Electoral results for the district of Baroona

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

Members for Baroona

Member		Party	Term
	Bill Power	Labor	1935–1957
		Queensland Labor	1957–1960
	Pat Hanlon	Labor	1960–1974
	Dennis Young	Liberal	1974–1977

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1974 Queensland state election: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dennis Young	5,643	48.4	+20.4
	Labor	John Camp	5,528	47.4	−15.2
	Queensland Labor	Denis Cochran	484	4.1	−5.3
Total formal votes			11,655	97.6	+0.3
Informal votes			280	2.4	−0.3
Turnout			11,935	84.7	−5.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dennis Young	6,022	51.7	+15.8
	Labor	John Camp	5,633	48.3	−15.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+15.8

1972 Queensland state election: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Hanlon	7,110	62.6	−1.2
	Liberal	John Andrews	3,184	28.0	+1.7
	Queensland Labor	Maurice O'Connor	1,073	9.4	−0.5
Total formal votes			11,367	97.3
Informal votes			318	2.7
Turnout			11,685	90.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pat Hanlon	7,291	64.1	+0.9
	Liberal	John Andrews	4,076	35.9	−0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.9

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Hanlon	6,427	63.8	+4.1
	Liberal	Thomas Bence	2,648	26.3	−4.8
	Queensland Labor	Anthony Machin	998	9.9	+2.2
Total formal votes			10,073	97.2	+0.3
Informal votes			288	2.8	−0.3
Turnout			10,361	88.8	−2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pat Hanlon	6,613	65.7	+3.4
	Liberal	Thomas Bence	3,460	34.4	−3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.4

1966 Queensland state election: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Hanlon	6,359	59.7	−1.7
	Liberal	Ian Barron	3,313	31.1	+1.7
	Queensland Labor	Anthony Machin	822	7.7	+0.7
	Communist	Brian Moynihan	151	1.4	−0.8
Total formal votes			9,645	96.9	−0.3
Informal votes			342	3.1	+0.3
Turnout			9,987	91.7	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pat Hanlon	6,633	62.3	−1.5
	Liberal	Ian Barron	4,012	37.7	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.5

1963 Queensland state election: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Hanlon	7,601	61.4	+2.6
	Liberal	Dawn Stanton	3,209	29.4	+0.8
	Queensland Labor	Douglas Garsden	764	7.0	−5.6
	Communist	Vincent Englart	239	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			10,913	97.2	−1.3
Informal votes			317	2.8	+1.3
Turnout			11,230	93.3	+1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pat Hanlon	6,963	63.8
	Liberal	Dawn Stanton	3,950	36.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1960 Queensland state election: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Hanlon	7,094	58.8	+21.0
	Liberal	Roger Moore	3,450	28.6	−6.2
	Queensland Labor	Geoffrey Maule	1,521	12.6	−14.8
Total formal votes			12,065	98.5
Informal votes			182	1.5
Turnout			12,247	91.6
	Labor gain from Queensland Labor		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Queensland Labor	Bill Power	3,333	40.6	+40.6
	Liberal	Robert Thomasson	2,691	32.8	−0.2
	Labor	Norman Buchan	2,177	26.5	−38.3
Total formal votes			8,201	98.2	−0.3
Informal votes			149	1.8	+0.3
Turnout			8,350	93.0	+2.3
	Queensland Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

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

1953 Queensland state election: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Power	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1950 Queensland state election: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Power	6,439	61.7
	Liberal	Harry Middleton	3,768	36.1
	Communist	Max Julius	223	2.1
Total formal votes			10,430	98.5
Informal votes			159	1.5
Turnout			10,589	91.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Queensland state election: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Power	5,810	55.5	+0.2
	People's Party	Kenneth Toombes	3,974	37.9	−6.8
	Communist	Max Julius	449	4.3	+4.3
	Independent	Henry Beck	239	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			10,472	98.3	−0.2
Informal votes			178	1.7	+0.2
Turnout			10,650	88.9	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1

1944 Queensland state election: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Power	5,415	55.3	−4.6
	People's Party	Richard Cooper	4,370	44.7	+4.6
Total formal votes			9,785	98.5	+0.9
Informal votes			147	1.5	−0.9
Turnout			9,932	88.0	−1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.6

1941 Queensland state election: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Power	5,317	59.9	+10.3
	United Australia	Cecil Noble	3,564	40.1	+17.3
Total formal votes			8,881	97.6	−1.1
Informal votes			219	2.4	+1.1
Turnout			9,100	89.6	−2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Queensland state election: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Power	4,571	49.6	−19.6
	Protestant Labor	Ralph Powell	2,539	27.6	+27.6
	United Australia	Edwyn Roper	2,103	22.8	+22.8
Total formal votes			9,213	98.7	+2.4
Informal votes			123	1.3	−2.4
Turnout			9,336	92.4	+2.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Power	4,736	57.7	−11.5
	Protestant Labor	Ralph Powell	3,478	42.3	+42.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1935 Queensland state election: Baroona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Power	5,835	69.2
	Social Credit	Julius Streeter	2,600	30.8
Total formal votes			8,435	96.3
Informal votes			320	3.7
Turnout			8,755	89.7
	Labor hold		Swing