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Electoral results for the district of Belmont (Queensland)

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Queensland, Australia, district election results

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

Members for Belmont

Member Party Term
  Fred Newton Labor 1960–1974
  David Byrne Liberal 1974–1977

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1974 Queensland state election: Belmont
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Byrne 6,974 53.6 +25.5
Labor Fred Newton 6,044 46.4 −17.5
Total formal votes 13,018 98.6 +0.1
Informal votes 183 1.4 −0.1
Turnout 13,201 90.7 −3.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +18.5
1972 Queensland state election: Belmont
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Newton 7,350 63.9 +6.4
Liberal Maurice Hughes 3,229 28.1 −6.3
Queensland Labor Thomas Connor 924 8.0 +0.9
Total formal votes 11,503 98.5
Informal votes 169 1.5
Turnout 11,672 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Newton 7,463 64.9 +3.8
Liberal Maurice Hughes 4,040 35.1 −3.8
Labor hold Swing +3.8

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Belmont
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Newton 10,399 57.5 −0.5
Liberal Cyril Morgan 6,405 34.4 −1.4
Queensland Labor John Taylor 1,285 7.1 +0.9
Total formal votes 18,089 98.0 −0.2
Informal votes 364 2.0 +0.2
Turnout 18,453 93.3 −0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Newton 10,638 58.8 −1.3
Liberal Cyril Morgan 7,451 41.2 +1.3
Labor hold Swing −1.3
1966 Queensland state election: Belmont
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Newton 8,898 58.0 −1.3
Liberal Oswald Brunner 5,494 35.8 +1.1
Queensland Labor John Taylor 951 6.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 15,343 98.2 +0.1
Informal votes 280 1.8 −0.1
Turnout 15,623 94.1 −1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Newton 9,075 60.1 +0.3
Liberal Oswald Brunner 6,268 39.9 −0.3
Labor hold Swing +0.3
1963 Queensland state election: Belmont
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Newton 7,846 59.3 +4.6
Liberal Cecil Schuurs 4,593 34.7 +0.2
Queensland Labor John Taylor 790 6.0 −4.8
Total formal votes 13,229 98.1 −0.3
Informal votes 253 1.9 +0.3
Turnout 13,482 95.1 +2.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Newton 7,993 60.4
Liberal Cecil Schuurs 5,236 39.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Belmont
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Newton 6,120 54.7 +9.1
Liberal Bill Hewitt 3,869 34.5 −1.6
Queensland Labor Jean Reville 1,209 10.8 −5.0
Total formal votes 11,198 98.4
Informal votes 180 1.6
Turnout 11,378 92.8
Labor hold Swing +5.5

References

Electoral results for the former districts of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
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