Electoral results for the district of Maroochydore

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

Members for Maroochydore

Member		Party	Term
	Fiona Simpson	National	1992–2008
		Liberal National	2008–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Maroochydore[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Fiona Simpson	15,267	48.46	−9.70
	Labor	Bill Gissane	7,743	24.58	+4.43
	Palmer United	James McDonald	4,356	13.83	+13.83
	Greens	Trudy Byrnes	4,138	13.13	+0.13
Total formal votes			31,504	97.93	+0.10
Informal votes			666	2.07	−0.10
Turnout			32,170	87.78	−0.44
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Fiona Simpson	16,767	59.27	−11.66
	Labor	Bill Gissane	11,523	40.73	+11.66
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−11.66

Queensland state election, 2012: Maroochydore[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Fiona Simpson	16,339	58.16	+1.88
	Labor	Ray Barber	5,660	20.15	-10.83
	Greens	Rainee Skinner	3,652	13.00	+0.26
	Katter's Australian	Mark Maguire	2,440	8.69	+8.69
Total formal votes			28,091	97.83	-0.31
Informal votes			622	2.17	+0.31
Turnout			28,713	88.22	+0.41
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Fiona Simpson	17,738	70.93	+8.13
	Labor	Ray Barber	7,269	29.07	-8.13
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+8.13

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Maroochydore[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Fiona Simpson	15,398	56.3	+5.9
	Labor	Sue Carlos	8,475	31.0	-2.9
	Greens	Brenton Clutterbuck	3,487	12.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			27,360	97.9
Informal votes			518	2.1
Turnout			27,878	87.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Fiona Simpson	16,131	62.8	+4.5
	Labor	Sue Carlos	9,554	37.2	-4.5
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+4.5

Queensland state election, 2006: Maroochydore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Fiona Simpson	14,161	54.3	+8.3
	Labor	Debbie Blumel	8,747	33.5	-4.3
	Greens	K C Robinson	2,604	10.0	+2.1
	Independent	Max Phillips	579	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			26,091	98.2	-0.1
Informal votes			489	1.8	+0.1
Turnout			26,580	88.2	-1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Fiona Simpson	15,066	60.7	+6.6
	Labor	Debbie Blumel	9,764	39.3	-6.6
	National hold		Swing	+6.6

Queensland state election, 2004: Maroochydore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Fiona Simpson	11,720	46.0	+6.2
	Labor	Debbie Blumel	9,626	37.8	-3.3
	Greens	Lindsay Holt	2,023	7.9	+7.9
	One Nation	Patrick Rozanski	1,183	4.6	-14.5
	Independent	Anita Gordon	907	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			25,459	98.3	+0.3
Informal votes			449	1.7	-0.3
Turnout			25,908	89.3	-0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Fiona Simpson	12,703	54.1	+3.3
	Labor	Debbie Blumel	10,794	45.9	-3.3
	National hold		Swing	+3.3

Queensland state election, 2001: Maroochydore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Malcolm Baillie	9,762	41.1	+15.1
	National	Fiona Simpson	9,446	39.8	+7.8
	One Nation	Rowena Wellard	4,530	19.1	-6.3
Total formal votes			23,738	98.0
Informal votes			492	2.0
Turnout			24,230	90.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Fiona Simpson	10,650	50.8	-10.8
	Labor	Malcolm Baillie	10,318	49.2	+10.8
	National hold		Swing	-10.8

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Maroochydore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Fiona Simpson	9,426	40.3	-17.3
	One Nation	Cheryl Parker	6,443	27.6	+27.6
	Labor	Dan Siskind	5,635	24.1	-7.6
	Greens	John Fitzgerald	1,157	5.0	-5.7
	Democrats	Gaylene Bell	709	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			23,370	98.5	-0.1
Informal votes			345	1.5	+0.1
Turnout			23,715	90.7	+0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Fiona Simpson	13,695	65.1	+2.8
	One Nation	Cheryl Parker	7,357	34.9	+34.9
	National hold		Swing	+2.8

Queensland state election, 1995: Maroochydore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Fiona Simpson	12,209	57.7	+25.6
	Labor	Ken King	6,709	31.7	-8.0
	Greens	Susie Chapman	2,254	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			21,172	98.6	+1.0
Informal votes			297	1.4	-1.0
Turnout			21,469	90.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Fiona Simpson	12,928	62.3	+8.2
	Labor	Ken King	7,835	37.7	-8.2
	National hold		Swing	+8.2

Queensland state election, 1992: Maroochydore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alison Jackson	7,658	39.7	-2.6
	National	Fiona Simpson	6,185	32.0	+8.1
	Liberal	Leslie Treichel	3,995	20.7	-1.8
	Independent	Ian McNiven	1,463	7.6	+7.6
Total formal votes			19,301	97.6
Informal votes			475	2.4
Turnout			19,776	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Fiona Simpson	9,582	54.0	+54.0
	Labor	Alison Jackson	8,157	46.0	+0.1
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	+54.0

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Maroochydore - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://virtualtallyroom.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth50.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 15 December 2011.