Electoral results for the Division of Griffith
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This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Griffith in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1934 until the present.
Members
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Francis Baker | Labor | 1934–1939 | |
William Conelan | 1939–1949 | ||
Doug Berry | Liberal | 1949–1954 | |
Wilfred Coutts | Labor | 1954–1958 | |
Arthur Chresby | Liberal | 1958–1961 | |
Wilfred Coutts | Labor | 1961–1966 | |
Don Cameron | Liberal | 1966–1977 | |
Ben Humphreys | Labor | 1977–1996 | |
Graeme McDougall | Liberal | 1996–1998 | |
Kevin Rudd | Labor | 1998–2013 | |
Terri Butler | 2014–2022 | ||
Max Chandler-Mather | Greens | 2022–present |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]2022
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greens | Max Chandler-Mather | 36,771 | 34.59 | +10.94 | |
Liberal National | Olivia Roberts | 32,685 | 30.74 | −10.23 | |
Labor | Terri Butler | 30,769 | 28.94 | −2.01 | |
One Nation | Shari Ware | 3,504 | 3.30 | +1.18 | |
United Australia | Robert McMullan | 2,581 | 2.43 | +0.98 | |
Total formal votes | 106,310 | 98.00 | +0.26 | ||
Informal votes | 2,169 | 2.00 | −0.26 | ||
Turnout | 108,479 | 89.45 | −1.60 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
Labor | Terri Butler | 64,923 | 61.07 | +8.21 | |
Liberal National | Olivia Roberts | 41,387 | 38.93 | −8.21 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Greens | Max Chandler-Mather | 64,271 | 60.46 | +60.46 | |
Liberal National | Olivia Roberts | 42,039 | 39.54 | −7.59 | |
Greens gain from Labor |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]2019
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Olivia Roberts | 40,816 | 40.97 | −0.21 | |
Labor | Terri Butler | 30,836 | 30.95 | −2.18 | |
Greens | Max Chandler-Mather | 23,562 | 23.65 | +6.67 | |
One Nation | Julie Darlington | 2,109 | 2.12 | +2.12 | |
United Australia | Christian Julius | 1,444 | 1.45 | +1.45 | |
Conservative National | Tony Murray | 850 | 0.85 | +0.85 | |
Total formal votes | 99,617 | 97.74 | +1.81 | ||
Informal votes | 2,302 | 2.26 | −1.81 | ||
Turnout | 101,919 | 91.05 | +0.87 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Terri Butler | 52,659 | 52.86 | +1.43 | |
Liberal National | Olivia Roberts | 46,958 | 47.14 | −1.43 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.43 |
2016
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Fiona Ward | 37,716 | 41.00 | −1.12 | |
Labor | Terri Butler | 30,524 | 33.18 | −7.22 | |
Greens | Karen Anderson | 15,710 | 17.08 | +6.83 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bronwyn Ablett | 1,880 | 2.04 | +2.04 | |
Drug Law Reform | John Jiggens | 1,789 | 1.94 | +1.94 | |
Liberty Alliance | Matt Darragh | 1,477 | 1.61 | +1.61 | |
Independent | Karel Boele | 1,463 | 1.59 | +1.59 | |
Family First | Theresa Graham | 1,424 | 1.55 | +0.80 | |
Total formal votes | 91,983 | 95.94 | +0.71 | ||
Informal votes | 3,897 | 4.06 | −0.71 | ||
Turnout | 95,880 | 90.60 | −2.54 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Terri Butler | 47,464 | 51.60 | −1.50 | |
Liberal National | Fiona Ward | 44,519 | 48.40 | +1.50 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −1.50 |
2014 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Bill Glasson | 34,491 | 44.38 | +2.16 | |
Labor | Terri Butler | 30,023 | 38.63 | −1.73 | |
Greens | Geoff Ebbs | 7,635 | 9.82 | −0.36 | |
Pirate | Melanie Thomas | 1,172 | 1.51 | +1.51 | |
Katter's Australian | Ray Sawyer | 821 | 1.06 | +0.37 | |
Family First | Christopher Williams | 729 | 0.94 | +0.20 | |
Stable Population | Timothy Lawrence | 666 | 0.86 | +0.67 | |
Independent | Travis Windsor | 656 | 0.84 | +0.84 | |
Bullet Train | Anthony Ackroyd | 602 | 0.77 | +0.77 | |
Independent | Karel Boele | 504 | 0.65 | +0.65 | |
Secular | Anne Reid | 424 | 0.55 | +0.04 | |
Total formal votes | 77,723 | 96.82 | +1.58 | ||
Informal votes | 2,552 | 3.18 | −1.58 | ||
Turnout | 80,275 | 82.03 | −11.11 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Terri Butler | 40,229 | 51.76 | −1.25 | |
Liberal National | Bill Glasson | 37,494 | 48.24 | +1.25 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −1.25 |
