Electoral results for the district of Keppel

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

Members for Keppel

First incarnation (1912–1960)
Member		Party	Term
	James Larcombe	Labor	1912–1929
	Owen Daniel	Country and Progressive National	1929–1936
	David Daniel	Country	1936–1944
	Walter Ingram	Labor	1944–1952
	Viv Cooper	Labor	1952–1957
		Queensland Labor	1957
	Merv Thackeray	Labor	1957–1960
Second incarnation (1992–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Vince Lester	National	1992–2004
	Paul Hoolihan	Labor	2004–2012
	Bruce Young	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Brittany Lauga	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Keppel[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brittany Lauga	14,403	44.43	+10.98
	Liberal National	Bruce Young	12,698	39.17	−5.08
	Palmer United	Warren Purnell	2,679	8.26	+8.26
	Greens	Brandon Jones	1,497	4.62	−1.80
	Independent	Bruce Diamond	1,143	3.53	+3.53
Total formal votes			32,420	98.32	+0.37
Informal votes			554	1.68	−0.37
Turnout			32,974	92.56	−0.14
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brittany Lauga	16,465	54.80	+11.19
	Liberal National	Bruce Young	13,583	45.20	−11.19
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+11.19

Queensland state election, 2012: Keppel[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Bruce Young	13,143	44.25	+4.86
	Labor	Paul Hoolihan	9,935	33.45	-19.13
	Katter's Australian	Luke Hargreaves	4,722	15.90	+15.90
	Greens	Paul Bambrick	1,905	6.41	-1.62
Total formal votes			29.705	97.95	-0.20
Informal votes			622	2.05	+0.20
Turnout			30,327	92.69	+0.26
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Bruce Young	14,757	56.39	+14.01
	Labor	Paul Hoolihan	11,411	43.61	-14.01
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+14.01

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Keppel[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Hoolihan	14,841	52.6	+1.1
	Liberal National	Steve McKenna	11,118	39.4	+3.5
	Greens	Paul Bambrick	2,267	8.0	+5.1
Total formal votes			28,226	98.0
Informal votes			533	2.0
Turnout			28,759	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Hoolihan	15,674	57.6	-0.5
	Liberal National	Steve McKenna	11,527	42.4	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.5

Queensland state election, 2006: Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Hoolihan	12,305	50.1	+3.6
	National	Mary Carroll	8,905	36.3	-2.1
	Family First	Scott Kilpatrick	2,111	8.6	+8.6
	Greens	John McKeon	764	3.1	+3.1
	Independent	Peter Draper	243	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Judy Canales	123	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Valle Checa	96	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			24,547	98.2	+0.1
Informal votes			441	1.8	-0.1
Turnout			24,988	92.4	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Hoolihan	13,088	57.2	+3.4
	National	Mary Carroll	9,797	42.8	-3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.4

Queensland state election, 2004: Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Hoolihan	10,632	46.5	+3.5
	National	Neil Fisher	8,771	38.4	-4.6
	One Nation	Herb Clarke	1,822	8.0	+8.0
	Democrats	Naomi Johns	943	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	John Murphy	377	1.6	+1.6
	Independent	Bruce Piggott	308	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			22,853	98.1	-0.1
Informal votes			447	1.9	+0.1
Turnout			23,300	92.1	-0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Hoolihan	11,292	53.8	+5.3
	National	Neil Fisher	9,706	46.2	-5.3
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+5.3

Queensland state election, 2001: Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Vince Lester	9,285	43.0	+11.6
	Labor	Paul Hoolihan	9,285	43.0	+12.9
	City Country Alliance	Glenda Mather	3,030	14.0	+14.0
Total formal votes			21,596	98.2
Informal votes			404	1.8
Turnout			22,000	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Vince Lester	10,198	51.5	-2.7
	Labor	Paul Hoolihan	9,620	48.5	+2.7
	National hold		Swing	-2.7

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bruce Saunders	8,134	32.0	-4.4
	National	Vince Lester	7,582	29.8	-27.5
	One Nation	Wendy McFarlane	5,430	21.3	+21.3
	Independent	Glenda Mather	1,679	6.6	+6.6
	Australia First	Rick Nagle	1,217	4.8	+4.8
	Independent	Toni Hansen	849	3.3	+3.3
	Democrats	Terry Clark	546	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			25,437	98.8	-0.1
Informal votes			312	1.2	+0.1
Turnout			25,749	93.7	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Vince Lester	11,932	53.6	-6.7
	Labor	Bruce Saunders	10,330	46.4	+6.7
	National hold		Swing	-6.7

