Electoral results for the district of Surfers Paradise

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

Members for Surfers Paradise

Member		Party	Term
	Sir Bruce Small	Country	1972–1975
		National Country	1975–1977
	Bruce Bishop	Liberal	1977–1980
	Rob Borbidge	National Country	1980–1982
		National	1982–2001
	Lex Bell	Independent	2001–2004
	John-Paul Langbroek	Liberal	2004–2008
		Liberal National	2008–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Surfers Paradise[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	John-Paul Langbroek	17,569	61.06	−11.57
	Labor	Josh Blundell-Thornton	6,544	22.74	+6.20
	Greens	Helen Hunt	2,221	7.72	+0.60
	Palmer United	Stephen Gardner	1,749	6.08	+6.08
	Family First	Jonathon Scoones	692	2.40	−1.31
Total formal votes			28,775	97.94	+0.18
Informal votes			605	2.06	−0.18
Turnout			29,380	84.12	−2.57
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	John-Paul Langbroek	18,405	69.21	−10.29
	Labor	Josh Blundell-Thornton	8,188	30.79	+10.29
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−10.29

Queensland state election, 2012: Surfers Paradise[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	John-Paul Langbroek	18,993	72.63	+13.61
	Labor	Matthew Donovan	4,325	16.54	-10.93
	Greens	Helen Wainwright	1,861	7.12	+0.58
	Family First	Andrea Raymond	971	3.71	+3.71
Total formal votes			26,150	97.76	-0.11
Informal votes			600	2.24	+0.11
Turnout			26,750	86.70	+0.90
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	John-Paul Langbroek	19,688	79.50	+12.98
	Labor	Matthew Donovan	5,078	20.50	-12.98
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+12.98

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Surfers Paradise[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	John-Paul Langbroek	15,075	59.0	+1.6
	Labor	Caleb Rook	7,017	27.5	-6.2
	Greens	Bridget Maizey	1,671	6.5	-2.3
	DS4SEQ	Wendy Coe	1,166	4.6	+4.6
	Independent	Don Magin	613	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			25,542	97.7
Informal votes			556	2.3
Turnout			26,098	85.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	John-Paul Langbroek	15,808	66.5	+4.4
	Labor	Caleb Rook	7,958	33.5	-4.4
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+4.4

Queensland state election, 2006: Surfers Paradise
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John-Paul Langbroek	14,483	57.3	+12.6
	Labor	Guy Jones	8,563	33.9	+8.4
	Greens	Dean Hepburn	2,220	8.8	+1.9
Total formal votes			25,266	97.8	+0.1
Informal votes			560	2.2	-0.1
Turnout			25,826	85.5	-1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John-Paul Langbroek	14,926	62.0	-1.9
	Labor	Guy Jones	9,157	38.0	+1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.9

Queensland state election, 2004: Surfers Paradise
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John-Paul Langbroek	11,348	44.7	+44.7
	Labor	David Parrish	6,462	25.5	-12.8
	Independent	Lex Bell	5,810	22.9	+22.9
	Greens	Graham Lapthorne	1,760	6.9	-5.1
Total formal votes			25,380	97.7	+0.8
Informal votes			602	2.3	-0.8
Turnout			25,982	86.6	-1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John-Paul Langbroek	13,014	63.9	+63.9
	Labor	David Parrish	7,350	36.1	-8.6
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Surfers Paradise state by-election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lex Bell	7,966	35.91	+35.91
	Liberal	John-Paul Langbroek	4,708	21.22	+21.22
	Labor	Richard Alcorn	4,441	20.02	−18.25
	National	Susie Douglas	1,784	8.04	−41.70
	One Nation	Lesley Millar	1,055	4.76	+4.76
	Greens	Dean Hepburn	926	4.26	−7.72
	Independent	Perry Cross	751	3.39	+3.39
	Independent	Tony Horkings	218	0.98	+0.98
	Independent	Linda McGill	179	0.76	+0.76
	Independent	Fred Fraser	77	0.35	+0.35
	Independent	Arthur Coghlan	52	0.24	+0.24
	Independent	Rob McJannett	15	0.07	+0.07
Total formal votes			22,183	98.11	+1.25
Informal votes			428	1.89	−1.25
Turnout			22,611	77.70	−10.49
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Lex Bell	8,811	58.12	+58.12
	Liberal	John-Paul Langbroek	6,350	41.88	+41.88
	Independent gain from National		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 2001: Surfers Paradise
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Rob Borbidge	12,033	49.7	-2.6
	Labor	Richard Alcorn	9,259	38.3	+13.9
	Greens	Dean Hepburn	2,899	12.0	+8.3
Total formal votes			24,191	96.9
Informal votes			784	3.1
Turnout			24,975	88.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Rob Borbidge	12,546	55.3	-13.6
	Labor	Richard Alcorn	10,147	44.7	+13.6
	National hold		Swing	-13.6

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Surfers Paradise
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Rob Borbidge	10,880	56.4	-10.9
	Labor	Steve Axe	4,167	21.6	-3.5
	One Nation	Phil Connolly	3,354	17.4	+17.4
	Greens	Ray Schearer	894	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			19,295	98.3	-0.1
Informal votes			325	1.7	+0.1
Turnout			19,620	88.4	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Rob Borbidge	12,907	72.3	+0.5
	Labor	Steve Axe	4,955	27.7	-0.5
	National hold		Swing	+0.5

