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

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

Elections in the 1950s

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

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

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

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

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

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