# Electoral results for the district of Herbert

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

## Members for Herbert

The following people were elected in the seat of Herbert:
| Member | Party | Term |
| Alfred Cowley | Ministerial | 12 May 1888 – 18 May 1907 |
| William Lennon | Labor | 18 May 1907 – 16 Jan 1920 |
| Percy Pease | Labor | 10 Apr 1920 – 17 Sep 1940 |
| Stephen Theodore | Labor | 9 Nov 1940 – 29 Apr 1950 |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1940s

1947 Queensland state election: Herbert :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Stephen Theodore | 4,308 | 48.0 | −9.1 |
| | Country | Carlisle Wordsworth | 2,728 | 30.4 | +30.4 |
| | Communist | Les Sullivan | 1,936 | 21.6 | −21.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,972 | 98.8 | +1.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 112 | 1.2 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,084 | 88.6 | +2.6 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
1944 Queensland state election: Herbert :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Stephen Theodore | 4,331 | 57.1 | +0.9 |
| | Communist | Les Sullivan | 3,261 | 42.9 | +42.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,592 | 96.9 | −1.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 166 | 1.8 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,834 | 86.0 | −5.7 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
1941 Queensland state election: Herbert :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Stephen Theodore | 5,182 | 56.2 | +3.3 |
| | Country | Alfred Moule | 2,417 | 26.2 | +8.3 |
| | Independent Socialist | Jack Wells | 1,617 | 17.5 | +0.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,216 | 98.2 | −0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 166 | 1.8 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,382 | 91.7 | +4.5 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | −6.5 | |
* Preferences were not distributed.
1940 Herbert state by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Stephen Theodore | 4,839 | 53.8 | +0.9 |
| | Country | Alfred Moule | 2,472 | 27.5 | +9.6 |
| | Independent Socialist | Jack Wells | 1,683 | 18.7 | +18.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,994 | | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1930s

1938 Queensland state election: Herbert :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Percy Pease | 4,858 | 52.9 | −10.8 |
| | Country | Clarence Page | 1,643 | 17.9 | +17.9 |
| | Communist | Jack Henry | 1,563 | 17.0 | −0.3 |
| | Protestant Labor | Ernest Malin | 1,121 | 12.2 | +12.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,185 | 98.4 | +0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 146 | 1.6 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,331 | 87.2 | −0.9 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Preferences were not distributed.
1935 Queensland state election: Herbert :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Percy Pease | 5,590 | 63.7 |
| | Independent | Roy Sherrington | 1,661 | 18.9 |
| | Communist | Jack Henry | 1,520 | 17.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,771 | 98.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 158 | 1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,929 | 88.1 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
* Preferences were not distributed.
1932 Queensland state election: Herbert :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Percy Pease | 4,573 | 66.5 |
| | CPNP | Clarence Page | 2,307 | 33.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,880 | 98.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 134 | 1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,014 | 90.3 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1920s

1929 Queensland state election: Herbert :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Percy Pease | 4,370 | 57.5 | +0.2 |
| | CPNP | Clarence Page | 3,226 | 42.5 | −0.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,596 | 97.4 | −1.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 205 | 2.6 | +1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,801 | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +0.2 | |
1926 Queensland state election: Herbert :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Percy Pease | 3,796 | 57.3 | −9.2 |
| | CPNP | Norman Mighell | 2,827 | 42.7 | +9.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,623 | 99.0 | +0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 69 | 1.0 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,692 | 84.0 | +8.2 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | −9.2 | |
1923 Queensland state election: Herbert :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Percy Pease | 3,191 | 66.5 | +11.9 |
| | United | John McNamee | 1,607 | 33.5 | +33.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,798 | 98.9 | +0.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 54 | 1.1 | −0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,852 | 75.8 | −5.2 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +11.9 | |
1920 Queensland state election: Herbert :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Percy Pease | 2,869 | 54.6 | −8.6 |
| | Northern Country | Hedley Gelston | 2,387 | 45.5 | +45.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 5,256 | 98.1 | −0.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 102 | 1.9 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,358 | 87.8 | +0.6 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | −8.6 | |
1920 Herbert state by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Percy Pease | 2,134 | 50.6 | −12.8 |
| | National | Hedley Gelston | 2,087 | 49.4 | +12.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,221 | | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | −12.8 | |

### Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Herbert :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | William Lennon | 2,304 | 63.4 | −1.2 |
| | National | Ralph Johnson | 1,333 | 36.6 | +1.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 3,637 | 98.1 | +0.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 71 | 1.9 | −0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,708 | 69.3 | −11.4 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | −1.2 | |
1915 Queensland state election: Herbert :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | William Lennon | 1,864 | 64.6 | +7.9 |
| | Liberal | Ralph Johnson | 1,023 | 35.4 | −7.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,887 | 97.7 | −1.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 69 | 2.3 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,956 | 80.7 | +13.4 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +7.9 | |
1912 Queensland state election: Herbert :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | William Lennon | 1,472 | 56.7 |
| | Liberal | Frederick O'Rourke | 1,124 | 43.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 2,596 | 99.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 15 | 0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,611 | 67.3 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |