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Electoral results for the district of Coorparoo

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

Members for Coorparoo

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Member Party Term
  Thomas Hiley Liberal 1950–1960

Election results

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Elections in the 1950s

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1957 Queensland state election: Coorparoo[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Hiley 8,543 70.6 +8.6
Labor Bernard Ouston 3,559 29.4 -8.6
Total formal votes 12,102 97.4 −1.5
Informal votes 318 2.6 +1.5
Turnout 12,420 95.1 +0.6
Liberal hold Swing +8.6
1956 Queensland state election: Coorparoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Hiley 7,476 62.0 +4.5
Labor Geoffrey Maher 4,588 38.0 -4.5
Total formal votes 12,064 98.9 −0.2
Informal votes 134 1.1 +0.2
Turnout 12,198 94.5 +0.5
Liberal hold Swing +4.5
1953 Queensland state election: Coorparoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Hiley 6,722 57.5 -5.5
Labor Gerald Maher 4,970 42.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 11,692 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 110 0.9 −0.1
Turnout 11,802 94.0 +0.7
Liberal hold Swing -5.5
1950 Queensland state election: Coorparoo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Hiley 6,899 63.0
Labor Erle Wettemeyer 4,047 37.0
Total formal votes 10,946 99.0
Informal votes 115 1.0
Turnout 11,061 93.3
Liberal hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1974). Voting for the Queensland legislative assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0708103014.