Results of the 1956 Queensland state election

Queensland state election, 19 May 1956^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1953–1957 >>
Enrolled voters		712,508^[1]
Votes cast		662,680		Turnout	93.01	–0.79
Informal votes		8,006		Informal	1.21	–0.07
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	335,311	51.22	–1.99	49	– 1
	Liberal	164,116	25.07	+3.77	8	± 0
	Country	126,183	19.27	+0.53	16	+ 1
	North Queensland Labor	8,625	1.32	+0.22	1	± 0
	Communist	1,332	0.20	–0.45	0	± 0
	Ind. Labor	414	0.06	–0.08	0	± 0
	Independent	18,693	2.86	–0.26	1	± 0
Total		654,674			75

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1956 Queensland state election.

Results by electoral district

Aubigny

1956 Queensland state election: Aubigny^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Sparkes	6,409	72.6	+13.3
	Labor	William Alexander	2,423	27.4	+27.4
Total formal votes			8,832	99.3	+0.2
Informal votes			64	0.7	−0.2
Turnout			8,896	95.5	+0.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Balonne

1956 Queensland state election: Balonne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Taylor	2,616	56.7	−4.5
	Country	Eric McCorkell	1,997	43.3	+4.5
Total formal votes			4,613	98.8	−0.3
Informal votes			57	1.2	+0.3
Turnout			4,670	85.8	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.5

Barambah

1956 Queensland state election: Barambah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Barcoo

1956 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ned Davis	3,008	67.6	−32.4
	Country	Wally Rae	1,444	32.4	+32.4
Total formal votes			4,452	98.8
Informal votes			55	1.2
Turnout			4,507	87.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Baroona

1956 Queensland state election: Baroona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Power	5,525	64.8	−35.2
	Liberal	Robert Thomasson	2,816	33.0	+33.0
	Communist	Kevin Loughlin	190	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			8,531	98.5
Informal votes			126	1.5
Turnout			8,657	90.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Belyando

1956 Queensland state election: Belyando
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Foley	2,512	58.7	−41.3
	Country	Timothy Donnelly	1,770	41.3	+41.3
Total formal votes			4,282	99.2
Informal votes			33	0.8
Turnout			4,315	85.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Bremer

1956 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Donald	7,826	72.7	−27.3
	Liberal	George Groth	2,938	27.3	+27.3
Total formal votes			10,764	98.6
Informal votes			149	1.4
Turnout			10,913	94.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Brisbane

1956 Queensland state election: Brisbane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Johnno Mann	4,402	60.0	−15.2
	Liberal	Roger Moore	2,569	35.0	+35.0
	Independent	Peter Day	369	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			7,340	98.2
Informal votes			137	1.8
Turnout			7,477	86.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Bulimba

1956 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Gardner	7,437	56.7	−7.3
	Liberal	John Mills	5,350	40.7	+4.7
	Independent	Herbert Ricketts	341	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			13,128	98.5	0.0
Informal votes			201	1.5	0.0
Turnout			13,329	95.0	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.0

Bundaberg

1956 Queensland state election: Bundaberg
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Walsh	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Buranda

1956 Queensland state election: Buranda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Brown	5,129	55.5	−8.0
	Liberal	Keith Hooper	4,118	44.5	+8.0
Total formal votes			9,247	99.1	+0.2
Informal votes			86	0.9	−0.2
Turnout			9,333	94.1	−0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.0

Burdekin

1956 Queensland state election: Burdekin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Arthur Coburn	4,891	63.9	+5.9
	Labor	Henry Skinner	2,546	33.3	−8.7
	Communist	Howard Connors	215	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			7,652	99.1	+0.5
Informal votes			67	0.9	−0.5
Turnout			7,719	94.9	−1.2
	Independent hold		Swing	+7.3

Cairns

1956 Queensland state election: Cairns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Watty Wallace	4,688	58.9	−0.7
	Country	Harold Mulry	2,258	28.4	−2.9
	Independent	Henry Smallwood	1,008	12.7	+12.7
Total formal votes			7,954	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			88	1.1	−0.3
Turnout			8,042	90.2	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.9