2013
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Bill Glasson | 36,481 | 42.22 | +6.42 | |
Labor | Kevin Rudd | 34,878 | 40.36 | −3.72 | |
Greens | Geoff Ebbs | 8,799 | 10.18 | −5.21 | |
Palmer United | Karin Hunter | 2,903 | 3.36 | +3.36 | |
Independent | Greg Sowden | 705 | 0.82 | +0.82 | |
Family First | Adam Kertesz | 643 | 0.74 | −0.71 | |
Katter's Australian | Luke Murray | 595 | 0.69 | +0.69 | |
Secular | Anne Reid | 445 | 0.51 | +0.51 | |
Rise Up Australia | Sherrilyn Church | 418 | 0.48 | +0.48 | |
Socialist Alliance | Liam Flenady | 377 | 0.44 | +0.44 | |
Stable Population | Jan McNicol | 165 | 0.19 | +0.19 | |
Total formal votes | 86,409 | 95.24 | +0.13 | ||
Informal votes | 4,323 | 4.76 | −0.13 | ||
Turnout | 90,732 | 93.14 | +1.81 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kevin Rudd | 45,805 | 53.01 | −5.45 | |
Liberal National | Bill Glasson | 40,604 | 46.99 | +5.45 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −5.45 |
2010
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kevin Rudd | 35,445 | 44.08 | -9.01 | |
Liberal National | Rebecca Docherty | 28,784 | 35.80 | +1.82 | |
Greens | Emma-Kate Rose | 12,378 | 15.39 | +7.54 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gregory Romans | 1,866 | 2.32 | +2.10 | |
Family First | Jesse Webb | 1,163 | 1.45 | +0.66 | |
Revolutionary Socialist | Hamish Chitts | 601 | 0.75 | +0.75 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Jan Pukallus | 175 | 0.22 | +0.22 | |
Total formal votes | 80,412 | 95.11 | −2.01 | ||
Informal votes | 4,137 | 4.89 | +2.01 | ||
Turnout | 84,549 | 91.32 | −2.30 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kevin Rudd | 47,007 | 58.46 | -3.86 | |
Liberal National | Rebecca Docherty | 33,405 | 41.54 | +3.86 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -3.86 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]2007
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kevin Rudd | 43,957 | 53.09 | +4.31 | |
Liberal | Craig Thomas | 28,133 | 33.98 | -3.49 | |
Greens | Willy Bach | 6,496 | 7.85 | -0.97 | |
Independent | P M Howard | 2,264 | 2.73 | +2.73 | |
Democrats | Rob Cotterill | 819 | 0.99 | -0.33 | |
Family First | Andrew Hassall | 654 | 0.79 | -1.17 | |
Socialist Alliance | Jim McIlroy | 293 | 0.35 | -0.35 | |
Liberty & Democracy | Samantha Myers | 182 | 0.22 | +0.22 | |
Total formal votes | 82,798 | 97.12 | +1.38 | ||
Informal votes | 2,457 | 2.88 | −1.38 | ||
Turnout | 85,255 | 93.62 | −0.20 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kevin Rudd | 51,600 | 62.32 | +3.84 | |
Liberal | Craig Thomas | 31,198 | 37.68 | -3.84 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.84 |
2004
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kevin Rudd | 39,247 | 48.74 | +3.20 | |
Liberal | Janelle Payne | 30,032 | 37.30 | -0.44 | |
Greens | Darryl Rosin | 7,237 | 8.99 | +3.55 | |
Family First | James Turner | 1,572 | 1.95 | +1.95 | |
Democrats | Bruce Carnwell | 1,084 | 1.35 | -1.59 | |
Independent | Derek Rosborough | 768 | 0.95 | +0.95 | |
Socialist Alliance | Lynda Hansen | 580 | 0.72 | +0.72 | |
Total formal votes | 80,520 | 95.74 | −0.15 | ||
Informal votes | 3,585 | 4.26 | +0.15 | ||
Turnout | 84,105 | 92.47 | −2.46 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kevin Rudd | 47,207 | 58.63 | +2.48 | |
Liberal | Janelle Payne | 33,313 | 41.37 | -2.48 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.48 |
2001
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kevin Rudd | 40,707 | 48.57 | +4.40 | |
Liberal | Ross Vasta | 32,249 | 38.48 | -1.79 | |
Democrats | David Rendell | 3,829 | 4.57 | -0.36 | |
Greens | Rob Wilson | 2,671 | 3.19 | +0.54 | |
One Nation | Edmund McMahon | 2,220 | 2.65 | -4.33 | |
National | Ann Graham | 1,591 | 1.90 | +1.90 | |
Joseph Rooke | 547 | 0.65 | +0.65 | ||
Total formal votes | 83,814 | 95.82 | −1.75 | ||
Informal votes | 3,660 | 4.18 | +1.75 | ||
Turnout | 87,474 | 95.25 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kevin Rudd | 46,654 | 55.66 | +3.23 | |
Liberal | Ross Vasta | 37,160 | 44.34 | -3.23 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.23 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]1998
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kevin Rudd | 35,121 | 44.17 | +2.82 | |