Queensland state election, 1995: Surfers Paradise
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Rob Borbidge	12,051	67.3	+22.2
	Labor	Peter Burke	4,502	25.1	+25.1
	Democrats	Brad Farmer	982	5.5	+5.5
	Independent	Christian Jocumsen	369	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			17,904	98.5	+1.5
Informal votes			274	1.5	-1.5
Turnout			18,178	86.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Rob Borbidge	12,581	71.8	+18.8
	Labor	Peter Burke	4,951	28.2	+28.2
	National hold		Swing	+18.8

Queensland state election, 1992: Surfers Paradise
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Rob Borbidge	7,983	45.2	+11.0
	Liberal	Trevor Coomber	4,976	28.1	-5.1
	Independent	Murray Andrew	3,227	18.3	+18.3
	Confederate Action	Jeanie O'Kane	1,492	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			17,678	97.0
Informal votes			547	3.0
Turnout			18,225	86.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Rob Borbidge	8,668	52.9	-11.9
	Liberal	Trevor Coomber	7,708	47.1	+47.1
	National hold		Swing	-11.9

Elections in the 1980s

Queensland state election, 1989: Surfers Paradise
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Rob Borbidge	4,962	33.2	-21.0
	Labor	Bruce Farrell	4,771	31.9	+11.2
	Liberal	John Bradford	4,707	31.5	+9.7
	Independent	Selwyn Tully	512	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			14,952	96.8	-0.5
Informal votes			487	3.2	+0.5
Turnout			15,439	83.7	-1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Rob Borbidge	9,292	62.2	-9.1
	Labor	Bruce Farrell	5,660	37.8	+9.1
	National hold		Swing	-9.1

Queensland state election, 1986: Surfers Paradise
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Rob Borbidge	8,221	54.2	-2.7
	Liberal	Laurence Wade	3,306	21.8	+8.3
	Labor	Bruce Farrell	3,130	20.7	-8.8
	Democrats	Ken Petersen	370	2.4	+2.4
	Vigilance	Warren Fenton	134	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			15,161	97.3
Turnout			421	2.7
Turnout			15,582	85.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Rob Borbidge	10,810	71.3	+0.8
	Labor	Bruce Farrell	4,351	28.7	-0.8
	National hold		Swing	+0.8

Queensland state election, 1983: Surfers Paradise
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Rob Borbidge	11,994	56.9	+15.0
	Labor	Khalil Salem	6,219	29.5	+8.6
	Liberal	Theodore Greenland	2,847	13.5	-19.3
Total formal votes			21,060	98.3	0.0
Informal votes			356	1.7	0.0
Turnout			21,416	87.8	+3.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Rob Borbidge	14,205	67.4	-1.3
	Labor	Khalil Salem	6,855	32.6	+1.3
	National hold		Swing	-1.3

Queensland state election, 1980: Surfers Paradise
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Rob Borbidge	7,459	41.9	+3.2
	Liberal	Bruce Bishop	5,842	32.8	+6.9
	Labor	Khalil Salem	3,725	20.9	-1.1
	Independent	Eileen Peters	768	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			17,794	98.3	+0.6
Informal votes			304	1.7	-0.6
Turnout			18,098	84.7	-2.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Rob Borbidge	10,305	57.9	+13.6
	Liberal	Bruce Bishop	7,489	42.1	-13.6
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	+13.6

Elections in the 1970s

Queensland state election, 1977: Surfers Paradise
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Small	5,216	38.7	-20.0
	Liberal	Bruce Bishop	3,482	25.9	+25.9
	Labor	Philip Button	2,960	22.0	-2.1
	Democrats	Ronald Holland	1,643	12.2	+12.2
	Progress	Donald Wright	164	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			13,465	97.7
Informal votes			318	2.3
Turnout			13,783	87.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Bishop	8,636	64.1	-8.1
	Labor	Philip Button	4,829	35.9	+8.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Bishop	7,506	55.7	+55.7
	National	Bruce Small	5,959	44.3	-28.7
	Liberal gain from National		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1974: Surfers Paradise
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Small	10,277	58.7	+29.3
	Labor	Maurice Marsden	4,215	24.1	-6.0
	Independent	John Duncan	2,631	15.0	+15.0
	Democratic Labor	John Perrett	376	2.2	-1.6
Total formal votes			17,499	97.9	+0.7
Informal votes			373	2.1	-0.7
Turnout			17,872	85.4	-2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bruce Small	12,694	72.5	+12.9
	Labor	Maurice Marsden	4,805	27.5	-12.9
	National hold		Swing	+12.9

Queensland state election, 1972: Surfers Paradise
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Hunt	4,223	30.1
	Liberal	John McIlwain	4,202	29.9
	Country	Bruce Small	4,122	29.4
	Independent	Eileen Peters	655	4.7
	Democratic Labor	Frederick Bassani	536	3.8
	Independent	William Daniel	303	2.2
Total formal votes			14,041	97.2
Informal votes			398	2.8
Turnout			14,439	87.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bruce Small	8,368	59.6	-11.4
	Labor	Keith Hunt	5,673	40.4	+11.4
	Country hold		Swing	-11.4

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Surfers Paradise - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth80.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 15 December 2011.