title: Electoral results for the district of Belyando
text: # Electoral results for the district of Belyando
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Belyando in Queensland state elections.
  
  ## Members for Belyando
  
  First incarnation (1950–1960) :
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Tom Foley | Labor | 1950–1957 |
  | | Tom Foley | Queensland Labor | 1957–1960 |
  | Second incarnation (1972–1977) ||||
  | | Eugene O'Donnell | Labor | 1972–1974 |
  | | Vince Lester | National | 1974–1977 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  1974 Queensland state election: Belyando :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Vince Lester | 5,379 | 50.2 | +1.5 |
  | | Labor | James Turner | 4,436 | 41.4 | -9.9 |
  | | Liberal | Fred Cowdray | 900 | 8.4 | +8.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 10,715 | 98.5 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 165 | 1.5 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,880 | 87.8 | -1.9 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | National | Vince Lester | 6,153 | 57.4 | +8.7 |
  | | Labor | James Turner | 4,562 | 42.6 | -8.7 |
  | | National gain from Labor | National gain from Labor | Swing | +8.7 | |
  
  1972 Queensland state election: Belyando :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Eugene O'Donnell | 4,213 | 51.3 | -1.1 |
  | | Country | Vince Lester | 4,003 | 48.7 | +1.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,216 | 98.6 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 116 | 1.4 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,332 | 89.7 | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -1.1 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  1957 Queensland state election: Belyando :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Queensland Labor | Tom Foley | 1,841 | 38.6 | +38.6 |
  | | Country | Clarence Whyte | 1,774 | 37.1 | -4.2 |
  | | Labor | John Williams | 1,161 | 24.3 | -34.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,776 | 99.2 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 39 | 0.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,815 | 91.9 | |
  | | Queensland Labor gain from Labor | Queensland Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1956 Queensland state election: Belyando :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Tom Foley | 2,512 | 58.7 | -41.3 |
  | | Country | Timothy Donnelly | 1,770 | 41.3 | +41.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,282 | 99.2 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 33 | 0.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,315 | 85.9 | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1953 Queensland state election: Belyando :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Tom Foley | unopposed | | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | | |
  
  1950 Queensland state election: Belyando :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Tom Foley | 2,619 | 58.9 |
  | | Country | Reg Colwell | 1,826 | 41.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,445 | 99.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 34 | 0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,479 | 90.9 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  