Electoral results for the district of Paddington (Queensland)
Paddington, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland, was created in 1912 and abolished in 1932.[1]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | John Fihelly | Labor | |
| 1915 | |||
| 1918 | |||
| 1920 | |||
| 1922 by | Alfred James Jones | Labor | |
| 1923 | |||
| 1926 | |||
| 1929 | |||
Election results[edit]
Elections in the 1920s[edit]
1929[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Alfred Jones | 3,581 | 71.6 | -1.5 | |
| Communist | Fred Paterson | 1,418 | 28.4 | +28.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 4,999 | 90.3 | -5.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 539 | 9.7 | +5.9 | ||
| Turnout | 5,538 | 75.4 | -2.0 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
1926[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Alfred Jones | 4,130 | 73.1 | +8.8 | |
| Independent | Grant Hervey | 1,522 | 26.9 | +26.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 5,652 | 96.2 | -3.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 226 | 3.8 | +3.3 | ||
| Turnout | 5,878 | 77.4 | -5.9 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
1923[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Alfred Jones | 3,750 | 64.3 | +2.7 | |
| United | George Tedman | 2,080 | 35.7 | -2.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 5,830 | 99.5 | +0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 28 | 0.5 | -0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 5,858 | 83.3 | +5.9 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | +2.7 | |||
1922 by-election[edit]
1922 Paddington state by-election
1920[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Fihelly | 3,717 | 61.6 | +0.7 | |
| National Labor | Norm McFadden | 2,317 | 38.4 | +38.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 6,034 | 99.0 | +0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 58 | 1.0 | -0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 6,092 | 77.4 | -2.3 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1910s[edit]
1918[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Fihelly | 3,554 | 60.9 | -7.5 | |
| Independent | John Adamson | 2,280 | 39.1 | +39.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 5,834 | 98.5 | +0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 87 | 1.5 | -0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 5,921 | 79.7 | -7.7 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
1915[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Fihelly | 3,269 | 68.4 | +10.8 | |
| Liberal | George Sweetman | 1,509 | 31.6 | -10.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 4,778 | 97.9 | -0.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 102 | 2.1 | +0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 4,880 | 87.4 | +2.8 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | +10.8 | |||
1912[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Alfred Jones | 3,581 | 71.6 | -1.5 | |
| Communist | Fred Paterson | 1,418 | 28.4 | +28.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 4,999 | 90.3 | -5.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 539 | 9.7 | +5.9 | ||
| Turnout | 5,538 | 75.4 | -2.0 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
References[edit]
- ^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.