Electoral results for the district of Mount Gravatt

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

Members for Mount Gravatt

Member		Party	Term
	Felix Dittmer	Labor	1950–1957
	Graham Hart	Liberal	1957–1963
	Geoff Chinchen	Liberal	1963–1977
	Guelfi Scassola	Liberal	1977–1983
	Ian Henderson	National	1983–1989
	Judy Spence	Labor	1989–2009

Election results

Queensland state election, 2006: Mount Gravatt[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Judy Spence	12,742	54.82	-1.63
	Liberal	Nick Monsour	7,517	32.34	-3.34
	Greens	Daniel Crute	1,710	7.36	+7.36
	Family First	Matthew Darragh	956	4.11	+4.11
	Independent	J.F. Barnes	319	1.37	-2.41
Total formal votes			23,244	98.13	+0.23
Informal votes			443	1.87	-0.23
Turnout			23,687	89.64	-1.90
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Judy Spence	13,852	62.88	+2.56
	Liberal	Nick Monsour	8,179	37.12	-2.56
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.56

Queensland state election, 2004: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Judy Spence	13,317	56.45	+1.85
	Liberal	Richard Leworthy	8,418	35.68	+8.73
	One Nation	Karen Bracken	963	4.08	-5.23
	Independent	J.F. Barnes	892	3.78	+3.78
Total formal votes			23,590	97.90	-0.11
Informal votes			507	2.10	+0.11
Turnout			24,097	91.54	-2.26
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Judy Spence	13,688	60.32	-3.85
	Liberal	Richard Leworthy	9,004	39.68	+3.85
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.85

Queensland state election, 2001: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Judy Spence	13,187	54.6	+8.1
	Liberal	Steven Huang	6,509	27.0	-6.1
	One Nation	Edmund McMahon	2,248	9.3	-5.2
	Greens	Daniel Lloyd	1,141	4.7	+0.7
	Independent	Frank Tanti	831	3.4	+3.4
	Independent	Ken Eggmolesse	235	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			24,151	98.0
Informal votes			490	2.0
Turnout			24,641	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Judy Spence	14,220	64.2	+8.1
	Liberal	Steve Huang	7,940	35.8	-8.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.1

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Judy Spence	9,053	48.0	-4.1
	Liberal	Graham Quirk	6,047	32.1	-15.9
	One Nation	Richard Duffell	2,519	13.4	+13.4
	Greens	Rod Young	720	3.8	+3.8
	Democrats	Ian Laing	455	2.4	+2.4
	Reform	Arthur Colebrook	76	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			18,870	98.6	+0.7
Informal votes			267	1.4	-0.7
Turnout			19,137	93.1	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Judy Spence	10,332	57.2	+5.1
	Liberal	Graham Quirk	7,739	42.8	-5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.1

Queensland state election, 1995: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Judy Spence	9,808	52.1	-4.3
	Liberal	Joe Hodgson	9,034	47.9	+9.8
Total formal votes			18,842	97.9	-0.1
Informal votes			406	2.1	+0.1
Turnout			19,248	92.2	-0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.1

Queensland state election, 1992: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Judy Spence	11,211	56.4	+1.9
	Liberal	Allan Pidgeon	7,563	38.1	+9.7
	Independent	David McBryde	1,092	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			19,866	98.0
Informal votes			402	2.0
Turnout			20,268	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Judy Spence	11,582	59.2	+3.4
	Liberal	Allan Pidgeon	7,991	40.8	-3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.4

Elections in the 1980s

Queensland state election, 1989: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Judy Spence	9,697	50.3	+16.7
	Liberal	Guelfi Scassola	5,845	30.3	-1.4
	National	Ian Henderson	3,738	19.4	-14.2
Total formal votes			19,280	97.2	-0.6
Informal votes			550	2.8	+0.6
Turnout			19,830	92.7	-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Judy Spence	9,968	51.7	+8.4
	Liberal	Guelfi Scassola	9,312	48.3	+48.3
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+8.4

Queensland state election, 1986: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pauline McLaughlin	6,232	33.6	-2.2
	National	Ian Henderson	6,226	33.6	-0.5
	Liberal	Guelfi Scassola	5,879	31.7	+1.6
	Tory and Whig	Christine Shackleton	187	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			18,524	97.9	+0.4
Informal votes			404	2.1	-0.4
Turnout			18,928	92.9	-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ian Henderson	10,502	56.7	+0.4
	Labor	Pauline McLaughlin	8,022	43.3	-0.4
	National hold		Swing	+0.4

