QUEENSLAND LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 29 APRIL 1950 ======================================================================================== SEATS IN ORDER OF STRENGTH FOR LABOR PARTY ======================================================================================== This election was fought on new boundaries, so no swings are shown. District Member Margin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LABOR PARTY SEATS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 BARCOO Edward W DAVIS * 18.5 02 BREMER James DONALD * 15.8 03 BAROONA Hon William J POWER * 12.8 04 CARPENTARIA Alfred J SMITH * 15.7 05 MARYBOROUGH David J FARRELL * 15.4 06 WARREGO Harry O'SHEA * 15.0 07 IPSWICH Ivor MARSDEN * 14.0 08 FITZROY James CLARK * 11.9 09 CHARTERS TOWERS Hon Arthur JONES * 11.4 10 WYNNUM William M GUNN * 11.0 11 ITHACA Hon Edward M HANLON * 10.7 12 FORTITUDE VALLEY Samuel J BRASSINGTON * 09.2 13 CAIRNS Thomas M CROWLEY * 09.1 14 BELYANDO Hon Thomas A FOLEY * 08.9 15 BRISBANE John H MANN * 08.8 16 PORT CURTIS James BURROWS * 07.8 17 HAUGHTON Colin G McCATHIE + 07.7 18 BUNDABERG Hon Edward J WALSH 07.5 over Barnes Lab 19 KURILPA Thomas MOORES * 07.4 20 TABLELANDS Hon Harold H COLLINS * 06.9 21 TOWNSVILLE George KEYATTA * 06.6 22 SOUTH BRISBANE Hon Vincent C GAIR * 06.5 23 KELVIN GROVE John A TURNER * 06.2 24 KEPPEL Walter C INGRAM * 06.1 25 HINCHINBROOK Cecil G JESSON * 05.8 26 TOOWOOMBA Hon John E DUGGAN * 05.7 27 MERTHYR Hon William M MOORE * 05.6 28 MACKAY Frederick D GRAHAM * 05.0 29 NORTH TOOWOOMBA Leslie A WOOD + 04.4 30 BALONNE John R TAYLOR * 03.9 31 FLINDERS Ernest J RIORDAN + 03.7 32 GREGORY Hon George H DEVRIES * 03.6 33 MOUNT GRAVATT Dr Felix C S DITTMER + 03.2 34 BURANDA Richard K BROWN * 03.0 35 MOURILYAN Peter BYRNE + 02.5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Swing needed for CP-Lib majority 36 NUNDAH Frank E ROBERTS * 02.3 37 MACKENZIE Patrick J WHYTE + 01.3 38 ROCKHAMPTON Hon James LARCOMBE * 01.3 39 CARNARVON Paul J R HILTON * 00.8 40 BULIMBA Robert J GARDNER 00.2 41 NASH Hon Thomas DUNSTAN * 00.1 42 WINDSOR Thomas W RASEY 00.1 COUNTRY PARTY-LIBERAL PARTY SEATS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43 COOK Carlisle F WORDSWORTH 00.8 44 NORMAN Louis W LUCKINS * (Lib) 01.2 45 KEDRON Bruce PIE * (Lib) 02.1 46 MULGRAVE Robert H WATSON 02.4 47 ROMA William M EWAN 03.3 48 SANDGATE Eric P DECKER (Lib) 04.0 49 WHITSUNDAY Lloyd H S ROBERTS 04.5 50 SOMERSET Duncan MacDONALD * 07.8 51 SHERWOOD Thomas C KERR * (Lib) 08.4 52 CHERMSIDE Alexander T DEWAR + (Lib) 10.1 53 MOUNT COOT-THA Kenneth J MORRIS * (Lib) 10.1 54 SOUTHPORT Eric J GAVEN + 10.1 55 YERONGA Dr H Winston NOBLE * (Lib) 11.6 56 ISIS Jack C A PIZZEY + 11.9 57 CONDAMINE Frederic J ALLPASS + 12.1 58 COORPAROO Thomas A D HILEY * (Lib) 13.0 59 MIRANI Ernest EVANS * 13.0 60 MURRUMBA David E NICHOLSON + 15.1 61 CALLIDE Vincent E JONES + 15.8 62 TOOWONG Alan W MUNRO + (Lib) 17.0 63 WARWICK Otto O MADSEN * 18.4 64 LOCKYER Gordon W W CHALK (Lib) 19.0 65 MARODIAN James A HEADING * 19.8 66 COOROORA David A LOW * 22.6 67 CLAYFIELD Harold B TAYLOR * (Lib) 24.6 68 BARAMBAH Johannes BJELKE-PETERSEN * 25.2 69 FASSIFERN Adolf G MULLER * 26.2 70 AUBIGNY W B James G SPARKES * 26.5 71 CUNNINGHAM Malcolm McINTYRE * Unopposed 72 DARLINGTON Thomas F PLUNKETT * Unopposed 73 LANDSBOROUGH G Francis R NICKLIN * Unopposed OTHER SEATS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 74 BURDEKIN Arthur COBURN (Ind) 04.3 over Labor 75 MUNDINGBURRA Thomas AIKENS (NQLP) 04.4 over Liberal * Sitting member + New member in seat held by party