Electoral results for the district of Hawthorne

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

Members for Hawthorne

Member		Party	Term
	Bill Baxter	Labor	1960–1966
		Independent	1966
	Bill Kaus	Liberal	1966–1972

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Hawthorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernest Adsett	5,020	48.9	+8.4
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	4,408	42.9	+5.6
	Queensland Labor	James Moss	848	8.3	+0.8
Total formal votes			10,276	98.3	−0.1
Informal votes			178	1.7	+0.1
Turnout			10,454	92.4	−1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	5,140	50.02	−2.5
	Labor	Ernest Adsett	5,136	49.98	+2.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.5

1966 Queensland state election: Hawthorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Burton	4,263	40.5	−10.9
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	3,929	37.3	−2.8
	Independent	Bill Baxter	1,546	14.7	+14.7
	Queensland Labor	Greg Kehoe	789	7.5	−1.0
Total formal votes			10,527	98.4	−0.2
Informal votes			167	1.6	+0.2
Turnout			10,694	94.1	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	5,524	52.5	+5.5
	Labor	Thomas Burton	5,003	47.5	−5.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.5

1963 Queensland state election: Hawthorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Baxter	5,389	51.4	0.0
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	4,203	40.1	+3.3
	Queensland Labor	Rogers Judge	890	8.5	−3.3
Total formal votes			10,482	98.6	−0.2
Informal votes			150	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			10,632	95.4	+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Baxter	5,555	53.0
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	4,927	47.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1960 Queensland state election: Hawthorne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Baxter	5,428	51.4
	Liberal	Clive Harburg	3,882	36.8
	Queensland Labor	Greg Kehoe	1,245	11.8
Total formal votes			10,555	98.8
Informal votes			123	1.2
Turnout			10,678	93.9
	Labor win		(new seat)