This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Herbert in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until the present.
Members
editMember | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Fred Bamford | Labour | 1901–1916 | |
National Labor | 1916–1917 | ||
Nationalist | 1917–1925 | ||
Lewis Nott | Nationalist | 1925–1928 | |
George Martens | Labor | 1928–1946 | |
Bill Edmonds | Labor | 1946–1958 | |
John Murray | Liberal | 1958–1961 | |
Ted Harding | Labor | 1961–1966 | |
Robert Bonnett | Liberal | 1966–1977 | |
Gordon Dean | Liberal | 1977–1983 | |
Ted Lindsay | Labor | 1983–1996 | |
Peter Lindsay | Liberal | 1996–2010 | |
Ewen Jones | Liberal National | 2010–2016 | |
Cathy O'Toole | Labor | 2016–2019 | |
Phillip Thompson | Liberal National | 2019–present |
Election results
editElections in the 2020s
edit2022
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Phillip Thompson | 43,453 | 47.01 | +9.90 | |
Labor | John Ring | 19,971 | 21.60 | −3.85 | |
Greens | Scott Humphreys | 7,596 | 8.22 | +0.91 | |
Katter's Australian | Clynton Hawks | 6,472 | 7.00 | −2.80 | |
One Nation | Diane Pepe | 4,874 | 5.27 | −5.82 | |
Independent | Angela Egan | 2,983 | 3.23 | +3.23 | |
United Australia | Greg Dowling | 2,383 | 2.58 | −3.12 | |
Informed Medical Options | Toni McMahon | 1,658 | 1.79 | +1.79 | |
Animal Justice | Toni McCormack | 1,359 | 1.47 | −0.25 | |
Independent | Steven Clare | 942 | 1.02 | +1.02 | |
Great Australian | Larna Ballard | 749 | 0.81 | +0.81 | |
Total formal votes | 92,440 | 94.23 | +0.13 | ||
Informal votes | 5,658 | 5.77 | −0.13 | ||
Turnout | 98,098 | 85.93 | −4.13 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Phillip Thompson | 57,103 | 61.77 | +3.41 | |
Labor | John Ring | 35,337 | 38.23 | −3.41 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | +3.41 |
Elections in the 2010s
edit2019
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Phillip Thompson | 34,112 | 37.11 | +1.61 | |
Labor | Cathy O'Toole | 23,393 | 25.45 | −5.00 | |
One Nation | Amy Lohse | 10,189 | 11.09 | −2.44 | |
Katter's Australian | Nanette Radeck | 9,007 | 9.80 | +2.93 | |
Greens | Sam Blackadder | 6,721 | 7.31 | +1.05 | |
United Australia | Greg Dowling | 5,239 | 5.70 | +5.34 | |
Conservative National | Tamara Durant | 1,671 | 1.82 | +1.82 | |
Animal Justice | Mackenzie Severns | 1,585 | 1.72 | +1.72 | |
Total formal votes | 91,917 | 94.10 | +0.98 | ||
Informal votes | 5,759 | 5.90 | −0.98 | ||
Turnout | 97,676 | 90.06 | −0.83 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Phillip Thompson | 53,641 | 58.36 | +8.38 | |
Labor | Cathy O'Toole | 38,276 | 41.64 | −8.38 | |
Liberal National gain from Labor | Swing | +8.38 |
2016
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Ewen Jones | 31,361 | 35.50 | −7.84 | |
Labor | Cathy O'Toole | 26,900 | 30.45 | +1.07 | |
One Nation | Geoff Virgo | 11,950 | 13.53 | +12.70 | |
Katter's Australian | Colin Dwyer | 6,070 | 6.87 | −1.21 | |
Greens | Wendy Tubman | 5,533 | 6.26 | +1.02 | |
Family First | Michael Punshon | 3,175 | 3.59 | +2.29 | |
Glenn Lazarus Team | Aaron Raffin | 1,937 | 2.19 | +2.19 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Harris | 1,096 | 1.24 | +1.24 | |
Palmer United | Martin Brewster | 315 | 0.36 | −8.52 | |
Total formal votes | 88,337 | 93.12 | −0.95 | ||
Informal votes | 6,525 | 6.88 | +0.95 | ||
Turnout | 94,862 | 90.50 | −2.86 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Cathy O'Toole | 44,187 | 50.02 | +6.19 | |
Liberal National | Ewen Jones | 44,150 | 49.98 | −6.19 | |
Labor gain from Liberal National | Swing | +6.19 |
2013
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Ewen Jones | 36,952 | 43.34 | −2.33 | |
Labor | Cathy O'Toole | 25,051 | 29.38 | −10.77 | |
Palmer United | Martin Brewster | 7,573 | 8.88 | +8.88 | |
Katter's Australian | Bronwyn Walker | 6,890 | 8.08 | +8.08 | |
Greens | Gail Hamilton | 4,463 | 5.24 | −3.61 | |
Sex Party | Costa George | 1,576 | 1.85 | +1.85 | |
Family First | Michael Punshon | 1,106 | 1.30 | −4.03 | |
One Nation | Steve Moir | 710 | 0.83 | +0.83 | |
Rise Up Australia | Nino Marolla | 549 | 0.64 | +0.64 | |
Australian Voice | Margaret Bell | 383 | 0.45 | +0.45 | |
Total formal votes | 85,253 | 94.07 | +0.33 | ||
Informal votes | 5,379 | 5.93 | −0.33 | ||
Turnout | 90,632 | 93.21 | +0.62 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Ewen Jones | 47,889 | 56.17 | +4.00 | |
Labor | Cathy O'Toole | 37,364 | 43.83 | −4.00 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | +4.00 |
2010
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Ewen Jones | 36,086 | 45.67 | +2.14 | |
Labor | Tony Mooney | 31,729 | 40.15 | −3.12 | |
Greens | Mike Rubenach | 6,995 | 8.85 | +3.81 | |
Family First | Michael Punshon | 4,208 | 5.33 | +3.67 | |
Total formal votes | 79,018 | 93.74 | −2.04 | ||
