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Electoral results for the district of Nash

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

Members for Nash

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Member Party Term
  Thomas Dunstan Labor 1950–1953
  Greg Kehoe Labor 1953–1957
  QLP 1957
  Max Hodges Country 1957–1960

Election results

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Elections in the 1950s

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1957 Queensland state election: Nash[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Max Hodges 4,331 41.5 -2.5
Queensland Labor Greg Kehoe 3,696 35.4 +35.4
Labor George Hooper 2,414 23.1 -32.9
Total formal votes 10,441 99.3 +0.3
Informal votes 78 0.7 −0.3
Turnout 10,519 96.8 +1.6
Country gain from Labor Swing N/A
1956 Queensland state election: Nash
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Greg Kehoe 5,751 56.0 -0.1
Country Max Hodges 4,516 44.0 +44.0
Total formal votes 10,267 99.0 −0.2
Informal votes 106 1.0 +0.2
Turnout 10,373 95.2 +1.0
Labor hold Swing -0.1
1953 Queensland state election: Nash
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Greg Kehoe 5,583 56.1 +6.0
Liberal Ronald Witham 4,373 43.9 -6.0
Total formal votes 9,956 99.2 −0.2
Informal votes 75 0.8 +0.2
Turnout 10,031 94.2 +0.1
Labor hold Swing +6.0
1950 Queensland state election: Nash
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Dunstan 4,584 50.1
Liberal Ronald Witham 4,559 49.9
Total formal votes 9,143 99.4
Informal votes 52 0.6
Turnout 9,195 94.1
Labor 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.