Electoral results for the district of Kurwongbah

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

Members for Kurwongbah

MemberPartyTerm
  Margaret Woodgate Labor 1992–1997
  Linda Lavarch Labor 1997–2009

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2006: Kurwongbah[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Linda Lavarch 17,699 56.48 +1.93
National Terry Orreal 10,686 34.10 +2.60
Greens Terry Jones 2,949 9.41 +1.83
Total formal votes 31,334 98.03 -0.13
Informal votes 630 1.97 +0.13
Turnout 31,964 92.99 -0.62
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Linda Lavarch 18,791 62.36 -0.09
National Terry Orreal 11,341 37.64 +0.09
Labor hold Swing -0.09
Queensland state election, 2004: Kurwongbah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Linda Lavarch 16,148 54.55 -8.40
National Terry Orreal 9,323 31.50 +31.50
Greens Daniel Boon 2,245 7.58 +1.01
One Nation Dean Westbury 1,184 4.00 +4.00
Independent Connie Wood 701 2.37 +2.37
Total formal votes 29,601 98.16 +0.57
Informal votes 554 1.84 -0.57
Turnout 30,155 93.61 -0.72
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Linda Lavarch 17,128 62.45 -10.25
National Terry Orreal 10,299 37.55 +37.55
Labor hold Swing -10.25
Queensland state election, 2001: Kurwongbah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Linda Lavarch 16,889 62.9 +13.6
Liberal Brenda Martin 5,757 21.5 -1.2
Greens Kim Pantano 1,762 6.6 +0.9
Democrats Matt Harrison 1,460 5.4 +5.4
City Country Alliance Steve Purtill 963 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 26,831 97.6
Informal votes 663 2.4
Turnout 27,494 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Linda Lavarch 17,987 72.7 +9.7
Liberal Brenda Martin 6,755 27.3 -9.7
Labor hold Swing +9.7

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Kurwongbah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Linda Lavarch 11,857 49.5 +4.5
Liberal Justin Kerr 5,423 22.6 -9.8
One Nation Kim Thistlethwaite 5,312 22.2 +22.2
Greens Kim Pantano 1,371 5.7 -3.5
Total formal votes 23,963 98.5 -0.1
Informal votes 356 1.5 +0.1
Turnout 24,319 94.8 +1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Linda Lavarch 13,847 63.2 +7.3
Liberal Justin Kerr 8,061 36.8 -7.3
Labor hold Swing +7.3
Kurwongbah state by-election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Linda Lavarch 10,148 48.19 +3.20
Liberal Peter Rankin 5,238 24.88 -7.48
Independent Yvonne Moran 3,173 15.07 +15.07
Greens Kim Pantano 1,359 6.45 -2.76
Independent Rona Joyner 521 2.47 +2.47
Shooters Bev Salisbury 452 2.15 +2.15
Independent Peter Byrne 167 0.79 +0.79
Total formal votes 21,056 98.14 -0.42
Informal votes 400 1.86 +0.42
Turnout 21,456 84.37
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Linda Lavarch 11,484 60.20 +4.30
Liberal Peter Rankin 7,580 39.80 -4.30
Labor hold Swing +4.30
Queensland state election, 1995: Kurwongbah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Margaret Woodgate 9,810 45.0 -12.2
Liberal Dennis Sharkey 7,055 32.4 +12.6
Independent Rob Akers 2,129 9.8 +9.8
Greens Kim Pantano 2,009 9.2 +9.2
Confederate Action Paul Hunter 800 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 21,803 98.6 +0.7
Informal votes 319 1.4 -0.7
Turnout 22,122 93.0 -0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Margaret Woodgate 11,326 55.9 -7.2
Liberal Dennis Sharkey 8,936 44.1 +7.2
Labor hold Swing 7.2
Queensland state election, 1992: Kurwongbah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Margaret Woodgate 11,750 57.2 +0.1
Liberal Graeme Ashworth 4,075 19.8 -2.9
National Bruce Stewart 3,092 15.0 -1.9
Independent Dennis Sharkey 1,634 8.0 +8.0
Total formal votes 20,551 97.9
Informal votes 433 2.1
Turnout 20,984 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Margaret Woodgate 12,488 63.1 +3.8
Liberal Graeme Ashworth 7,315 36.9 -3.8
Labor hold Swing +3.8

References

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