Informal votes | 5,281 | 6.26 | +2.04 | ||
Turnout | 84,299 | 92.59 | −1.07 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Ewen Jones | 41,221 | 52.17 | +2.20 | |
Labor | Tony Mooney | 37,797 | 47.83 | −2.20 | |
Liberal National notional gain from Labor | Swing | +2.20 |
Elections in the 2000s
edit2007
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 37,397 | 45.70 | −2.68 | |
Labor | George Colbran | 35,838 | 43.79 | +7.81 | |
Greens | Jenny Stirling | 4,201 | 5.13 | +0.17 | |
Family First | Michael Punshon | 1,283 | 1.57 | −2.33 | |
Independent | Bill Brennan | 900 | 1.10 | +1.10 | |
One Nation | Francis Pauler | 748 | 0.91 | −2.43 | |
Liberty & Democracy | Ben Thompson | 505 | 0.62 | +0.62 | |
Independent | Garrie Lynch | 487 | 0.60 | +0.60 | |
Democrats | Sharon Sheridan | 476 | 0.58 | −0.73 | |
Total formal votes | 81,835 | 95.81 | +1.31 | ||
Informal votes | 3,575 | 4.19 | −1.31 | ||
Turnout | 85,410 | 94.11 | −0.77 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 41,089 | 50.21 | −6.03 | |
Labor | George Colbran | 40,746 | 49.79 | +6.03 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.03 |
2004
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 38,792 | 49.74 | +6.80 | |
Labor | Anita Phillips | 28,260 | 36.24 | −0.31 | |
Greens | Jenny Stirling | 3,915 | 5.02 | +2.30 | |
Family First | Cathy Eaton | 2,993 | 3.84 | +3.84 | |
One Nation | William Michael Brennan | 2,675 | 3.43 | −3.36 | |
Democrats | Richard Hoolihan | 1,025 | 1.31 | −1.79 | |
Citizens Electoral Council | Les Marsden | 323 | 0.41 | +0.41 | |
Total formal votes | 77,983 | 94.47 | −0.66 | ||
Informal votes | 4,563 | 5.53 | +0.66 | ||
Turnout | 82,546 | 93.82 | −2.18 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 43,828 | 56.20 | +4.67 | |
Labor | Anita Phillips | 34,155 | 43.80 | −4.67 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.67 |
2001
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 35,349 | 42.98 | +3.07 | |
Labor | Jenny Hill | 29,897 | 36.35 | −0.84 | |
Independent | Conway Bown | 6,473 | 7.87 | +7.87 | |
One Nation | Anthony Weil | 5,827 | 7.08 | −7.21 | |
Democrats | Richard Hoolihan | 2,494 | 3.03 | +0.46 | |
Greens | Anne Goddard | 2,205 | 2.68 | +0.41 | |
Total formal votes | 82,245 | 95.07 | −1.07 | ||
Informal votes | 4,266 | 4.93 | +1.07 | ||
Turnout | 86,511 | 96.31 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 42,455 | 51.62 | +1.52 | |
Labor | Jenny Hill | 39,790 | 48.38 | −1.52 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.52 |
Elections in the 1990s
edit1998
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 30,683 | 39.91 | +1.28 | |
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 28,588 | 37.19 | +0.64 | |
One Nation | Mark Swain | 10,991 | 14.30 | +14.30 | |
Democrats | Althea Smith | 1,979 | 2.57 | −3.37 | |
Greens | Rebecca Smith | 1,747 | 2.27 | +2.27 | |
Christian Democrats | John Edmiston | 948 | 1.23 | +1.23 | |
Independent | Elaine Steley | 816 | 1.06 | +1.06 | |
Women's Party | Pauline Woodbridge | 619 | 0.81 | −0.93 | |
Independent | Bob Bradley | 503 | 0.65 | +0.65 | |
Total formal votes | 76,874 | 96.13 | −1.30 | ||
Informal votes | 3,091 | 3.87 | +1.30 | ||
Turnout | 79,965 | 94.68 | −0.56 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 38,512 | 50.10 | −6.52 | |
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 38,362 | 49.90 | +6.52 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.52 |
1996
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 29,405 | 38.75 | +7.36 | |
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 27,812 | 36.65 | −4.49 | |
National | Ken Kipping | 11,468 | 15.11 | +8.92 | |
Democrats | Colin Edwards | 4,473 | 5.89 | +2.16 | |
Women's Party | Josephine Sailor | 1,338 | 1.76 | +1.76 | |
Independent | David Smallwood | 730 | 0.96 | +0.96 | |
Independent | Alex Caldwell | 660 | 0.87 | +0.87 | |
Total formal votes | 75,886 | 97.42 | −0.06 | ||
Informal votes | 2,010 | 2.58 | +0.06 | ||
Turnout | 77,896 | 94.12 | −1.45 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter Lindsay | 42,826 | 56.59 | +9.90 | |
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 32,852 | 43.41 | −9.90 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +9.90 |
1993
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 31,349 | 40.56 | −5.33 | |
Liberal | Peter Hazard | 24,300 | 31.44 | +6.63 | |
Independent | John Robinson | 10,002 | 12.94 | +12.94 | |
National | Robyn Quick | 5,374 | 6.95 | −11.08 | |
Democrats | Col Parker | 2,848 | 3.68 | −7.59 | |
Greens | Dave Kimble | 1,771 | 2.29 | +2.29 | |
Confederate Action | Warren Harvey | 640 | 0.83 | +0.83 | |
Independent | Bill Setter | 515 | 0.67 | +0.67 | |
Indigenous Peoples | Cilla Pryor | 495 | 0.64 | +0.64 | |
Total formal votes | 77,294 | 97.50 | −0.52 | ||
Informal votes | 1,984 | 2.50 | +0.52 | ||
