Electoral results for the district of Coorparoo

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

Members for Coorparoo edit

Member Party Term
  Thomas Hiley Liberal 1950–1960

Election results edit

Elections in the 1950s edit

1957 Queensland state election: Coorparoo[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Hiley 8,543 70.6 +8.6
Labor Bernard Ouston 3,559 29.4 -8.6
Total formal votes 12,102 97.4 -1.5
Informal votes 318 2.6 +1.5
Turnout 12,420 95.1 +0.6
Liberal hold Swing +8.6
1956 Queensland state election: Coorparoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Hiley 7,476 62.0 +4.5
Labor Geoffrey Maher 4,588 38.0 -4.5
Total formal votes 12,064 98.9 -0.2
Informal votes 134 1.1 +0.2
Turnout 12,198 94.5 +0.5
Liberal hold Swing +4.5
1953 Queensland state election: Coorparoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Hiley 6,722 57.5 -5.5
Labor Gerald Maher 4,970 42.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 11,692 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 110 0.9 -0.1
Turnout 11,802 94.0 +0.7
Liberal hold Swing -5.5
1950 Queensland state election: Coorparoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Hiley 6,899 63.0
Labor Erle Wettemeyer 4,047 37.0
Total formal votes 10,946 99.0
Informal votes 115 1.0
Turnout 11,061 93.3
Liberal hold Swing

References edit

  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.