Electoral results for the district of Barron River

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

Members for Barron River

Member		Party	Term
	Bill Wood	Labor	1972–1974
	Martin Tenni	National	1974–1989
	Lesley Clark	Labor	1989–1995
	Lyn Warwick	Liberal	1995–1998
	Lesley Clark	Labor	1998–2006
	Steve Wettenhall	Labor	2006–2012
	Michael Trout	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Craig Crawford	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Barron River[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Michael Trout	13,866	41.60	−4.11
	Labor	Craig Crawford	13,138	39.41	+11.57
	Greens	Noel Castley-Wright	3,392	10.18	+1.02
	Palmer United	Andrew Schebella	2,937	8.81	+8.81
Total formal votes			33,333	97.91	+0.16
Informal votes			710	2.09	−0.16
Turnout			34,043	88.49	−0.98
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Craig Crawford	16,764	53.12	+12.60
	Liberal National	Michael Trout	14,794	46.88	−12.60
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+12.60

Queensland state election, 2012: Barron River[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Michael Trout	13,652	45.71	+1.88
	Labor	Steve Wettenhall	8,317	27.85	-15.40
	Katter's Australian	Brendan Fitzgerald	4,732	15.84	+15.84
	Greens	Elaine Harding	2,736	9.16	-3.76
	Independent	Mike Squire	431	1.44	+1.44
Total formal votes			29,868	97.76	+0.21
Informal votes			685	2.24	-0.21
Turnout			30,553	89.47	-0.17
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Michael Trout	15,406	59.48	+11.80
	Labor	Steve Wettenhall	10,494	40.52	-11.80
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+11.80

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Barron River[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Wendy Richardson	12,025	43.8	+8.6
	Labor	Steve Wettenhall	11,864	43.2	+1.9
	Greens	Sarah Isaacs	3,545	12.9	−0.8
Total formal votes			27,434	97.1
Informal votes			689	2.9
Turnout			28,123	89.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steve Wettenhall	13,742	52.3	−2.4
	Liberal National	Wendy Richardson	12,522	47.7	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.4

Queensland state election, 2006: Barron River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Steve Wettenhall	9,901	41.6	-0.7
	Liberal	Stephen Welsh	8,244	34.6	-3.5
	Greens	Denis Walls	3,162	13.3	+2.7
	Independent	Peter Todd	2,517	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			23,824	97.7	-0.4
Informal votes			570	2.3	+0.4
Turnout			24,394	88.3	-2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steve Wettenhall	12,091	55.1	+2.0
	Liberal	Stephen Welsh	9,838	44.9	-2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

Queensland state election, 2004: Barron River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lesley Clark	9,849	42.3	-0.7
	Liberal	Stephen Walsh	8,867	38.1	+21.9
	Greens	Denis Walls	2,461	10.6	+5.1
	One Nation	Peter Starr	1,576	6.8	-9.4
	Independent	Andrew Ryan	545	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			23,298	98.1	-0.4
Informal votes			462	1.9	+0.4
Turnout			23,760	90.7	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lesley Clark	11,316	53.1	-4.2
	Liberal	Stephen Welsh	9,988	46.9	+46.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.2

Queensland state election, 2001: Barron River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lesley Clark	9,511	43.0	+7.9
	Independent	Sno Bonneau	4,213	19.1	+19.1
	Liberal	Lyn Warwick	3,588	16.2	-13.1
	One Nation	Peter Starr	3,587	16.2	-10.8
	Greens	Denis Walls	1,212	5.5	+0.4
Total formal votes			22,111	98.5
Informal votes			336	1.5
Turnout			22,447	90.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Lesley Clark	10,759	57.3	+6.4
	Independent	Sno Bonneau	8,031	42.7	+42.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.4

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Barron River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lesley Clark	7,118	35.2	-3.1
	Liberal	Lyn Warwick	6,050	29.9	+3.8
	One Nation	Peter Starr	5,457	27.0	+27.0
	Greens	Denis Walls	1,037	5.1	-5.3
	Democrats	Lisa Golding	313	1.5	-0.7
	Independent	Steve Dimitriou	270	1.3	+0.0
Total formal votes			20,245	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			235	1.1	-0.3
Turnout			235	90.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lesley Clark	9,287	50.6	+1.0
	Liberal	Lyn Warwick	9,057	49.4	-1.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.0

