Paddington, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland, was created in 1912 and abolished in 1932.[1]

Election Member Party
1912   John Fihelly Labor
1915
1918
1920
1922 by   Alfred James Jones Labor
1923
1926
1929

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1920s[edit]

1929[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1929 Queensland state election § Paddington.[edit]
1929 Queensland state election: Paddington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Jones 3,581 71.6 -1.5
Communist Fred Paterson 1,418 28.4 +28.4
Total formal votes 4,999 90.3 -5.9
Informal votes 539 9.7 +5.9
Turnout 5,538 75.4 -2.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

1926[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1926 Queensland state election § Paddington.[edit]
1926 Queensland state election: Paddington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Jones 4,130 73.1 +8.8
Independent Grant Hervey 1,522 26.9 +26.9
Total formal votes 5,652 96.2 -3.3
Informal votes 226 3.8 +3.3
Turnout 5,878 77.4 -5.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

1923[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1923 Queensland state election § Paddington.[edit]
1923 Queensland state election: Paddington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Jones 3,750 64.3 +2.7
United George Tedman 2,080 35.7 -2.7
Total formal votes 5,830 99.5 +0.5
Informal votes 28 0.5 -0.5
Turnout 5,858 83.3 +5.9
Labor hold Swing +2.7

1922 by-election[edit]

1922 Paddington state by-election

1920[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 Queensland state election § Paddington.[edit]
1920 Queensland state election: Paddington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Fihelly 3,717 61.6 +0.7
National Labor Norm McFadden 2,317 38.4 +38.4
Total formal votes 6,034 99.0 +0.5
Informal votes 58 1.0 -0.5
Turnout 6,092 77.4 -2.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s[edit]

1918[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1918 Queensland state election § Paddington.[edit]
1918 Queensland state election: Paddington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Fihelly 3,554 60.9 -7.5
Independent John Adamson 2,280 39.1 +39.1
Total formal votes 5,834 98.5 +0.6
Informal votes 87 1.5 -0.6
Turnout 5,921 79.7 -7.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

1915[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1915 Queensland state election § Paddington.[edit]
1915 Queensland state election: Paddington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Fihelly 3,269 68.4 +10.8
Liberal George Sweetman 1,509 31.6 -10.8
Total formal votes 4,778 97.9 -0.9
Informal votes 102 2.1 +0.9
Turnout 4,880 87.4 +2.8
Labor hold Swing +10.8

1912[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1929 Queensland state election § Paddington.[edit]
1929 Queensland state election: Paddington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Jones 3,581 71.6 -1.5
Communist Fred Paterson 1,418 28.4 +28.4
Total formal votes 4,999 90.3 -5.9
Informal votes 539 9.7 +5.9
Turnout 5,538 75.4 -2.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.