Electoral results for the district of Barambah

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

Members for Barambah

Member		Party	Term
	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	Country	1950–1974
		National	1974–1987
	Trevor Perrett	CEC	1988
		National	1988–1998
	Dorothy Pratt	One Nation	1998–1999
		Independent	1999–2001

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

The election results for the 1998 election were:[1]

1998 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	One Nation	Dorothy Pratt	9,464	43.54	+43.54
	National	Trevor Perrett	6,731	30.96	−36.25
	Labor	Michael Crook	3,794	17.45	−6.09
	Australia First	Rod Morgan	1,100	5.06	+5.06
	Independent	Steve Jeffery	491	2.26	+2.26
	Independent	Peter Hayden	158	0.73	+0.73
Total formal votes			21,738	98.73	+0.22
Informal votes			280	1.27	−0.22
Turnout			22,018	94.68	+1.24
Two-candidate-preferred result
	One Nation	Dorothy Pratt	11,025	55.85	+55.85
	National	Trevor Perrett	8,715	44.15	−30.25
	One Nation gain from National		Swing	+55.85

1995 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Trevor Perrett	14,202	67.21	+12.69
	Labor	Scott Zackeresen	4,973	23.54	−1.35
	Confederate Action	Neville Reimers	1,955	9.25	+9.25
Total formal votes			21,130	98.51	+0.37
Informal votes			320	1.49	−0.37
Turnout			21,450	93.44	−0.14
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Trevor Perrett	15,552	74.40	+5.02
	Labor	Scott Zackeresen	5,350	25.60	−5.02
	National hold		Swing	+5.02

1992 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Trevor Perrett	11,210	54.5	+6.7
	Labor	Peter Allen	5,118	24.9	−2.4
	Independent	Bob Young	2,568	12.5	+12.5
	Liberal	Cliff Casswell	1,667	8.1	−5.5
Total formal votes			20,563	98.1
Informal votes			389	1.9
Turnout			20,952	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Trevor Perrett	13,273	69.4	+2.6
	Labor	Peter Allen	5,857	30.6	−2.6
	National hold		Swing	+2.6

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Trevor Perrett	6,477	50.6	−26.9
	Labor	John Lang	2,957	23.1	+0.6
	Liberal	Bill Walters	1,733	13.6	+13.6
	Citizens Electoral Council	Craig Isherwood	1,625	12.7	+12.7
Total formal votes			12,792	97.9	+0.6
Informal votes			273	2.1	−0.6
Turnout			13,065	92.9	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Trevor Perrett		71.4	−6.1
	Labor	John Lang		28.6	+6.1
	National hold		Swing	−6.1

1988 Barambah state by-election[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Warren Truss	4,754	41.27	−36.20
	Citizens Electoral Council	Trevor Perrett	3,639	31.59	+31.59
	Labor	John Lang	2,033	17.65	−4.88
	New Country Party	Kevin Polzin	1,092	9.48	+9.48
Total formal votes			11,518	98.15	+0.88
Informal votes			216	1.85	−0.88
Turnout			11,734	84.90	−8.63
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Citizens Electoral Council	Trevor Perrett	6,232	54.11	+54.11
	National	Warren Truss	5,286	45.89	−31.58
	Citizens Electoral Council gain from National		Swing	N/A

1986 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	9,114	77.5	−1.0
	Labor	James Horton	2,651	22.5	+1.0
Total formal votes			11,765	97.3	−0.6
Informal votes			330	2.7	+0.6
Turnout			12,095	93.5	−0.2
	National hold		Swing	−1.0

1983 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	8,446	78.5	−1.9
	Labor	Fred Hoberg	2,310	21.5	+4.7
Total formal votes			10,756	98.9	−0.1
Informal votes			123	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			10,879	93.7	+1.8
	National hold		Swing	−3.3

1980 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	8,011	80.4	+2.1
	Labor	Brian Hawkes	1,670	16.8	−4.9
	Independent	Henry Collins	279	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			9,960	99.0	+0.5
Informal votes			100	1.0	−0.5
Turnout			10,060	91.9	−1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	8,150	81.8	+3.5
	Labor	Brian Hawkes	1,810	18.2	−3.5
	National hold		Swing	+3.5

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	7,707	78.3	−5.1
	Labor	John Hunt	2,136	21.7	+5.1
Total formal votes			9,843	98.5
Informal votes			147	1.5
Turnout			9,990	93.8
	National hold		Swing	−5.1

1974 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	8,335	83.4	+16.0
	Labor	Donald Gordon-Brown	1,663	16.6	−7.2
Total formal votes			9,998	99.0	0.0
Informal votes			101	1.0	0.0
Turnout			10,099	93.2	−2.5
	National hold		Swing	+9.7

1972 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	6,249	67.4	−10.3
	Labor	Neville Reinke	2,210	23.8	+1.5
	Queensland Labor	Mary Ryan	541	5.8	+5.8
	Independent	Percy Edwards	272	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			9,272	99.0
Informal votes			97	1.0
Turnout			9,369	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	6,835	73.7	−4.0
	Labor	Neville Reinke	2,437	26.3	+4.0
	Country hold		Swing	−4.0

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	6,965	78.2	+4.0
	Labor	Norman Hasemann	1,941	21.8	−4.0
Total formal votes			8,906	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			96	1.1	−0.3
Turnout			9,002	95.0	−0.9
	Country hold		Swing	+4.0

1966 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	6,659	74.2	+11.3
	Labor	Norman Hasemann	2,315	25.8	+0.4
Total formal votes			8,884	98.6	−0.4
Informal votes			125	1.4	+0.4
Turnout			9,009	95.9	−0.7
	Country hold		Swing	+1.9

1963 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	5,715	62.9	−1.6
	Labor	William Weir	2,308	25.4	+4.1
	Independent	Percy Edwards	1,063	11.7	+11.7
Total formal votes			9,086	99.0	−0.1
Informal votes			93	1.0	+0.1
Turnout			9,179	96.6	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	6,565	72.3
	Labor	William Weir	2,521	27.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1960 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	5,957	64.5
	Labor	Bill Weir	1,968	21.3
	Queensland Labor	Daniel Curtain	1,310	14.2
Total formal votes			9,235	99.1
Informal votes			88	0.9
Turnout			9,323	95.0
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	6,503	70.4	−29.6
	Queensland Labor	Thomas O'Neill	2,736	29.6	+29.6
Total formal votes			9,239	98.1
Informal votes			107	1.9
Turnout			9,346	95.9
	Country hold		Swing	−29.6

1956 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1953 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1950 Queensland state election: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	6,881	75.2
	Labor	Donald Christiansen	2,266	24.8
Total formal votes			9,147	99.3
Informal votes			67	0.7
Turnout			9,214	94.2
	Country hold		Swing

References

1. "Barambah - 1998 - Election Archive". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
2. Queensland Legislative Assembly (6 March 1990). Details of polling at general election held on 2 December 1989. p. 70.