Queensland state election, 1995: Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Vince Lester	13,543	57.3	+17.5
	Labor	Bruce Saunders	8,589	36.4	-5.2
	Greens	Bob Muir	1,483	6.3	+6.3
Total formal votes			23,615	98.9	+0.6
Informal votes			264	1.1	-0.6
Turnout			23,879	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Vince Lester	14,051	60.3	+8.9
	Labor	Bruce Saunders	9,233	39.7	-8.9
	National hold		Swing	+8.9

Queensland state election, 1992: Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rob Schwarten	9,212	41.5	-6.1
	National	Vince Lester	8,831	39.8	+3.8
	Democrats	Glenmary Swan	1,424	6.4	+6.4
	Liberal	Kim Shields	1,100	5.0	-3.2
	Confederate Action	Leo Black	1,091	4.9	+4.9
	Independent	Chris Hooper	517	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			22,175	98.3
Informal votes			386	1.7
Turnout			22,561	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Vince Lester	10,763	51.4	+4.7
	Labor	Rob Schwarten	10,171	48.6	-4.7
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+4.7

Elections in the 1950s

Queensland state election, 1957: Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Merv Thackeray	3,730	30.9	-27.6
	Queensland Labor	Viv Cooper	3,151	26.1	+26.1
	Liberal	Tom Griffith	3,063	25.3	-16.2
	Independent	Rex Pilbeam	2,139	17.7	+17.7
Total formal votes			12,083	99.5	+0.3
Informal votes			58	0.5	-0.3
Turnout			12,141	96.2	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.3

Queensland state election, 1956: Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Viv Cooper	6,790	58.5	+3.1
	Liberal	Tom Griffith	4,820	41.5	+41.5
Total formal votes			11,610	99.2	+0.2
Informal votes			88	0.8	-0.2
Turnout			11,698	95.8	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1953: Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Viv Cooper	5,850	55.4	-0.7
	Country	Alfred Ganter	4,001	37.9	-6.0
	Independent	Tolstoy Birkbeck	703	6.7	+6.7
Total formal votes			10,554	99.0	-0.3
Informal votes			111	1.0	+0.3
Turnout			10,665	95.7	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

Queensland state election, 1950: Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Walter Ingram	5,251	56.1
	Country	Harry Beak	4,112	43.9
Total formal votes			9,363	99.3
Informal votes			70	0.7
Turnout			9,433	94.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Queensland state election, 1947: Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Walter Ingram	3,593	41.2	+1.1
	Country	John Reid	3,422	39.2	+8.2
	Frank Barnes Labor	John Harding	1,717	19.7	+19.7
Total formal votes			8,732	98.9	+3.9
Informal votes			93	1.1	-3.9
Turnout			8,825	91.4	+1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.2

Queensland state election, 1944: Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Walter Ingram	3,184	40.1	+1.6
	Country	Frank Saunders	2,466	31.0	-22.0
	Independent	John Harding	2,292	28.9	+28.9
Total formal votes			7,942	95.0	-3.9
Informal votes			420	5.0	+3.9
Turnout			8,362	90.1	+0.1
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+14.3

Queensland state election, 1941: Keppel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Daniel	4,417	53.0	-1.2
	Labor	Walter Ingram	3,206	38.5	+38.5
	Independent	Ezra Shorley	714	8.6	+8.6
Total formal votes			8,337	98.9	+0.2
Informal votes			90	1.1	-0.2
Turnout			8,427	90.0	-2.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

In the 1915 Queensland state election, James Larcombe (Labor) defeated L. P. Landsberg, 2169 votes against 1050.^[4]

In the 1918 Queensland state election, James Larcombe (Labor) defeated William George Thompson (Nationalist), 1659 votes against 1130.^[4]

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Keppel - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth44.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
4. "KEPPEL.". Warwick Examiner and Times (Qld. : 1867 - 1919) (Qld.: National Library of Australia). 18 March 1918. p. 5. Retrieved 20 December 2015.