Electoral results for the district of Burnett

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

Members for Burnett

First incarnation (1860–1873, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term
	Charles Robert Haly	Squatter-conservative	1860–1863
	Robert Mackenzie	Squatter-conservative	1860–1869
	John Edwards	Squatter-conservative	1863–1865
	Charles Robert Haly	Squatter-conservative	1865–1867
	Ratcliffe Pring	Squatter-conservative	1867–1870
	Charles Robert Haly	Squatter-conservative	1869–1871
	Berkeley Basil Moreton	Independent Liberal	1870–1871
	John Bramston	Squatter-conservative	1871–1873
	Walter Scott	Squatter-conservative	1871–1873
Second incarnation (1873–1932, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Francis Jeffrey Ivory	Squatter-conservative	1873–1878
	William Henry Baynes	McIlwraith conservative	1878–1883
	Berkeley Basil Moreton	Liberal	1883–1888
	George Hall Jones	Unaligned	1888–1891
	James John Cadell	Conservative	1891–1896
	William McCord	Conservative	1896–1898
	William John Ryott Maughan	Labor	1898–1899
	William Kent	Ministerialist	1899–1904
	Alfred Jones	Labor	1904–1909
	Robert Hodge	Ministerialist	1909–1912
	Bernard Corser	Ministerialist/Liberal/Nationalist	1912–1928
	Robert Boyd	Country and Progressive National	1928–1932
Third incarnation (1960–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Claude Wharton	Country	1960–1975
		National Country	1975–1982
		National	1982–1986
	Doug Slack	National	1986–2001
	Trevor Strong	Labor	2001–2004
	Rob Messenger	National	2004–2008
		Liberal National	2008–2010
		Independent	2010–2012
	Stephen Bennett	Liberal National	2012–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Burnett[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Stephen Bennett	14,434	47.19	+7.18
	Labor	Bryan Mustill	9,134	29.86	+13.61
	Palmer United	Richard Love	4,445	14.53	+14.53
	Greens	Colin Sheppard	1,439	4.70	+0.95
	Independent	Peter Wyatt	1,134	3.71	+3.71
Total formal votes			30,586	97.57	−0.34
Informal votes			763	2.43	+0.34
Turnout			31,349	92.19	+0.30
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Stephen Bennett	15,494	56.80	–1.69
	Labor	Bryan Mustill	11,782	43.20	+43.20
	Liberal National hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 2012: Burnett[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Stephen Bennett	11,368	40.01	-16.64
	Independent	Rob Messenger	6,821	24.00	+24.00
	Labor	Stuart Tomlinson	4,618	16.25	-18.39
	Katter's Australian	Kevin Pauling	4,542	15.98	+15.98
	Greens	David Eastland	1,066	3.75	-1.23
Total formal votes			28,415	97.91	-0.16
Informal votes			608	2.09	+0.16
Turnout			29,023	91.88	-0.19
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal National	Stephen Bennett	13,110	58.50	-2.60
	Independent	Rob Messenger	9,302	41.50	+41.50
	Liberal National gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Burnett[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Rob Messenger	15,055	56.6	-0.8
	Labor	Chris Pianta	9,206	34.6	-7.9
	Greens	Bernie Williams	1,324	5.0	+5.0
	Independent	Peter Wyatt	760	2.9	+2.9
	Independent	Robert Bromwich	232	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			26,577	97.9
Informal votes			524	2.1
Turnout			27,101	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Rob Messenger	15,432	61.1	+3.7
	Labor	Chris Pianta	9,824	38.9	-3.7
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+3.7

Queensland state election, 2006: Burnett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Rob Messenger	14,469	57.6	+5.0
	Labor	Denise Williams	10,663	42.4	-5.0
Total formal votes			25,132	97.3	-0.1
Informal votes			692	2.7	+0.1
Turnout			25,824	92.3	-0.7
	National hold		Swing	+5.0

Queensland state election, 2004: Burnett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Rob Messenger	12,526	52.6	+4.3
	Labor	Trevor Strong	11,308	47.4	-4.3
Total formal votes			23,834	97.4	+2.6
Informal votes			624	2.6	-2.6
Turnout			24,458	93.0	-0.3
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+4.3

Queensland state election, 2001: Burnett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Trevor Strong	11,169	51.7	+25.0
	National	Doug Slack	10,433	48.3	+16.1
Total formal votes			21,602	94.8
Informal votes			1,179	5.2
Turnout			22,781	93.3
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+11.0

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Burnett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	One Nation	Glen Onoprienko	10,076	36.4	+36.4
	National	Doug Slack	8,993	32.5	-28.6
	Labor	Greg McMahon	7,607	27.5	-11.4
	Greens	Christine Kret	786	2.8	+2.8
	Independent	Richard Smith	201	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			27,663	98.9	+0.4
Informal votes			312	1.1	-0.4
Turnout			27,975	94.0	+0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Doug Slack	12,648	52.3	-8.8
	One Nation	Glen Onoprienko	11,521	47.7	+47.7
	National hold		Swing	-8.8