Liberal | Graeme McDougall | 32,018 | 40.26 | -3.52 | |
One Nation | Neil Jorgensen | 5,546 | 6.97 | +6.97 | |
Democrats | Iain Renton | 3,920 | 4.93 | -1.28 | |
Greens | Greg George | 2,108 | 2.65 | +0.08 | |
Women's Party | Jeni Eastwood | 807 | 1.01 | -0.23 | |
Total formal votes | 79,520 | 97.56 | −0.04 | ||
Informal votes | 1,986 | 2.44 | +0.04 | ||
Turnout | 81,506 | 94.45 | −0.31 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kevin Rudd | 41,689 | 52.43 | +3.93 | |
Liberal | Graeme McDougall | 37,831 | 47.57 | -3.93 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.93 |
1996
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Graeme McDougall | 33,262 | 43.78 | +7.42 | |
Labor | Kevin Rudd | 31,407 | 41.34 | -6.89 | |
Democrats | Iain Renton | 4,714 | 6.21 | +1.62 | |
National | David Stone | 2,818 | 3.71 | +0.19 | |
Greens | Barry Wilson | 1,951 | 2.57 | -1.60 | |
Women's Party | Jeni Eastwood | 947 | 1.25 | +1.25 | |
Independent | Gary Holland | 401 | 0.53 | +0.53 | |
Independent | Coral Wynter | 296 | 0.39 | -0.49 | |
Indigenous Peoples | John Leslie | 172 | 0.23 | +0.08 | |
Total formal votes | 75,968 | 97.59 | +0.17 | ||
Informal votes | 1,878 | 2.41 | −0.17 | ||
Turnout | 77,846 | 94.76 | +0.42 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Graeme McDougall | 38,981 | 51.47 | +7.37 | |
Labor | Kevin Rudd | 36,761 | 48.53 | -7.37 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +7.37 |
1993
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ben Humphreys | 37,090 | 49.47 | +1.52 | |
Liberal | Mick Privitera | 25,663 | 34.23 | -0.63 | |
Democrats | Gavin Kernot | 3,525 | 4.70 | -8.51 | |
Greens | Barry Wilson | 3,368 | 4.49 | +4.49 | |
National | David Stone | 2,631 | 3.51 | +0.56 | |
Coral Wynter | 948 | 1.26 | +1.26 | ||
Independent | Steven Dickson | 938 | 1.25 | +1.25 | |
Natural Law | Maxine Weston | 810 | 1.08 | +1.08 | |
Total formal votes | 74,973 | 97.25 | −0.29 | ||
Informal votes | 2,122 | 2.75 | +0.29 | ||
Turnout | 77,095 | 94.34 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ben Humphreys | 43,425 | 57.98 | -0.04 | |
Liberal | Mick Privitera | 31,473 | 42.02 | +0.04 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.04 |
1990
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ben Humphreys | 31,616 | 49.8 | -4.7 | |
Liberal | Doug Edwards | 20,580 | 32.4 | +8.3 | |
Democrats | Steven Lyndon | 8,431 | 13.3 | +5.7 | |
National | Sean Cousins | 1,872 | 2.9 | -11.0 | |
Democratic Socialist | Russel Norman | 963 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 63,462 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,812 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 65,274 | 93.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ben Humphreys | 38,179 | 60.3 | -0.1 | |
Liberal | Doug Edwards | 25,155 | 39.7 | +0.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]1987
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ben Humphreys | 33,442 | 54.5 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Wayne Black | 14,778 | 24.1 | +1.0 | |
National | Sean Cousins | 8,550 | 13.9 | -2.4 | |
Democrats | Lance Winter | 4,647 | 7.6 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 61,417 | 95.7 | |||
Informal votes | 2,754 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 64,171 | 89.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ben Humphreys | 37,098 | 60.4 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Wayne Black | 24,312 | 39.6 | -0.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.1 |
1984
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ben Humphreys | 31,786 | 54.4 | +0.0 | |
Liberal | Kaylene Low | 13,519 | 23.1 | -13.3 | |
National | Sean Cousins | 9,521 | 16.3 | +16.3 | |
Democrats | Daniel Roth | 2,996 | 5.1 | -1.6 | |
Socialist Workers | Helen Jones | 592 | 1.0 | -0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 58,414 | 93.6 | |||
Informal votes | 4,024 | 6.4 | |||
Turnout | 62,438 | 89.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ben Humphreys | 35,199 | 60.3 | -0.7 | |
Liberal | Kaylene Low | 23,203 | 39.7 | +0.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.7 |
1983