Callide

1956 Queensland state election: Callide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Vince Jones	6,396	65.1	+1.2
	Labor	Eric Willis	3,435	34.9	−1.2
Total formal votes			9,831	98.8	+1.7
Informal votes			116	1.2	−1.7
Turnout			9,947	95.0	−1.9
	Country hold		Swing	+1.2

Carnarvon

1956 Queensland state election: Carnarvon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Hilton	5,416	58.2	−3.2
	Country	Fred Rogers	3,896	41.8	+3.2
Total formal votes			9,312	99.3	+0.5
Informal votes			67	0.7	−0.5
Turnout			9,379	92.0	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.2

Carpentaria

1956 Queensland state election: Carpentaria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norm Smith	3,377	60.1	−2.6
	Country	William Aplin	2,240	39.9	+2.6
Total formal votes			5,617	99.1	0.0
Informal votes			50	0.9	0.0
Turnout			5,667	81.3	−2.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.6

Charters Towers

1956 Queensland state election: Charters Towers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Jones	2,766	67.6	−32.4
	Liberal	Jan Karlik	1,329	32.4	+32.4
Total formal votes			4,095	99.0
Informal votes			40	1.0
Turnout			4,135	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Chermside

1956 Queensland state election: Chermside
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Dewar	9,617	58.5	+6.9
	Labor	Dudley Ryder	6,831	41.5	−6.9
Total formal votes			16,448	98.6	−0.6
Informal votes			230	1.4	+0.6
Turnout			16,678	94.2	−0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.9

Clayfield

1956 Queensland state election: Clayfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Taylor	6,888	74.0	−26.0
	Independent	James Ryan	2,420	26.0	+26.0
Total formal votes			9,308	97.4
Informal votes			244	2.6
Turnout			9,552	90.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Condamine

1956 Queensland state election: Condamine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Les Diplock	5,998	54.9	+4.4
	Country	Stewart Keys	4,919	45.1	−4.4
Total formal votes			10,917	99.5	0.0
Informal votes			57	0.5	0.0
Turnout			10,974	93.4	+0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.4

Cook

1956 Queensland state election: Cook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bunny Adair	5,433	63.6	+10.5
	Country	John Crossland	3,110	36.4	−10.5
Total formal votes			8,543	98.8	0.0
Informal votes			103	1.2	0.0
Turnout			8,646	89.2	−0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.5

Cooroora

1956 Queensland state election: Cooroora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Low	6,396	68.2	−1.9
	Labor	Geoffrey Arnell	2,978	31.8	+1.9
Total formal votes			9,374	99.2	−0.1
Informal votes			72	0.8	+0.1
Turnout			9,446	94.1	−0.5
	Country hold		Swing	−1.9

Coorparoo

1956 Queensland state election: Coorparoo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Hiley	7,476	62.0	+4.5
	Labor	Geoffrey Maher	4,588	38.0	−4.5
Total formal votes			12,064	98.9	−0.2
Informal votes			134	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			12,198	94.5	+0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.5

Cunningham

1956 Queensland state election: Cunningham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alan Fletcher	6,682	64.5	+3.5
	Labor	John McCafferty	3,718	35.5	−3.5
Total formal votes			10,400	99.3	+0.1
Informal votes			73	0.7	−0.1
Turnout			10,473	95.2	+2.0
	Country hold		Swing	+3.5

Darlington

1956 Queensland state election: Darlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tom Plunkett	6,823	67.9	+1.3
	Labor	Charles Knoll	3,223	32.1	−1.3
Total formal votes			10,046	98.7	+1.8
Informal votes			130	1.3	−1.8
Turnout			10,176	91.4	−1.9
	Country hold		Swing	+1.3

Fassifern

1956 Queensland state election: Fassifern
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alf Muller	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Fitzroy

