Electoral results for the district of Southern Downs

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

Members for Southern Downs

MemberPartyTerm
  Lawrence Springborg National 2001–2008
  Liberal National 2008–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Southern Downs[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Lawrence Springborg 19,275 62.79 −3.83
Labor Louise Ryan 7,201 23.46 +10.05
Greens Elizabeth Ure 2,200 7.17 +3.25
Family First John Spellman 2,022 6.59 +4.39
Total formal votes 30,698 98.01 −0.26
Informal votes 623 1.99 +0.26
Turnout 31,321 92.46 +0.13
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Lawrence Springborg 20,008 69.20 −10.57
Labor Louise Ryan 8,906 30.80 +10.57
Liberal National hold Swing −10.57


Queensland state election, 2012: Southern Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Lawrence Springborg 19,771 66.62 -1.65
Katter's Australian Ade Larsen 4,112 13.86 +13.86
Labor Suzanne Kidman 3,979 13.41 -12.45
Greens Michael Kane 1,163 3.92 -1.95
Family First John Spellman 652 2.20 +2.20
Total formal votes 29,677 98.27 -0.33
Informal votes 522 1.73 +0.33
Turnout 30,199 92.33 -0.75
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal National Lawrence Springborg 20,713 79.77 +8.69
Katter's Australian Ade Larsen 5,253 20.23 +20.23
Liberal National hold Swing +8.69

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Southern Downs[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Lawrence Springborg 20,041 68.3 -1.5
Labor Geoffrey Keating 7,590 25.9 -3.5
Greens Bob East 1,724 5.9 +5.6
Total formal votes 29,355 98.5
Informal votes 417 1.5
Turnout 29,772 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Lawrence Springborg 20,315 71.1 +0.7
Labor Geoffrey Keating 8,266 28.9 -0.7
Liberal National hold Swing +0.7
Queensland state election, 2006: Southern Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Lawrence Springborg 17,973 70.3 +0.6
Labor Andrew Myles 7,602 29.7 +8.1
Total formal votes 25,575 98.1 -0.1
Informal votes 486 1.9 +0.1
Turnout 26,061 92.6 -0.6
National hold Swing -4.9
Queensland state election, 2004: Southern Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Lawrence Springborg 17,775 69.7 +18.1
Labor Leanne King 5,523 21.6 -3.9
One Nation John Coyle 1,349 5.3 +5.3
Greens Jonathan Rihan 866 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 25,513 98.2 +0.0
Informal votes 460 1.8 -0.0
Turnout 25,973 93.2 -0.5
Two-party-preferred result
National Lawrence Springborg 18,435 75.2 +8.4
Labor Leanne King 6,074 24.8 -8.4
National hold Swing +8.4
Queensland state election, 2001: Southern Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Lawrence Springborg 13,092 51.6 +6.5
Labor Stella Rey 6,459 25.5 +6.4
Independent Joan White 5,818 22.9 +22.9
Total formal votes 25,369 98.2
Informal votes 451 1.8
Turnout 25,820 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
National Lawrence Springborg 14,627 66.8 -3.0
Labor Stella Rey 7,278 33.2 +3.0
National hold Swing -3.0

References

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