Electoral results for the district of Mackenzie

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

Members for Mackenzie edit

Member Party Term
  Paddy Whyte Labor 1950–1956
  Neville Hewitt Country 1956–1972

Election results edit

Elections in the 1960s edit

1969 Queensland state election: Mackenzie[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Neville Hewitt 4,777 61.3 -38.7
Labor Harold Kuhn 3,009 38.7 +38.7
Total formal votes 7,786 98.9
Informal votes 89 1.1
Turnout 7,875 90.1
Country hold Swing -38.7
1966 Queensland state election: Mackenzie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Neville Hewitt unopposed
Country hold Swing
1963 Queensland state election: Mackenzie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Nev Hewitt 4,305 62.7 -2.1
Labor Patrick O'Brien 2,555 37.3 +2.1
Total formal votes 6,860 98.7 -0.1
Informal votes 87 1.3 +0.1
Turnout 6,947 94.6 +1.7
Country hold Swing -2.1
1960 Queensland state election: Mackenzie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Nev Hewitt 4,329 64.8
Labor Charles White 2,348 35.2
Total formal votes 6,677 98.8
Informal votes 83 1.2
Turnout 6,760 92.9
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s edit

1957 Queensland state election: Mackenzie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Nev Hewitt 2,523 55.1 +4.6
Labor William James 1,140 24.9 -24.6
Queensland Labor J T Cook 920 20.1 +20.1
Total formal votes 4,583 99.2 +0.1
Informal votes 35 0.8 -0.1
Turnout 4,618 93.5 +4.0
Country hold Swing +18.4
1956 Queensland state election: Mackenzie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Nev Hewitt 2,172 50.5 +5.5
Labor Paddy Whyte 2,126 49.5 -5.5
Total formal votes 4,298 99.1 -0.1
Informal votes 41 0.9 +0.1
Turnout 4,339 89.5 -0.6
Country gain from Labor Swing +5.5
1953 Queensland state election: Mackenzie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paddy Whyte 2,420 55.0 +3.7
Country James Lawrence 1,978 45.0 -3.7
Total formal votes 4,398 99.2 +0.5
Informal votes 36 0.8 -0.5
Turnout 4,434 90.1 +1.1
Labor hold Swing +3.7
1950 Queensland state election: Mackenzie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paddy Whyte 2,184 51.3
Country William Holmes 2,076 48.7
Total formal votes 4,260 98.7
Informal votes 54 1.3
Turnout 4,314 89.0
Labor hold Swing

References edit

  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.