Electoral results for the district of Algester

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

Members for Algester

Member		Party	Term
	Karen Struthers	Labor	2001–2012
	Anthony Shorten	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Leeanne Enoch	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Algester[1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leeanne Enoch	14,089	49.56	+15.71
	Liberal National	Anthony Shorten	11,247	39.56	−11.16
	Greens	Susan Wolf	2,056	7.23	+0.28
	Independent	Kevin Forshaw	1,037	3.65	+3.65
Total formal votes			28,429	97.67	+0.34
Informal votes			679	2.33	−0.34
Turnout			29,108	90.55	−2.27
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Leeanne Enoch	15,594	56.99	+16.14
	Liberal National	Anthony Shorten	11,770	43.01	−16.14
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+16.14

Queensland state election, 2012: Algester[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Anthony Shorten	13,687	50.72	+15.22
	Labor	Karen Struthers	9,134	33.85	-18.78
	Katter's Australian	Gavan Duffy	2,286	8.47	+8.47
	Greens	Justin Kerr	1,877	6.96	-0.47
Total formal votes			26,984	97.33	-0.38
Informal votes			740	2.67	+0.38
Turnout			27,724	92.82	+0.99
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Anthony Shorten	14,735	59.15	+18.36
	Labor	Karen Struthers	10,177	40.85	-18.36
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+18.36

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Algester[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Karen Struthers	13,600	52.6	-8.2
	Liberal National	Anthony Shorten	9,174	35.5	+7.4
	Greens	Stan Cajdler	1,920	7.4	-1.9
	Family First	Steve Christian	1,147	4.4	+2.7
Total formal votes			25,841	97.7	-0.1
Informal votes			606	2.3	+0.1
Turnout			26,447	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Karen Struthers	14,451	59.2	-8.6
	Liberal National	Anthony Shorten	9,956	40.8	+8.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.6

Queensland state election, 2006: Algester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Karen Struthers	17,578	62.0	+1.1
	Liberal	William Tan	8,124	28.6	+1.0
	Greens	Gary Crocker	2,669	9.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			28,371	98.0	+0.3
Informal votes			574	2.0	-0.3
Turnout			28,945	91.8	-0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Karen Struthers	18,420	67.8	-0.2
	Liberal	William Tan	8,732	32.2	+0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.2

Queensland state election, 2004: Algester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Karen Struthers	16,102	60.9	-5.8
	Liberal	Richard Bradley	7,303	27.6	+4.9
	Greens	Gary Crocker	1,587	6.0	+6.0
	One Nation	Dale Barnard	1,433	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			26,425	97.7	+0.3
Informal votes			621	2.3	-0.3
Turnout			27,046	92.5	-1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Karen Struthers	16,989	68.0	-4.6
	Liberal	Richard Bradley	8,006	32.0	+4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.6

Queensland state election, 2001: Algester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Karen Struthers	15,709	66.7	+18.7
	Liberal	Michele Cole	5,343	22.7	-3.0
	Independent	Brian Watt	1,575	6.7	+6.7
	Christian Democrats	Andrew Lamb	919	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			23,546	97.4
Informal votes			632	2.6
Turnout			24,178	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Karen Struthers	16,140	72.6	+12.5
	Liberal	Michele Cole	6,082	27.4	-12.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.5

References

1. "Algester: District Summary". 2015 State General Election. Electoral Commission of Queensland. 11 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
2. Green, Antony (11 February 2015). "Algester results". Queensland election 2015. Australia: ABC News. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
3. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth2.html
4. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 14 December 2011.