Electoral results for the district of Waterford

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

Members for Waterford

Member		Party	Term
	Tom Barton	Labor	1992–2006
	Evan Moorhead	Labor	2006–2012
	Mike Latter	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Shannon Fentiman	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Waterford[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Shannon Fentiman	15,645	52.40	+13.77
	Liberal National	Mike Latter	9,347	31.30	−8.31
	Greens	Ray Smith	2,537	8.50	+1.49
	Independent	Jeffrey Hodges	1,454	4.87	+3.49
	Independent	Jason Dickson	876	2.93	+1.55
Total formal votes			29,859	96.95	+0.37
Informal votes			938	3.05	−0.37
Turnout			30,797	87.00	−2.31
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Shannon Fentiman	17,820	63.33	+14.37
	Liberal National	Mike Latter	10,319	36.67	−14.37
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+14.37

Queensland state election, 2012: Waterford[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Mike Latter	11,228	39.62	+9.98
	Labor	Evan Moorhead	10,947	38.63	-20.56
	Katter's Australian	Albert Page	2,587	9.13	+9.13
	Greens	Ray Smith	1,986	7.01	-1.30
	Family First	Peter Farrar	1,201	4.24	+4.24
	Independent	David Howse	392	1.38	-1.48
Total formal votes			28,341	96.59	-0.17
Informal votes			1,002	3.41	+0.17
Turnout			29,343	89.31	+0.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Mike Latter	12,653	51.04	+17.50
	Labor	Evan Moorhead	12,135	48.96	-17.50
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+17.50

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Waterford[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Evan Moorhead	16,273	59.2	+1.1
	Liberal National	Freya Ostapovitch	8,148	29.6	+1.4
	Greens	Dale Taylor	2,286	8.3	+1.4
	Independent	David Howse	787	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			27,494	96.4
Informal votes			920	3.6
Turnout			28,414	89.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Evan Moorhead	17,223	66.5	+0.2
	Liberal National	Freya Ostapovitch	8,693	33.5	-0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.2

Queensland state election, 2006: Waterford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Evan Moorhead	13,624	57.7	+0.4
	Liberal	Tracy Elson	6,748	28.6	+1.2
	Greens	Stan Cajdler	1,635	6.9	+0.3
	Independent	Sue Price	1,594	6.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			23,601	96.8	-0.4
Informal votes			789	3.2	+0.4
Turnout			24,390	88.7	-1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Evan Moorhead	14,347	65.8	-0.7
	Liberal	Tracy Elson	7,441	34.2	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.7

Queensland state election, 2004: Waterford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Barton	13,266	57.3	+1.1
	Liberal	Andrew Harbour	6,334	27.4	+12.6
	One Nation	Leonce Kealy	2,000	8.6	-16.2
	Greens	Serge Le Royer	1,532	6.6	+6.6
Total formal votes			23,132	97.2	-0.0
Informal votes			661	2.8	+0.0
Turnout			23,793	89.7	-1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Barton	14,214	66.5	-1.5
	Liberal	Andrew Harbour	7,153	33.5	+33.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.5

Queensland state election, 2001: Waterford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Barton	12,378	56.2	+9.3
	One Nation	June Woodward	5,465	24.8	-3.8
	Liberal	Richard Somers	3,267	14.8	-8.6
	Independent	David Howse	910	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			22,020	97.2
Informal votes			625	2.8
Turnout			22,645	91.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Barton	13,755	68.0	+11.4
	One Nation	June Woodward	6,470	32.0	-11.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.4

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Waterford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Barton	10,494	46.2	-12.9
	One Nation	Jim Hebbard	6,643	29.3	+29.3
	Liberal	Aidan McLindon	5,571	24.5	-16.4
Total formal votes			22,708	98.3	+1.4
Informal votes			394	1.7	-1.4
Turnout			23,102	90.7	+2.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Barton	11,892	55.2	-3.9
	One Nation	Jim Hebbard	9,647	44.8	+44.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.9

Queensland state election, 1995: Waterford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Barton	11,891	59.1	+4.2
	Liberal	Raymond Hamey	8,225	40.9	+18.9
Total formal votes			20,116	96.8	+0.1
Informal votes			655	3.2	-0.1
Turnout			20,771	88.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.7

Queensland state election, 1992: Waterford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Barton	10,276	54.9	-8.1
	Liberal	Ray Hackwood	4,123	22.0	+0.3
	National	Neil Conway	2,906	15.5	+0.7
	Independent	Owen Dare	875	4.7	+4.7
	Independent	John Johnstone	543	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			18,723	96.8
Informal votes			624	3.2
Turnout			19,347	89.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Barton	10,879	60.8	-3.4
	Liberal	Ray Hackwood	7,007	39.2	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.4

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Waterford - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth86.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 15 December 2011.