Electoral results for the district of Kurilpa

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

Members for Kurilpa

	Party	Term
James Allan	Liberal (Qld.)	1912–1915
William Hartley	Labor	1915–1918
James Fry	National	1918–1922
	United Party	1922–1925
	CPNP	1925–1932
Kerry Copley	Labor	1932–1949
Tom Moores	Labor	1949–1957
Tom Moores	QLP	1957–1957
Peter Connolly	Liberal	1957–1960
Clive Hughes	Liberal	1960–1974
Sam Doumany	Liberal	1974–1983
Anne Warner	Labor	1983–1986

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1983 Queensland state election: Kurilpa^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Anne Warner	7,098	49.4	+3.5
	Liberal	Sam Doumany	3,607	25.1	−25.1
	National	Patricia Kelly	3,198	22.2	+22.2
	Progress	Alvan Hawkes	270	1.9	−2.0
	Independent	John Nobody	198	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			14,371	97.8	−0.2
Informal votes			318	2.2	+0.2
Turnout			14,689	89.3	+2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Anne Warner	7,469	52.0	+4.7
	Liberal	Sam Doumany	6,902	48.0	−4.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.7

1980 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sam Doumany	7,158	50.2	+4.8
	Labor	Maurice Dwyer	6,549	45.9	+6.3
	Progress	Alvan Hawkes	562	3.9	+2.2
Total formal votes			14,269	98.0	−0.3
Informal votes			286	2.0	+0.3
Turnout			14,555	87.0	−2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sam Doumany	7,523	52.7	−0.3
	Labor	Maurice Dwyer	6,746	47.3	+0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.3

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sam Doumany	6,547	45.4	+5.1
	Labor	John Saunders	5,714	39.6	+2.0
	Democrats	Stanley Stanley	1,922	13.3	+13.3
	Progress	Fred Drake	240	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			14,423	98.3
Informal votes			255	1.7
Turnout			14,678	89.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sam Doumany	7,641	53.0	−9.3
	Labor	John Saunders	6,782	47.0	+9.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−9.3

1974 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sam Doumany	4,673	40.3	−5.2
	Labor	Frank Gardiner	4,355	37.6	−8.8
	National	Col Bennett	1,902	16.4	+16.4
	National	Brendan Clark-Coolee	453	3.9	+3.9
	Queensland Labor	Damien White	210	1.8	−5.4
Total formal votes			11,593	97.5	−0.3
Informal votes			300	2.5	+0.3
Turnout			11,893	86.5	−5.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sam Doumany	7,066	61.0	+9.5
	Labor	Frank Gardiner	4,527	39.0	−9.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.5

1972 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Gardiner	5,233	46.4	+3.3
	Liberal	Clive Hughes	5,134	45.5	−3.6
	Queensland Labor	Edward Doherty	811	7.2	−0.6
	Independent	Michael Neenan	93	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			11,271	97.8
Informal votes			256	2.2
Turnout			11,527	91.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Clive Hughes	5,809	51.5	−4.1
	Labor	Frank Gardiner	5,462	48.5	+4.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.1

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clive Hughes	4,657	49.1	−4.7
	Labor	Ian Brusasco	4,090	43.1	+2.5
	Queensland Labor	Edward Doherty	742	7.8	+3.1
Total formal votes			9,489	97.5	+0.7
Informal votes			244	2.5	−0.7
Turnout			9,733	88.8	−5.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Clive Hughes	5,213	54.9	−3.2
	Labor	Ian Brusasco	4,276	45.1	+3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.2

1966 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clive Hughes	5,203	53.8	−2.4
	Labor	Leslie Buckley	3,926	40.6	+4.8
	Queensland Labor	Felix Doolan	458	4.7	−1.9
	Social Credit	William Smith	89	0.9	−0.4
Total formal votes			9,676	96.8	−0.9
Informal votes			320	3.2	+0.9
Turnout			9,996	94.1	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Clive Hughes	5,621	58.1	−4.2
	Labor	Leslie Buckley	4,055	41.9	+4.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.2

1963 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Clive Hughes	5,602	56.2	+6.9
	Labor	Bernie Dokter	3,569	35.8	−4.0
	Queensland Labor	Maurice Sheehan	656	6.6	−4.3
	Social Credit	Paul Kenealy	134	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			9,961	97.7	−0.3
Informal votes			233	2.3	+0.3
Turnout			10,194	93.3	+2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Clive Hughes	6,203	62.3
	Labor	Bernie Dokter	3,758	37.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1960 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Clive Hughes	5,068	49.3
	Labor	Arthur Larkin	4,087	39.8
	Queensland Labor	Paul Tucker	1,115	10.9
Total formal votes			10,270	98.2
Informal votes			193	1.8
Turnout			10,463	90.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Connolly	3,167	37.5	−5.2
	Queensland Labor	Tom Moores	2,737	32.4	+32.4
	Labor	Myles Kane	2,421	28.7	−28.6
	Independent	George Fry	109	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			8,434	98.7	+0.3
Informal votes			113	1.3	−0.3
Turnout			8,547	93.2	+3.2
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+11.3

