Electoral results for the district of Coorparoo

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

Members for Coorparoo

Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Hiley	Liberal	1950–1960

1957 Queensland state election: Coorparoo^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Hiley	8,543	70.6	+8.6
	Labor	Bernard Ouston	3,559	29.4	-8.6
Total formal votes			12,102	97.4	-1.5
Informal votes			318	2.6	+1.5
Turnout			12,420	95.1	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.6

1956 Queensland state election: Coorparoo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Hiley	7,476	62.0	+4.5
	Labor	Geoffrey Maher	4,588	38.0	-4.5
Total formal votes			12,064	98.9	-0.2
Informal votes			134	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			12,198	94.5	+0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.5

1953 Queensland state election: Coorparoo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Hiley	6,722	57.5	-5.5
	Labor	Gerald Maher	4,970	42.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			11,692	99.1	+0.1
Informal votes			110	0.9	-0.1
Turnout			11,802	94.0	+0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.5

1950 Queensland state election: Coorparoo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Hiley	6,899	63.0
	Labor	Erle Wettemeyer	4,047	37.0
Total formal votes			10,946	99.0
Informal votes			115	1.0
Turnout			11,061	93.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

↑ 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.

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