Electoral results for the district of Brisbane Central

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

Members for Brisbane Central

Member		Party	Term
	Brian Davis	Labor	1977–1989
	Peter Beattie	Labor	1989–2007
	Grace Grace	Labor	2007–2012
	Robert Cavallucci	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Grace Grace	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Brisbane Central[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Robert Cavallucci	12,042	41.81	−6.89
	Labor	Grace Grace	10,590	36.77	+3.10
	Greens	Kirsten Lovejoy	5,355	18.59	+3.26
	Independent	Kai Jones	815	2.83	+0.53
Total formal votes			28,802	98.36	+0.01
Informal votes			481	1.64	−0.01
Turnout			29,283	84.96	−1.93
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Grace Grace	14,334	53.25	+8.13
	Liberal National	Robert Cavallucci	12,584	46.75	−8.13
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+8.13

Queensland state election, 2012: Brisbane Central[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Robert Cavallucci	12,201	48.70	+11.46
	Labor	Grace Grace	8,435	33.67	-8.49
	Greens	Anne Boccabella	3,842	15.33	-1.67
	Independent	Ruth Bonnett	576	2.30	+2.30
Total formal votes			25,054	98.35	-0.15
Informal votes			420	1.65	+0.15
Turnout			25,474	86.89	+0.52
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Robert Cavallucci	12,689	54.88	+10.85
	Labor	Grace Grace	10,432	45.12	-10.85
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+10.85

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Brisbane Central[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Grace Grace	10,238	42.2	-7.7
	Liberal National	Mark Wood	9,042	37.2	+8.1
	Greens	Anne Boccabella	4,129	17.0	-1.5
	DS4SEQ	Adrian Miller	873	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			24,282	98.3
Informal votes			371	1.7
Turnout			24,653	86.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Grace Grace	12,548	56.0	-8.4
	Liberal National	Mark Wood	9,870	44.0	+8.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.4

Brisbane Central state by-election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Grace Grace	11,248	50.35	−0.13
	Greens	Anne Boccabella	7,396	33.11	+14.83
	Family First	Mark A. White	1,738	7.78	+7.78
	Independent	Erik Olaf Eriksen	711	3.18	+3.18
	Independent	Ronald Davy	674	3.02	+3.02
	One Nation	Ian Nelson	574	2.57	+2.57
Total formal votes			30,111	93.21	−1.16
Informal votes			2,193	6.79	+1.16
Turnout			32,304	84.93	−6.86
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Grace Grace	11,594	57.85	−6.92
	Greens	Anne Boccabella	8,449	42.15	+42.15
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 2006: Brisbane Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Beattie	13,563	50.5	-7.8
	Liberal	Craig Thomas	7,748	28.8	+2.7
	Greens	Larissa Waters	4,912	18.3	+6.0
	Independent	Sam Watson	500	1.9	+1.9
	Independent	Alan Skyring	145	0.5	+0.0
Total formal votes			26,868	98.5	+0.1
Informal votes			415	1.5	-0.1
Turnout			27,283	84.7	+0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Beattie	15,888	64.8	-4.8
	Liberal	Craig Thomas	8,642	35.2	+4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.8

Queensland state election, 2004: Brisbane Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Beattie	14,644	58.3	-6.4
	Liberal	Reg Little	6,563	26.1	+5.1
	Greens	Richard Nielsen	3,095	12.3	+5.4
	Independent	Coral Wynter	376	1.5	+0.6
	Independent	Adrian McAvoy	310	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Alan Skyring	117	0.5	-0.1
Total formal votes			25,105	98.4	+0.3
Informal votes			403	1.6	-0.3
Turnout			25,508	84.7	-3.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Beattie	16,221	69.6	-5.4
	Liberal	Reg Little	7,093	30.4	+5.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.4

Queensland state election, 2001: Brisbane Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Beattie	14,894	64.7	+11.1
	Liberal	Joe Vasta	4,839	21.0	-5.6
	Greens	Richard Nielsen	1,579	6.9	+2.6
	Independent	Tamara Tonite	974	4.2	+4.2
	Independent	Samuel Tornatore	201	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Coral Wynter	200	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Alan Skyring	127	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Dionne Buckley	112	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Jayson Dalton	84	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			23,010	98.1
Informal votes			441	1.9
Turnout			23,451	88.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Beattie	15,936	75.0	+10.2
	Liberal	Joe Vasta	5,322	25.0	-10.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.2