Turnout | 79,278 | 95.56 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 40,452 | 52.37 | −2.63 | |
Liberal | Peter Hazard | 36,786 | 47.63 | +2.63 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −2.63 |
1990
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 32,166 | 45.8 | −5.3 | |
Liberal | Peter Hazard | 17,384 | 24.8 | +8.7 | |
National | Rick Anderton | 12,749 | 18.2 | −9.5 | |
Democrats | Colin Parker | 7,885 | 11.2 | +6.1 | |
Total formal votes | 70,184 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,419 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 71,603 | 93.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 38,438 | 54.9 | −1.9 | |
Liberal | Peter Hazard | 31,529 | 45.1 | +45.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −1.9 |
Elections in the 1980s
edit1987
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 33,507 | 51.1 | +0.8 | |
National | Jose Goicoechea | 18,206 | 27.7 | −3.9 | |
Liberal | Rosemary Pavey | 10,571 | 16.1 | +1.9 | |
Democrats | Paul Swanton | 3,344 | 5.1 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 65,628 | 96.6 | |||
Informal votes | 2,338 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 67,966 | 90.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 37,259 | 56.8 | +3.2 | |
National | Jose Goicoechea | 28,360 | 43.2 | −3.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.2 |
1984
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 29,589 | 50.3 | −0.2 | |
National | Vicky Kippin | 18,602 | 31.6 | +18.0 | |
Liberal | Theo Theofanes | 8,326 | 14.2 | −19.4 | |
Democrats | Ana Bristowe-Lamb | 2,273 | 3.9 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 58,790 | 96.3 | |||
Informal votes | 2,286 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 61,076 | 90.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 31,517 | 53.6 | +0.5 | |
National | Vicky Kippin | 27,270 | 46.4 | +46.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.5 |
1983
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 35,368 | 50.2 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | Gordon Dean | 23,875 | 33.9 | −13.9 | |
National | John Aubrey | 9,562 | 13.6 | +13.6 | |
Democrats | John Lamb | 1,597 | 2.3 | −3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 70,402 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 659 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 71,061 | 90.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 52.8 | +3.7 | ||
Liberal | Gordon Dean | 47.2 | −3.7 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.7 |
1980
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Gordon Dean | 31,538 | 47.9 | +14.4 | |
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 30,575 | 46.5 | +9.5 | |
Democrats | John Lamb | 3,690 | 5.6 | −2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 65,803 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 978 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 66,781 | 93.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Gordon Dean | 33,462 | 50.9 | −6.8 | |
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 32,341 | 49.1 | +6.8 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.8 |
Elections in the 1970s
edit1977
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 22,668 | 37.0 | −5.5 | |
Liberal | Gordon Dean | 20,559 | 33.5 | −24.0 | |
National Country | Charles Arnold | 12,357 | 20.2 | +20.2 | |
Democrats | Kenneth Kipping | 4,799 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
Independent | Grahame Wells | 418 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Progress | Coral Finlay | 250 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Peter Dunn | 236 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 61,287 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,014 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 62,301 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Gordon Dean | 35,353 | 57.7 | +0.2 | |
Labor | Ted Lindsay | 25,934 | 42.3 | −0.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 |
1975
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 34,620 | 58.0 | +4.9 | |
Labor | John Rockett | 25,096 | 42.0 | −2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 59,716 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 945 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 60,661 | 94.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.8 |
1974
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 30,908 | 53.1 | +8.3 | |
Labor | John Rockett | 25,712 | 44.2 | +0.9 | |
Australia | Leonard Weber | 1,601 | 2.7 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 58,221 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 783 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 59,004 | 93.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 54.2 | +0.4 | ||
