout			11,674	93.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Somerset

1950 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Duncan MacDonald	5,113	57.7
	Labor	John Perrett	3,740	42.3
Total formal votes			8,853	99.2
Informal votes			72	0.8
Turnout			8,925	93.5
	Country hold		Swing

South Brisbane

1950 Queensland state election: South Brisbane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Vince Gair	5,651	56.5
	Liberal	Allan McLeod	4,347	43.5
Total formal votes			9,998	98.9
Informal votes			115	1.1
Turnout			10,113	91.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Southport

1950 Queensland state election: Southport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Eric Gaven	4,768	49.0
	Labor	Edgar Hill	2,800	28.8
	Independent	William Elson-Green	2,167	22.3
Total formal votes			9,735	99.6
Informal votes			36	0.4
Turnout			9,771	91.0
	Country hold		Swing

Tablelands

1950 Queensland state election: Tablelands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Harold Collins	4,033	53.6
	Country	John Gargan	2,992	39.8
	NQ Labor	Tom Mackey	496	6.6
Total formal votes			7,521	99.3
Informal votes			50	0.7
Turnout			7,571	89.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Toowong

1950 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Alan Munro	7,101	67.0
	Labor	Frank Venables	3,494	33.0
Total formal votes			10,595	99.1
Informal votes			94	0.9
Turnout			10,689	93.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Toowoomba

1950 Queensland state election: Toowoomba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Jack Duggan	4,858	55.7
	Liberal	Ralph Knight	3,870	44.3
Total formal votes			8,739	99.0
Informal votes			78	1.0
Turnout			8,817	90.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Townsville

1950 Queensland state election: Townsville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	George Keyatta	3,699	51.6
	Liberal	John Taaffe	2,753	38.4
	NQ Labor	Pat Rooney	517	7.2
	Independent	Robert Baker	198	2.8
Total formal votes			7,167	98.6
Informal votes			99	1.4
Turnout			7,266	86.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Warrego

1950 Queensland state election: Warrego
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Harry O'Shea	2,829	65.0
	Country	Ernest Parr	1,522	35.0
Total formal votes			4,351	98.7
Informal votes			56	1.3
Turnout			4,407	86.1
	Labor hold		Swing

By-election

This by-election was caused by the death of Harry O'Shea. It was held on 3 March 1951.

1951 Warrego state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Dufficy	2,223	70.1	+5.1
	Country	Victor Boettcher	850	26.8	-8.2
	Independent	John Sullivan	96	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			3,169	99.4	+0.7
Informal votes			18	0.6	-0.7
Turnout			3,187
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Warwick

1950 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,965	68.4
	Labor	Terry Keane	2,758	31.6
Total formal votes			8,723	99.2
Informal votes			67	0.8
Turnout			8,790	93.4
	Country hold		Swing

Whitsunday

1950 Queensland state election: Whitsunday
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Lloyd Roberts	3,416	45.3
	Labor	John Casey	2,748	36.5
	Communist	Fred Paterson	957	12.7
	Independent	Michael McColl	411	5.5
Total formal votes			7,532	99.0
Informal votes			76	1.0
Turnout			7,608	91.6
	Country hold		Swing

Windsor

1950 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Tom Rasey	5,213	50.1
	Liberal	Alexander Devene	5,184	49.9
Total formal votes			10,397	99.1
Informal votes			94	0.9
Turnout			10,491	93.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Wynnum

1950 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bill Gunn	7,103	61.0
	Liberal	Bill Dart	4,548	39.0
Total formal votes			11,651	99.1
Informal votes			105	0.9
Turnout			11,756	95.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Yeronga

1950 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Winston Noble	6,504	58.8
	Labor	Thomas Doyle	4,550	41.2
Total formal votes			11,054	98.5
Informal votes			164	1.5
Turnout			11,218	93.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 29 April 1950". Retrieved 30 December 2009.
↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.
↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.

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[1] Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 29 April 1950". Retrieved 30 December 2009.

[2] Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.

[3] Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.

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