Electoral results for the district of Ipswich West

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

Members for Ipswich West

Member		Party	Term
	Ivor Marsden	Labor	1960–1966
	Vi Jordan	Labor	1966–1974
	Albert Hales	National	1974–1977
	David Underwood	Labor	1977–1989
	Don Livingstone	Labor	1989–1998
	Jack Paff	One Nation	1998–1999
		City Country Alliance	1999–2001
	Don Livingstone	Labor	2001–2006
	Wayne Wendt	Labor	2006–2012
	Sean Choat	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Jim Madden	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Ipswich West[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Madden	14,025	45.66	+13.83
	Liberal National	Sean Choat	10,911	35.52	−8.02
	One Nation	Christopher Reynolds	3,076	10.01	+10.01
	Greens	Ian Simons	1,782	5.80	−0.52
	Independent	Leo Talty	925	3.01	+3.01
Total formal votes			30,719	97.98	+0.23
Informal votes			632	2.02	−0.23
Turnout			31,351	91.09	−2.15
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Madden	16,376	57.71	+14.87
	Liberal National	Sean Choat	11,998	42.29	−14.87
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+14.87

Queensland state election, 2012: Ipswich West[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Sean Choat	12,424	43.54	+6.18
	Labor	Wayne Wendt	9,083	31.83	-22.16
	Katter's Australian	Justin Bowman	5,225	18.31	+18.31
	Greens	Ursula Monsiegneur	1,804	6.32	-2.33
Total formal votes			28,536	97.75	-0.37
Informal votes			657	2.25	+0.37
Turnout			29,193	93.24	+0.23
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Sean Choat	14,146	57.16	+16.71
	Labor	Wayne Wendt	10,600	42.84	-16.71
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+16.71

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Ipswich West[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Wayne Wendt	14,518	54.0	-0.2
	Liberal National	Sean Choat	10,047	37.4	+6.1
	Greens	Di Clark	2,327	8.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			26,892	97.9
Informal votes			516	2.1
Turnout			27,408	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Wayne Wendt	15,370	59.5	-3.2
	Liberal National	Sean Choat	10,442	40.5	+3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.2

Queensland state election, 2006: Ipswich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Wayne Wendt	13,073	54.5	+5.5
	Liberal	Sean Choat	7,410	30.9	-0.6
	Greens	Bill Livermore	1,694	7.1	+2.4
	Family First	Barbara Brown	1,379	5.7	+5.7
	Independent	Brian Branch	440	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			23,996	97.5	-0.5
Informal votes			610	2.5	+0.5
Turnout			24,606	92.4	-0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Wayne Wendt	14,005	63.1	+3.7
	Liberal	Sean Choat	8,185	36.9	-3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

Queensland state election, 2004: Ipswich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Livingstone	11,720	49.0	+3.1
	Liberal	Jean Bray	7,536	31.5	+31.5
	One Nation	Alan Price	3,090	12.9	-12.7
	Greens	Sarai O'Reilly-Reis	1,134	4.7	+0.4
	Independent	Michael Ward	449	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			23,929	98.0	-0.4
Informal votes			481	2.0	+0.4
Turnout			24,410	93.2	-1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Livingstone	12,678	59.4	+2.1
	Liberal	Jean Bray	8,661	40.6	+40.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.1

Queensland state election, 2001: Ipswich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Livingstone	10,768	45.9	+7.0
	One Nation	Bob Dutton	6,002	25.6	-14.2
	National	David Pahlke	4,469	19.1	+0.4
	City Country Alliance	Jack Paff	1,200	5.1	+5.1
	Greens	Ben Glass	1,016	4.3	+3.6
Total formal votes			23,455	98.4
Informal votes			390	1.6
Turnout			23,845	94.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Don Livingstone	11,645	57.3	+11.5
	One Nation	Bob Dutton	8,679	42.7	-11.5
	Labor gain from One Nation		Swing	+11.5

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Ipswich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Livingstone	9,658	41.9	-8.9
	One Nation	Jack Paff	8,900	38.6	+38.6
	National	Sue Wykes	4,065	17.6	-17.7
	Reform	Lance Schloss	416	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			23,039	98.8	+1.0
Informal votes			291	1.2	-1.0
Turnout			23,330	95.0	+1.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	One Nation	Jack Paff	11,444	51.9	+51.9
	Labor	Don Livingstone	10,626	48.1	-7.3
	One Nation gain from Labor		Swing	+51.9

Queensland state election, 1995: Ipswich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Livingstone	11,312	50.8	-8.3
	National	Jack Else	7,873	35.3	+11.9
	Independent	Paul Vaughan	3,090	13.9	+13.9
Total formal votes			22,275	97.8	+0.7
Informal votes			511	2.2	-0.7
Turnout			22,786	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Livingstone	12,008	55.5	-7.2
	National	Jack Else	9,630	44.5	+7.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.2

Queensland state election, 1992: Ipswich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Livingstone	12,497	59.1	+1.2
	National	Jack Else	4,958	23.4	+18.3
	Liberal	Pat Moore	3,696	17.5	-17.5
Total formal votes			21,151	97.1
Informal votes			633	2.9
Turnout			21,784	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Livingstone	12,882	62.7	+3.8
	National	Jack Else	7,676	37.3	+37.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

