Electoral results for the district of Nanango

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

Members for Nanango

First incarnation (1912–1950)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Hodge	Farmers' Union	1912–1920
	James Edwards	Country	1920–1947
	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	Country	1947–1950
Second incarnation (2001–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Dorothy Pratt	Independent	2001–2012
	Deb Frecklington	Liberal National	2012–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Nanango[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Deb Frecklington	14,698	47.11	+1.67
	Labor	Liz Hollens-Riley	6,397	20.50	+9.95
	Katter's Australian	Ray Hopper	4,827	15.47	−10.86
	Palmer United	Jason Ford	3,269	10.48	+10.48
	Greens	Grant Newson	1,170	3.75	+0.08
	Independent	Dean Love	841	2.70	+2.70
Total formal votes			31,202	98.09	−0.01
Informal votes			606	1.91	+0.01
Turnout			31,808	91.89	−0.59
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Deb Frecklington	16,491	63.16	+4.19
	Labor	Liz Hollens-Riley	9,617	36.84	+36.84
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+4.19

Queensland state election, 2012: Nanango[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Deb Frecklington	13,493	45.44	+4.81
	Katter's Australian	Carl Rackemann	7,818	26.33	+26.33
	Independent	John Dalton	3,804	12.81	+12.81
	Labor	Virginia Clarke	3,134	10.55	-4.80
	Greens	Grant Newson	1,090	3.67	-0.25
	Independent	David Thomson	357	1.20	+1.20
Total formal votes			29,696	98.10	-0.48
Informal votes			575	1.90	+0.48
Turnout			30,271	92.48	-0.11
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal National	Deb Frecklington	14,705	58.98	+11.88
	Katter's Australian	Carl Rackemann	10,229	41.02	+41.02
	Liberal National gain from Independent		Swing	+11.88

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Nanango[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	John Bjelke-Petersen	11,644	40.6	-3.9
	Independent	Dorothy Pratt	11,492	40.1	+6.8
	Labor	Danielle Randall	4,398	15.3	-1.6
	Greens	Frida Forsberg	1,124	3.9	+3.7
Total formal votes			28,658	98.4
Informal votes			412	1.6
Turnout			29,070	92.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Dorothy Pratt	13,599	52.9	+0.1
	Liberal National	John Bjelke-Petersen	12,108	47.1	-0.1
	Independent hold		Swing	+0.1

Queensland state election, 2006: Nanango
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dorothy Pratt	9,721	43.5	-2.2
	National	John Bjelke-Petersen	8,895	39.8	+12.3
	Labor	Mark Whittaker	3,238	14.5	-2.3
	Family First	Trevor Dent	513	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			22,367	98.4	+0.1
Informal votes			355	1.6	-0.1
Turnout			22,722	92.1	-1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Dorothy Pratt	11,051	54.2	-8.5
	National	John Bjelke-Petersen	9,323	45.8	+8.5
	Independent hold		Swing	-8.5

Queensland state election, 2004: Nanango
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dorothy Pratt	9,989	45.7	-0.5
	National	Nina Temperton	6,017	27.5	+1.7
	Labor	Nick Holliday	3,667	16.8	-11.3
	One Nation	Bob Gold	1,550	7.1	+7.1
	Greens	Desiree Mahoney	646	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			21,869	98.3	+0.4
Informal votes			368	1.7	-0.4
Turnout			22,237	93.1	-1.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Dorothy Pratt	11,553	62.7	-4.4
	National	Nina Temperton	6,864	37.3	+37.3
	Independent hold		Swing	-4.4

Queensland state election, 2001: Nanango
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dorothy Pratt	9,680	46.2	+46.2
	Labor	Alan Weir	5,882	28.1	+9.7
	National	Keith Campbell	5,400	25.8	-4.8
Total formal votes			20,962	97.9
Informal votes			451	2.1
Turnout			21,413	94.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Dorothy Pratt	12,796	67.1	+67.1
	Labor	Alan Weir	6,282	32.9	+32.9
	Independent gain from One Nation		Swing	+67.1

Elections in the 1940s

Queensland state election, 1947: Nanango
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	3,733	42.0	-8.1
	Frank Barnes Labor	Phil Cameron	2,164	24.4	+24.4
	Labor	Daniel Carroll	2,028	22.8	-13.4
	Independent Country	Cliff Edwards	753	8.5	+8.5
	Independent Labor	Samuel Andrewartha	202	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			8,880	99.1	0.0
Informal votes			82	0.9	0.0
Turnout			8,962	93.1	+6.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1944: Nanango
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Edwards	4,319	50.1	+5.0
	Labor	Daniel Carroll	3,120	36.2	-4.6
	Independent	George Anderson	1,176	13.7	-0.4
Total formal votes			8,615	99.1	-0.3
Informal votes			75	0.9	+0.3
Turnout			8,690	86.2	-4.8
	Country hold		Swing	+5.5

Queensland state election, 1941: Nanango
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Edwards	4,052	45.1	+2.5
	Labor	Cecil Tracey	3,668	40.8	+12.4
	Independent	George Anderson	1,271	14.1	+14.1
Total formal votes			8,991	99.4	+0.1
Informal votes			55	0.6	-0.1
Turnout			9,046	91.0	-3.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	James Edwards	4,569	52.6	-5.3
	Labor	Cecil Tracey	4,120	47.4	+47.4
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Nanango - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth63.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 15 December 2011.