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Electoral results for the district of Nundah

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

Members for Nundah

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Member Party Term
  George Agnew Conservative 1888–1890
  Ministerial 1890–1896
  Thomas Bridges Ministerial 1896–1903
  Liberal 1903–1907
  Kidstonites 1907
  Richard Sumner Kidstonites 1907–1909
  Independent Opposition 1909
  Thomas Bridges Liberal 1909–1916
  National 1916–1918
  Hubert Sizer National 1918–1923
  William Kelso United Party 1923–1925
  Country and Progressive National 1925–1932
  John Hayes Labor 1932–1947
  Frank Roberts Labor 1947–1956
  Jim Hadley Labor 1956–1957
  Queensland Labor 1957–1957
  William Knox Liberal 1957–1989
  Phil Heath Labor 1989–1991
  Terry Sullivan Labor 1991–1992

Election results

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Elections in the 1990s

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1991 Nundah state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Terry Sullivan 7,100 43.6 -13.8
Liberal John Hood 5,474 33.6 -0.5
Independent John Hay 1,158 7.1 +7.1
National Yvonne Chapman 1,010 6.2 -2.3
Independent Ray Hugall 536 3.3 +3.3
Democrats Ian Rowland 393 2.4 +2.4
Call to Australia Rona Joyner 349 2.1 +2.1
Independent Ronald Nightingale 276 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 16,296 96.7 −0.9
Informal votes 558 3.3 +0.9
Turnout 16,854 83.3 −8.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Terry Sullivan 8,208 50.4 -7.6
Liberal John Hood 8,088 49.6 +7.6
Labor hold Swing -7.6

Elections in the 1980s

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1989 Queensland state election: Nundah[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Phil Heath 10,443 57.4 +13.9
Liberal William Knox 6,201 34.1 +0.5
National Russell Parry 1,548 8.5 -14.3
Total formal votes 18,192 97.6 −0.6
Informal votes 450 2.4 +0.6
Turnout 18,642 91.5 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Phil Heath 10,551 58.0 +13.4
Liberal William Knox 7,641 42.0 -13.4
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +13.4
1986 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gary Johns 7,627 43.5 -2.8
Liberal William Knox 5,894 33.7 -20.0
National Goodwin Poole 3,996 22.8 +22.8
Total formal votes 17,517 98.2
Informal votes 316 1.8
Turnout 17,833 92.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William Knox 9,702 55.4 +1.7
Labor Gary Johns 7,815 44.6 -1.7
Liberal hold Swing +1.7
1983 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Knox 7,999 56.2 -3.4
Labor Owen Gazzard 6,237 43.8 +3.4
Total formal votes 14,236 98.2 −0.1
Informal votes 262 1.8 +0.1
Turnout 14,498 90.7 +2.6
Liberal hold Swing -3.4
1980 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Knox 8,237 59.6 +1.5
Labor Owen Gazzard 5,587 40.4 -1.5
Total formal votes 13,824 98.3 +0.1
Informal votes 232 1.7 −0.1
Turnout 14,056 88.1 −2.9
Liberal hold Swing +1.5

Elections in the 1970s

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1977 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Knox 8,235 58.1 -9.1
Labor Leonard Hingley 5,927 41.9 +9.1
Total formal votes 14,162 98.2
Informal votes 259 1.8
Turnout 14,421 91.0
Liberal hold Swing -9.1
1974 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Knox 7,645 63.8 +16.5
Labor Leonard Hingley 4,337 36.2 -9.0
Total formal votes 11,982 98.2 −0.8
Informal votes 219 1.8 +0.8
Turnout 12,201 88.5 −5.3
Liberal hold Swing +9.9
1972 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Knox 5,341 47.3 -1.9
Labor Ian Brusasco 5,100 45.2 +4.9
Queensland Labor Ambrose Shannon 853 7.5 -3.1
Total formal votes 11,294 99.0
Informal votes 115 1.0
Turnout 11,409 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William Knox 6,092 53.9 -5.5
Labor Ian Brusasco 5,202 46.1 +5.5
Liberal hold Swing -5.5