1956 Queensland state election: Fitzroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Clark	5,472	62.6	−6.9
	Liberal	Gerard Davies	3,175	36.3	+7.6
	Communist	Eric Browne	100	1.1	−0.7
Total formal votes			8,747	99.0	−0.1
Informal votes			91	1.0	+0.1
Turnout			8,838	95.5	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.2

Flinders

1956 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Forde	2,269	58.1	−41.9
	Country	Bill Longeran	1,638	41.9	+41.9
Total formal votes			3,907	99.3
Informal votes			27	0.7
Turnout			3,934	83.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Fortitude Valley

1956 Queensland state election: Fortitude Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Brosnan	4,963	57.2	−14.9
	Liberal	Bob Windsor	3,518	40.5	+40.5
	Communist	Jim Henderson	202	2.3	−2.4
Total formal votes			8,683	98.9	+1.9
Informal votes			99	1.1	−1.9
Turnout			8,782	91.6	−0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Gregory

1956 Queensland state election: Gregory
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Devries	2,847	65.3	−34.7
	Country	Robert Campbell	1,516	34.7	+34.7
Total formal votes			4,363	99.3
Informal votes			32	0.7
Turnout			4,395	85.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Haughton

1956 Queensland state election: Haughton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Colin McCathie	5,737	70.4	+11.2
	Liberal	Edwin Pearse	2,415	29.6	+29.6
Total formal votes			8,152	98.9	−0.5
Informal votes			88	1.1	+0.5
Turnout			8,240	94.7	−1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.4

Hinchinbrook

1956 Queensland state election: Hinchinbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	4,319	52.1	−7.2
	Liberal	Francis Curro	3,964	47.9	+27.5
Total formal votes			8,283	98.5	+0.3
Informal votes			125	1.5	−0.3
Turnout			8,408	92.6	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−17.3

Ipswich

1956 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ivor Marsden	5,689	61.2	−33.4
	Liberal	Wylie Gibbs	3,514	37.8	+37.8
	Communist	Mev Welsby	93	1.0	−4.4
Total formal votes			9,296	99.2	+4.6
Informal votes			74	0.8	−4.6
Turnout			9,370	93.9	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Isis

1956 Queensland state election: Isis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jack Pizzey	5,753	62.3	+3.6
	Labor	Hylton Salter	3,475	37.7	−3.6
Total formal votes			9,228	98.6	−0.1
Informal votes			131	1.4	+0.1
Turnout			9,359	93.3	−1.3
	Country hold		Swing	+3.6

Ithaca

1956 Queensland state election: Ithaca
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leonard Eastment	5,967	61.7	−3.3
	Liberal	Alan Edwards	3,711	38.3	+4.7
Total formal votes			9,678	98.6	−0.3
Informal votes			138	1.4	+0.3
Turnout			9,816	94.2	−1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.5

By-election

This by-election was caused by the death of Leonard Eastment. It was held on 8 December 1956.

1956 Ithaca state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Hanlon	5,186	59.2	−2.5
	Liberal	Alan Edwards	3,578	40.8	+2.5
Total formal votes			8,764	98.6	0.0
Informal votes			127	1.4	0.0
Turnout			8,891	88.4	−5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.5

Kedron

1956 Queensland state election: Kedron
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Lloyd	11,283	61.0	−4.8
	Liberal	Albert Johnson	7,215	39.0	+4.8
Total formal votes			18,498	98.8	−0.2
Informal votes			232	1.2	+0.2
Turnout			18,730	95.2	−0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.8

Kelvin Grove

1956 Queensland state election: Kelvin Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bert Turner	5,355	54.3	−7.6
	Liberal	Douglas Tooth	4,506	45.7	+7.6
Total formal votes			9,861	98.5	+0.1
Informal votes			153	1.5	−0.1
Turnout			10,014	93.9	−0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.6

Keppel

1956 Queensland state election: Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Viv Cooper	6,790	58.5	+3.1
	Liberal	Tom Griffith	4,820	41.5	+41.5
Total formal votes			11,610	99.2	+0.2
Informal votes			88	0.8	−0.2
Turnout			11,698	95.8	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Kurilpa

