title: Electoral results for the district of Darlington (Queensland)
text: # Electoral results for the district of Darlington (Queensland)
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Darlington in Queensland state elections.
  
  ## Members for Darlington
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Tom Plunkett | Country | 1950–1957 |
  | | Leslie Harrison | Country | 1957–1960 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  1957 Queensland state election: Darlington :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Leslie Harrison | 6,589 | 60.1 | -7.8 |
  | | Labor | Charles Knoll | 2,227 | 20.3 | -11.8 |
  | | Independent | Michael Smith | 1,874 | 17.1 | +17.1 |
  | | Independent | Henry Longfield | 273 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,963 | 98.8 | +0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 128 | 1.2 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,091 | 93.9 | +2.5 |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | +6.8 | |
  
  1956 Queensland state election: Darlington :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Tom Plunkett | 6,823 | 67.9 | +1.3 |
  | | Labor | Charles Knoll | 3,223 | 32.1 | -1.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,046 | 98.7 | +1.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 130 | 1.3 | -1.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,176 | 91.4 | -1.9 |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | +1.3 | |
  
  1953 Queensland state election: Darlington :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Tom Plunkett | 6,507 | 66.6 | -33.4 |
  | | Labor | Charles Knoll | 2,998 | 30.7 | +30.7 |
  | | Communist | William Yarrow | 270 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,775 | 96.9 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 314 | 3.1 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,089 | 93.3 | |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1950 Queensland state election: Darlington :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Country | Tom Plunkett | unopposed | | |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | | |
  