Electoral results for the district of Brisbane (Queensland)

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

Members for Brisbane

Member		Party	Term
	Mick Kirwan	Labor	1912–1932
	Robert Funnell	Labor	1932–1936
	Johnno Mann	Labor	1936–1969
	Brian Davis	Labor	1969–1974
	Harold Lowes	Liberal	1974–1977

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1974 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Davis	4,523	48.3	−6.7
	Liberal	Harold Lowes	4,454	47.6	+19.3
	Queensland Labor	Viliam Simek	387	4.1	−7.0
Total formal votes			9,364	97.5	+0.9
Informal votes			243	2.5	−0.9
Turnout			9,607	82.8	−7.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Harold Lowes	4,796	51.2	+10.9
	Labor	Brian Davis	4,568	48.8	−10.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+10.9

1972 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Davis	5,414	55.0	−1.2
	Liberal	Harold Lowes	2,785	28.3	−1.4
	Queensland Labor	Kenneth Walpole	1,088	11.1	−3.0
	Independent	Llewellyn Davies	549	5.7	+5.7
Total formal votes			9,836	96.6
Informal votes			342	3.4
Turnout			10,178	90.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Davis	5,873	59.7	0.0
	Liberal	Harold Lowes	3,963	40.3	0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	0.0

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Davis	4,162	56.2	+0.3
	Liberal	Neville Jackson	2,200	29.7	−2.8
	Queensland Labor	Patrick Hallinan	1,040	14.1	+2.5
Total formal votes			7,402	96.1	0.0
Informal votes			303	3.9	0.0
Turnout			7,705	84.7	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Davis	4,355	58.8	+0.8
	Liberal	Neville Jackson	3,047	41.2	−0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.8

1966 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mann	4,726	55.9	+0.8
	Liberal	Brian Cahill	2,749	32.5	−0.7
	Queensland Labor	John O'Connell	983	11.6	0.0
Total formal votes			8,458	96.1	−0.6
Informal votes			347	3.9	+0.6
Turnout			8,805	86.0	−3.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Mann	4,909	58.0	+0.7
	Liberal	Brian Cahill	3,549	42.0	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

1963 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mann	5,110	55.1	+3.5
	Liberal	James Rowan	3,081	33.2	+3.4
	Queensland Labor	Jack O'Connell	1,078	11.6	−6.9
Total formal votes			9,269	96.7	−1.4
Informal votes			318	3.3	+1.4
Turnout			9,587	89.6	+3.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Mann	5,311	57.3
	Liberal	James Rowan	3,958	42.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1960 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mann	5,511	51.6	+13.5
	Liberal	Jim Rowan	3,180	29.8	−1.4
	Queensland Labor	Lionel Orreal	1,979	18.5	−12.2
Total formal votes			10,670	98.1
Informal votes			201	1.9
Turnout			10,871	85.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.4

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mann	2,744	38.4	−21.6
	Queensland Labor	Daniel Casey	2,307	32.3	+32.3
	Liberal	Roger Moore	2,087	29.2	−5.8
Total formal votes			7,138	98.0	−0.2
Informal votes			146	2.0	+0.2
Turnout			7,284	90.8	+4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.8

1956 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mann	4,402	60.0	−15.2
	Liberal	Roger Moore	2,569	35.0	+35.0
	Independent	Peter Day	369	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			7,340	98.2
Informal votes			137	1.8
Turnout			7,477	86.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1953 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mann	6,239	75.2	+16.4
	Social Credit	Colin Nonmus	1,598	19.3	+19.3
	Communist	Laura Hansen	457	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			8,294	95.3	−3.4
Informal votes			407	4.7	+3.4
Turnout			8,701	89.5	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1950 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mann	5,942	58.8
	Liberal	John Herbert	4,159	41.2
Total formal votes			10,101	98.7
Informal votes			134	1.3
Turnout			10,235	89.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mann	4,457	51.0	−7.4
	People's Party	Maurice Mitchell	3,310	37.8	−3.8
	Independent Labor	Charles Coward	981	11.2	+11.2
Total formal votes			8,748	97.9	+0.3
Informal votes			185	2.1	−0.3
Turnout			8,933	86.9	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.0

1944 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mann	4,774	58.4	+1.0
	People's Party	George Regan	3,396	41.6	+7.1
Total formal votes			8,170	97.6	0.0
Informal votes			200	2.4	0.0
Turnout			8,370	85.4	−1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.0

1941 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mann	4,749	57.4	−8.6
	United Australia	Neville Fogerty	2,856	34.5	+0.5
	Communist	Claude Jones	670	8.1	+8.1
Total formal votes			8,275	97.6	−0.7
Informal votes			199	2.4	+0.7
Turnout			8,474	86.8	−1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.6

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mann	5,704	66.0	+1.6
	United Australia	Benjamin White	2,933	34.0	+34.0
Total formal votes			8,637	98.3	+1.1
Informal votes			146	1.7	−1.1
Turnout			8,637	88.2	+3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1936 Brisbane state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Johnno Mann	4,726	65.5	+1.1
	Independent	Edwyn Roper	1,720	23.8	+23.8
	Social Credit	Charles Martin	770	10.7	−2.4
Total formal votes			7,216	98.5	+1.3
Informal votes			113	1.5	−1.3
Turnout			7,329	74.2	−10.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1935 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Funnell	5,500	64.4
	Independent Labor	Henry Shea	1,918	22.5
	Social Credit	Charles Martin	1,118	13.1
Total formal votes			8,536	97.2
Informal votes			244	2.8
Turnout			8,780	84.3
	Labor hold		Swing

1932 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Funnell	5,479	59.9
	CPNP	George Mocatta	2,839	31.0
	Lang Labor	Herbert Carrigan	400	4.4
	Independent	Marion Steel	180	2.0
	Queensland Party	William Allen	172	1.9
Total formal votes			9,142	97.1
Informal votes			277	2.9
Turnout			9,419	87.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Kirwan	2,128	47.1	−12.7
	CPNP	Thomas Thatcher	2,080	46.0	+5.8
	Communist	John Miles	219	4.9	+4.9
	Independent	Fred O'Keefe	91	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			4,508	97.2	−1.2
Informal votes			138	2.8	+1.2
Turnout			4,646	81.5	+3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mick Kirwan	2,154	50.3	−9.5
	CPNP	Thomas Thatcher	2,126	49.7	+9.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.5

1926 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Kirwan	2,723	59.8	0.0
	CPNP	Fred O'Keefe	1,832	40.2	0.0
Total formal votes			4,555	98.4	−0.6
Informal votes			72	1.6	+0.6
Turnout			4,627	78.5	+4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	0.0

1923 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Kirwan	3,099	59.8	+5.8
	United	James Crawford	2,087	40.2	−5.8
Total formal votes			5,186	99.0	+0.5
Informal votes			53	1.0	−0.5
Turnout			5,239	74.0	+5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.8

1920 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Kirwan	2,971	54.0	−6.6
	National	Patrick Currie	2,531	46.0	+6.6
Total formal votes			5,502	98.5	+0.6
Informal votes			84	1.5	−0.6
Turnout			5,586	69.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.6

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Kirwan	3,273	60.6	−0.2
	National	Norman Warrall	2,126	39.4	+0.2
Total formal votes			5,399	97.9	+0.7
Informal votes			116	2.1	−0.7
Turnout			5,515	61.7	−20.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.2

1915 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Kirwan	2,529	60.8	+10.4
	Liberal	Charles Jenkinson	1,632	39.2	−10.4
Total formal votes			4,161	97.2	−1.7
Informal votes			118	2.8	+1.7
Turnout			4,279	82.4	+9.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.4

1912 Queensland state election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Kirwan	2,281	50.4
	Liberal	Edward Forrest	2,249	49.6
Total formal votes			4,530	98.9
Informal votes			51	1.1
Turnout			4,581	73.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

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