Elections in the 1960s

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1969 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Knox 5,471 49.2 -2.5
Labor Roderick Blundell 4,479 40.3 +0.4
Queensland Labor Brian Barlow 1,178 10.6 +2.2
Total formal votes 11,128 98.4 −0.4
Informal votes 175 1.6 +0.4
Turnout 11,303 92.3 −0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William Knox 6,322 56.8 -1.8
Labor Roderick Blundell 4,806 43.2 +1.8
Liberal hold Swing -1.8
1966 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Knox 5,971 51.7 +1.9
Labor John Carey 4,599 39.9 -0.6
Queensland Labor Michael Green 972 8.4 -1.3
Total formal votes 11,542 98.8 −0.1
Informal votes 145 1.2 +0.1
Turnout 11,687 93.1 −1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William Knox 6,762 58.6 +0.3
Labor John Carey 4,780 41.4 -0.3
Liberal hold Swing +0.3
1963 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Knox 5,860 49.8 -2.2
Labor Frank Roberts 4,763 40.5 +8.3
Queensland Labor Denis Cleary 1,144 9.7 -6.1
Total formal votes 11,767 98.9 +0.4
Informal votes 132 1.1 −0.4
Turnout 11,899 94.7 +1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal William Knox 6,861 58.3
Labor Frank Roberts 4,906 41.7
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Knox 6,148 52.0
Labor Michael Sweeney 3,808 32.2
Queensland Labor Jim Hadley 1,873 15.8
Total formal votes 11,829 98.5
Informal votes 178 1.5
Turnout 12,007 93.0
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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1957 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Knox 4,421 39.3 -5.2
Queensland Labor Jim Hadley 3,526 31.3 +31.3
Labor Dudley Ryder 3,307 29.4 -26.1
Total formal votes 11,254 98.9 +0.4
Informal votes 124 1.1 −0.4
Turnout 11,378 95.4 +0.6
Liberal gain from Labor Swing N/A
1956 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Hadley 6,136 55.5 -6.4
Liberal William Knox 4,924 44.5 +6.4
Total formal votes 11,060 98.5 −0.1
Informal votes 166 1.5 +0.1
Turnout 11,226 94.8 +0.3
Labor hold Swing -6.4
1953 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Roberts 6,882 61.9 +9.6
Liberal Nellie Taylor 4,232 38.1 -9.6
Total formal votes 11,114 98.6 −0.3
Informal votes 162 1.4 +0.3
Turnout 11,276 94.5 +0.7
Labor hold Swing +9.6
1950 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Roberts 5,624 52.3
Liberal William Cook 5,122 47.7
Total formal votes 10,746 98.9
Informal votes 123 1.1
Turnout 10,869 93.8
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Roberts 7,128 50.8 -0.8
People's Party Alex Dewar 6,893 49.2 +0.8
Total formal votes 14,021 98.8 −0.1
Informal votes 165 1.2 +0.1
Turnout 14,186 93.4 +3.0
Labor hold Swing -0.8
1944 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Hayes 5,862 51.6 -1.7
People's Party William Cunningham 5,493 48.4 +1.7
Total formal votes 11,355 98.9 +0.5
Informal votes 125 1.1 −0.5
Turnout 11,480 90.4 −3.1
Labor hold Swing -1.7
1941 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Hayes 5,672 53.3 +13.6
United Australia William Cook 4,972 46.7 +21.2
Total formal votes 10,644 98.4 −0.6
Informal votes 175 1.6 +0.6
Turnout 10,819 93.5 −2.4
Labor hold Swing +0.1

Elections in the 1930s

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1938 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Hayes 5,014 48.4 -18.1
Protestant Labor Thomas Denovan 2,707 26.1 +26.1
United Australia William Kelso 2,644 25.5 -8.0
Total formal votes 10,365 99.0 +0.1
Informal votes 101 1.0 −0.1
Turnout 10,466 95.9 +2.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor John Hayes 5,167 53.2 -13.3
Protestant Labor Thomas Denovan 4,544 46.8 +46.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
1935 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Hayes 6,066 66.5
CPNP Alfred Thompson 3,059 33.5
Total formal votes 9,125 98.9
Informal votes 102 1.1
Turnout 9,227 93.8
Labor hold Swing
1932 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Hayes 4,493 51.2
CPNP William Kelso 3,933 44.8
Independent Jack MacDonald 358 4.1
Total formal votes 8,784 99.4
Informal votes 56 0.6
Turnout 8,840 94.0
Labor gain from CPNP Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP William Kelso 6,754 67.1 +7.9
Labor Thomas Darby 3,315 32.9 -7.9
Total formal votes 10,069 99.1 0.0
Informal votes 88 0.9 0.0
Turnout 10,157 93.4 +0.7
CPNP hold Swing +7.9
1926 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP William Kelso 4,860 59.2 +2.5
Labor Victor Kearney 3,353 40.8 -2.5
Total formal votes 8,213 99.1 +0.3
Informal votes 76 0.9 −0.3
Turnout 8,289 92.7 +4.9
CPNP hold Swing +2.5
1923 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United William Kelso 3,659 56.7 -5.8
Labor James McCabe 2,492 38.6 +1.1
Independent Thomas Shaw 298 4.7 +4.7
Total formal votes 6,449 98.8 −0.6
Informal votes 77 1.2 +0.6
Turnout 6,526 87.8 +3.2
United hold Swing N/A
1920 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Hubert Sizer 5,727 62.5 +4.9
Labor George Robbins 3,430 37.5 -4.9
Total formal votes 9,157 99.4 +0.1
Informal votes 51 0.6 −0.1
Turnout 9,208 84.6 −0.1
National hold Swing +4.9

Elections in the 1910s

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1918 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Hubert Sizer 4,327 57.6 +5.9
Labor Sid Cook 3,186 42.4 -5.9
Total formal votes 7,513 99.3 +0.3
Informal votes 51 0.7 −0.3
Turnout 7,564 84.7 −4.2
National hold Swing +5.9
1915 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Bridges 2,830 51.7 -13.4
Labor Richard Sumner 2,640 48.3 +13.4
Total formal votes 5,470 99.0 −0.5
Informal votes 57 1.0 +0.5
Turnout 5,527 88.9 +9.0
Liberal hold Swing -13.4
1912 Queensland state election: Nundah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Bridges 2,301 65.1
Labor Robert McCormack 1,232 34.9
Total formal votes 3,533 99.5
Informal votes 17 0.5
Turnout 3,550 79.9
Liberal hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "1989 Result for Nundah". Queensland Election Archive. ABC Elections. Retrieved 23 August 2016.