QUEENSLAND LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 3 MAY 1947 ======================================================================================== SEATS IN ORDER OF STRENGTH FOR LABOR PARTY ======================================================================================== District Member Margin Swing ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LABOR PARTY SEATS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 CARPENTARIA Alfred J SMITH * 20.2 over independent 02 CHARTERS TOWERS Arthur JONES * 20.0 03 BARCOO Edward W DAVIS * 19.3 04 BREMER James DONALD * 19.3 05 TOWNSVILLE George KEYATTA * 17.8 06 MARYBOROUGH David J FARRELL * 16.1 07 FORTITUDE VALLEY Samuel J BRASSINGTON * 12.1 +01.6 08 IPSWICH Hon David A GLEDSON * 11.9 09 ROCKHAMPTON Hon James LARCOMBE * 11.1 -04.4 10 WYNNUM William M GUNN ) 10.1 +06.1 11 MACKAY Frederick D GRAHAM * 10.8 +02.8 12 MARANOA John R TAYLOR * 09.9 +03.7 13 TOOWOOMBA John E DUGGAN * 09.8 14 GREGORY George H DEVRIES * 09.6 15 BAROONA William J POWER * 08.8 +03.5 16 HERBERT Stephen THEODORE * 08.8 17 ITHACA Hon Edward M HANLON * 07.5 +02.6 18 BRISBANE John H MANN * 06.5 -01.9 19 WARREGO Harry O'SHEA * 05.8 -13.8 20 COOK Hon Harold H COLLINS * 05.5 -07.6 21 FITZROY James CLARK * 05.5 +04.1 22 THE TABLELAND Hon Henry A BRUCE * 05.5 -04.9 23 MERTHYR William M MOORE * 05.4 +00.7 24 NORMANBY Hon Thomas A FOLEY * 04.8 +00.2 25 CAIRNS Thomas M CROWLEY 04.4 26 BURANDA Edward J HANSON * 02.9 +01.6 27 CARNARVON Paul J R HILTON * 02.7 -03.9 28 KURILPA Patrick K COPLEY * 01.6 -01.9 29 PORT CURTIS James BURROWS + 01.6 -07.7 30 KENNEDY Cecil G JESSON * 01.3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Swing needed for CP-QPP majority 31 KEPPEL Walter C INGRAM * 01.0 -03.5 32 SOUTH BRISBANE Hon Vincent C GAIR * 01.0 -05.3 33 NUNDAH Frank E ROBERTS + 00.8 -00.8 34 KELVIN GROVE John A TURNER * 00.5 -02.0 35 GYMPIE Hon Thomas DUNSTAN * 00.4 -01.7 COUNTRY PARTY-QUEENLAND PEOPLE'S PARTY SEATS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 MAREE Louis W LUCKINS * (QPP) 00.6 +02.7 37 WARWICK Otto O MADSEN 01.7 -06.1 38 EAST TOOWOOMBA Gordon W W CHALK (QPP) 01.8 +05.7 39 COOROORA David A LOW + 01.9 over Barnes Lab 40 ENOGGERA Kenneth J MORRIS * (QPP) 07.5 -02.2 41 MIRANI Ernest EVANS 08.0 -15.6 42 WINDSOR Bruce PIE * (QPP) 08.1 -02.9 43 SANDGATE Eric P DECKER (QPP) * 08.3 +01.2 44 NANANGO Johannes BJELKE-PETERSEN + 08.8 over Barnes Lab 45 DALBY Charles W RUSSELL 09.1 -07.6 46 ALBERT Thomas F PLUNKETT * 09.5 -09.1 47 OXLEY Thomas C KERR * (QPP) 09.6 -02.4 48 LOGAN Thomas A D HILEY * (QPP) 10.7 -08.0 49 WIDE BAY Ernest H C CLAYTON * 07.1 -00.3 50 ISIS William A BRAND * 15.6 -08.5 51 STANLEY Duncan MacDONALD * 19.3 -05.1 52 TOOWONG Charles G WANSTALL * (QPP) 20.2 53 AUBIGNY W B James G SPARKES * 21.5 -02.8 54 FASSIFERN Adolf G MULLER * 21.6 -03.7 55 CUNNINGHAM Malcolm McINTYRE + 22.3 -05.1 56 HAMILTON Harold B TAYLOR + (QPP) 23.7 +01.5 57 MURRUMBA G Francis R NICKLIN * 25.9 58 WEST MORETON Edmund B MAHER * 31.1 -06.5 OTHER SEATS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59 BOWEN Frederick W PATERSON (Comm) * 04.4 over Labor 60 BULIMBA George H MARRIOTT * (Ind) 06.7 over QPP 61 BUNDABERG J Frank BARNES * (FBL) 03.7 over Labor 62 MUNDINGBURRA Thomas AIKENS (Ind) 01.1 over independent * Sitting member + New member in seat held by party