Electoral results for the district of Bremer

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

Members for Bremer

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First incarnation (1873–1878)
Member Party Term
  John Malbon Thompson Unaligned 1873–1878
Second incarnation (1912–1960)
  James Clarke Cribb Liberal 1912–1915
  Frank Cooper Labor 1915–1946
  Jim Donald Labor 1946–1960

Election results

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Elections in the 1950s

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1957 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Donald 6,692 59.7 −13.0
Liberal George Groth 2,938 26.2 −1.1
Queensland Labor Frank Corbutt 1,580 14.1 +14.1
Total formal votes 11,210 98.8 +0.2
Informal votes 132 1.2 −0.2
Turnout 11,342 95.9 +1.6
Labor hold Swing -3.2
1956 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Donald 7,826 72.7 −27.3
Liberal George Groth 2,938 27.3 +27.3
Total formal votes 10,764 98.6
Informal votes 149 1.4
Turnout 10,913 94.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
1953 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Donald unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1950 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Donald 6,100 65.8
Liberal Alan Chambers 3,170 34.2
Total formal votes 9,270 99.3
Informal votes 63 0.7
Turnout 9,333 95.6
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Donald 6,715 69.3 −30.7
People's Party Henry Davidson 2,974 30.7 +30.7
Total formal votes 9,689 98.8
Informal votes 116 1.2
Turnout 9,805 91.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
1946 Bremer state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Donald 5,908 63.1 −36.9
People's Party Harold Shapcott 3,461 36.9 +36.9
Total formal votes 9,376 99.4
Informal votes 50 0.6
Turnout 9,426 87.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
1944 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Cooper unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1941 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Cooper 7,141 83.5 +0.1
Communist Geordie Burns 1,411 16.5 −0.1
Total formal votes 8,552 97.2 +0.3
Informal votes 249 2.8 −0.3
Turnout 8,801 94.0 −1.0
Labor hold Swing +0.1

Elections in the 1930s

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1938 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Cooper 7,099 83.4 −4.1
Communist Geordie Burns 1,414 16.6 +4.1
Total formal votes 8,513 96.9 −0.5
Informal votes 276 3.1 +0.5
Turnout 8,789 95.0 +0.4
Labor hold Swing -4.1
1935 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Cooper 7,166 87.5
Communist Geordie Burns 1,026 12.5
Total formal votes 8,192 97.4
Informal votes 220 2.6
Turnout 8,412 94.6
Labor hold Swing
1932 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Cooper unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Cooper 3,080 51.2 −15.0
CPNP Thomas Mitchell 2,933 48.8 +15.0
Total formal votes 6,082 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 69 1.1 0.0
Turnout 6,082 92.5 −1.9
Labor hold Swing -15.0
1926 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Cooper 3,888 66.2 +10.6
CPNP Kenneth McGill 1,988 33.8 −9.7
Total formal votes 5,876 98.9 +0.4
Informal votes 68 1.1 −0.4
Turnout 5,944 94.4 +1.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
1923 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Cooper 3,086 55.6 −5.9
United Andrew Wright 2,417 43.5 +8.7
Independent John Budd 51 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 5,554 98.5 −0.2
Informal votes 86 1.5 +0.2
Turnout 5,640 92.6 +0.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
1920 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Cooper 3,667 61.5 −4.5
National Alfred Stephenson 2,078 34.8 +0.8
Industrialist Albert Welsby 222 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 5,967 98.7 −0.1
Informal votes 79 1.3 +0.1
Turnout 6,046 92.4 +3.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

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1918 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Cooper 3,678 66.0 +4.5
National E. Maurice Little 1,897 34.0 −4.5
Total formal votes 5,575 98.8 −0.1
Informal votes 65 1.2 +0.1
Turnout 5,640 89.3 −4.7
Labor hold Swing +4.5
1915 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Cooper 3,157 61.5 +11.7
Liberal Felix Barbat 1,974 38.5 −11.7
Total formal votes 5,131 98.9 −0.1
Informal votes 55 1.1 +0.1
Turnout 5,186 94.0 +12.4
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +11.7
1912 Queensland state election: Bremer
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Cribb 1,860 50.2
Labor William Hefferan 1,844 49.8
Total formal votes 3,704 99.0
Informal votes 36 1.0
Turnout 3,740 81.6
Liberal hold Swing

References

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