Electoral results for the district of Logan

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

Members for Logan

First incarnation (1873–1950)
Member		Party	Term
	Phillip Nind	Unaligned	1873–1875
	Adam Black	Unaligned	1875
	Frederick Shaw	Unaligned	1875–1876
	Peter McLean	Unaligned	1876–1883
	Ernest James Stevens	Independent	1883–1896
	John Donaldson	Independent/Ministerialist	1896
	James Stodart	Ministerialist/Opposition	1896–1918
	Alfred James	Labor	1918–1920
	Reginald King	Nationalist/United Party/ Country and Progressive National	1920–1935
	John Brown	Labor	1935–1944
	Sir Thomas Hiley	Queensland People's/ Liberal	1944–1950
Second incarnation (1960–1972)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Harrison	Country	1960–1966
	Dick Wood	Country	1966–1969
	Edgar Baldwin	Labor	1969–1972
Third incarnation (1986–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Wayne Goss	Labor	1986–1998
	John Mickel	Labor	1998–2012
	Michael Pucci	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Linus Power	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Logan[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Linus Power	13,839	51.69	+18.40
	Liberal National	Michael Pucci	9,267	34.61	−6.40
	Greens	Kim Southwood	1,654	6.18	+0.80
	Family First	David Pellowe	1,098	4.10	+4.10
	Independent	Daniel Murphy	523	1.95	+1.95
	Independent	Peter Ervik	393	1.47	+1.47
Total formal votes			26,774	96.89	+0.26
Informal votes			859	3.11	−0.26
Turnout			27,633	89.94	−1.34
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Linus Power	15,346	60.82	+15.62
	Liberal National	Michael Pucci	9,884	39.18	−15.62
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+15.62

Queensland state election, 2012: Logan[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Michael Pucci	10,388	41.01	+9.34
	Labor	Linus Power	8,431	33.29	-23.44
	Katter's Australian	Tony Karamatic	3,196	12.62	+12.62
	Independent	Mike Kelly	1,559	6.16	+6.16
	Greens	Julian Hinton	1,362	5.38	-3.12
	One Nation	Troy Aggett	392	1.55	+1.55
Total formal votes			25,328	96.63	-0.31
Informal votes			882	3.37	+0.31
Turnout			26,210	91.28	-0.14
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Michael Pucci	11,801	54.80	+18.73
	Labor	Linus Power	9,732	45.20	-18.73
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+18.73

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Logan[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mickel	14,184	56.7	-4.8
	Liberal National	Tristan McLindon	7,917	31.7	+8.1
	Greens	James Brown	2,124	8.5	-0.8
	DS4SEQ	Jenny Gear	777	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			25,002	96.5
Informal votes			790	3.5
Turnout			25,792	91.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Mickel	14,982	63.9	-7.2
	Liberal National	Tristan McLindon	8,453	36.1	+7.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.2

Queensland state election, 2006: Logan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mickel	15,456	63.9	+0.1
	National	Belinda Goodwin	5,054	20.9	-3.6
	Greens	Jessica Brown	2,174	9.0	+0.2
	Family First	Robert Prinzen-Wood	1,521	6.3	+6.3
Total formal votes			24,205	96.9	-0.0
Informal votes			771	3.1	+0.0
Turnout			24,976	90.8	-0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Mickel	16,508	73.9	+2.7
	National	Belinda Goodwin	5,829	26.1	-2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.7

Queensland state election, 2004: Logan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mickel	15,114	63.8	-8.5
	National	Joy Drescher	5,799	24.5	-3.2
	Greens	Eileen Brown	2,083	8.8	+8.8
	Independent	Ron Frood	699	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			23,695	96.9	+2.5
Informal votes			746	3.1	-2.5
Turnout			24,441	91.6	-1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Mickel	15,733	71.2	-1.1
	National	Joy Drescher	6,349	28.8	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.1

Queensland state election, 2001: Logan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mickel	15,645	72.3	+25.6
	National	Joy Drescher	6,001	27.7	+10.2
Total formal votes			21,646	94.4
Informal votes			1,275	5.6
Turnout			22,921	92.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.4

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Logan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mickel	12,353	49.0	-17.9
	One Nation	Jan Dawson	7,202	28.6	+28.6
	National	James Lister	3,695	14.7	-18.4
	Independent	Russell Leneham	1,441	5.7	+5.7
	Democrats	Alan Dickson	495	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			25,186	97.8	+0.6
Informal votes			563	2.2	-0.6
Turnout			25,749	92.9	+2.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	John Mickel	13,903	58.4	-8.5
	One Nation	Jan Dawson	9,895	41.6	+41.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.5

