Electoral results for the district of Barcoo

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

Members for Barcoo
MemberPartyTerm
  Frank Reid Murphy 1885–1892
  Tommy Ryan Labour 1892–1893
  George Kerr Ministerialist 1893–1909
  T. J. Ryan Labor 1909–1919
  Frank Bulcock Labor 1919–1942
  Ned Davis Labor 1943–1961
  Eugene O'Donnell Labor 1961–1972

Election results

Elections in the 1960s
1969 Queensland state election: Barcoo[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eugene O'Donnell 4,593 57.5 -1.5
Country Harold Braun 2,980 37.3 +2.2
Queensland Labor Edwin Eshmann 419 5.2 -0.7
Total formal votes 7,911 99.0 +0.4
Informal votes 81 1.0 -0.4
Turnout 7,992 91.2 -1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Eugene O'Donnell 4,671 58.4 -1.7
Country Harold Braun 3,321 41.6 +1.7
Labor hold Swing-1.7
1966 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eugene O'Donnell 4,575 59.0 -5.2
Country Michael Cronin 2,721 35.1 -0.7
Queensland Labor Edward Eshmann 457 5.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 7,693 98.6 -0.3
Informal votes 166 1.4 +0.3
Turnout 7,859 92.2 -0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Eugene O'Donnell 4,660 60.1 -4.1
Country Michael Cronin 3,093 39.9 +4.1
Labor hold Swing-4.1
1963 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eugene O'Donnell 5,142 64.2 +17.4
Country Gordon Vandersee 2,868 35.8 -0.3
Total formal votes 8,010 98.9 -0.4
Informal votes 87 1.1 +0.4
Turnout 8,097 93.1 +1.3
Labor hold SwingN/A
1961 Barcoo state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eugene O'Donnell 4,355 60.7 +13.9
Queensland Labor Gordon Vandersee 2,819 39.3 +22.3
Total formal votes 7,174 99.6 +0.3
Informal votes 26 0.4 -0.3
Turnout 7,200 84.4 -7.4
Labor hold SwingN/A
1960 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Davis 3,676 46.8
Country Fred Gowland 2,835 36.1
Queensland Labor Tom Foley 1,337 17.0
Total formal votes 7,848 99.3
Informal votes 52 0.7
Turnout 7,900 91.8
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s
1957 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Davis 1,971 40.8 -26.8
Queensland Labor Stanley Barry 1,443 29.9 +29.9
Country Raymond Paynter 1,419 29.4 -3.0
Total formal votes 4,833 99.4 +0.6
Informal votes 31 0.6 -0.6
Turnout 4,864 91.3 +3.9
Labor hold Swing-9.8
1956 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Davis 3,008 67.6 -32.4
Country Wally Rae 1,444 32.4 +32.4
Total formal votes 4,452 98.8
Informal votes 55 1.2
Turnout 4,507 87.4
Labor hold SwingN/A
1953 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Davis unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1950 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Davis 2,828 68.5
Country Arthur Chresby 1,300 31.5
Total formal votes 4,128 99.1
Informal votes 38 0.9
Turnout 4,166 88.6
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s
1947 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Davis 4,137 66.7 -33.3
People's Party James Keehan 1,740 28.1 +28.1
Frank Barnes Labor Reginald Parnell 323 5.2 +5.2
Total formal votes 6,200 97.9
Informal votes 134 2.1
Turnout 6,334 88.8
Labor hold SwingN/A
1944 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Davis unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1943 Barcoo state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Davis 3,686 67.6 -12.0
Independent Labor J. Howe 1,062 19.5 +19.5
Independent O.P.J. O'Beirne 704 12.9 +12.9
Total formal votes 5,452 98.7 +1.6
Informal votes 70 1.3 -1.6
Turnout 5,522
Labor hold SwingN/A
1941 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Bulcock 4,809 79.6 -20.4
Country Robert McGeoch 1,229 20.4 +20.4
Total formal votes 6,038 97.1
Informal votes 181 2.9
Turnout 6,219 80.2
Labor hold SwingN/A

Elections in the 1930s
1938 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Bulcock unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1935 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Bulcock unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1932 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Bulcock unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s
1929 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Bulcock unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1926 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Bulcock unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1923 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Bulcock unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1920 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Bulcock 2,628 70.4 -3.4
Northern Country James Cullen 1,105 29.6 +29.6
Total formal votes 3,733 99.0 +0.2
Informal votes 37 1.0 -0.2
Turnout 3,770 71.5 -1.6
Labor hold Swing-3.4

Elections in the 1910s
1919 Barcoo state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Bulcock 1,632 74.7 +0.9
Primary Producers John Boland 552 25.3 +25.3
Total formal votes 2,184 98.8 0.0
Informal votes 26 1.2 0.0
Turnout 2,210
Labor hold Swing+0.9
1918 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor T. J. Ryan 2,548 73.8 -3.6
National Henry Buchanan 907 26.2 +3.6
Total formal votes 3,455 98.8 +1.5
Informal votes 43 1.2 -1.5
Turnout 3,498 73.1 +0.8
Labor hold Swing-3.6
1915 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor T.J. Ryan 1,962 77.4 +5.1
Liberal Charles Webster 573 22.6 -5.1
Total formal votes 2,535 97.3 -1.1
Informal votes 69 2.7 +1.1
Turnout 2,604 72.3 +7.0
Labor hold Swing+5.1
1912 Queensland state election: Barcoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor T.J. Ryan 1,649 72.3
Liberal Albert Catchlove 633 27.7
Total formal votes 2,282 98.4
Informal votes 38 1.6
Turnout 2,320 65.3
Labor hold Swing

References
  1. Hughes, Colin A. (1977). 1965-1974 Election Results. Canberra: Australian Nat. Univ. Pr. ISBN 0708113400.
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