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

Landsborough

1956 Queensland state election: Landsborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Frank Nicklin	7,176	73.1	−26.9
	Labor	Vincent Crosby	2,645	26.9	+26.9
Total formal votes			9,821	98.9
Informal votes			106	1.1
Turnout			9,927	93.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Lockyer

1956 Queensland state election: Lockyer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Chalk	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mackay

1956 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Graham	4,344	58.0	−6.5
	Liberal	David Treacy	2,924	39.0	+3.5
	Independent	James Rowen	223	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			7,491	98.9	−0.4
Informal votes			81	1.1	+0.4
Turnout			7,572	93.1	−2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.0

Mackenzie

1956 Queensland state election: Mackenzie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Nev Hewitt	2,172	50.5	+5.5
	Labor	Paddy Whyte	2,126	49.5	−5.5
Total formal votes			4,298	99.1	−0.1
Informal votes			41	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			4,339	89.5	−0.6
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+5.5

Marodian

1956 Queensland state election: Marodian
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Heading	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Maryborough

1956 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Horace Davies	6,488	66.2	+10.2
	Country	James Dunn	3,306	33.8	+33.8
Total formal votes			9,794	98.5	+0.7
Informal votes			152	1.5	−0.7
Turnout			9,946	96.1	−1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Merthyr

1956 Queensland state election: Merthyr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Moore	5,030	59.8	−4.0
	Liberal	Sam Ramsden	3,380	40.2	+4.0
Total formal votes			8,410	98.6	−0.1
Informal votes			120	1.4	+0.1
Turnout			8,530	91.0	−2.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.0

Mirani

1956 Queensland state election: Mirani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ernie Evans	4,751	59.2	+1.3
	Labor	Roger Scanlan	3,268	40.8	−1.3
Total formal votes			8,019	98.8	−0.2
Informal votes			97	1.2	+0.2
Turnout			8,116	93.0	−1.8
	Country hold		Swing	+1.3

Mount Coot-tha

1956 Queensland state election: Mount Coot-tha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kenneth Morris	8,932	62.4	+4.5
	Labor	Vlad Darveniza	5,386	37.6	−4.5
Total formal votes			14,318	98.8	0.0
Informal votes			171	1.2	0.0
Turnout			14,489	94.1	−0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.5

Mount Gravatt

1956 Queensland state election: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Felix Dittmer	14,600	59.6	−3.9
	Liberal	Eric Handy	9,904	40.4	+5.9
Total formal votes			24,504	98.8	+0.1
Informal votes			286	1.2	−0.1
Turnout			24,790	94.2	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.9

Mourilyan

1956 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Byrne	4,468	59.5	−7.8
	Country	Eric Fox	2,872	38.2	+8.6
	Communist	John Twaddle	174	2.3	−0.8
Total formal votes			7,514	98.9	−0.3
Informal votes			86	1.1	+0.3
Turnout			7,600	93.4	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.3

Mulgrave

1956 Queensland state election: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles English	3,821	51.9	+0.8
	Country	Bob Watson	3,547	48.1	−0.8
Total formal votes			7,368	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			80	1.1	−0.3
Turnout			7,448	93.4	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.8

Mundingburra

1956 Queensland state election: Mundingburra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NQ Labor	Tom Aikens	7,296	77.9	+25.4
	Labor	John Brennan	2,074	22.1	−5.6
Total formal votes			9,370	98.0	−1.3
Informal votes			189	2.0	+1.3
Turnout			9,559	93.6	−1.2
	NQ Labor hold		Swing	+15.5

Murrumba

1956 Queensland state election: Murrumba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Nicholson	8,387	62.0	+4.2
	Labor	Charles Myers	5,137	38.0	−4.2
Total formal votes			13,524	98.6	−0.6
Informal votes			187	1.4	+0.6
Turnout			13,711	93.7	+1.2
	Country hold		Swing	+4.2