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ben Humphreys | 32,597 | 57.9 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | Graham Young | 18,545 | 32.9 | +5.2 | |
Democrats | Carole Ames | 3,777 | 6.7 | +2.4 | |
Socialist Labour | Michael Fulton | 750 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Socialist Workers | Julie Walkington | 620 | 1.1 | -2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 56,289 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,301 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 57,590 | 89.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ben Humphreys | 64.5 | +1.6 | ||
Liberal | Graham Young | 35.5 | -1.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.6 |
1980
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ben Humphreys | 32,249 | 55.8 | +8.8 | |
Liberal | Dennis Young | 16,019 | 27.7 | -5.8 | |
National Country | Noel Willersdorf | 4,732 | 8.2 | -1.5 | |
Democrats | Gillian Newman | 2,474 | 4.3 | -3.6 | |
Socialist Workers | Mark Carey | 2,293 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 57,767 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,707 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 59,474 | 91.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ben Humphreys | 62.9 | +9.4 | ||
Liberal | Dennis Young | 37.1 | -9.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +9.4 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]1977
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ben Humphreys | 28,736 | 47.0 | -1.1 | |
Liberal | Ronald Palmer | 20,471 | 33.5 | -16.6 | |
National Country | Stan Fas | 5,935 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
Democrats | Thomas Martin | 4,857 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
Independent | William Kenney | 591 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Progress | Barrie Rundle | 514 | 0.8 | -1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 61,104 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 2,025 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 63,129 | 92.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ben Humphreys | 53.5 | +5.0 | ||
Liberal | Ronald Palmer | 46.5 | -5.0 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.0 |
1975
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Don Cameron | 31,483 | 56.6 | +7.6 | |
Labor | Ben Humphreys | 23,133 | 41.6 | -6.1 | |
Workers | Wallace Younger | 975 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 55,591 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 772 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 56,363 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Don Cameron | 58.0 | +6.6 | ||
Labor | Ben Humphreys | 42.0 | -6.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.6 |
1974
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Don Cameron | 27,381 | 49.0 | +5.6 | |
Labor | Clem Jones | 26,657 | 47.7 | +0.8 | |
Independent | Cecil Birchley | 1,185 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Australia | Beth Smith | 609 | 1.1 | -1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 55,832 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 901 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 56,733 | 94.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Don Cameron | 28,690 | 51.4 | +1.1 | |
Labor | Clem Jones | 27,142 | 48.6 | -1.1 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.1 |
1972
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Eddie Foat | 24,523 | 46.9 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Don Cameron | 22,649 | 43.4 | -0.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Cecil Birchley | 3,526 | 6.7 | -1.2 | |
Australia | Beth Smith | 1,544 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 52,242 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,203 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 53,445 | 95.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Don Cameron | 26,302 | 50.3 | -1.2 | |
Labor | Eddie Foat | 25,940 | 49.7 | +1.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.2 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]1969