Queensland state election, 1995: Burnett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Doug Slack	14,962	61.1	+15.0
	Labor	Barbara Woods	9,530	38.9	+3.7
Total formal votes			24,492	98.5	+0.6
Informal votes			371	1.5	-0.6
Turnout			24,863	93.4
	National hold		Swing	+1.6

Queensland state election, 1992: Burnett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Doug Slack	9,776	46.1	+6.4
	Labor	Michael Klein	7,479	35.2	-3.1
	Independent	Maurice Chapman	2,047	9.6	-1.8
	Confederate Action	Bill May	1,927	9.1	+9.1
Total formal votes			21,229	97.9
Informal votes			450	2.1
Turnout			21,679	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Doug Slack	12,113	59.5	+2.7
	Labor	Michael Klein	8,247	40.5	-2.7
	National hold		Swing	+2.7

Elections in the 1980s

Queensland state election, 1989: Burnett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Doug Slack	6,584	46.6	-18.5
	Labor	Vicki Pritchett	4,786	33.9	-1.0
	Independent	Maurice Chapman	1,618	11.5	+11.5
	Liberal	Alex Warren	1,131	8.0	+8.0
Total formal votes			14,119	97.9	+0.1
Informal votes			299	2.1	-0.1
Turnout			14,418	92.6	-0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Doug Slack	8,627	61.1	-4.0
	Labor	Vicki Pritchett	5,492	38.9	+4.0
	National hold		Swing	-4.0

Queensland state election, 1986: Burnett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Doug Slack	8,165	65.1	-0.2
	Labor	Robin Webcke	4,378	34.9	+0.2
Total formal votes			12,543	97.8
Informal votes			277	2.2
Turnout			12,820	93.1
	National hold		Swing	-0.2

Queensland state election, 1983: Burnett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Claude Wharton	8,709	66.1	-3.7
	Labor	Graham Betts	4,461	33.9	+3.7
Total formal votes			13,170	99.1	+0.1
Informal votes			124	0.9	-0.1
Turnout			13,294	93.3	+1.7
	National hold		Swing	-3.7

Queensland state election, 1980: Burnett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Claude Wharton	8,212	69.8	+0.5
	Labor	Edgar Roberts	3,544	30.2	-0.5
Total formal votes			11,756	99.0	+0.3
Informal votes			121	1.0	-0.3
Turnout			11,877	91.6	+0.2
	National hold		Swing	+0.5

Elections in the 1970s

Queensland state election, 1977: Burnett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Claude Wharton	7,817	69.3	-4.8
	Labor	Andrew Jackson	3,457	30.7	+4.8
Total formal votes			11,274	98.7
Informal votes			151	1.3
Turnout			11,425	91.4
	National hold		Swing	-4.8

Queensland state election, 1974: Burnett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Claude Wharton	7,951	74.1	+8.2
	Labor	Ken Green	2,784	25.9	-2.7
Total formal votes			10,735	99.1	+0.4
Informal votes			100	0.9	-0.4
Turnout			10,835	92.3	+0.6
	National hold		Swing	+3.6

Queensland state election, 1972: Burnett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Claude Wharton	6,383	65.9	+0.6
	Labor	Granville Batkines	2,772	28.6	-6.1
	Democratic Labor	Leonard Galligan	535	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			9,690	98.7
Informal votes			132	1.3
Turnout			9,822	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Claude Wharton	6,828	70.5	+5.2
	Labor	Granville Batkines	2,862	29.5	-5.2
	Country hold		Swing	+5.2

Elections in the 1960s

Queensland state election, 1969: Burnett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Claude Wharton	6,257	65.9	+2.3
	Labor	Alexander Craig	3,235	34.1	-2.3
Total formal votes			9,492	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			105	1.1	0.0
Turnout			9,597	94.3	-0.3
	Country hold		Swing	+2.3

Queensland state election, 1966: Burnett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Claude Wharton	5,934	63.6	-1.5
	Labor	Alexander Craig	3,402	36.4	+1.5
Total formal votes			9,336	98.9	-0.1
Informal votes			106	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			9,442	94.6	-0.7
	Country hold		Swing	-1.5

Queensland state election, 1963: Burnett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Claude Wharton	5,947	65.1	+10.2
	Labor	Denis Grace	3,185	34.9	+7.7
Total formal votes			9,132	99.0	-0.2
Informal votes			88	1.0	+0.2
Turnout			9,220	95.3	+1.6
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1960: Burnett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Claude Wharton	4,969	54.9
	Labor	Denis Grace	2,459	27.2
	Queensland Labor	Edward McDonnell	1,616	17.9
Total formal votes			9,044	99.2
Informal votes			75	0.8
	Country hold		Swing

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Burnett - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth15.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 14 December 2011.