Queensland state election, 1983: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Steve Tharendu	6,201	35.8	+4.8
	National	Ian Henderson	5,909	34.1	+8.9
	Liberal	Guelfi Scassola	5,209	30.1	-13.7
Total formal votes			17,319	98.6	-0.2
Informal votes			242	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			17,561	93.1	+3.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ian Henderson	10,037	57.9	+57.9
	Labor	Steve Tharendu	7,282	42.1	+7.8
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1980: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Guelfi Scassola	7,006	43.8	+8.2
	Labor	Marion McInnes	4,953	31.0	-5.9
	National	Ian Henderson	4,031	25.2	+2.0
Total formal votes			15,990	98.8	+0.5
Informal votes			196	1.2	-0.5
Turnout			16,186	89.6	-2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Guelfi Scassola	10,500	65.7	+5.3
	Labor	Marion McInnes	5,490	34.3	-5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.3

Elections in the 1970s

Queensland state election, 1977: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Harvey	5,546	36.9	+6.4
	Liberal	Guelfi Scassola	5,345	35.6	-31.6
	National	Ian Henderson	3,486	23.2	+23.2
	Progress	Desmond McKay	654	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			15,031	98.3
Informal votes			261	1.7
Turnout			15,292	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Guelfi Scassola	9,085	60.4	-10.2
	Labor	George Harvey	5,946	39.6	+10.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.2

Queensland state election, 1974: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Chinchen	10,200	66.9	+20.6
	Labor	Bill Avery	4,656	30.5	-16.1
	Democratic Labor	Therese Sheil	396	2.6	-4.5
Total formal votes			15,252	98.9	+0.1
Informal votes			164	1.1	-0.1
Turnout			15,416	91.2	-4.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Chinchen	10,529	69.0	+16.5
	Labor	Bill Avery	4,723	31.0	-16.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+16.5

Queensland state election, 1972: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Avery	5,922	46.6	+5.7
	Liberal	Geoff Chinchen	5,885	46.3	-6.0
	Democratic Labor	Michael Scragg	901	7.1	+0.3
Total formal votes			12,708	98.8
Informal votes			153	1.2
Turnout			12,861	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Chinchen	6,671	52.5	-4.1
	Labor	Bill Avery	6,037	47.5	+4.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.1

Elections in the 1960s

Queensland state election, 1969: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Chinchen	9,577	52.3	-3.6
	Labor	James Kennedy	7,488	40.9	+5.6
	Democratic Labor	Patrick O'Reilly	1,250	6.8	-1.9
Total formal votes			18,315	98.5	0.0
Informal votes			272	1.5	0.0
Turnout			18,587	93.9	-0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Chinchen	10,595	57.8	-5.5
	Labor	James Kennedy	7,720	42.2	+5.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.5

Queensland state election, 1966: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Chinchen	8,647	55.9	-0.1
	Labor	Peter Rowe	5,464	35.3	-0.5
	Democratic Labor	Kenneth Bayliss	1,349	8.7	+0.5
Total formal votes			15,460	98.5	+0.5
Informal votes			240	1.5	-0.5
Turnout			15,700	94.4	-0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Chinchen	9,783	63.3	+1.3
	Labor	Peter Rowe	5,677	36.7	-1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.3

Queensland state election, 1963: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoff Chinchen	7,538	56.0	-0.8
	Labor	Stuart Barnes	4,819	35.8	+5.9
	Democratic Labor	Eric Allingham	1,108	8.2	-5.1
Total formal votes			13,465	98.5	+0.2
Informal votes			208	1.5	-0.2
Turnout			13,673	95.3	+1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoff Chinchen	8,342	62.0
	Labor	Stuart Barnes	5,123	38.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1960: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Graham Hart	6,278	53.9
	Labor	Fred Pearson	3,433	29.5
	Queensland Labor	Rupert Kneen	1,117	9.6
	Independent Labor	Eric King	807	6.9
Total formal votes			11,635	98.9
Informal votes			125	1.1
Turnout			11,760	93.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

Queensland state election, 1957: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Graham Hart	10,562	39.7	-0.7
	Labor	Felix Dittmer	10,434	39.3	-20.3
	Queensland Labor	Charles Edwards	5,432	20.4	+20.4
	Independent	Harold Boone	145	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			26,573	98.6	-0.2
Informal votes			370	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			26,943	95.2	+1.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.9

Queensland state election, 1956: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Felix Dittmer	14,600	59.6	-3.9
	Liberal	Eric Handy	9,904	40.4	+5.9
Total formal votes			24,504	98.8	+0.1
Informal votes			286	1.2	-0.1
Turnout			24,790	94.2	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.9

Queensland state election, 1953: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Felix Dittmer	12,203	63.5	+11.2
	Liberal	Daniel Rowley	6,635	34.5	-11.5
	Communist	George Bordujenko	386	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			19,224	98.7	+0.1
Informal votes			259	1.3	-0.1
Turnout			19,483	93.6	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.6

Queensland state election, 1950: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Felix Dittmer	6,702	52.3
	Liberal	Edward Knoblanch	5,890	46.0
	Independent	Donald Orr	215	1.7
Total formal votes			12,807	98.6
Informal votes			186	1.4
Turnout			12,993	92.1
	Labor hold		Swing

References

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