Electoral results for the district of Darlington (Queensland)

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

Members for Darlington

Member Party Term
  Tom Plunkett Country 1950–1957
  Leslie Harrison Country 1957–1960

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Darlington[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Leslie Harrison 6,589 60.1 −7.8
Labor Charles Knoll 2,227 20.3 −11.8
Independent Michael Smith 1,874 17.1 +17.1
Independent Henry Longfield 273 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 10,963 98.8 +0.1
Informal votes 128 1.2 −0.1
Turnout 11,091 93.9 +2.5
Country hold Swing +6.8
1956 Queensland state election: Darlington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Plunkett 6,823 67.9 +1.3
Labor Charles Knoll 3,223 32.1 −1.3
Total formal votes 10,046 98.7 +1.8
Informal votes 130 1.3 −1.8
Turnout 10,176 91.4 −1.9
Country hold Swing +1.3
1953 Queensland state election: Darlington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Plunkett 6,507 66.6 −33.4
Labor Charles Knoll 2,998 30.7 +30.7
Communist William Yarrow 270 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 9,775 96.9
Informal votes 314 3.1
Turnout 10,089 93.3
Country hold Swing N/A
1950 Queensland state election: Darlington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tom Plunkett unopposed
Country hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0708103014.
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