Queensland state election, 1995: Barron River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lesley Clark	6,981	38.2	-6.7
	Liberal	Lyn Warwick	4,764	26.1	+5.0
	National	Ron Crew	3,836	21.0	-2.9
	Greens	Chris Nielsen	1,900	10.4	+2.7
	Democrats	Leonie Watson	414	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Steve Dimitriou	241	1.3	-1.1
	Independent	Brian Hoffman	119	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			18,255	98.5	+0.5
Informal votes			275	1.5	-0.5
Turnout			18,530	87.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Lyn Warwick	8,521	50.4	+50.4
	Labor	Lesley Clark	8,389	49.6	-3.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.8

Queensland state election, 1992: Barron River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lesley Clark	8,199	44.9	-11.8
	National	Ron Crew	4,369	23.9	-6.8
	Liberal	Norm Millhouse	3,844	21.1	+9.2
	Greens	John Felan	1,400	7.7	+7.7
	Independent	Steve Dimitriou	448	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			18,260	98.0
Informal votes			370	2.0
Turnout			18,630	87.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lesley Clark	9,363	54.2	-5.0
	National	Ron Crew	7,925	45.8	+5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.0

Elections in the 1980s

Queensland state election, 1989: Barron River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lesley Clark	10,421	55.0	+9.0
	National	Peter Dunn	6,040	31.9	-22.1
	Liberal	David Forehead	2,485	13.1	+13.1
Total formal votes			18,946	96.4	-1.2
Informal votes			705	3.6	+1.2
Turnout			19,651	87.9	-0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lesley Clark	10,894	57.5	+11.5
	National	Peter Dunn	8,052	42.5	-11.5
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+11.5

Queensland state election, 1986: Barron River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Martin Tenni	7,990	54.0	+0.8
	Labor	Terry Doyle	6,795	46.0	-0.8
Total formal votes			14,785	97.6
Informal votes			366	2.4
Turnout			15,151	88.8
	National hold		Swing	+0.8

Queensland state election, 1983: Barron River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Martin Tenni	10,966	53.2	+10.5
	Labor	Wendy Lilja	9,642	46.8	+1.6
Total formal votes			20,608	98.2	-0.7
Informal votes			370	1.8	+0.7
Turnout			20,978	89.4	+3.3
	National hold		Swing	+2.4

Queensland state election, 1980: Barron River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Martin Tenni	7,236	42.7	-7.5
	Labor	Keith De Lacy	7,668	45.2	-4.6
	Liberal	Lionel Van Dorssen	1,578	9.3	+9.3
	Democrats	Bruce Alexander	470	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			16,952	98.9	+0.8
Informal votes			190	1.1	-0.8
Turnout			17,142	86.1	-3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Martin Tenni	8,605	50.8	+0.6
	Labor	Keith De Lacy	8,347	49.2	-0.6
	National hold		Swing	+0.6

Elections in the 1970s

Queensland state election, 1977: Barron River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Martin Tenni	7,663	50.2	+3.0
	Labor	Keith De Lacy	7,593	49.8	+2.1
Total formal votes			15,256	98.1
Informal votes			301	1.9
Turnout			15,557	89.5
	National hold		Swing	-0.7

Queensland state election, 1974: Barron River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Wood	7,075	47.7	-4.6
	National	Martin Tenni	7,010	47.2	+6.5
	Democratic Labor	Douglas McClarty	458	3.1	-0.3
	Australia Party	John Lamb	302	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			14,845	98.5	0.0
Informal votes			229	1.5	0.0
Turnout			15,074	86.8	-4.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Martin Tenni	7,531	50.7	+4.1
	Labor	Bill Wood	7,314	49.3	-4.1
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+4.1

Queensland state election, 1972: Barron River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Wood	6,507	52.3
	Country	Micheli Borzi	5,066	40.7
	Liberal	Rex Silver	443	3.6
	Democratic Labor	Thomas White	428	3.4
Total formal votes			12,444	98.5
Informal votes			191	1.5
Turnout			12,635	91.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Wood	6,641	53.4	-3.7
	Country	Micheli Borzi	5,803	46.6	+3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.7

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Barron River - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://virtualtallyroom.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth5.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 14 December 2011.