Electoral results for the district of Charters Towers

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

Members for Charters Towers

First incarnation (1888–1912, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Robert Sayers	Unaligned	1888–1893		Sir Arthur Rutledge	Ministerialist	1888–1893
	Anderson Dawson	Labor	1893–1901		John Dunsford	Labor	1893–1905
	John Burrows	Labor	1901–1907
				William Paull	Opposition	1905–1908
	Joe Millican	Opposition	1907–1908
	Vernon Winstanley	Labor	1908–1912		John Mullan	Labor	1908–1912

Second incarnation (1912–1960, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Williams	Ministerialist	1912–1915
	William Wellington	Labor	1915–1939
	Arthur Jones	Labor	1939–1957
		Queensland Labor	1957–1960

Third incarnation (1992–2009, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Rob Mitchell	National	1992–2001
	Christine Scott	Labor	2001–2004
	Shane Knuth	National	2004–2008
		Liberal National	2008–2009

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2006: Charters Towers[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Shane Knuth	10,136	61.05	+14.28
	Labor	Bruce Scott	6,468	38.95	-4.62
Total formal votes			16,604	98.58	-0.18
Informal votes			240	1.42	+0.18
Turnout			16,844	90.96	-1.32
	National hold		Swing	+8.34

Queensland state election, 2004: Charters Towers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Shane Knuth	7,910	46.77	+12.19
	Labor	Christine Scott	7,369	43.57	-0.21
	One Nation	Jerry Burnett	1,635	9.67	-11.97
Total formal votes			16,914	98.76	-0.30
Informal votes			212	1.24	+0.30
Turnout			17,126	92.28	-1.41
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Shane Knuth	8,481	52.71	+4.88
	Labor	Christine Scott	7,608	47.29	-4.88
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+4.88

Queensland state election, 2001: Charters Towers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Christine Scott	7,575	43.8	+6.1
	National	Rob Mitchell	5,984	34.6	-0.4
	One Nation	Mark Ree	3,745	21.6	-3.8
Total formal votes			17,304	99.1
Informal votes			165	0.9
Turnout			17,469	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Christine Scott	8,138	52.2	+5.4
	National	Rob Mitchell	7,460	47.8	-5.4
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+5.4

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Charters Towers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Christine Scott	5,758	37.1	-2.5
	National	Rob Mitchell	5,454	35.2	-20.0
	One Nation	Richard O'Pray	4,066	26.2	+26.2
	Shooters	Peter Salisbury	116	0.8	+0.8
	Reform	Ben Dyball	114	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			15,508	99.2	+0.3
Informal votes			128	0.8	-0.3
Turnout			15,636	93.2	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Rob Mitchell	7,706	53.7	-4.3
	Labor	Christine Scott	6,641	46.3	+4.3
	National hold		Swing	-4.3

Queensland state election, 1995: Charters Towers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Rob Mitchell	8,562	55.2	+11.1
	Labor	John White	6,151	39.6	-6.0
	Independent	Jo Cronin	513	3.3	-2.2
	Democrats	Kevin Paine	290	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			15,516	98.9	+0.9
Informal votes			169	1.1	-0.9
Turnout			15,685	92.7	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Rob Mitchell	8,902	58.0	+7.6
	Labor	John White	4,668	42.0	-7.6
	National hold		Swing	+7.6

Queensland state election, 1992: Charters Towers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Smyth	7,475	45.7	-3.0
	National	Rob Mitchell	7,209	44.1	+0.3
	Independent	Jo Cronin	901	5.5	+5.5
	Liberal	Joseph Kirk	526	3.2	+1.0
	Independent	Harrison Duncan	229	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			16,340	98.0
Informal votes			326	2.0
Turnout			16,666	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Rob Mitchell	7,966	50.4	+2.0
	Labor	Ken Smyth	7,853	49.6	-2.0
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 1950s

Queensland state election, 1957: Charters Towers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Queensland Labor	Arthur Jones	1,837	43.8	+43.8
	Liberal	Kieth Siemon	1,294	30.9	-1.5
	Labor	Robert Davies	1,060	25.3	-42.3
Total formal votes			4,191	98.4	-0.6
Informal votes			68	1.6	+0.6
Turnout			4,259	95.4	+0.7
	Queensland Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1956: Charters Towers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Jones	2,766	67.6	-32.4
	Liberal	Jan Karlik	1,329	32.4	+32.4
Total formal votes			4,095	99.0
Informal votes			40	1.0
Turnout			4,135	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1953: Charters Towers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Jones	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Queensland state election, 1950: Charters Towers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Jones	2,675	59.2
	Liberal	George Ellis	1,643	36.4
	NQ Labor	Victor Hay	201	4.4
Total formal votes			4,519	97.3
Informal votes			124	2.7
Turnout			4,643	96.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Queensland state election, 1947: Charters Towers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Jones	3,947	63.2	-4.3
	Country	Reg Smith	1,459	23.3	+23.3
	Independent	George Carbis	843	13.5	+13.5
Total formal votes			6,249	99.1	+0.9
Informal votes			55	0.9	-0.9
Turnout			6,304	91.0	+9.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1944: Charters Towers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Jones	4,241	67.5	+4.3
	Independent Labor	Syd Williams	2,344	32.5	-4.3
Total formal votes			6,285	98.2	-0.4
Informal votes			115	1.8	+0.4
Turnout			6,400	81.8	-1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.3

Queensland state election, 1941: Charters Towers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Jones	4,023	63.2	-36.8
	Protestant Labor	Syd Williams	2,344	36.8	+36.8
Total formal votes			6,367	98.6
Informal votes			89	1.4
Turnout			6,456	82.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/archive/qld/results/2006/ChartersTowers.htm