Electoral results for the district of Fitzroy (Queensland)

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

Members for Fitzroy

First incarnation (1888–1960)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Lyons	Conservative	1888–1889
	Albert Callan	Independent	1889–1902
	Henri Cowap	Labor	1902–1907
		Kidston	1907–1909
	James Crawford	Labor	1909–1911
		Independent	1911–1912
	Kenneth Grant	Ministerialist/Queensland Liberal	1912–1915
	Harold Hartley	Labor	1915–1929
	William Carter	Country and Progressive National	1929–1932
	Jens Peterson	Country and Progressive National	1932–1935
	James Clark	Labor	1935–1960
Second incarnation (1992–2009)
Member		Party	Term
	Jim Pearce	Labor	1992–2009

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2006: Fitzroy[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Pearce	13,617	63.94	+1.59
	National	John Engwicht	6,639	31.17	-6.48
	Independent	David Foster	1,041	4.89	+4.89
Total formal votes			21,297	98.39	+0.32
Informal votes			348	1.61	-0.32
Turnout			21,645	91.67	-1.00
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Pearce	13,817	66.40	+4.05
	National	John Engwicht	6,992	33.60	-4.05
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.05

Queensland state election, 2004: Fitzroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Pearce	13,279	62.35	-0.42
	National	John Engwicht	8,019	37.65	+9.09
Total formal votes			21,298	98.07	-0.34
Informal votes			420	1.93	+0.34
Turnout			21,718	92.67	-1.19
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.83

Queensland state election, 2001: Fitzroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Pearce	13,599	62.8	+16.1
	National	Rod Lawrie	6,187	28.6	+5.4
	City Country Alliance	Di Schuback	1,879	8.7	+8.7
Total formal votes			21,665	98.4
Informal votes			351	1.6
Turnout			22,016	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Pearce	13,915	67.2	+8.6
	National	Rod Lawrie	6,797	32.8	-8.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.6

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Fitzroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Pearce	10,214	52.2	-4.4
	One Nation	Joan Wilson	4,402	22.5	+22.5
	National	Richie Bills	4,069	20.8	-22.6
	Australia First	Christopher Chatham	641	3.3	+3.3
	Democrats	Peter Cvetko-Lueger	241	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			19,567	99.2	+0.6
Informal votes			161	0.8	-0.6
Turnout			19,728	93.9	+1.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Pearce	11,276	60.7	+4.1
	One Nation	Joan Wilson	7,295	39.3	+39.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1

Queensland state election, 1995: Fitzroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Pearce	11,061	56.6	-0.1
	National	Karen Mackay	8,473	43.4	+16.7
Total formal votes			19,534	98.6	+0.2
Informal votes			268	1.4	-0.2
Turnout			19,802	92.1	+0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.4

Queensland state election, 1992: Fitzroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Pearce	11,551	56.7	-0.1
	National	Marie Mahood	5,450	26.7	-9.3
	Liberal	Dick Phillips	1,731	8.5	+7.6
	Independent	Keith Scantlebury	1,646	8.1	+8.1
Total formal votes			20,378	98.4
Informal votes			329	1.6
Turnout			20,707	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Pearce	12,092	62.0	+2.5
	National	Marie Mahood	7,412	38.0	-2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

Elections in the 1950s

Queensland state election, 1957: Fitzroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Clark	3,743	43.1	-19.5
	Liberal	Gordon Dunn	2,693	31.0	-5.3
	Queensland Labor	John Norton	2,255	25.9	+25.9
Total formal votes			8,691	99.3	+0.3
Informal votes			62	0.7	-0.3
Turnout			8,753	95.6	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.1

Queensland state election, 1956: Fitzroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Clark	5,472	62.6	-6.9
	Liberal	Gerard Davies	3,175	36.3	+7.6
	Communist	Eric Browne	100	1.1	-0.7
Total formal votes			8,747	99.0	-0.1
Informal votes			91	1.0	+0.1
Turnout			8,838	95.5	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.2

Queensland state election, 1953: Fitzroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Clark	6,028	69.5	+7.6
	Liberal	William Hoare	2,490	28.7	-9.4
	Communist	Eric Browne	157	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			8,675	99.1	+0.1
Informal votes			78	0.9	-0.1
Turnout			8,753	95.0	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.9

Queensland state election, 1950: Fitzroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Clark	5,377	61.9
	Liberal	Hugh Douglas	3,313	38.1
Total formal votes			8,690	99.0
Informal votes			84	1.0
Turnout			8,774	93.2
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Queensland state election, 1947: Fitzroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Clark	5,538	54.7	+3.3
	Queensland People's Party	Harry Weir	4,437	43.8	-4.8
	Frank Barnes Labor	Gordon Loukes	103	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	John Wharton	51	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			10,129	99.3	+0.3
Informal votes			67	0.7	-0.3
Turnout			10,196	93.5	+9.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1

Queensland state election, 1944: Fitzroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Clark	4,832	51.4	-48.6
	Queensland People's Party	Harry Weir	4,563	48.6	+48.6
Total formal votes			9,395	99.0
Informal votes			93	1.0
Turnout			9,488	84.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1941: Fitzroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Clark	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

References

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