Electoral results for the district of Burleigh

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

Members for Burleigh

Member		Party	Term
	Judy Gamin	National	1992–2001
	Christine Smith	Labor	2001–2012
	Michael Hart	Liberal National	2012–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Burleigh[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Michael Hart	13,784	46.67	−4.51
	Labor	Gail Hislop	9,175	31.07	+0.22
	Greens	Jane Power	3,108	10.52	+2.08
	Palmer United	James Mac Anally	2,299	7.78	+7.78
	Family First	Susan Baynes	1,167	3.95	+1.54
Total formal votes			29,533	97.42	−0.61
Informal votes			783	2.58	+0.61
Turnout			30,316	87.00	−1.40
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Michael Hart	14,984	56.16	−4.89
	Labor	Gail Hislop	11,696	43.84	+4.89
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−4.89

Queensland state election, 2012: Burleigh[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Michael Hart	14,222	51.18	+12.30
	Labor	Christine Smith	8,572	30.85	-15.96
	Greens	Jane Power	2,345	8.44	+0.79
	Katter's Australian	Dean Fisher	1,976	7.11	+7.11
	Family First	Jeremy Fredericks	671	2.41	+0.50
Total formal votes			27,786	98.03	+0.21
Informal votes			559	1.97	-0.21
Turnout			28,345	88.41	-0.44
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Michael Hart	15,324	61.05	+15.95
	Labor	Christine Smith	9,778	38.95	-15.95
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+15.95

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Burleigh[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Christine Smith	12,637	46.8	-6.1
	Liberal National	Michael Hart	10,498	38.9	+1.6
	Greens	Anja Light	2,065	7.6	-2.2
	DS4SEQ	Bryden Elssmann	807	3.0	+2.5
	Family First	Jeremy Fredericks	516	1.9	+1.9
	Independent	Ray Sperring	476	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			26,999	97.6
Informal votes			603	2.4
Turnout			27,602	88.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Christine Smith	13,733	54.9	-3.9
	Liberal National	Michael Hart	11,281	45.1	+3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.9

Queensland state election, 2006: Burleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Christine Smith	14,651	52.5	+5.2
	Liberal	Michael Hart	10,537	37.7	+37.7
	Greens	Mike Beale	2,743	9.8	+1.2
Total formal votes			27,931	97.7	-0.2
Informal votes			642	2.3	+0.2
Turnout			28,573	87.7	-1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Christine Smith	15,501	58.3	+3.3
	Liberal	Michael Hart	11,072	41.7	-3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

Queensland state election, 2004: Burleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Christine Smith	13,130	47.3	+3.0
	National	Max Duncan	10,667	38.4	-0.4
	Greens	Inge Light	2,386	8.6	+8.6
	One Nation	Paul Lewis	1,593	5.7	-11.3
Total formal votes			27,776	97.9	+0.1
Informal votes			589	2.1	-0.1
Turnout			28,365	89.4	-1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Christine Smith	14,190	55.0	+3.2
	National	Max Duncan	11,590	45.0	-3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Queensland state election, 2001: Burleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Christine Smith	11,445	44.3	+12.0
	National	Judy Gamin	10,020	38.8	+2.6
	One Nation	Colleen Pepperell	4,385	17.0	-4.7
Total formal votes			25,850	97.8
Informal votes			588	2.2
Turnout			26,438	90.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Christine Smith	12,062	51.8	+10.3
	National	Judy Gamin	11,233	48.2	-10.3
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+10.3

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Burleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Judy Gamin	8,431	41.3	-12.5
	Labor	Michael Lennon	6,581	32.2	-7.7
	One Nation	Terry Sharples	4,403	21.6	+21.6
	Greens	David Byerlee	995	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			20,410	98.4	+0.1
Informal votes			329	1.6	-0.1
Turnout			20,739	91.1	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Judy Gamin	11,088	58.5	+1.1
	Labor	Michael Lennon	7,882	41.5	-1.1
	National hold		Swing	+1.1

Queensland state election, 1995: Burleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Judy Gamin	10,132	53.8	+22.0
	Labor	Mark Whillans	7,508	39.9	-4.7
	Democrats	Melinda Norman-Hicks	1,179	6.3	+6.3
Total formal votes			18,819	98.3	+0.4
Informal votes			317	1.7	-0.4
Turnout			19,136	89.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Judy Gamin	10,581	57.3	+6.2
	Labor	Mark Whillans	7,882	42.7	-6.2
	National hold		Swing	+6.2

Queensland state election, 1992: Burleigh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Stern	8,151	44.6	+1.7
	National	Judy Gamin	5,811	31.8	+6.0
	Liberal	Lyle Schuntner	3,448	18.9	-8.2
	Independent	Antony Bradshaw	871	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			18,281	97.9
Informal votes			393	2.1
Turnout			18,674	89.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Judy Gamin	9,006	51.1	+51.1
	Labor	Pat Stern	8,624	48.9	+2.5
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Burleigh - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth14.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 14 December 2011.