Elections in the 1980s

Queensland state election, 1989: Ipswich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Livingstone	12,434	62.1	+5.9
	Liberal	Ken Clift	7,600	37.9	+20.1
Total formal votes			20,034	95.8	-2.1
Informal votes			888	4.2	+2.1
Turnout			20,922	91.8	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.9

Queensland state election, 1986: Ipswich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Underwood	10,269	56.2	+0.5
	National	Neil Russell	4,755	26.0	-4.2
	Liberal	Ken Clift	3,247	17.8	+5.5
Total formal votes			18,271	97.9
Informal votes			399	2.1
Turnout			18,670	90.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Underwood	11,182	61.2	+2.3
	National	Neil Russell	7,089	38.8	-2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.3

Queensland state election, 1983: Ipswich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Underwood	9,564	55.7	+3.4
	National	John Roberts	5,191	30.2	+12.9
	Liberal	Christopher Tankey	2,106	12.3	-18.1
	Independent	Geoffrey Snell	301	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			17,162	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			189	1.1	0.0
Turnout			17,351	91.9	+4.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Underwood	10,185	59.4	+5.3
	National	John Roberts	6,977	40.6	+40.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.3

Queensland state election, 1980: Ipswich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Underwood	8,280	52.3	-0.1
	Liberal	Lawrence Pointing	4,814	30.4	+16.8
	National	Neil Russell	2,742	17.3	-16.7
Total formal votes			15,836	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			180	1.1	0.0
Turnout			16,016	87.8	-3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Underwood	8,573	54.1	-0.2
	Liberal	Lawrence Pointing	7,263	45.9	+45.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.2

Elections in the 1970s

Queensland state election, 1977: Ipswich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Underwood	7,776	52.4	+6.4
	National	Albert Hales	5,042	34.0	+8.6
	Liberal	Barry Spark	2,025	13.6	-9.9
Total formal votes			14,843	98.9
Informal votes			161	1.1
Turnout			15,004	91.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Underwood	8,059	54.3	+5.4
	National	Albert Hales	6,784	45.7	-5.4
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+5.4

Queensland state election, 1974: Ipswich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Vi Jordan	6,028	46.0	-11.9
	National	Albert Hales	3,328	25.4	+25.4
	Liberal	Ronda Herrmann	3,075	23.5	-0.5
	Democratic Labor	John Dredge	676	5.2	-2.4
Total formal votes			13,107	98.2	-0.3
Informal votes			233	1.8	+0.3
Turnout			13,340	92.1	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Albert Hales	6,622	50.5	+12.0
	Labor	Vi Jordan	6,485	49.5	-12.0
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+12.0

Queensland state election, 1972: Ipswich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Vi Jordan	6,781	57.9	+4.2
	Liberal	Allan Whybird	2,806	24.0	-12.6
	Independent	Robert Maxwell	1,233	10.5	+10.5
	Democratic Labor	Ernest Devin	887	7.6	-2.2
Total formal votes			11,707	98.5
Informal votes			174	1.5
Turnout			11,881	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Vi Jordan	7,202	61.5	+6.2
	Liberal	Allan Whybird	4,505	38.5	-6.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.2

Elections in the 1960s

Queensland state election, 1969: Ipswich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Vi Jordan	7,128	53.7	+6.2
	Liberal	Allan Whybird	4,861	36.6	+18.1
	Democratic Labor	Francis Carroll	1,296	9.8	+7.5
Total formal votes			13,285	98.2	-0.5
Informal votes			239	1.8	+0.5
Turnout			13,524	90.9	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Vi Jordan	7,483	56.3	-11.3
	Liberal	Allan Whybird	5,802	43.7	+11.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-11.3

Queensland state election, 1966: Ipswich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Vi Jordan	6,211	47.5	-16.3
	Independent	James Finimore	4,140	31.7	+31.7
	Liberal	Allan Whybird	2,421	18.5	-12.4
	Democratic Labor	Leonard Maguire	305	2.3	-3.1
Total formal votes			13,077	98.7	-0.3
Informal votes			170	1.3	+0.3
Turnout			13,247	90.4	-2.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Vi Jordan	6,652	50.9	-13.9
	Independent	James Finimore	6,425	49.1	+49.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-13.9

Queensland state election, 1963: Ipswich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ivor Marsden	8,196	63.8	+2.0
	Liberal	Jim Cochrane	3,966	30.9	+1.6
	Democratic Labor	Len Maguire	688	5.3	-2.5
Total formal votes			12,850	99.0	-0.3
Informal votes			133	1.0	+0.3
Turnout			12,983	93.0	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ivor Marsden	8,324	64.8
	Liberal	Jim Cochrane	4,526	35.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1960: Ipswich West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ivor Marsden	7,674	61.8
	Liberal	Harry Groth	3,635	29.3
	Queensland Labor	Selby Guymer	970	7.8
	Communist	Thomas Millar	132	1.1
Total formal votes			12,411	99.3
Informal votes			87	0.7
Turnout			12,498	92.9
	Labor win		(new division)

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Ipswich West - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth41.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 14 December 2011.