Electoral results for the district of Drayton

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

Members for Drayton

This section is an excerpt from Electoral district of Drayton § Members.[edit]

The following people were elected in the seat of Drayton:[1]

Member Party Term
  William Bebbington Ministerial 27 Apr 1912 – 12 May 1923
  Farmers' Union
  Country

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 Queensland state election § Drayton.[edit]
1920 Queensland state election: Drayton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Bebbington 2,449 59.8 +59.8
Labor Lister Hopkins 1,648 40.2 −7.1
Total formal votes 4,097 99.2 +0.1
Informal votes 34 0.8 −0.1
Turnout 4,131 86.3 +2.1
Country gain from National Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1918 Queensland state election § Drayton.[edit]
1918 Queensland state election: Drayton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National William Bebbington 2,164 52.7 +52.7
Labor Michael Alke 1,940 47.3 +13.2
Total formal votes 4,104 99.1 +1.2
Informal votes 37 0.9 −1.2
Turnout 4,141 84.2 −3.4
National gain from Farmers' Union Swing N/A
  • Sitting member William Bebbington was elected at the previous election as a Farmers Union candidate. He joined the National QLD 1917 party before this election.
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1915 Queensland state election § Drayton.[edit]
1915 Queensland state election: Drayton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farmers' Union William Bebbington 2,473 65.9 +65.9
Labor Jacob Donges 1,278 34.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 3,751 97.9 −0.9
Informal votes 82 2.1 +0.9
Turnout 3,833 87.6 +11.8
Farmers' Union gain from Liberal Swing N/A
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1912 Queensland state election § Drayton.[edit]
1912 Queensland state election: Drayton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Bebbington 1,962 62.2
Labor James Desmond 1,040 33.0
Independent William Binns 151 4.8
Total formal votes 3,153 98.8
Informal votes 38 1.2
Turnout 3,191 75.8
Liberal hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.


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