Electoral results for the district of Leichhardt (Queensland)

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

Members for Leichhardt

These tables are an excerpt from Electoral district of Leichhardt (Queensland) § Members for Leichhardt.[edit]
Dual member electorate (1860–1873)
Member Party Term Member Party Term
  Robert Herbert Unaligned 1860–1863  
  		Charles Royds Unaligned 1860–1864
  Gordon Sandeman Unaligned 1863–1870
  Edmund Royds Unaligned 1864–1868
  Charles Royds Unaligned 1868–1872
  John Scott Unaligned 1870–1873
  Edmund Royds Unaligned 1872–1873
Single member electorate (1873–1878)
Member Party Term
  Edmund Royds Unaligned 1873–1875
  Charles Haly Unaligned 1876–1878
Dual member electorate (1878–1888)
Member Party Term Member Party Term
  William Sheffield Paul Unaligned 1878–1879   John Scott Unaligned 1878–1888
  John MacFarlane Unaligned 1879–1880
  Albrecht Feez Unaligned 1880–1883
  Charles Dutton Unaligned 1883–1888
Single member electorate (1888–1932)
Member Party Term
  William Sheffield Paul Unaligned 1888–1893
  Herbert Hardacre Labour 1893–1919
  Tom Foley Labor 1919–1932

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1929 Queensland state election § Leichhardt.[edit]
1929 Queensland state election: Leichhardt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Foley 1,861 56.0 −5.4
CPNP George Tuck 1,462 44.0 +5.4
Total formal votes 3,323
Informal votes
Turnout
Labor hold Swing −5.4
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1926 Queensland state election § Leichhardt.[edit]
1926 Queensland state election: Leichhardt[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Foley 2,565 61.4 +2.7
CPNP Frederick Lodge 1,613 38.6 −2.7
Total formal votes 4,178 99.3 −0.1
Informal votes 30 0.7 +0.1
Turnout 4,208 83.3 +8.8
Labor hold Swing +2.7
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1923 Queensland state election § Leichhardt.[edit]
1923 Queensland state election: Leichhardt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Foley 2,521 58.7 −1.5
United Charles Kingston 1,772 41.3 +1.5
Total formal votes 4,293 99.4 +0.4
Informal votes 25 0.6 −0.4
Turnout 4,318 74.5 +2.7
Labor hold Swing −1.5
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 Queensland state election § Leichhardt.[edit]
1920 Queensland state election: Leichhardt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Foley 2,902 60.2 −8.5
Country Charles Kingston 1,922 39.8 +39.8
Total formal votes 4,824 99.0 −0.1
Informal votes 48 1.0 +0.1
Turnout 4,872 71.8 −3.5
Labor hold Swing −8.5

Elections in the 1910s

1919 Leichhardt state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Foley 2,152 57.6 −11.1
Primary Producers Francis Brewer 1,584 42.4 +42.4
Total formal votes 3,736 99.5 +0.4
Informal votes 18 0.5 −0.4
Turnout 3,754
Labor hold Swing −11.1
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1918 Queensland state election § Leichhardt.[edit]
1918 Queensland state election: Leichhardt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Herbert Hardacre 2,811 68.7 −31.3
National William Smout 1,278 31.3 +31.3
Total formal votes 4,089 99.1
Informal votes 35 0.9
Turnout 4,124 75.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1915 Queensland state election § Leichhardt.[edit]
1915 Queensland state election: Leichhardt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Herbert Hardacre unopposed
Labor hold Swing
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1912 Queensland state election § Leichhardt.[edit]
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

References

  1. ^ 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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