Electoral results for the district of Kennedy

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

	Party	Term
George Elphinstone Dalrymple	none	18 Mar 1865 – 19 Jul 1867
Thomas Henry FitzGerald	none	19 Jul 1867 – 11 June 1869
John Bright	none	10 July 1869 – 8 Jul 1870
Edward MacDevitt	none	15 Sep 1870 – 18 Nov 1873
John Murtagh Macrossan	none	25 Nov 1873 – 28 Nov 1878	Member 2 (1878–1888)		Party
Henry Wyndham Palmer	none	28 Nov 1878 – 5 Oct 1883		Francis Horace Stubley	none
Isidor Lissner	Ministerial	5 Oct 1883 – 12 May 1888		Sir Arthur Rutledge	Ministerial
Isidor Lissner	Ministerial	12 May 1888 – 13 May 1893
George Jackson	Labor	13 May 1893 – 2 Oct 1909
James O'Sullivan	Labor	2 Oct 1909 – 9 Oct 1920
John Jones	Northern Country	9 Oct 1920 – 12 May 1923
Harry Bruce	Labor	12 May 1923 – 11 June 1932
Arthur Fadden	CPNP	11 June 1932 – 11 May 1935
Cecil Jesson	Labor	11 May 1935 – 29 Apr 1950

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	4,331	44.8	−5.9
	People's Party	Robert Johnston	4,079	42.2	+19.1
	Communist	John Clubley	1,264	13.1	−13.1
Total formal votes			9,674	98.2	+0.3
Informal votes			178	1.8	−0.3
Turnout			9,852	85.7	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	4,297	50.7	−7.0
	Communist	John Clubley	2,220	26.2	+15.3
	People's Party	Aubrey Jurd	1,954	23.1	+23.1
Total formal votes			8,471	97.9	−0.3
Informal votes			180	2.1	+0.3
Turnout			8,651	82.3	−6.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	5,210	57.7	−6.1
	Country	Aubrey Jurd	2,833	31.4	−4.8
	Communist	Florence Milburn	980	10.9	+10.9
Total formal votes			9,023	98.2	+0.3
Informal votes			161	1.8	−0.3
Turnout			9,184	88.4	−1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	5,492	63.8	−0.1
	Country	James Kennedy	3,120	36.2	+0.1
Total formal votes			8,612	97.9	+1.1
Informal votes			183	2.1	−1.1
Turnout			8,795	90.1	−1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.1

Election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Cecil Jesson	5,160	63.9
	CPNP	John Jackson	2,920	36.1
Total formal votes			8,080	96.8
Informal votes			267	3.2
Turnout			8,347	91.5
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPNP	Arthur Fadden	3,747	50.6
	Labor	Patrick Hayes	3,653	49.4
Total formal votes			7,400	98.4
Informal votes			119	1.6
Turnout			7,519	92.2
	CPNP gain from Labor		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Bruce	3,122	50.2	−1.2
	CPNP	William Green	2,694	43.3	−5.3
	Primary Producers	John Young	405	6.5	+6.5
Total formal votes			6,221	98.8	+0.4
Informal votes			75	1.2	−0.4
Turnout			6,296	89.9	+4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Bruce	2,757	51.4	+3.4
	United	John Clegg	2,612	48.6	−3.4
Total formal votes			5,369	98.4	+0.2
Informal votes			88	1.6	−0.2
Turnout			5,457	85.0	+8.5
	Labor gain from United		Swing	+3.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Northern Country	John Jones	1,102	52.0	+52.0
	Labor	James O'Sullivan	1,016	48.0	−13.1
Total formal votes			2,118	98.2	+0.1
Informal votes			38	1.8	−0.1
Turnout			2,156	76.5	0.0
	Northern Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James O'Sullivan	1,328	61.1	−6.7
	National	Andrew Taylor	846	38.9	+6.7
Total formal votes			2,174	98.1	+1.2
Informal votes			42	1.9	−1.2
Turnout			2,216	76.5	−14.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James O'Sullivan	1,594	67.8	+10.3
	Liberal	John Houghton	756	32.2	−10.3
Total formal votes			2,350	96.9	−0.9
Informal votes			76	3.1	+0.9
Turnout			2,426	82.9	+8.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	James O'Sullivan	1,445	57.5
	Liberal	Osborn Fenwick	1,070	42.5
Total formal votes			2,515	97.8
Informal votes			56	2.2
Turnout			2,571	77.5
	Labor hold		Swing