Electoral results for the district of Archerfield

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

Members for Archerfield

Member		Party	Term
	Kev Hooper	Labor	1972–1984
	Henry Palaszczuk	Labor	1984–1992
	Len Ardill	Labor	1992–1998
	Karen Struthers	Labor	1998–2001

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Archerfield[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Karen Struthers	12,453	49.54	-6.57
	Liberal	Fazal Deen	6,112	24.31	-19.58
	One Nation	Rodger Pryor	5,251	20.89	+20.89
	Greens	Rocco De Pierri	826	3.29	+3.29
	Reform	Allen Hrstich	497	1.98	+1.98
Total formal votes			25,139	98.33	+0.65
Informal votes			426	1.67	-0.65
Turnout			25,565	94.01	+1.75
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Karen Struthers	14,278	61.71	+5.60
	Liberal	Fazal Deen	8,860	38.29	-5.60
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.60

Queensland state election, 1995: Archerfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Len Ardill	11,794	56.11	-9.08
	Liberal	Adam Low	9,224	43.89	+9.08
Total formal votes			21,018	97.68	+0.74
Informal votes			500	2.32	-0.74
Turnout			21,518	92.26	+0.01
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.08

Queensland state election, 1992: Archerfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Len Ardill	12,743	65.2	+1.7
	Liberal	Paul Pottinger	6,804	34.8	+9.6
Total formal votes			19,547	96.9
Informal votes			618	3.1
Turnout			20,165	92.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.9

Elections in the 1980s

Queensland state election, 1989: Archerfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Henry Palaszczuk	13,045	73.7	+11.4
	Liberal	Gordon Morris	3,082	17.4	+1.0
	National	Mark Goodin	1,571	8.9	-12.4
Total formal votes			17,698	95.1	-1.3
Informal votes			922	4.9	+1.3
Turnout			18,620	91.7	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Henry Palaszczuk	13,150	74.3	+7.4
	Liberal	Gordon Morris	4,548	25.7	+25.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.4

Queensland state election, 1986: Archerfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Henry Palaszczuk	10,277	62.3	-9.3
	National	Peter Jorgensen	3,513	21.3	-7.1
	Liberal	John Shea	2,699	16.4	+16.4
Total formal votes			16,489	96.4	+0.2
Informal votes			622	3.6	-0.2
Turnout			17,111	90.7	-0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Henry Palaszczuk	11,031	66.9	-3.6
	National	Peter Jorgensen	5,458	33.1	+3.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.6

Archerfield state by-election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Henry Palaszczuk	8,641	61.51	-10.13
	Liberal	John Shea	2,173	15.47	+15.47
	National	Douglas Jackson	1,907	13.57	-14.79
	Democrats	David Adams	748	5.32	+5.32
	Independent	Bruce Parmenter	456	3.25	+3.25
	Independent	Mervyn Clarkson	93	0.66	+0.66
	Independent	Norman Eather	31	0.22	+0.22
Total formal votes			14,049	96.54	+0.48
Informal votes			503	3.46	-0.48
Turnout			14,552	82.39	-8.80
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Henry Palaszczuk	9,373	66.72	-4.92
	Liberal	John Shea	4,676	33.28	+33.28
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.92

Queensland state election, 1983: Archerfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Hooper	10,693	71.6	+6.6
	National	Douglas Jackson	4,234	28.4	+12.0
Total formal votes			14,927	96.2	-1.5
Informal votes			597	3.8	+1.5
Turnout			15,524	91.2	+4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.5

Queensland state election, 1980: Archerfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Hooper	9,335	64.8	-1.9
	National	Allen Muir	2,357	16.3	+3.5
	Liberal	Alan Bavister	2,167	15.0	-5.6
	Pensioner	Miriam Cope	274	1.9	+1.9
	Socialist	Mary Simmons	154	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	Norman Eather	128	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			14,415	97.7	+0.1
Informal votes			334	2.3	-0.1
Turnout			14,749	86.8	-4.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Hooper	10,255	71.1	+2.7
	National	Allen Muir	4,160	28.9	+28.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.7

Elections in the 1970s

Queensland state election, 1977: Archerfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Hooper	9,651	66.6	+13.1
	Liberal	Bevan Fleming	2,989	20.6	-21.7
	National	John Armstrong	1,177	8.1	+8.1
	National	George Kalaja	683	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			14,500	97.6
Informal votes			357	2.4
Turnout			14,857	90.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Hooper	9,911	68.4	+13.7
	Liberal	Bevan Fleming	4,589	31.6	-13.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.7

Queensland state election, 1974: Archerfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Hooper	6,657	53.5	-18.3
	Liberal	Garry Hansen	5,260	42.3	+22.9
	Democratic Labor	Barry Weedon	371	3.0	-5.8
	Socialist	Ivan Ivanoff	157	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			12,445	97.3	-0.1
Informal votes			344	2.7	+0.1
Turnout			12,789	87.5	-4.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Hooper	6,846	55.0	-18.3
	Liberal	Garry Hansen	5,599	45.0	+18.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-18.3

Queensland state election, 1972: Archerfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Hooper	8,075	71.8
	Liberal	Cyril Morgan	2,179	19.4
	Democratic Labor	Barry Weedon	933	8.8
Total formal votes			11,247	97.4
Informal votes			294	2.6
Turnout			11,541	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Hooper	8,243	73.3	+1.8
	Liberal	Cyril Morgan	3,004	26.7	-1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.8

References

1. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/archive/qld/results/1998/Archerfield.htm