Queensland state election, 1995: Logan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Wayne Goss	14,945	66.9	-2.1
	National	Gordon Ritter	7,389	33.1	+20.0
Total formal votes			22,334	97.2	+0.1
Informal votes			635	2.8	-0.1
Turnout			22,969	90.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.4

Queensland state election, 1992: Logan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Wayne Goss	14,467	69.1	+2.6
	National	Gordon Ritter	2,751	13.1	+0.6
	Liberal	Susie Gilbert	2,316	11.1	-9.1
	Independent	Russell Leneham	1,413	6.7	+6.7
Total formal votes			20,947	97.2
Informal votes			611	2.8
Turnout			21,558	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Wayne Goss	15,206	75.3	+7.6
	National	Gordon Ritter	4,978	24.7	+24.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.6

Elections in the 1980s

Queensland state election, 1989: Logan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Wayne Goss	16,836	67.3	+15.6
	Liberal	Peter Carroll	5,024	20.1	+5.4
	National	Wayne Robertson	3,159	12.6	-19.6
Total formal votes			25,019	95.6	-1.8
Informal votes			1,142	4.4	+1.8
Turnout			26,161	89.6	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Wayne Goss	17,063	68.2	+11.4
	Liberal	Peter Carroll	5,024	32.8	+32.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.4

Queensland state election, 1986: Logan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Wayne Goss	9,693	51.7
	National	Wendy Howard	6,038	32.2
	Liberal	Allen Johnstone	2,746	14.7
	Socialist	Heather Haub	258	1.4
Total formal votes			18,735	97.4
Informal votes			509	2.6
Turnout			19,244	88.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Wayne Goss	10,641	56.8	+5.5
	National	Wendy Howard	8,094	43.2	-5.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.5

Elections in the 1960s

Queensland state election, 1969: Logan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edgar Baldwin	6,997	49.2	+12.0
	Country	Dick Wood	6,192	43.5	+11.8
	Democratic Labor	Michael Scragg	1,043	7.3	+5.5
Total formal votes			14,232	96.9	+0.1
Informal votes			454	3.1	-0.1
Turnout			14,686	90.2	-3.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Edgar Baldwin	7,338	51.6	+4.8
	Country	Dick Wood	6,894	48.4	-4.8
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+4.8

Queensland state election, 1966: Logan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Ware	4,129	37.2	-1.0
	Country	Dick Wood	3,516	31.7	-26.5
	Liberal	Francis Dennis	2,199	19.8	+19.8
	Independent	Laurence Storey	926	8.3	+8.3
	Democratic Labor	Maurice Sheehan	197	1.8	-1.8
	Social Credit	Paul Kenealy	135	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			11,102	96.8	-1.4
Informal votes			362	3.2	+1.4
Turnout			11,464	93.4	-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Dick Wood	5,903	53.2	-8.0
	Labor	William Ware	5,199	46.8	+8.0
	Country hold		Swing	-8.0

Queensland state election, 1963: Logan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Robert Harrison	5,733	58.2	-3.1
	Labor	William Ware	3,767	38.2	-0.5
	Democratic Labor	Frank Andrews	356	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			9,856	98.2	+0.2
Informal votes			180	1.8	-0.2
Turnout			10,036	93.6	+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Robert Harrison	6,033	61.2
	Labor	William Ware	3,823	38.8
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1960: Logan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Robert Harrison	5,404	61.3
	Labor	Vincent Sheppard	3,413	38.7
Total formal votes			8,817	98.0
Informal votes			183	2.0
Turnout			9,000	92.1
	Country win		(new division)

Elections in the 1940s

Queensland state election, 1947: Logan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Queensland People's Party	Thomas Hiley	10,034	60.7	+8.0
	Labor	Ferdinand Scholl	6,589	39.3	-8.0
Total formal votes			16,523	99.1	+0.3
Informal votes			145	0.9	-0.3
Turnout			16,668	93.3	+4.2
	Queensland People's Party hold		Swing	+8.0

Queensland state election, 1944: Logan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Queensland People's Party	Thomas Hiley	7,434	52.7	+7.7
	Labor	John Brown	6,680	47.3	-7.7
Total formal votes			14,114	98.8	+0.7
Informal votes			165	1.2	-0.7
Turnout			14,279	89.1	-2.7
	Queensland People's Party gain from Labor		Swing	+7.7

Queensland state election, 1941: Logan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Brown	6,848	55.0	+5.4
	United Australia	Albert Pro-Copis	5,602	45.0	+12.8
Total formal votes			12,450	98.1	-0.2
Informal votes			240	1.9	+0.2
Turnout			12,690	91.8	-2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.8

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Logan - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth46.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 15 December 2011.