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Paterson obtained more votes than
Riordan. On 23 June 1936, with almost all primary votes allotted (120 primary votes remained to be counted at the time), Riordan stood at 2623 votes (36.2%), Smith 2294 votes (31.7%), Paterson 1755 votes (24.2%), Madden 449 votes (6.2%) and Morgan 116 votes (1.6%).
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This was the first election contested by the
Country Party in Queensland. The party announced that five parliamentarians would travel to Bowen to campaign for their candidate, Smith. The campaign of the party relied heavily on support from liberal newspapers, as well as face-to-face encounters with
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leader, Bowen Town
Council alderman and the brother of "Derby" Riordan. Other candidates in the fray were Wall (97 votes), Nolan (94 votes), Russell (93 votes), Wyper (51 votes), Kennedy (44 votes), Christensen (42 votes), Edwards (37 votes), Tabulo (33 votes), Kiterney (24 votes), Malcolm (23
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The final result was declared by Under
Secretary of Justice G. A. Carter on 6 July 1936. With the three minor candidates eliminated and their preference votes counted Riordan had 3658 votes (58.9%) and Smith had 2553 votes (41.1%).
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votes), Walsh (20 votes), Gralton (17 votes), Dixon (16 votes), O'Sullivan (16 votes), Hanley (2 votes) and O'Donoghue (0 votes). Several complaints were lodged regarding the plebiscite.
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Whilst
Riordan obtained absolute majority in the final count, the result for the communist candidate was impressive. Paterson managed to obtain 24.3% of the votes. In
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The selection of the Labor Party candidate had been hotly contested. A plebiscite was arranged. Riordan, the candidate winning the nomination with 189 votes, was an
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The candidates in the election were Ernest Joseph "Dick" Riordan from the Labor Party, John. P. Smith from the
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voters. One issue the party tried to raise in their campaign was the construction of
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member
Charlie Collins. Collins had been named as leader of the Labor Party in
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on 20 June 1936. The election was called following the death of the incumbent
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there were just a few dozen votes separating the two candidates. In
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56:and H.I. Madden from 'Farmers and Workers'.
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392:The People's Champion: Fred Paterson]
365:List of Queensland state by-elections
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16:A by-election was held in the
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482:. Tuesday 16 June 1936. p. 14
417:. Tuesday 23 June 1936. p. 14
438:. Tuesday 7 July 1936. p. 14
50:Communist Party of Australia
522:1936 elections in Australia
500:. Tuesday 2 June 1936. p. 2
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461:. Sunday 31 May 1936. p. 1
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479:Vital Issue at Bowen
54:Douglas Credit Party
527:1930s in Queensland
272:Two-party-preferred
227:Total formal votes
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414:Issue Beyond Doubt
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453:Sunday Mail
308:John Smith
209:Independent
148:John Smith
60:Labor Party
26:Labor Party
511:Categories
371:References
352:Proserpine
102:Candidate
36:Candidates
30:Queensland
165:Communist
48:from the
359:See also
20:seat of
304:Country
274:result
256:Turnout
144:Country
311:2,472
291:3,592
260:7,299
230:7,237
174:1,755
151:2,294
136:-16.4
130:2,623
105:Votes
99:Party
89:Result
333:Swing
324:Labor
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294:59.2
282:Labor
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154:31.7
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121:Labor
22:Bowen
327:hold
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