Electoral results for the district of Chillagoe

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

Members for Chillagoe

Member		Party	Term
	Ted Theodore	Labor	1912 – 1925
	John O'Keefe	Labor	1926 – 1929
	Ernest Atherton	CPNP	1929 – 1932

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Queensland state election: Chillagoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPNP	Ernest Atherton	1,844	52.9	+20.4
	Labor	John O'Keefe	1,639	47.1	−20.4
Total formal votes			3,483	98.4	−0.4
Informal votes			56	1.6	+0.4
Turnout			3,539	77.3	+1.8
	CPNP gain from Labor		Swing	+20.4

1926 Queensland state election: Chillagoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John O'Keefe	2,537	67.5	+3.2
	CPNP	Bernard Hayes	1,222	32.5	+4.2
Total formal votes			3,759	98.8	+1.0
Informal votes			47	1.2	−1.0
Turnout			3,806	79.1	−1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1926 Chillagoe state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John O'Keefe	2,023	61.7	−2.3
	CPNP	W. Leale	1,256	38.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			3,279
Informal votes
Turnout
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.3

1923 Queensland state election: Chillagoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Theodore	2,459	64.3	−13.5
	United	Ernest Atherton	1,083	28.3	+6.1
	Independent	Thomas Taylor	283	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			3,825	97.8	+0.1
Informal votes			84	2.2	−0.1
Turnout			3,909	81.0	−0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1920 Queensland state election: Chillagoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Theodore	1,384	77.8	+5.0
	Northern Country	John Egerton	394	22.2	+22.2
Total formal votes			1,778	97.7	−1.0
Informal votes			41	2.3	+1.0
Turnout			1,819	81.3	+2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.0

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Chillagoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Theodore	1,018	72.8	−6.9
	National	William Worley	380	27.2	+6.9
Total formal votes			1,398	98.7	+1.6
Informal votes			19	1.3	−1.6
Turnout			1,417	78.5	−1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.9

1915 Queensland state election: Chillagoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Theodore	1,288	79.7	+4.6
	Liberal	Edward Steele	328	20.3	−4.6
Total formal votes			1,616	97.1	−0.3
Informal votes			49	2.9	+0.3
Turnout			1,665	79.6	+9.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.6

1912 Queensland state election: Chillagoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Theodore	1,774	75.1
	Liberal	Archibald Frew	588	24.9
Total formal votes			2,362	97.4
Informal votes			64	2.6
Turnout			2,426	69.9
	Labor hold		Swing