Labor | John Rockett | 45.8 | −0.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4 |
1972
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 22,601 | 44.8 | +2.1 | |
Labor | Fabian Sweeney | 21,873 | 43.3 | −2.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Kiernan Dorney | 4,719 | 9.3 | −1.9 | |
Australia | Leonard Weber | 1,311 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 50,504 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 897 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 51,401 | 94.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 27,171 | 53.8 | +2.1 | |
Labor | Fabian Sweeney | 23,333 | 46.2 | −2.1 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Elections in the 1960s
edit1969
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Harding | 21,318 | 46.1 | −1.6 | |
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 19,738 | 42.7 | +6.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Kiernan Dorney | 5,181 | 11.2 | −5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 46,237 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 597 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 46,834 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 23,897 | 51.7 | +3.0 | |
Labor | Ted Harding | 22,340 | 48.3 | −3.0 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +3.0 |
1966
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Harding | 22,212 | 45.3 | −1.2 | |
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 18,721 | 38.2 | +5.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Kiernan Dorney | 8,053 | 16.4 | −2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 48,986 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 955 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 49,941 | 95.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Robert Bonnett | 25,041 | 51.1 | +4.3 | |
Labor | Ted Harding | 23,945 | 48.9 | −4.3 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +4.3 |
1963
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Harding | 21,062 | 46.5 | −2.5 | |
Liberal | Roy Pope | 14,805 | 32.7 | −10.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Kiernan Dorney | 8,410 | 18.5 | +13.4 | |
Communist | Frank Bishop | 1,063 | 2.3 | −0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 45,340 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,229 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 46,569 | 95.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ted Harding | 24,132 | 53.2 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Roy Pope | 21,208 | 46.8 | −0.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.9 |
1961
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Harding | 20,839 | 49.0 | +7.5 | |
Liberal | John Murray | 18,296 | 43.1 | +0.5 | |
Queensland Labor | Victor Bodero | 2,181 | 5.1 | −9.0 | |
Communist | Frank Bishop | 1,171 | 2.8 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 42,487 | 96.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,634 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 44,121 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ted Harding | 52.3 | +3.8 | ||
Liberal | John Murray | 47.7 | −3.8 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.8 |
Elections in the 1950s
edit1958
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Murray | 16,669 | 42.6 | −0.2 | |
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 16,249 | 41.6 | −9.2 | |
Queensland Labor | Victor Bodero | 5,496 | 14.1 | +14.1 | |
Communist | Hugh Fay | 702 | 1.8 | −4.7 | |
Total formal votes | 39,116 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,727 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 40,843 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Murray | 20,136 | 51.5 | +8.1 | |
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 18,980 | 48.5 | −8.1 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +8.1 |
1955
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 18,825 | 50.7 | −5.1 | |
Country | Arnold White | 15,885 | 42.8 | +2.1 | |
Communist | Frank Bishop | 2,416 | 6.5 | +3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 37,126 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,012 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 38,138 | 92.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 56.6 | −2.3 | ||
Country | Arnold White | 43.4 | +2.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −2.3 |
1954
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 20,894 | 55.8 | +1.7 | |
Country | Fred Purdie | 15,239 | 40.7 | −2.0 | |
Communist | Claude Jones | 1,323 | 3.5 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 37,456 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 684 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 38,140 | 95.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 59.0 | +2.0 | ||
