Electoral results for the district of Mulgrave (Queensland)

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

Members for Mulgrave

First incarnation (1873–1888)
Member		Party	Term
	Walter Jervoise Scott	Squatter conservative	1873–1878
	Thomas McIlwraith	Conservative leader	1878–1886
	Walter Adams	Unaligned	1886–1888
Second incarnation (1950–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Watson	Country	1950–1953
	Charles English	Labor	1953–1957
		Queensland Labor	1957
	Robert Watson	Country	1957–1959
	Carlisle Wordsworth	Country	1959–1960
	Roy Armstrong	Country	1960–1975
		National Country	1975–1980
	Max Menzel	National Country	1980–1982
		National	1982–1989
	Warren Pitt	Labor	1989–1995
	Naomi Wilson	National	1995–1998
	Charles Rappolt	One Nation	1998
	Warren Pitt	Labor	1998–2009
	Curtis Pitt	Labor	2009–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Mulgrave[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Curtis Pitt	13,605	51.05	+16.55
	Liberal National	Robyn Quick	8,334	31.27	−0.73
	Palmer United	Christian Wolff	2,821	10.59	+10.59
	Greens	Henry Boer	1,021	3.83	+0.28
	Independent	Damian Byrnes	867	3.25	+3.25
Total formal votes			26,648	97.73	−0.40
Informal votes			618	2.27	+0.40
Turnout			27,266	88.66	−1.71
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Curtis Pitt	15,516	62.76	+11.62
	Liberal National	Robyn Quick	9,205	37.24	−11.62
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.62

Queensland state election, 2012: Mulgrave[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Curtis Pitt	8,739	34.50	-13.51
	Liberal National	Robyn Quick	8,105	32.00	-1.44
	Katter's Australian	Damian Byrnes	7,585	29.95	+29.95
	Greens	Jim Cavill	899	3.55	-2.06
Total formal votes			25,328	98.13	+0.50
Informal votes			482	1.87	-0.50
Turnout			25,810	90.36	+0.06
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Curtis Pitt	10,514	51.15	-6.93
	Liberal National	Robyn Quick	10,043	48.85	+6.93
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.93

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Mulgrave[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Curtis Pitt	11,754	48.0	-11.8
	Liberal National	Vic Black	8,186	33.4	-6.8
	Independent	Damian Byrnes	3,168	12.9	+12.9
	Greens	Hugh Whitehouse	1,373	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			24,481	97.3
Informal votes			594	2.7
Turnout			25,075	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Curtis Pitt	12,876	58.1	-1.7
	Liberal National	Vic Black	9,293	41.9	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.7

Queensland state election, 2006: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Warren Pitt	14,081	59.9	+8.5
	National	Krista Dunford	9,418	40.1	+5.5
Total formal votes			23,499	97.6	-0.4
Informal votes			582	2.4	+0.4
Turnout			24,081	89.6	-2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

Queensland state election, 2004: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Warren Pitt	11,926	51.4	-2.2
	National	Desley Vella	8,043	34.6	+14.6
	One Nation	Arietta Mitchell	2,654	11.4	-14.9
	Independent	Dominic Frisone	590	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			23,213	98.0	-0.3
Informal votes			474	2.0	+0.3
Turnout			23,687	91.6	-0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Warren Pitt	12,441	57.7	-3.6
	National	Desley Vella	9,113	42.3	+42.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.6

Queensland state election, 2001: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Warren Pitt	11,903	53.6	+15.1
	One Nation	Dominic Frisone	5,847	26.3	-3.7
	National	Barry Moyle	4,443	20.0	-9.3
Total formal votes			22,193	98.3
Informal votes			383	1.7
Turnout			22,576	92.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Warren Pitt	12,512	61.3	+14.0
	One Nation	Dominic Frisone	7,903	38.7	-14.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+14.0

Elections in the 1990s

Mulgrave state by-election, 1998[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Warren Pitt	9,446	42.35	+5.33
	National	Naomi Wilson	8,550	38.33	+8.38
	One Nation	Peter Boniface	3,470	15.56	−15.48
	Greens	Jonathan Metcalfe	573	2.57	+2.57
	Independent	Norm Mathison	266	1.19	+1.19
Total formal votes			22,205	98.99
Informal votes			228	1.01
Turnout			22,433	85.83
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Warren Pitt	10,394	50.63	+4.8
	National	Naomi Wilson	10,135	49.37	+49.37
	Labor gain from One Nation		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1998: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Warren Pitt	8,464	37.0	-8.2
	One Nation	Charles Rappolt	7,097	31.0	+31.0
	National	Naomi Wilson	6,848	29.9	-16.0
	Democrats	Jo Gallo	457	2.0	-1.4
Total formal votes			22,866	98.8	+0.4
Informal votes			281	1.2	-0.4
Turnout			23,147	92.9	+2.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	One Nation	Charles Rappolt	11,694	54.1	+54.1
	Labor	Warren Pitt	9,903	45.9	-3.7
	One Nation gain from National		Swing	+54.1

Queensland state election, 1995: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Naomi Wilson	9,214	46.0	+16.0
	Labor	Warren Pitt	9,056	45.2	-3.0
	Greens	Jonathan Metcalfe	1,094	5.5	+5.5
	Democrats	Sonya Kremser	676	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			20,040	98.4	+0.4
Informal votes			325	1.6	-0.4
Turnout			20,365	90.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Naomi Wilson	9,932	50.5	+3.6
	Labor	Warren Pitt	9,748	49.5	-3.6
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+3.6

