Electoral results for the district of Caloundra

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

Members for Caloundra

Member		Party	Term
	Joan Sheldon	Liberal	1992–2004
	Mark McArdle	Liberal	2004–2008
		Liberal National	2008–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Caloundra[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Mark McArdle	13,021	43.84	−20.39
	Labor	Jason Hunt	8,595	28.94	+6.50
	Palmer United	Phillip Collins	3,071	10.34	+10.34
	Greens	Fiona Anderson	3,026	10.19	−3.15
	Independent	Barry Jones	1,991	6.70	+6.70
Total formal votes			29,704	97.75	+0.35
Informal votes			684	2.25	−0.35
Turnout			30,388	90.76	−0.71
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Mark McArdle	14,223	53.82	−17.41
	Labor	Jason Hunt	12,202	46.18	+17.41
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−17.41

Queensland state election, 2012: Caloundra[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Mark McArdle	17,280	64.22	+14.16
	Labor	Christine Anthony	6,037	22.44	-14.41
	Greens	Allan McKay	3,589	13.34	+3.71
Total formal votes			26,906	97.40	-0.69
Informal votes			718	2.60	+0.69
Turnout			27,624	91.47	+0.42
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Mark McArdle	17,915	71.23	+15.03
	Labor	Christine Anthony	7,236	28.77	-15.03
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+15.03

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Caloundra[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Mark McArdle	12,697	50.1	+4.0
	Labor	Jody Tunnicliffe	9,348	36.9	-4.8
	Greens	Roger Callen	2,444	9.6	-0.9
	DS4SEQ	John Fogarty	519	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Mike Jessop	358	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			25,366	97.9
Informal votes			295	2.1
Turnout			25,861	91.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Mark McArdle	13,277	56.2	+4.3
	Labor	Jody Tunnicliffe	10,348	43.8	-4.3
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+4.3

Queensland state election, 2006: Caloundra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark McArdle	13,638	49.3	+6.0
	Labor	Tony Moor	11,133	40.3	-1.2
	Greens	Dave Norris	2,875	10.4	+2.9
Total formal votes			27,646	98.1	-0.2
Informal votes			528	1.9	+0.2
Turnout			28,174	91.2	-0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mark McArdle	14,280	54.4	+3.1
	Labor	Tony Moor	11,947	45.6	-3.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.1

Queensland state election, 2004: Caloundra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mark McArdle	11,259	43.3	+4.7
	Labor	Christine Anthony	10,807	41.5	+5.2
	One Nation	Ian Nelson	2,021	7.8	-11.3
	Greens	Tony McLeod	1,943	7.5	+7.5
Total formal votes			26,030	98.3	+0.0
Informal votes			462	1.7	-0.0
Turnout			26,492	92.0	-1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Mark McArdle	12,397	51.3	+0.3
	Labor	Christine Anthony	11,789	48.7	-0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.3

Queensland state election, 2001: Caloundra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joan Sheldon	9,200	38.6	-3.2
	Labor	Christine Anthony	8,658	36.3	+8.4
	One Nation	Bruce Tannock	4,555	19.1	-4.9
	Independent	Neil Wilkinson	1,430	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			23,843	98.3
Informal votes			423	1.7
Turnout			24,266	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joan Sheldon	10,637	51.0	-10.3
	Labor	Christine Anthony	10,234	49.0	+10.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.3

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Caloundra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joan Sheldon	9,625	40.5	-14.3
	Labor	Don Wilson	6,680	28.1	-10.0
	One Nation	Bronwyn Boag	5,930	24.9	+24.9
	Greens	Louise Peach	1,086	4.6	+4.6
	Australia First	John Goldsworthy	468	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			23,789	98.7	+0.3
Informal votes			305	1.3	-0.3
Turnout			24,094	93.2	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joan Sheldon	13,022	60.7	+2.6
	Labor	Don Wilson	8,441	39.3	-2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6

Queensland state election, 1995: Caloundra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joan Sheldon	11,562	54.8	+20.2
	Labor	Don Wilson	8,041	38.1	-6.3
	Democrats	Michael Reckenberg	1,092	5.2	+5.2
	Independent	Bob Doring	400	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			21,095	98.4	+0.9
Informal votes			342	1.6	-0.9
Turnout			21,437	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joan Sheldon	12,056	58.1	+5.8
	Labor	Don Wilson	8,703	41.9	-5.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.8

Queensland state election, 1992: Caloundra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Hannan	8,404	44.4	+4.4
	Liberal	Joan Sheldon	6,536	34.6	+18.5
	National	Liz Bell	3,973	21.0	-19.5
Total formal votes			18,913	97.5
Informal votes			489	2.5
Turnout			19,402	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joan Sheldon	9,668	52.3	+52.3
	Labor	Joe Hannan	8,810	47.7	+3.9
	Liberal gain from National		Swing	+52.3

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Caloundra - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth18.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 14 December 2011.