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Barry Gorman | 25,416 | 46.8 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | Don Cameron | 23,907 | 44.0 | -5.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Cecil Birchley | 4,314 | 7.9 | +1.0 | |
Independent | Trevor Sturling | 699 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 54,336 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 913 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 55,249 | 93.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Don Cameron | 27,970 | 51.5 | -4.3 | |
Labor | Barry Gorman | 26,366 | 48.5 | +4.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.3 |
1966
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Wilfred Coutts | 17,755 | 46.9 | -7.6 | |
Liberal | Don Cameron | 17,047 | 45.0 | +6.3 | |
Democratic Labor | John Fitz-Gibbon | 2,633 | 6.9 | +0.2 | |
Communist | Vic Slater | 456 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 37,891 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 989 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 38,880 | 94.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Don Cameron | 19,346 | 51.1 | +6.9 | |
Labor | Wilfred Coutts | 18,545 | 48.9 | -6.9 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +6.9 |
1963
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Wilfred Coutts | 21,239 | 54.5 | -0.9 | |
Liberal | Keith Grant | 15,097 | 38.7 | +3.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Paul Tucker | 2,627 | 6.7 | -2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 38,963 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,204 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 40,167 | 94.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Wilfred Coutts | 55.8 | -1.5 | ||
Liberal | Keith Grant | 44.2 | +1.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -1.5 |
1961
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Wilfred Coutts | 21,392 | 55.4 | +9.1 | |
Liberal | Arthur Chresby | 13,549 | 35.1 | -4.5 | |
Queensland Labor | Donald McKenna | 3,700 | 9.6 | -4.5 | |
Total formal votes | 38,641 | 96.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,353 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 39,994 | 94.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Wilfred Coutts | 57.3 | +7.4 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Chresby | 42.7 | -7.4 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.4 |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]1958
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Wilfred Coutts | 18,136 | 46.3 | -5.0 | |
Liberal | Arthur Chresby | 15,493 | 39.6 | -9.1 | |
Queensland Labor | Gregory Kehoe | 5,507 | 14.1 | +14.1 | |
Total formal votes | 39,136 | 96.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,479 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 40,615 | 96.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Arthur Chresby | 19,593 | 50.1 | +1.4 | |
Labor | Wilfred Coutts | 19,543 | 49.9 | -1.4 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +1.4 |
1955
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Wilfred Coutts | 20,936 | 51.3 | -3.4 | |
Liberal | Doug Berry | 19,896 | 48.7 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 40,832 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 920 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 41,752 | 94.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -3.4 |
1954
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Wilfred Coutts | 16,003 | 50.4 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | Doug Berry | 15,768 | 49.6 | -4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 31,771 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 320 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 32,091 | 96.2 | |||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.1 |
1951
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Doug Berry | 19,019 | 53.7 | +2.0 | |
Labor | William Thieme | 16,373 | 46.3 | +0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 35,392 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 852 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 36,244 | 95.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]1949
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Doug Berry | 18,381 | 51.7 | +1.3 | |
