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

Member		Party	Term
	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

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