Nash

1956 Queensland state election: Nash
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Greg Kehoe	5,751	56.0	−0.1
	Country	Max Hodges	4,516	44.0	+44.0
Total formal votes			10,267	99.0	−0.2
Informal votes			106	1.0	+0.2
Turnout			10,373	95.2	+1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.1

Norman

1956 Queensland state election: Norman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Baxter	6,052	56.1	−3.1
	Liberal	George Regan	4,738	43.9	+3.1
Total formal votes			10,790	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			120	1.1	0.0
Turnout			10,910	94.5	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.1

North Toowoomba

1956 Queensland state election: North Toowoomba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Les Wood	5,352	59.0	−2.8
	Liberal	Sidney Webb	3,718	41.0	+2.8
Total formal votes			9,070	98.9	−0.2
Informal votes			103	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			9,173	92.8	−0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.8

Nundah

1956 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Hadley	6,136	55.5	−6.4
	Liberal	William Knox	4,924	44.5	+6.4
Total formal votes			11,060	98.5	−0.1
Informal votes			166	1.5	+0.1
Turnout			11,226	94.8	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.4

Port Curtis

1956 Queensland state election: Port Curtis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Burrows	6,092	64.5	−3.3
	Country	Thomas Pulsford	3,353	35.5	+3.3
Total formal votes			9,445	99.3	+0.1
Informal votes			68	0.7	−0.1
Turnout			9,513	94.6	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.3

Rockhampton

1956 Queensland state election: Rockhampton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Gardner	4,445	50.0	−11.8
	Liberal	Rex Pilbeam	4,379	49.3	+13.7
	Independent	Tom Kelly	66	0.7	−1.9
Total formal votes			8,890	99.0	0.0
Informal votes			86	1.0	0.0
Turnout			8,976	95.5	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−12.7

Roma

1956 Queensland state election: Roma
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alfred Dohring	2,624	50.1	−1.5
	Country	William Ewan	2,610	49.9	+1.5
Total formal votes			5,234	99.4	+0.1
Informal votes			32	0.6	−0.1
Turnout			5,266	93.5	−0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.5

Sandgate

1956 Queensland state election: Sandgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herbert Robinson	9,562	56.6	+0.7
	Liberal	Thomas Ahearn	7,340	43.4	−0.7
Total formal votes			16,902	98.8	+0.2
Informal votes			210	1.2	−0.2
Turnout			17,112	93.3	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

Sherwood

1956 Queensland state election: Sherwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Herbert	8,384	51.1	+0.6
	Labor	Bart Lourigan	7,424	45.2	−3.5
	Independent	Margaret Fisher	400	2.4	+2.4
	Communist	Eugene Marshall	206	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			16,414	97.0	−1.8
Informal votes			500	3.0	+1.8
Turnout			16,914	93.9	−0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.0

Somerset

1956 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alexander Skinner	4,921	55.9	+4.9
	Country	Nigel McConnel	3,887	44.1	−4.9
Total formal votes			8,808	99.3	+0.2
Informal votes			63	0.7	−0.2
Turnout			8,871	94.7	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.9

South Brisbane

1956 Queensland state election: South Brisbane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Vince Gair	4,736	58.6	−6.0
	Independent	Frank Roberts	2,731	33.8	+33.8
	Independent	Jack Noonan	611	7.6	+7.6
Total formal votes			8,078	98.5	0.0
Informal votes			123	1.5	0.0
Turnout			8,201	91.9	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Southport

1956 Queensland state election: Southport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Eric Gaven	7,827	66.0	+5.8
	Labor	William Belford	4,027	34.0	−5.8
Total formal votes			11,854	99.4	+0.1
Informal votes			74	0.6	−0.1
Turnout			11,928	91.7	−1.5
	Country hold		Swing	+5.8

Tablelands

1956 Queensland state election: Tablelands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harold Collins	5,547	66.4	+0.1
	Country	Clarence West	2,803	33.6	+2.7
Total formal votes			8,350	98.9	−0.2
Informal votes			96	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			8,446	90.6	−0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.3

