Electoral results for the district of Pine Rivers

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

Members for Pine Rivers

First incarnation (1972–1992)
Member		Party	Term
	Kenneth Leese	Labor	1972–1974
	Rob Akers	Liberal	1974–1983
	Yvonne Chapman	National	1983–1989
	Margaret Woodgate	Labor	1989–1992
Second incarnation (2009–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Carolyn Male	Labor	2009–2012
	Seath Holswich	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Nikki Boyd	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Pine Rivers[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nikki Boyd	14,752	48.47	+21.06
	Liberal National	Seath Holswich	11,820	38.84	−14.10
	Greens	John Marshall	2,444	8.03	−0.41
	Independent	Thor Prohaska	1,419	4.66	+4.66
Total formal votes			30,435	97.91	+0.52
Informal votes			651	2.09	−0.52
Turnout			31,086	92.34	−0.84
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nikki Boyd	16,953	57.68	+21.34
	Liberal National	Seath Holswich	12,440	42.32	−21.34
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+21.34

Queensland state election, 2012: Pine Rivers[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Seath Holswich	14,590	52.93	+13.41
	Labor	Patrick Bulman	7,556	27.41	-19.95
	Katter's Australian	John Alexander	3,091	11.21	+11.21
	Greens	Di Clark	2,326	8.44	-0.21
Total formal votes			27,563	97.38	-0.48
Informal votes			741	2.62	+0.48
Turnout			28,304	93.18	+0.29
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Seath Holswich	15,856	63.66	+18.27
	Labor	Patrick Bulman	9,052	36.34	-18.27
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+18.27

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Pine Rivers[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Carolyn Male	12,321	47.4	-10.1
	Liberal National	Luke Mellers	10,280	39.5	+6.2
	Greens	Tony Cole	2,249	8.6	-0.3
	Family First	Tim Wallace	1,163	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			26,013	90.75
Informal votes			570	2.14
Turnout			26,583	92.89
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Carolyn Male	13,433	54.6	-8.7
	Liberal National	Luke Mellers	11,163	45.4	+8.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.7

Elections in the 1980s

Queensland state election, 1989: Pine Rivers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Margaret Woodgate	11,286	53.4	+16.2
	National	Yvonne Chapman	3,861	18.3	-15.9
	Liberal	Rob Akers	2,758	13.1	-13.3
	Liberal	Graham Harris	2,626	12.4	+12.4
	Independent	Trevor Campbell	376	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	John Kennedy	233	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			21,140	97.2	-0.9
Informal votes			598	2.8	+0.9
Turnout			21,738	94.7	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Margaret Woodgate	11,754	55.6	+9.1
	Liberal	Rob Akers	9,386	44.4	+44.4
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+9.1

Queensland state election, 1986: Pine Rivers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Daniel O'Connell	6,579	37.2	-7.2
	National	Yvonne Chapman	6,059	34.2	+3.7
	Liberal	Robert Akers	4,664	26.4	+1.3
	Democrats	Isobel Robinson	400	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			17,702	98.1	-0.7
Informal votes			339	1.9	+0.7
Turnout			18,041	93.7	-0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Yvonne Chapman	9,479	53.6	-1.1
	Labor	Daniel O'Connell	8,223	46.4	+1.1
	National hold		Swing	-1.1

Queensland state election, 1983: Pine Rivers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Kennedy	9,842	44.4	+1.9
	National	Yvonne Chapman	6,773	30.5	+30.5
	Liberal	Rob Akers	5,566	25.1	-32.4
Total formal votes			22,181	98.8	+0.8
Informal votes			263	1.2	-0.8
Turnout			22,444	94.1	+2.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Yvonne Chapman	11,173	50.4	+50.4
	Labor	John Kennedy	11,008	49.6	+7.1
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1980: Pine Rivers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rob Akers	10,476	57.5	+7.5
	Labor	June Willmot	7,747	42.5	-2.5
Total formal votes			18,223	98.0	-0.9
Informal votes			367	2.0	+0.9
Turnout			18,590	91.5	-1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.1

Elections in the 1970s

Queensland state election, 1977: Pine Rivers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rob Akers	7,328	50.0	+10.3
	Labor	Kenneth Leese	6,595	45.0	+8.2
	Progress	Rodney Jeanneret	741	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			14,664	98.9
Informal votes			156	1.1
Turnout			14,820	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rob Akers	7,837	53.4	-8.5
	Labor	Kenneth Leese	6,827	46.6	+8.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.5

Queensland state election, 1974: Pine Rivers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rob Akers	8,761	39.7	+21.8
	Labor	Kenneth Leese	8,132	36.8	-16.5
	National	Donald Hawkins	5,185	23.5	+0.3
Total formal votes			22,078	98.7	+0.3
Informal votes			294	1.3	-0.3
Turnout			22,372	91.2	-2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rob Akers	13,667	61.9	+18.7
	Labor	Kenneth Leese	8,411	38.1	-18.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+18.7

Queensland state election, 1972: Pine Rivers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kenneth Leese	8,259	53.3
	Country	Allan Male	3,587	23.2
	Liberal	William Battershill	2,771	17.9
	Democratic Labor	Brian Flynn	872	5.6
Total formal votes			15,489	98.4
Informal votes			252	1.6
Turnout			15,741	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kenneth Leese	8,794	56.8	+4.4
	Country	Allan Male	6,695	43.2	-4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.4

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Pine Rivers - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth67.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 15 December 2011.