Electoral results for the district of Mundingburra

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

Members for Mundingburra

First incarnation (1912–1960)
Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Foley	Labor	1912–1920
	John Dash	Labor	1920–1944
	Tom Aikens	North Queensland Labor	1944–1960
Second incarnation (1992–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Ken Davies	Labor	1992–1995
	Frank Tanti	Liberal	1996–1998
	Lindy Nelson-Carr	Labor	1998–2012
	David Crisafulli	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Coralee O'Rourke	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Mundingburra[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	David Crisafulli	10,921	41.32	−2.02
	Labor	Coralee O'Rourke	10,596	40.09	+14.37
	Palmer United	Clive Mensink	2,874	10.87	+10.87
	Greens	Jenny Brown	2,040	7.72	+2.69
Total formal votes			26,431	97.76	+0.11
Informal votes			606	2.24	−0.11
Turnout			27,037	89.60	−0.29
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Coralee O'Rourke	13,104	52.76	+12.95
	Liberal National	David Crisafulli	11,733	47.24	−12.95
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+12.95

Queensland state election, 2012: Mundingburra[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	David Crisafulli	11,069	43.34	+5.54
	Labor	Mark Harrison	6,569	25.72	-22.68
	Katter's Australian	David Moyle	5,875	23.00	+23.00
	Greens	Bret Fishley	1,283	5.02	-3.64
	Family First	Michael Waters	745	2.92	-0.63
Total formal votes			25,541	97.65	+0.09
Informal votes			614	2.35	-0.09
Turnout			26,155	89.89	+0.84
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	David Crisafulli	12,924	60.19	+16.78
	Labor	Mark Harrison	8,547	39.81	-16.78
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+16.78

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Mundingburra[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lindy Nelson-Carr	12,625	48.4	-6.8
	Liberal National	Colin Dwyer	9,859	37.8	+2.7
	Greens	Jenny Brown	2,259	8.7	-0.5
	Family First	Amanda Nickson	925	3.5	+3.5
	Independent	Francis Pauler	415	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			26,083	97.4
Informal votes			652	2.6
Turnout			26,735	89.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lindy Nelson-Carr	13,636	56.6	-4.5
	Liberal National	Colin Dwyer	10,460	43.4	+4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.5

Queensland state election, 2006: Mundingburra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lindy Nelson-Carr	13,321	54.7	+8.9
	Liberal	Mick Reilly	8,711	35.7	+3.1
	Greens	Jenny Stirling	2,343	9.6	+1.5
Total formal votes			24,375	97.7	-0.2
Informal votes			582	2.3	+0.2
Turnout			24,957	89.2	-1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lindy Nelson-Carr	14,109	60.5	+4.3
	Liberal	Mick Reilly	8,711	35.7	+3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.3

Queensland state election, 2004: Mundingburra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lindy Nelson-Carr	11,099	45.8	-3.1
	Liberal	Steve Hawker	7,906	32.6	+4.1
	Greens	Matt Grantham	1,958	8.1	+4.3
	One Nation	John Weil	1,850	7.6	-9.4
	Independent	Sandra Hubert	1,403	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			24,216	97.9	-0.1
Informal votes			519	2.1	+0.1
Turnout			24,735	90.4	-1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lindy Nelson-Carr	12,314	56.2	-5.2
	Liberal	Steve Hawker	9,590	43.8	+5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.2

Queensland state election, 2001: Mundingburra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lindy Nelson-Carr	11,640	48.9	+6.6
	Liberal	David Moore	6,780	28.5	+4.5
	One Nation	Trevor Elson	4,056	17.0	-8.2
	Greens	Rebecca Smith	904	3.8	+3.8
	City Country Alliance	Michael Staines	439	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			23,819	98.0
Informal votes			484	2.0
Turnout			24,303	91.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lindy Nelson-Carr	12,598	61.4	+9.0
	Liberal	David Moore	7,928	38.6	-9.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.0

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Mundingburra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lindy Nelson-Carr	8,756	44.7	+0.9
	Liberal	Frank Tanti	6,011	30.7	-13.7
	One Nation	Trevor Elson	4,807	24.6	+24.6
Total formal votes			19,574	98.3	-0.2
Informal votes			331	1.7	+0.2
Turnout			19,905	92.4	+3.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lindy Nelson-Carr	9,884	53.8	+3.8
	Liberal	Frank Tanti	8,486	46.2	-3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

