Electoral results for the district of Sunnybank

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

Members for Sunnybank

First incarnation (1992–2001)
Member		Party	Term
	Stephen Robertson	Labor	1992–2001
Second incarnation (2009–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Judy Spence	Labor	2009–2012
	Mark Stewart	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Peter Russo	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Sunnybank[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Russo	12,993	49.27	+16.54
	Liberal National	Mark Stewart	10,537	39.96	−12.74
	Greens	Gordon King	2,839	10.77	+1.21
Total formal votes			26,369	97.68	+0.47
Informal votes			626	2.32	−0.47
Turnout			26,995	87.67	−1.27
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Russo	14,564	57.19	+17.42
	Liberal National	Mark Stewart	10,901	42.81	−17.42
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+17.42

Queensland state election, 2012: Sunnybank[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Mark Stewart	13,578	52.70	+17.27
	Labor	Meg Bishop	8,434	32.73	-21.77
	Greens	Gordon King	2,463	9.56	+1.61
	Family First	Matt Darragh	1,291	5.01	+5.01
Total formal votes			25,766	97.21	-0.43
Informal votes			739	2.79	+0.43
Turnout			26,505	88.94	-1.06
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Mark Stewart	14,441	60.23	+21.02
	Labor	Meg Bishop	9,535	39.77	-21.02
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+21.02

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Sunnybank[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Judy Spence	14,398	54.5	-3.7
	Liberal National	Marie Jackson	9,358	35.4	+4.7
	Greens	Matthew Ryan-Sykes	2,101	8.0	+0.1
	Independent	Bruce Spiers	355	1.3	+1.3
	Independent	Peter Flaws	204	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			26,416	97.5
Informal votes			638	2.5
Turnout			27,054	90.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Judy Spence	15,261	60.8	-4.4
	Liberal National	Marie Jackson	9,845	39.2	+4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.4

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Sunnybank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Robertson	12,691	47.5	+0.1
	Liberal	Steven Huang	8,229	30.8	-15.1
	One Nation	Ken Lock	4,646	17.4	+17.4
	Greens	Andrew Grigg	1,172	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			26,738	98.5	+0.1
Informal votes			406	1.5	-0.1
Turnout			27,144	93.0	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stephen Robertson	14,708	58.2	+6.8
	Liberal	Steven Huang	10,572	41.8	-6.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.8

Queensland state election, 1995: Sunnybank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Robertson	11,173	47.3	-4.7
	Liberal	Lynne Friis	10,820	45.8	+16.6
	Democrats	Alan Dickson	1,613	6.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			23,606	98.4	+0.4
Informal votes			393	1.6	-0.4
Turnout			23,999	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stephen Robertson	12,021	51.4	-4.2
	Liberal	Lynne Friis	11,381	48.6	+4.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.2

Queensland state election, 1992: Sunnybank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Robertson	11,139	52.1	-0.8
	Liberal	Gary Hardgrave	6,255	29.2	-2.3
	National	Alan Hales	2,902	13.6	-2.0
	Independent	Vivienne Rohrlach	1,099	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			21,395	97.9
Informal votes			449	2.1
Turnout			21,844	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stephen Robertson	11,622	55.5	+1.5
	Liberal	Gary Hardgrave	9,306	44.5	-1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Sunnybank - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth79.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 15 December 2011.