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Brisbane Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Beattie	10,632	53.7	+3.7
	Liberal	Tony Gleeson	5,179	26.2	-9.4
	One Nation	John Beattie	1,925	9.7	+9.7
	Greens	Richard Nielsen	932	4.7	-4.7
	Democrats	Nicky Jones	783	4.0	+4.0
	Independent	Graham Matthews	351	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			19,802	98.5	+0.5
Informal votes			308	1.5	-0.5
Turnout			20,110	89.3	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Beattie	12,241	65.1	+4.9
	Liberal	Tony Gleeson	6,549	34.9	-4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.9

Queensland state election, 1995: Brisbane Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Beattie	8,651	50.0	-8.7
	Liberal	Jason Aldworth	6,153	35.5	+3.2
	Greens	Richard Nielsen	1,631	9.4	+9.4
	Independent	Zanny Begg	541	3.1	+3.1
	Independent	Guy McGhie	340	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			17,316	98.0	+0.5
Informal votes			357	2.0	-0.5
Turnout			17,673	87.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Beattie	10,089	60.3	-4.6
	Liberal	Jason Aldworth	6,649	39.7	+4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.6

Queensland state election, 1992: Brisbane Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Beattie	10,946	58.7	-2.1
	Liberal	Richard Roberts	6,030	32.3	+6.0
	Independent	Susan Price	1,680	9.0	+9.0
Total formal votes			18,656	97.5
Informal votes			477	2.5
Turnout			19,133	87.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Beattie	11,869	64.8	+1.9
	Liberal	Richard Roberts	6,440	35.2	-1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.9

Elections in the 1980s

Queensland state election, 1989: Brisbane Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Beattie	10,823	64.7	+14.5
	Liberal	John Peeters	3,452	20.6	+1.8
	National	Justin Choveaux	1,599	9.7	-15.1
	Greens	Ranald McDonald	860	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			16,734	96.4	+0.7
Informal votes			630	3.6	-0.7
Turnout			17,364	84.1	-1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Beattie	11,413	68.2	+9.1
	Liberal	John Peeters	5,321	31.8	-9.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.1

Queensland state election, 1986: Brisbane Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Davis	7,894	50.2	-8.7
	National	Peter Peters	3,899	24.8	+24.8
	Liberal	Muriel Ward	2,955	18.8	-22.3
	Independent	Anthony Kneipp	405	2.6	+2.6
	Socialist	Jack Cotter	401	2.6	+2.6
	Independent	Mark Gardener	181	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			15,735	95.7
Informal votes			710	4.3
Turnout			16,445	85.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Davis	9,299	59.1	+0.2
	National	Peter Peters	6,436	40.9	+40.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.2

Queensland state election, 1983: Brisbane Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Davis	8,164	58.9	+5.3
	Liberal	Rodney Daniel	5,700	41.1	-0.2
Total formal votes			13,864	96.9	-0.3
Informal votes			447	3.1	+0.3
Turnout			14,311	88.7	+4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

Queensland state election, 1980: Brisbane Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Davis	7,279	53.6	+0.9
	Liberal	Robert Wright	5,604	41.3	-2.6
	Communist	Murray Broad	699	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			13,582	97.2	-0.6
Informal votes			385	2.8	+0.6
Turnout			13,967	84.3	-4.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Davis	7,838	57.7	+2.3
	Liberal	Robert Wright	5,744	42.3	-2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.3

Elections in the 1970s

Queensland state election, 1977: Brisbane Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Davis	7,641	52.7
	Liberal	Dennis Young	6,359	43.9
	Socialist	Dennis Bailey	490	3.4
Total formal votes			14,490	97.8
Informal votes			329	2.2
Turnout			14,819	88.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Davis	8,033	55.4	+8.2
	Liberal	Dennis Young	6,457	44.6	-8.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.2

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Brisbane Central - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth7.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 14 December 2011.