Country | Fred Purdie | 41.0 | −2.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.0 |
1951
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 19,445 | 54.1 | +4.7 | |
Country | Doug Jeffrey | 15,332 | 42.7 | −2.7 | |
Communist | Gloria Phelan | 1,160 | 3.2 | −2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 35,937 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 991 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 36,928 | 93.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 57.0 | +3.3 | ||
Country | Doug Jeffrey | 43.0 | −3.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.3 |
Elections in the 1940s
edit1949
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 17,395 | 49.4 | +1.0 | |
Country | Doug Jeffrey | 15,973 | 45.4 | +13.0 | |
Communist | Jim Henderson | 1,847 | 5.2 | −10.6 | |
Total formal votes | 35,215 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,160 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 36,375 | 93.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 18,898 | 53.7 | −10.4 | |
Country | Doug Jeffrey | 16,317 | 46.3 | +10.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −10.4 |
1946
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 28,246 | 46.0 | +8.4 | |
Country | Lloyd Roberts | 20,804 | 33.9 | +11.2 | |
Communist | Jack Henry | 9,404 | 15.3 | −18.9 | |
Independent | Joseph Pollard | 1,668 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Services | Alexander McNamee | 1,236 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 61,358 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 3,050 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 64,408 | 90.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Edmonds | 37,026 | 60.3 | −1.4 | |
Country | Lloyd Roberts | 24,332 | 39.7 | +39.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −1.4 |
1943
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Martens | 22,697 | 37.6 | −3.1 | |
Communist | Fred Paterson | 20,629 | 34.2 | +34.2 | |
Country | Archie Graham | 13,693 | 22.7 | −12.8 | |
Independent | Charles Cook | 3,300 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 60,319 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,673 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 61,992 | 91.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Martens | 37,219 | 61.7 | +5.3 | |
Communist | Fred Paterson | 23,100 | 38.3 | +38.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.3 |
1940
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Martens | 24,712 | 40.7 | −2.9 | |
Country | Thomas Mann | 21,545 | 35.5 | +6.3 | |
Independent | Fred Paterson | 11,104 | 18.3 | +18.3 | |
Independent RSL | Louis Haydon | 3,346 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 60,707 | 96.3 | |||
Informal votes | 2,365 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 63,072 | 92.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Martens | 34,261 | 56.4 | −10.0 | |
Country | Thomas Mann | 26,446 | 43.6 | +10.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −10.0 |
Elections in the 1930s
edit1937
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Martens | 25,766 | 43.6 | −8.7 | |
Country | James Wilkie | 17,252 | 29.2 | +29.2 | |
Communist | Fred Paterson | 12,523 | 21.2 | +12.9 | |
Social Credit | Henry Beck | 3,622 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Total formal votes | 59,163 | 95.1 | |||
Informal votes | 3,019 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 62,182 | 94.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Martens | 39,263 | 66.4 | +5.4 | |
Country | James Wilkie | 19,900 | 33.6 | +33.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.4 |
1934
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Martens | 27,721 | 52.3 | −3.7 | |
United Australia | Ron Muir | 20,005 | 37.7 | −6.3 | |
Communist | Jack Henry | 4,404 | 8.3 | +8.3 | |
Lang Labor | Claude Vesperman | 865 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 52,995 | 95.6 | |||
Informal votes | 2,429 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 55,424 | 94.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Martens | 61.0 | +5.0 | ||
United Australia | Ron Muir | 39.0 | −5.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +5.0 |
1931
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Martens | 31,866 | 56.3 | +3.5 | |
United Australia | Grosvenor Francis | 24,733 | 43.7 | −3.5 | |
Total formal votes | 56,599 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 2,473 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 59,072 | 92.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.5 |
Elections in the 1920s
edit1929
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Martens | 28,813 | 52.8 | +2.6 | |
