Electoral results for the district of Rockhampton South

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

Members for Rockhampton South

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Member Party Term
  Rex Pilbeam Liberal 1960–1969
  Keith Wright Labor 1969–1972

Election results

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Elections in the 1960s

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1969 Queensland state election: Rockhampton South[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith Wright 5,948 50.9 +11.8
Liberal Rex Pilbeam 4,778 40.8 −8.0
Queensland Labor Peter Boyle 971 8.3 −3.8
Total formal votes 11,697 98.7 −0.1
Informal votes 150 1.3 +0.1
Turnout 11,847 92.7 −2.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Wright 6,101 52.2 +8.9
Liberal Rex Pilbeam 5,596 47.8 −8.9
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +8.9
1966 Queensland state election: Rockhampton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rex Pilbeam 5,873 48.8 +1.4
Labor Kevin Charles 4,709 39.1 −3.8
Queensland Labor Peter Boyle 1,456 12.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 12,038 98.8 +0.2
Informal votes 143 1.2 −0.2
Turnout 12,181 94.7 −1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rex Pilbeam 6,828 56.7 +2.0
Labor Kevin Charles 5,210 43.3 −2.0
Liberal hold Swing +2.0
1963 Queensland state election: Rockhampton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rex Pilbeam 5,728 47.4 +6.3
Labor Charles White 5,179 42.9 +15.0
Queensland Labor Stan Doolan 1,070 8.9 −22.1
Independent Brian Dillon 93 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 12,070 98.6 −0.5
Informal votes 166 1.4 +0.5
Turnout 12,236 95.8 +2.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rex Pilbeam 6,607 54.7
Labor Charles White 5,463 45.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Rockhampton South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rex Pilbeam 5,047 41.1
Queensland Labor Mick Gardner 3,801 31.0
Labor Jim Clark 3,427 27.9
Total formal votes 12,275 99.1
Informal votes 106 0.9
Turnout 12,381 93.7
Liberal win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1981). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1965-1974. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909596735.