Electoral results for the district of Mansfield

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

Members for Mansfield

Member		Party	Term
	Bill Kaus	Liberal	1972–1983
		National	1983–1986
	Craig Sherrin	National	1986–1989
	Laurel Power	Labor	1989–1995
	Frank Carroll	Liberal	1995–1998
	Phil Reeves	Labor	1998–2012
	Ian Walker	Liberal National	2012–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Mansfield[1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ian Walker	12,574	46.88	-6.79
	Labor	Adam Obeid	10,875	40.55	+8.18
	Greens	Nick Jelicic	2,476	9.23	+3.11
	Independent	Jarrod Wirth	895	3.34	+2.55
Total formal votes			26,820	98.31	+0.03
Informal votes			460	1.69	-0.03
Turnout			27,280	90.59	-1.35
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ian Walker	13,113	50.55	-10.59
	Labor	Adam Obeid	12,829	49.45	+10.59
	Liberal National hold		Swing	-10.59

Queensland state election, 2012: Mansfield[3][4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ian Walker	13,953	53.67	+14.05
	Labor	Phil Reeves	8,416	32.37	-14.91
	Greens	Craig Sheehan	1,592	6.12	-0.65
	Katter's Australian	Ray Smith	1,135	4.37	+4.37
	Family First	Carolyn Ferrando	696	2.68	-0.78
	Independent	Jarrod Wirth	206	0.79	+0.79
Total formal votes			25,998	98.28	-0.03
Informal votes			454	1.72	+0.03
Turnout			26,452	91.94	-0.47
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ian Walker	14,886	61.14	+15.53
	Labor	Phil Reeves	9,462	38.86	-15.53
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+15.53

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Mansfield[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Phil Reeves	12,354	47.3	-3.4
	Liberal National	Adrian Hart	10,353	39.6	+4.2
	Greens	Dean Love	1,768	6.8	-1.0
	Family First	Jesse Webb	903	3.5	-2.4
	DS4SEQ	Wendy Fitz-Gerald	751	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			26,129	98.2
Informal votes			450	1.8
Turnout			26,579	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Phil Reeves	13,555	54.4	-4.0
	Liberal National	Adrian Hart	11,368	45.6	+4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.0

Queensland state election, 2006: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Phil Reeves	12,581	50.3	-3.6
	Liberal	Glen Ryan	8,980	35.9	-2.6
	Greens	Gary McMahon	1,883	7.5	-0.1
	Family First	Geoff Grounds	1,576	6.3	+6.3
Total formal votes			25,020	98.2	+0.1
Informal votes			466	1.8	-0.1
Turnout			25,486	91.6	-1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Phil Reeves	13,645	57.7	-0.9
	Liberal	Glen Ryan	9,992	42.3	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.9

Queensland state election, 2004: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Phil Reeves	13,368	53.9	+0.5
	Liberal	John Olive	9,535	38.5	+3.8
	Greens	Jan McNicol	1,894	7.6	+7.6
Total formal votes			24,797	98.1	-0.1
Informal votes			489	1.9	+0.1
Turnout			25,286	92.9	-1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Phil Reeves	14,067	58.6	+0.0
	Liberal	John Olive	9,955	41.4	-0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.0

Queensland state election, 2001: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Phil Reeves	13,296	53.4	+12.5
	Liberal	Frank Carroll	8,646	34.7	-3.0
	Independent	Richard Leworthy	2,960	11.9	+11.9
Total formal votes			24,902	98.2
Informal votes			463	1.8
Turnout			25,365	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Phil Reeves	13,806	58.6	+7.9
	Liberal	Frank Carroll	9,746	41.4	-7.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.9

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Phil Reeves	10,399	40.9	+2.2
	Liberal	Frank Carroll	9,913	39.0	-12.9
	One Nation	Michael Harris-Gahan	3,696	14.5	+14.5
	Greens	Scott Alderson	817	3.2	-6.3
	Democrats	Faye Carrington	625	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			25,450	98.8	+0.1
Informal votes			311	1.2	-0.1
Turnout			25,761	93.7	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Phil Reeves	12,205	50.2	+6.9
	Liberal	Frank Carroll	12,122	49.8	-6.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.9

