Electoral results for the district of Belmont (Queensland)

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

Members for Belmont

Member		Party	Term
	Fred Newton	Labor	1960–1974
	David Byrne	Liberal	1974–1977

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

Queensland state election, 1974: Belmont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	David Byrne	6,974	53.6	+25.5
	Labor	Fred Newton	6,044	46.4	-17.5
Total formal votes			13,018	98.6	+0.1
Informal votes			183	1.4	-0.1
Turnout			13,201	90.7	-3.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+18.5

Queensland state election, 1972: Belmont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Fred Newton	7,350	63.9	+6.4
	Liberal	Maurice Hughes	3,229	28.1	-6.3
	Democratic Labor	Thomas Connor	924	8.0	+0.9
Total formal votes			11,503	98.5
Informal votes			169	1.5
Turnout			11,672	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Newton	7,463	64.9	+3.8
	Liberal	Maurice Hughes	4,040	35.1	-3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

Elections in the 1960s

Queensland state election, 1969: Belmont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Fred Newton	10,399	57.5	-0.5
	Liberal	Cyril Morgan	6,405	34.4	-1.4
	Democratic Labor	John Taylor	1,285	7.1	+0.9
Total formal votes			18,089	98.0	-0.2
Informal votes			364	2.0	+0.2
Turnout			18,453	93.3	-0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Newton	10,638	58.8	-1.3
	Liberal	Cyril Morgan	7,451	41.2	+1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.3

Queensland state election, 1966: Belmont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Fred Newton	8,898	58.0	-1.3
	Liberal	Oswald Brunner	5,494	35.8	+1.1
	Democratic Labor	John Taylor	951	6.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			15,343	98.2	+0.1
Informal votes			280	1.8	-0.1
Turnout			15,623	94.1	-1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Newton	9,075	60.1	+0.3
	Liberal	Oswald Brunner	6,268	39.9	-0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.3

Queensland state election, 1963: Belmont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Fred Newton	7,846	59.3	+4.6
	Liberal	Cecil Schuurs	4,593	34.7	+0.2
	Democratic Labor	John Taylor	790	6.0	-4.8
Total formal votes			13,229	98.1	-0.3
Informal votes			253	1.9	+0.3
Turnout			13,482	95.1	+2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Newton	7,993	60.4
	Liberal	Cecil Schuurs	5,236	39.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1960: Belmont

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Fred Newton	6,120	54.7	+9.1
	Liberal	Bill Hewitt	3,869	34.5	-1.6
	Queensland Labor	Jean Reville	1,209	10.8	-5.0
Total formal votes			11,198	98.4
Informal votes			180	1.6
Turnout			11,378	92.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.5

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