Toowong

1956 Queensland state election: Toowong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alan Munro	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Toowoomba

1956 Queensland state election: Toowoomba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Duggan	5,979	63.0	−3.1
	Liberal	Edward Hall	3,512	37.0	+3.1
Total formal votes			9,491	98.7	−0.5
Informal votes			121	1.3	+0.5
Turnout			9,612	92.7	−0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.1

Townsville

1956 Queensland state election: Townsville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Keyatta	2,982	46.9	−11.5
	Liberal	Roy Pope	2,301	36.2	+9.8
	Independent	Jack Abercrombie	915	14.4	+2.3
	Communist	Hugh Fay	156	2.5	−0.6
Total formal votes			4,354	99.1	+0.4
Informal votes			58	0.9	−0.4
Turnout			4,412	91.1	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−10.6

Warrego

1956 Queensland state election: Warrego
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Dufficy	3,248	67.7	−32.3
	Country	William Mills	1,550	32.3	+32.3
Total formal votes			4,798	98.4
Informal votes			76	1.6
Turnout			4,874	84.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Warwick

1956 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,483	63.6	−1.2
	Labor	Frank Drew	3,137	36.4	+1.2
Total formal votes			8,620	99.1	−0.1
Informal votes			81	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			8,701	96.2	+0.5
	Country hold		Swing	−1.2

Whitsunday

1956 Queensland state election: Whitsunday
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Lloyd Roberts	4,962	59.4	+9.9
	Labor	George Burns	3,395	40.6	−4.2
Total formal votes			8,357	98.6	−0.6
Informal votes			118	1.4	+0.6
Turnout			8,475	93.2	−0.9
	Country hold		Swing	+7.1

Windsor

1956 Queensland state election: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Rasey	5,459	56.3	−3.9
	Liberal	Margaret Gordon	4,240	43.7	+3.9
Total formal votes			9,699	98.8	−0.1
Informal votes			121	1.2	+0.1
Turnout			9,820	94.6	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.9

Wynnum

1956 Queensland state election: Wynnum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Gunn	9,354	65.4	−4.1
	Liberal	Charles Mengel	4,954	34.6	+4.1
Total formal votes			14,308	98.7	−0.2
Informal votes			192	1.3	+0.2
Turnout			14,500	93.1	−0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.1

Yeronga

1956 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Winston Noble	6,974	57.9	+6.2
	Labor	Norman Stutz	4,875	40.5	−8.3
	Independent	Jim Dwyer	191	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			12,040	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			116	1.0	−0.2
Turnout			12,156	94.1	−1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.5

References

^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 19 May 1956". Retrieved 25 January 2010.
^ 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.

[1] Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 19 May 1956". Retrieved 25 January 2010.

[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.

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Results of the 1956 Queensland state election

Results by electoral district

Aubigny

Balonne

Barambah

Barcoo

Baroona

Belyando

Bremer

Brisbane

Bulimba

Bundaberg

Buranda

Burdekin

Cairns

Callide

Carnarvon

Carpentaria

Charters Towers

Chermside

Clayfield

Condamine

Cook

Cooroora

Coorparoo

Cunningham

Darlington

Fassifern

Fitzroy

Flinders

Fortitude Valley

Gregory

Haughton

Hinchinbrook

Ipswich

Isis

Ithaca

By-election

Kedron

Kelvin Grove

Keppel

Kurilpa

Landsborough

Lockyer

Mackay

Mackenzie

Marodian

Maryborough

Merthyr

Mirani

Mount Coot-tha

Mount Gravatt

Mourilyan

Mulgrave

Mundingburra

Murrumba

Nash

Norman

North Toowoomba

Nundah

Port Curtis

Rockhampton

Roma

Sandgate

Sherwood

Somerset

South Brisbane

Southport

Tablelands

Toowong

Toowoomba

Townsville

Warrego

Warwick

Whitsunday

Windsor

Wynnum

Yeronga

See also

References