Nationalist | William Amiet | 25,772 | 47.2 | −2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 54,585 | 95.5 | |||
Informal votes | 2,593 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 57,178 | 93.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.6 |
1928
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Martens | 25,462 | 50.2 | +0.5 | |
Nationalist | Lewis Nott | 25,308 | 49.8 | −0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 50,770 | 93.9 | |||
Informal votes | 3,312 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 54,082 | 93.5 | |||
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +0.5 |
1925
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Lewis Nott | 22,385 | 50.3 | −1.4 | |
Labor | Ted Theodore | 22,117 | 49.7 | +1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 44,502 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 2,188 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 46,690 | 90.2 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | −1.4 |
1922
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Fred Bamford | 17,396 | 51.7 | +0.9 | |
Labor | Maurice Hynes | 16,259 | 48.3 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 33,655 | 93.3 | |||
Informal votes | 2,435 | 6.7 | |||
Turnout | 36,090 | 83.4 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | −0.5 |
Elections in the 1910s
edit1919
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Fred Bamford | 17,470 | 51.0 | −0.3 | |
Labor | Eugene McKenna | 15,872 | 46.3 | −2.4 | |
Independent | Henry Madden | 493 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Independent | Terence Haren | 443 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 34,278 | 90.5 | |||
Informal votes | 3,583 | 9.5 | |||
Turnout | 37,861 | 87.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Nationalist | Fred Bamford | 52.4 | +1.1 | ||
Labor | Eugene McKenna | 47.6 | −1.1 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +1.1 |
1917
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Fred Bamford | 18,583 | 51.3 | +15.7 | |
Labor | Eugene McKenna | 17,634 | 48.7 | −15.7 | |
Total formal votes | 36,217 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 921 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 37,138 | 90.0 | |||
Nationalist gain from Labor | Swing | +15.7 |
1914
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Bamford | 18,700 | 64.4 | +6.4 | |
Liberal | Frank Fraser | 10,350 | 35.6 | −6.4 | |
Total formal votes | 29,050 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 829 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 29,879 | 74.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +6.4 |
1913
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Bamford | 16,709 | 58.0 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | John Mann | 12,081 | 42.0 | −0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 28,790 | 96.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,172 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 29,926 | 76.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.4 |
1910
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Bamford | 13,668 | 61.0 | +8.1 | |
Liberal | Thomas Crawford | 8,751 | 39.0 | −8.1 | |
Total formal votes | 22,419 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 765 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 23,184 | 61.5 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +8.1 |
Elections in the 1900s
edit1906
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Bamford | 8,151 | 52.9 | −4.9 | |
Anti-Socialist | Walter Tunbridge | 7,255 | 47.1 | +47.1 | |
Total formal votes | 15,406 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 764 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 16,170 | 50.8 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | −4.9 |
1903
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Bamford | 8,965 | 57.8 | +6.2 | |
Protectionist | William White | 6,549 | 42.2 | −6.2 | |
Total formal votes | 15,514 | 95.5 | |||
Informal votes | 727 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 16,241 | 63.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.2 |
1901
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Fred Bamford | 3,353 | 51.6 | +51.6 | |
Protectionist | William Brown | 3,140 | 48.4 | +48.4 | |
Total formal votes | 6,493 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 217 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 6,710 | 66.6 | |||
Labour win | (new seat) |
References
edit- ^ Herbert, QLD, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ Herbert, QLD, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ Herbert, QLD, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ 2013 results for Herbert, AEC.
- ^ "2010 results for Herbert". AEC.