Electoral results for the district of Burrum

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

Members for Burrum

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

MemberPartyTerm
 Charles PowersOpposition1888–1893
 Nicholas ToothMinisterial1893–1902
 George MartinLabor1902–1905
 Colin RankinMinisterial1905–1918
 Liberal
 Albert WhitfordLabor1918–1920
 William BrandCountry1920–1932
 CPNP

Election results

Elections in the 1920s
1929 Queensland state election: Burrum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP William Brand 3,754 60.2 +5.2
Labor Timothy Hanley 2,479 39.8 -5.2
Total formal votes 6,233 99.4 +0.5
Informal votes 38 0.6 -0.5
Turnout 6,271 92.3 +2.4
CPNP hold Swing+5.2
1926 Queensland state election: Burrum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP William Brand 3,311 55.0 +4.4
Labor John Laurison 2,713 45.0 -4.4
Total formal votes 6,024 98.9 -0.4
Informal votes 65 1.1 +0.4
Turnout 6,089 89.9 +6.1
CPNP hold Swing+4.4
1923 Queensland state election: Burrum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Brand 2,860 50.6 -7.1
Labor Montague Parker 2,796 49.4 +7.1
Total formal votes 5,656 99.3 -0.2
Informal votes 37 0.7 +0.2
Turnout 5,693 83.8 +0.6
Country hold Swing-7.1
1920 Queensland state election: Burrum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Brand 2,252 57.7 +57.7
Labor Albert Whitford 1,652 42.3 -9.3
Total formal votes 3,904 99.5 +1.9
Informal votes 20 0.5 -1.9
Turnout 3,924 83.2 -0.8
Country gain from Labor SwingN/A

Elections in the 1910s
1918 Queensland state election: Burrum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Albert Whitford 2,060 51.6 +5.0
National Colin Rankin 1,936 48.4 -5.0
Total formal votes 3,996 97.6 -1.2
Informal votes 100 2.4 +1.2
Turnout 4,096 84.0 -6.4
Labor gain from National Swing+5.0
1915 Queensland state election: Burrum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Colin Rankin 1,993 53.4 -5.0
Labor Albert Whitford 1,741 46.6 +5.0
Total formal votes 3,734 98.8 -0.3
Informal votes 46 1.2 +0.3
Turnout 3,780 90.4 +19.1
Liberal hold Swing-5.0
1912 Queensland state election: Burrum
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Colin Rankin 1,623 58.4
Labor Albert Whitford 1,157 41.6
Total formal votes 2,780 99.1
Informal votes 26 0.9
Turnout 2,806 71.3
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.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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