QUEENSLAND LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 15 APRIL 1944 ======================================================================================== SEATS IN ORDER OF STRENGTH FOR LABOR PARTY ======================================================================================== District Member Margin Swing ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LABOR PARTY SEATS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 BARCOO Edward W DAVIS * Unopposed 02 BREMER Hon Frank A COOPER * Unopposed 03 GREGORY George H DEVRIES * Unopposed 04 IPSWICH Hon David A GLEDSON * Unopposed 05 MARYBOROUGH David J FARRELL * Unopposed 06 TOOWOOMBA John E DUGGAN * Unopposed 07 TOWNSVILLE George KEYATTA * 21.0 over independent 08 WARREGO Harry O'SHEA * 19.6 09 ROCKHAMPTON Hon James LARCOMBE * 15.5 10 CHARTERS TOWERS Arthur JONES * 14.5 over independent 11 COOK Harold H COLLINS * 13.1 +06.1 12 KENNEDY Cecil G JESSON * 12.3 over Communist 13 CARPENTARIA Alfred J SMITH * 11.0 over independent 14 FORTITUDE VALLEY Samuel J BRASSINGTON * 10.5 +04.0 15 THE TABLELAND Hon Henry A BRUCE * 10.4 -02.8 16 PORT CURTIS Thomas L WILLIAMS * 09.3 -05.0 17 BRISBANE John H MANN * 08.4 -03.1 18 MACKAY Frederick D GRAHAM * 08.0 19 MIRANI Hon Edward J WALSH * 07.6 -01.3 20 HERBERT Stephen THEODORE * 07.0 over Communist 21 CARNARVON Paul J R HILTON * 06.6 22 SOUTH BRISBANE Hon Vincent C GAIR * 06.3 -00.3 23 MARANOA John R TAYLOR + 06.2 -03.0 24 BAROONA William J POWER * 05.3 -04.6 25 ITHACA Hon Edward M HANLON * 04.9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Swing needed for CP-QPP majority 26 WYNNUM William M GUNN 04.8 +10.2 27 MERTHYR William M MOORE * 04.7 -03.5 28 NORMANBY Hon Thomas A FOLEY * 04.6 29 KEPPEL Walter C INGRAM 04.5 +11.8 30 WARWICK John J O'C HEALY * 04.4 -00.6 31 KURILPA Patrick K COPLEY * 03.5 +02.6 32 KELVIN GROVE John A TURNER * 02.5 33 GYMPIE Hon Thomas DUNSTAN * 02.1 -02.1 34 NUNDAH John V HAYES * 01.6 -01.7 35 DALBY Aubrey R SLESSAR * 01.5 -04.5 36 FITZROY James CLARK * 01.4 37 BURANDA Edward J HANSON * 00.7 -06.2 COUNTRY PARTY-QUEENLAND PEOPLE'S PARTY SEATS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38 LOGAN Thomas A D HILEY (QPP) 02.7 -07.7 39 MAREE Louis W LUCKINS * (QPP) 03.3 -03.1 40 WINDSOR Bruce PIE (QPP) 05.2 41 ENOGGERA Kenneth J MORRIS (QPP) 06.3 42 NANANGO James B EDWARDS * 07.0 -01.5 43 WIDE BAY Ernest H C CLAYTON * 07.1 -00.3 44 OXLEY Thomas C KERR * (QPP) 07.2 +04.4 45 EAST TOOWOOMBA Herbert YEATES * 07.5 -03.3 46 ALBERT Thomas F PLUNKETT * 09.5 +02.9 47 SANDGATE Eric P DECKER (QPP) * 09.5 -05.0 48 COOROORA Hon Harry F WALKER * 12.5 49 STANLEY Duncan MacDONALD * 14.2 -04.5 50 ISIS William A BRAND * 14.5 -05.4 51 TOOWONG Charles G WANSTALL + (QPP) 16.9 over independent 52 CUNNINGHAM Malcolm McINTYRE + 17.2 53 FASSIFERN Adolf G MULLER * 17.9 -03.2 54 AUBIGNY W B James G SPARKES * 18.7 -05.0 55 WEST MORETON Edmund B MAHER * 24.6 -09.4 56 HAMILTON John B CHANDLER * (QPP) 25.2 57 MURRUMBA G Francis R NICKLIN * Unopposed OTHER SEATS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 58 BOWEN Frederick W PATERSON (Comm) 02.9 over Labor 59 BUNDABERG J Frank BARNES * (Ind) 03.3 over Labor 60 BULIMBA George H MARRIOTT * (Ind) 04.1 over QPP 61 CAIRNS Louis J BARNES * (Ind) 15.7 over Labor 62 MUNDINGBURRA Thomas AIKENS (Ind) 03.6 over Labor * Sitting member + New member in seat held by party