1956 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Moores	4,785	57.3	−5.4
	Liberal	Doug Berry	3,573	42.7	+12.0
Total formal votes			8,358	98.4	+0.3
Informal votes			133	1.6	−0.3
Turnout			8,491	90.0	−1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.7

1953 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Moores	5,853	62.7	+5.3
	Liberal	Lilian Derrick	2,868	30.7	−11.9
	Social Credit	Richard Boorman	349	3.7	+3.7
	Communist	Anna Slater	165	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	Sydney Clare	101	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			9,336	98.1	−0.4
Informal votes			180	1.9	+0.4
Turnout			9,516	91.7	−1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.7

1950 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Tom Moores	5,999	57.4
	Liberal	John Aboud	4,444	42.6
Total formal votes			10,443	98.5
Informal votes			157	1.5
Turnout			10,600	93.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1949 Kurilpa state by-election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Moores	5,197	53.6	+2.0
	Liberal	Norman Brandon	4,274	44.0	−4.4
	Communist	James Slater	232	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			9,703	98.6	+0.2
Informal votes			135	1.4	−0.2
Turnout			9,838	87.3	−2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1947 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kerry Copley	5,489	51.6	−1.9
	People's Party	Doug Berry	5,144	48.4	+1.9
Total formal votes			10,633	98.4	−0.3
Informal votes			172	1.6	+0.3
Turnout			10,805	90.0	+5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.9

1944 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kerry Copley	5,504	53.5	+5.1
	People's Party	Norman Brandon	4,780	46.5	0.0
Total formal votes			10,284	98.7	+0.3
Informal votes			135	1.3	−0.3
Turnout			10,419	85.0	−0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

1941 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kerry Copley	4,556	48.4	+1.6
	United Australia	Norman Brandon	4,374	46.5	+21.0
	Independent Socialist	Ruby McGrorty	477	5.1	+0.7
Total formal votes			9,407	98.4	−0.2
Informal votes			153	1.6	+0.2
Turnout			9,560	85.5	−5.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kerry Copley	4,629	50.9	−5.2
	United Australia	Norman Brandon	4,469	49.1	+5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.2

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kerry Copley	4,545	46.8	−17.1
	United Australia	John Pringle	2,437	25.5	−5.7
	Protestant Labor	Joseph Moore	2,313	24.0	+24.0
	Communist	Alec MacDonald	426	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			9,721	98.6	+0.3
Informal votes			133	1.4	−0.3
Turnout			9,854	91.3	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kerry Copley	4,960	56.1
	United Australia	John Pringle	3,880	43.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1935 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Kerry Copley	5,831	63.9
	CPNP	Frederick Cross	2,848	31.2
	Independent	Charles Drew	452	4.9
Total formal votes			9,131	98.3
Informal votes			155	1.7
Turnout			9,286	91.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Preferences were not distributed.

1932 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Kerry Copley	5,177	56.5
	CPNP	James Fry	3,826	41.8
	Independent	Hans Bang	157	1.7
Total formal votes			9,160	97.2
Informal votes			263	2.8
Turnout			9,423	92.4
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPNP	James Fry	3,575	53.0	−2.3
	Labor	Kerry Copley	3,168	47.0	+2.3
Total formal votes			6,743	99.2	+0.1
Informal votes			56	0.8	−0.1
Turnout			6,799
	CPNP hold		Swing	−2.3

1926 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPNP	James Fry	3,536	55.3	0.0
	Labor	Hamilton Jones	2,861	44.7	0.0
Total formal votes			6,397	99.1	0.0
Informal votes			59	0.9	0.0
Turnout			6,456	92.1	+3.5
	CPNP hold		Swing	0.0

1923 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	James Fry	3,310	55.3	−0.7
	Labor	William Dobinson	2,675	44.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			5,985	99.1	+0.1
Informal votes			56	0.9	−0.1
Turnout			6,041	88.6	+3.2
	United hold		Swing	−0.7

1920 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	James Fry	3,342	56.0	+5.3
	Labor	John Pringle	2,626	44.0	−5.3
Total formal votes			5,968	99.0	0.0
Informal votes			58	1.0	0.0
Turnout			6,026	85.4	+1.0
	National hold		Swing	+5.3

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	James Fry	2,819	50.7	+4.8
	Labor	William Hartley	2,745	49.3	−4.8
Total formal votes			5,564	99.0	−0.4
Informal votes			56	1.0	+0.4
Turnout			5,620	84.4	−6.9
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+4.8

1915 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Hartley	2,610	54.1	+9.6
	Liberal	James Allan	2,211	45.9	−9.6
Total formal votes			4,821	99.4	0.0
Informal votes			31	0.6	0.0
Turnout			4,852	91.3	+7.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.6

1912 Queensland state election: Kurilpa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Allan	2,204	55.5
	Labor	James Sharpe	1,765	44.5
Total formal votes			3,969	99.4
Informal votes			22	0.6
Turnout			3,991	83.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

^ Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909779244.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[1] Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0909779244.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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