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Queensland, Australia, district election results

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

Members for Dalby

Member Party Term
  Joshua Peter Bell Unaligned 1873–1878
  George Simpson Unaligned 1878–1882
  John Jessop Unaligned 1882–1893
  Joshua Thomas Bell Ministerialist 1893–1911
  William Vowles Ministerialist/Liberal/National/Country 1911–1926
  Wilfred Adams Russell PPC/Country 1926–1932
  Jim Sparkes Country 1932–1935
  Godfrey Morgan Country 1935–1938
  Aubrey Slessar Labor 1938–1947
  Charles Russell Country 1947–1949

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Charles Russell 5,736 59.1 +10.6
Labor George Wilkes 3,977 40.9 −10.6
Total formal votes 9,713 98.8 +4.4
Informal votes 122 1.2 −4.4
Turnout 9,835 89.3 +0.8
Country gain from Labor Swing +10.6
1944 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Aubrey Slessar 4,688 51.5 −4.5
Country Charles Russell 4,409 48.5 +4.5
Total formal votes 9,097 94.4 −4.8
Informal votes 537 5.6 +4.8
Turnout 9,634 88.5 +1.4
Labor hold Swing −4.5
1941 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Aubrey Slessar 5,434 56.0 +5.7
Country Godfrey Morgan 4,262 44.0 −5.7
Total formal votes 9,696 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 74 0.8 −0.3
Turnout 9,770 87.1 −4.6
Labor hold Swing +5.7

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Queensland state election: Maree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William King 5,201 53.3 −16.6
United Australia William Carter 3,830 39.2 +9.1
Social Credit Charles Martin 727 7.5 +7.5
Total formal votes 9,758 98.7 +1.4
Informal votes 128 1.3 −1.4
Turnout 9,886 94.4 +0.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1935 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP Godfrey Morgan 4,373 51.8
Labor George Wilkes 4,061 48.2
Total formal votes 8,434 99.0
Informal votes 84 1.0
Turnout 8,518 93.1
CPNP hold Swing
1932 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP Jim Sparkes 3,904 53.8
Labor Adolphus Baker 3,349 46.2
Total formal votes 7,253 99.2
Informal votes 56 0.8
Turnout 7,309 93.3
CPNP hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP Wilfred Russell 3,511 65.9 +38.3
Labor Clive Curtis 1,816 34.1 +3.0
Total formal votes 5,327
Informal votes
Turnout
CPNP gain from Independent Swing N/A
1926 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Primary Producers Wilfred Russell 2,347 41.4 +41.4
Labor Harold Francis 1,762 31.1 −6.6
CPNP William Vowles 1,563 27.6 −21.2
Total formal votes 5,672 98.9 +1.0
Informal votes 64 1.1 −1.0
Turnout 5,736 91.2 +6.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Primary Producers Wilfred Russell 3,529 65.7 +65.7
Labor Harold Francis 1,842 34.3 +7.2
Primary Producers gain from CPNP Swing N/A
1923 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Vowles 2,679 48.8 −13.7
Labor Hugh McAnally 2,069 37.7 +0.2
Independent Country N C Hooper 743 13.5 +13.5
Total formal votes 5,491 97.9 −1.4
Informal votes 120 2.1 +1.4
Turnout 5,611 84.7 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country William Vowles 3,086 58.1 −4.4
Labor Hugh McAnally 2,221 41.9 +4.4
Country hold Swing −4.4
1920 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Vowles 3,005 62.5 +62.5
Labor James Connolly 1,804 37.5 −5.6
Total formal votes 4,849 99.3 −0.1
Informal votes 35 0.7 +0.1
Turnout 4,884 83.9 +4.1
Country gain from National Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National William Vowles 2,686 56.9 +23.3
Labor Austin McKeon 2,033 43.1 +0.6
Total formal votes 4,719 99.4 +1.5
Informal votes 28 0.6 −1.5
Turnout 4,747 79.8 −4.7
National hold Swing +3.7
1915 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Connolly 1,788 42.5 −0.4
Liberal William Vowles 1,414 33.6 −23.5
Farmers' Union Frederick Bradhurst 1,004 23.9 +23.9
Total formal votes 4,206 97.9 −1.6
Informal votes 89 2.1 +1.6
Turnout 4,295 84.5 +9.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William Vowles 2,165 53.2 −3.9
Labor John Connolly 1,902 46.8 +3.9
Liberal hold Swing −3.9
1912 Queensland state election: Dalby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Vowles 1,992 57.1
Labor Robert Turnbull 1,497 42.9
Total formal votes 3,489 99.5
Informal votes 19 0.5
Turnout 3,508 75.4
Liberal 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 0708103014.
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