Labor | William Conelan | 16,464 | 46.3 | -3.3 | |
Communist | Anna Slater | 727 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 35,572 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,179 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 36,751 | 95.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Doug Berry | 51.9 | +1.5 | ||
Labor | William Conelan | 48.1 | -1.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.5 |
1946
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Conelan | 33,725 | 50.1 | -7.3 | |
Liberal | William Scott | 25,960 | 38.6 | +9.4 | |
Services | Arthur Chresby | 7,565 | 11.2 | +11.2 | |
Total formal votes | 67,260 | 96.4 | |||
Informal votes | 2,518 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 69,778 | 94.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | William Conelan | 53.9 | -11.2 | ||
Liberal | William Scott | 46.1 | +11.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -11.2 |
1943
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Conelan | 38,138 | 57.4 | +6.9 | |
United Australia | Richard Larking | 19,388 | 29.2 | -20.3 | |
One Parliament | John Carbine | 3,900 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Independent | William Kingwell | 3,756 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Independent | Theophilus Dunstone | 1,210 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 66,392 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 2,115 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 68,507 | 96.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | William Conelan | 65.1 | +14.6 | ||
United Australia | Richard Larking | 34.9 | -14.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +14.6 |
1940
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Conelan | 30,529 | 50.5 | +2.2 | |
United Australia | Peter McCowan | 29,879 | 49.5 | +8.3 | |
Total formal votes | 60,408 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,347 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 61,755 | 96.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]1939 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Conelan | 22,967 | 41.3 | -7.0 | |
United Australia | Peter McCowan | 17,168 | 30.9 | -10.3 | |
Protestant Labor | Everett Graham | 15,437 | 27.8 | +27.8 | |
Total formal votes | 55,572 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,025 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 56,597 | 91.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | William Conelan | 27,790 | 50.0 | -0.3 | |
United Australia | Peter McCowan | 27,782 | 50.0 | +0.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.3 |
1937
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Francis Baker | 27,864 | 48.3 | -5.1 | |
United Australia | Dugald Clark | 23,756 | 41.2 | +6.1 | |
Social Credit | William Moore | 6,108 | 10.6 | -0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 57,728 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,681 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 59,409 | 97.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Francis Baker | 29,026 | 50.3 | -8.9 | |
United Australia | Dugald Clark | 28,702 | 49.7 | +8.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -8.9 |
1934
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Francis Baker | 28,184 | 53.4 | -6.1 | |
United Australia | George Mocatta | 18,494 | 35.1 | -3.4 | |
Social Credit | Julius Streeter | 6,076 | 11.5 | +11.5 | |
Total formal votes | 52,754 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,464 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 54,218 | 96.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Francis Baker | 59.2 | -1.3 | ||
United Australia | George Mocatta | 40.8 | +1.3 | ||
Labor notional hold | Swing | -1.3 |
References
[edit]- ^ Griffith, QLD, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ Griffith, QLD, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ Griffith, QLD, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "2014 Griffith by-election results". Australian Electoral Commission. 2014. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014.
- ^ 2013 results for Griffith, AEC.
- ^ "2010 results for Griffith". AEC.