1936 Bowen state by-election
Result

1936 Bowen state by-election

Section Title: Result
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Labor	Ernest Riordan	2,623	36.2	16.4

Country	John Smith	2,294	31.7	+2.3

Communist	Fred Paterson	1,755	24.3	+8.7

Social Credit	Henry Madden	449	6.2	+6.2

Independent	William Morgan	116	1.6	+1.6

Total formal votes	7,237	99.2	+0.7

Informal votes	62	0.8	0.7

Turnout	7,299	87.8	6.1

Two-party-preferred result

Labor	Ernest Riordan	3,592	59.2

Country	John Smith	2,472	40.8

Labor hold	Swing	N/A

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