Mundingburra state by-election, 1996[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Tanti	9,155	45.33	+0.93
	Labor	Tony Mooney	8,133	40.17	–3.65
	Independent	Ken Davies	835	4.13	+4.13
	Women's Party	Pauline Woodbridge	626	3.10	+3.10
	The Australians Party	Rea Brown	501	2.48	+2.48
	Independent	Billy Tait	344	1.70	+1.70
	Independent	Alex Caldwell	151	0.75	+0.75
	Independent	Tisha Crosland	128	0.63	+0.63
	Independent	Michael Bourne	118	0.58	+0.58
	Independent	Antony Bradshaw	117	0.58	+0.58
	Independent	Sandy Warren	73	0.36	+0.36
	Independent	Christian Jocumsen	35	0.17	+0.17
Total formal votes			20,196	98.82	+0.29
Informal votes			242	1.18	–0.29
Turnout			20,438	89.44	+0.85
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Frank Tanti	10,261	52.79	+2.83
	Labor	Tony Mooney	9,177	47.21	–2.83
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+2.83

Queensland state election, 1995: Mundingburra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Tanti	8,541	44.4	+20.3
	Labor	Ken Davies	8,429	43.8	-9.3
	Greens	Russell Cumming	2,265	11.8	+11.8
Total formal votes			19,235	98.5	+1.4
Informal votes			287	1.5	-1.4
Turnout			19,522	88.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Davies	9,308	50.04	-9.4
	Liberal	Frank Tanti	9,292	49.96	+9.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.4

Queensland state election, 1992: Mundingburra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Davies	11,125	53.1	-0.6
	Liberal	Jim Cathcart	5,042	24.1	+6.2
	National	Reg Fenton	3,335	15.9	-10.6
	Democrats	Colin Parker	1,439	6.9	+6.9
Total formal votes			20,941	97.1
Informal votes			622	2.9
Turnout			21,563	89.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Davies	11,753	59.4	+1.7
	Liberal	Jim Cathcart	8,033	40.6	+40.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

Elections in the 1950s

Queensland state election, 1957: Mundingburra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NQ Labor	Tom Aikens	7,488	75.1	-2.8
	Labor	Jim Mahony	1,920	19.3	-2.8
	Independent	G F Evans	564	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			9,972	98.7	+0.7
Informal votes			132	1.3	-0.7
Turnout			10,104	94.2	+0.6
	NQ Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

Queensland state election, 1956: Mundingburra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NQ Labor	Tom Aikens	7,296	77.9	+25.4
	Labor	John Brennan	2,074	22.1	-5.6
Total formal votes			9,370	98.0	-1.3
Informal votes			189	2.0	+1.3
Turnout			9,559	93.6	-1.2
	NQ Labor hold		Swing	+15.5

Queensland state election, 1953: Mundingburra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NQ Labor	Tom Aikens	4,372	52.5	+9.9
	Labor	Daniel Gleeson	2,303	27.7	+3.8
	Liberal	Christopher Wordsworth	1,647	19.8	-13.9
Total formal votes			8,322	99.3	+0.6
Informal votes			56	0.7	-0.6
Turnout			8,378	94.8	+2.5
	NQ Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1950: Mundingburra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NQ Labor	Tom Aikens	3,348	42.6
	Liberal	William Brackin	2,664	33.7
	Labor	Jim Mahony	1,889	23.9
Total formal votes			7,901	98.7
Informal votes			105	1.3
Turnout			8,006	92.3
	NQ Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Queensland state election, 1947: Mundingburra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NQ Labor	Tom Aikens	4,541	39.6	+4.0
	Independent	Arthur Coburn	4,296	37.5	+10.7
	Labor	George Parker	2,630	22.9	-5.6
Total formal votes			11,467	99.4	+0.2
Informal votes			67	0.6	-0.2
Turnout			11,534	90.9	+3.7
	NQ Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1944: Mundingburra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Hermit Park Labor	Tom Aikens	3,658	35.6	+35.6
	Labor	Lionel Tomlins	2,930	28.5	-27.8
	Independent	Arthur Coburn	2,753	26.8	+26.8
	Queensland People's Party	Harry Pass	763	7.4	+7.4
	Independent Labor	Lionel Parsons	179	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			10,283	99.2	+1.6
Informal votes			83	0.8	-1.6
Turnout			10,366	87.2	-3.7
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1941: Mundingburra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Dash	5,623	56.3	+6.0
	Protestant Labor	Lionel Parsons	2,735	27.4	+9.1
	Communist	Doug Olive	1,624	16.3	+7.3
Total formal votes			9,982	97.6	-1.0
Informal votes			243	2.4	+1.0
Turnout			10,225	90.9	-2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Mundingburra - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth61.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
4. Newman, Gerard (8 December 1998). Current Issues Brief No.2 (1998-99) - 1998 Queensland Election. Australian Parliamentary Library. p. 29. Retrieved 6 March 2009.