Queensland state election, 1992: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Warren Pitt	8,666	48.2	-7.3
	National	John Rossi	5,388	30.0	-13.0
	Independent	Max Menzel	2,230	12.4	+12.4
	Liberal	Scott Sturgess	1,703	9.5	+9.5
Total formal votes			17,987	98.0
Informal votes			365	2.0
Turnout			18,352	90.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Warren Pitt	9,256	53.2	-2.8
	National	John Rossi	8,153	46.8	+2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.8

Elections in the 1980s

Queensland state election, 1989: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Warren Pitt	7,350	51.7	+10.7
	National	Max Menzel	6,876	48.3	+5.2
Total formal votes			14,226	95.9	-2.4
Informal votes			614	4.1	+2.4
Turnout			12,489	91.6	+0.6
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+5.4

Queensland state election, 1986: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Max Menzel	5,286	43.0	-13.1
	Labor	Warren Pitt	5,030	41.0	-0.2
	Liberal	Andrew Rankine	1,963	16.0	+16.0
Total formal votes			12,279	98.3
Informal votes			210	1.7
Turnout			12,489	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Max Menzel	6,595	53.7	-0.2
	Labor	Warren Pitt	5,684	46.3	+0.2
	National hold		Swing	-0.2

Queensland state election, 1983: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Max Menzel	6,769	56.1	+11.5
	Labor	George Pervan	4,970	41.2	+3.1
	Independent	Leslie Webber	320	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			12,059	98.9	-0.2
Informal votes			132	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			12,191	91.9	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Max Menzel	6,929	57.5	+1.0
	Labor	George Pervan	5,130	42.5	-1.0
	National hold		Swing	+1.0

Queensland state election, 1980: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Max Menzel	4,739	44.6	-13.8
	Labor	James Moses	4,041	38.1	-3.5
	Liberal	Jean Huxley	1,840	17.3	+17.3
Total formal votes			10,620	99.1	+0.7
Informal votes			96	0.9	-0.7
Turnout			10,716	90.8	-1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Max Menzel	5,995	56.5	-1.9
	Labor	James Moses	4,625	43.5	+1.9
	National hold		Swing	-1.9

Elections in the 1970s

Queensland state election, 1977: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Roy Armstrong	5,629	58.4	-6.4
	Labor	Andrew Eaton	4,016	41.6	+6.4
Total formal votes			9,645	98.4
Informal votes			156	1.6
Turnout			9,801	92.3
	National hold		Swing	-6.4

Queensland state election, 1974: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Roy Armstrong	6,023	64.8	+6.4
	Labor	Louie Tognola	3,269	35.2	-6.4
Total formal votes			9,292	98.4	+0.3
Informal votes			152	1.6	-0.3
Turnout			9,444	91.9	-0.7
	National hold		Swing	+6.4

Queensland state election, 1972: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Armstrong	4,952	58.4	+3.7
	Labor	Leslie Scheu	3,530	41.6	-3.7
Total formal votes			8,482	98.1
Informal votes			161	1.9
Turnout			8,643	92.6
	Country hold		Swing	+3.7

Elections in the 1960s

Queensland state election, 1969: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Armstrong	3,926	59.8	+1.6
	Labor	Leslie Trembath	2,640	40.2	-1.6
Total formal votes			6,566	98.2	-0.4
Informal votes			117	1.8	+0.4
Turnout			6,683	93.5	0.0
	Country hold		Swing	+1.6

Queensland state election, 1966: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Armstrong	3,809	58.2	+0.6
	Labor	Stanley Dalton	2,733	41.8	+6.3
Total formal votes			6,542	98.6	+0.8
Informal votes			90	1.4	-0.8
Turnout			6,632	93.5	-0.6
	Country hold		Swing	-5.1

Queensland state election, 1963: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Armstrong	3,703	57.6	+8.5
	Labor	Stanley Scoines	2,278	35.5	+8.3
	Democratic Labor	Charles English	444	6.9	-4.4
Total formal votes			6,425	97.8	-1.1
Informal votes			143	2.2	+1.1
Turnout			6,568	94.1	+5.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Roy Armstrong	4,064	63.3
	Labor	Stanley Scoines	2,361	36.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1960: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Armstrong	3,113	49.1
	Labor	Stanley Scoines	1,723	27.2
	Independent	James Hesp	787	12.4
	Queensland Labor	Charles English	714	11.3
Total formal votes			6,337	98.9
Informal votes			68	1.1
Turnout			6,405	88.8
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

Queensland state election, 1957: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Robert Watson	3,407	45.2	-2.9
	Queensland Labor	Charles English	2,331	31.0	+31.0
	Labor	Leslie Trembath	1,792	23.8	-28.1
Total formal votes			7,530	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			77	1.0	-0.1
Turnout			7,607	94.4	+1.0
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1956: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles English	3,821	51.9	+0.8
	Country	Robert Watson	3,547	48.1	-0.8
Total formal votes			7,368	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			80	1.1	-0.3
Turnout			7,448	93.4	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.8

Queensland state election, 1953: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles English	3,716	51.1	+7.1
	Country	Robert Watson	3,553	48.9	+0.1
Total formal votes			7,269	98.7	-0.2
Informal votes			99	1.3	+0.2
Turnout			7,368	92.9	+2.0
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+3.7

Queensland state election, 1950: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Robert Watson	3,559	48.8
	Labor	Charles English	3,208	44.0
	NQ Labor	George Groth	345	4.7
	Communist	Frank Falls	175	2.4
Total formal votes			7,287	98.9
Informal votes			84	1.1
Turnout			7,371	90.9
	Country hold		Swing

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Mulgrave - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth60.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
4. "Mulgrave By-election" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Queensland.