Queensland state election, 1995: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Carroll	12,020	51.9	+15.4
	Labor	Laurel Power	8,958	38.6	-11.9
	Greens	Lorrelle Saunders	2,202	9.5	+9.5
Total formal votes			23,180	98.7	+0.7
Informal votes			306	1.3	-0.7
Turnout			23,486	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Frank Carroll	12,962	56.7	+9.3
	Labor	Laurel Power	9,899	43.3	-9.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.3

Queensland state election, 1992: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurel Power	10,888	50.5	+3.2
	Liberal	Don Cameron	7,851	36.4	+13.0
	National	Glenys Head	2,823	13.1	-15.9
Total formal votes			21,562	98.0
Informal votes			437	2.0
Turnout			21,999	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Laurel Power	11,197	52.6	+0.3
	Liberal	Don Cameron	10,108	47.4	+47.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.3

Elections in the 1980s

Queensland state election, 1989: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurel Power	9,298	47.6	+10.2
	National	Craig Sherrin	5,683	29.1	-7.3
	Liberal	David Greig	4,557	23.3	-2.9
Total formal votes			19,538	97.5	-0.4
Informal votes			496	2.5	+0.4
Turnout			20,034	92.9	-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Laurel Power	10,229	52.4	+7.9
	National	Craig Sherrin	9,309	47.6	-7.9
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+7.9

Queensland state election, 1986: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nicole Stehn	6,826	37.4	-1.5
	National	Craig Sherrin	6,648	36.4	-3.6
	Liberal	Leo White	4,774	26.2	+6.1
Total formal votes			18,248	97.9	-0.5
Informal votes			385	2.1	+0.5
Turnout			18,633	93.1	-0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Craig Sherrin	10,126	55.5	+0.4
	Labor	Nicole Stehn	8,122	44.5	-0.4
	National hold		Swing	+0.4

Queensland state election, 1983: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bill Kaus	7,615	40.0	+40.0
	Labor	Norma Jones	7,402	38.9	-1.1
	Liberal	Gregory Goebel	3,827	20.1	-34.8
	Progress	Desmond McKay	175	0.9	-4.2
Total formal votes			19,019	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			226	1.2	-0.3
Turnout			19,245	93.2	+2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bill Kaus	10,677	56.1	+56.1
	Labor	Norma Jones	8,342	43.9	+2.2
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1980: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	9,374	54.9	-1.9
	Labor	John Fraser	6,819	40.0	+5.1
	Progress	Des McKay	876	5.1	-3.2
Total formal votes			17,069	98.5	0.0
Informal votes			238	1.5	0.0
Turnout			17,335	90.5	-2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	9,943	58.3	-4.3
	Labor	John Fraser	7,126	41.7	+4.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.3

Elections in the 1970s

Queensland state election, 1977: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	8,648	56.8	-12.5
	Labor	Harry Zaphir	5,306	34.9	+7.7
	Progress	John McKay	1,261	8.3	+8.3
Total formal votes			15,215	98.5
Informal votes			238	1.5
Turnout			15,453	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	9,531	62.6	-8.6
	Labor	Harry Zaphir	5,684	37.4	+8.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.6

Queensland state election, 1974: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	11,945	69.3	+24.5
	Labor	Desmond Rowland	4,687	27.2	-18.8
	Democratic Labor	Lionel Lane	612	3.6	-4.3
Total formal votes			17,244	98.5	+0.3
Informal votes			266	1.5	-0.3
Turnout			17,510	90.7	-3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	12,454	72.2	+20.2
	Labor	Desmond Rowland	4,790	27.8	-20.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+20.2

Queensland state election, 1972: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Raymond Lynch	6,358	46.0
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	6,193	44.8
	Democratic Labor	John Thompson	1,094	7.9
	Independent	William Kenney	187	1.4
Total formal votes			13,832	98.2
Informal votes			251	1.8
Turnout			14,083	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	7,198	52.0	+0.7
	Labor	Raymond Lynch	6,634	48.0	-0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.7

References

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2. http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2015/results/district49.html
3. Green, Antony. "2012 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results". ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
4. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth49.html
5. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 15 December 2011.