Electoral results for the district of Caboolture

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

Members for Caboolture

Member Party Term
  Des Frawley National 1977–1983
  Bill Newton National 1983–1986
  Ken Hayward Labor 1986–1992
  Jon Sullivan Labor 1992–1998
  Bill Feldman One Nation 1998–1999
  City Country Alliance 1999–2001

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1998 Queensland state election: Caboolture[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jon Sullivan 10,471 39.14 −8.28
One Nation Bill Feldman 8,008 29.93 +29.93
National Peter Lacey 6,222 23.26 −20.11
Independent Bill Newton 1,331 4.98 +4.98
Democrats Liz Oss-Emer 581 2.17 −2.37
Reform Brian O'Grady 140 0.52 +0.52
Total formal votes 26,753 98.43 −0.04
Informal votes 426 1.57 +0.04
Turnout 27,179 93.98 +0.29
Two-candidate-preferred result
One Nation Bill Feldman 13,245 52.69 +52.69
Labor Jon Sullivan 11,894 47.31 −4.96
One Nation gain from Labor Swing +52.69
1995 Queensland state election: Caboolture
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jon Sullivan 11,081 47.42 −4.44
National Bill Newton 10,136 43.37 +20.52
Greens John Lamb 1,092 4.67 +4.67
Democrats Marilyn Drewett 1,060 4.54 +4.54
Total formal votes 23,369 98.47 +0.44
Informal votes 363 1.53 −0.44
Turnout 23,732 93.69 −0.19
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jon Sullivan 11,982 52.27 −5.63
National Bill Newton 10,941 47.73 +5.63
Labor hold Swing −5.63
1992 Queensland state election: Caboolture
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jon Sullivan 10,736 51.9 +1.0
National Bill Newton 4,730 22.8 −0.8
Liberal Joy Leishman 4,273 20.6 +0.7
Independent Dave Groves 964 4.7 +4.7
Total formal votes 20,703 98.0
Informal votes 415 2.0
Turnout 21,118 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jon Sullivan 11,244 57.9 +2.7
National Bill Newton 8,177 42.1 −2.7
Labor hold Swing +2.7

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Caboolture
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ken Hayward 13,522 56.8 +3.1
Liberal Bob O'Sullivan 4,629 19.4 +19.4
National Roy Rogers 2,772 11.6 −34.7
Independent James Kessels 2,033 8.5 +8.5
Call to Australia Raymond De Gruchy 614 2.6 +2.6
Independent Ron Fenton 239 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 23,809 96.4 +0.9
Informal votes 882 3.6 −0.9
Turnout 24,691 92.8 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ken Hayward 14,571 61.2 +7.5
Liberal Bob O'Sullivan 9,238 38.8 +38.8
Labor hold Swing +7.5
1986 Queensland state election: Caboolture
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ken Hayward 9,956 53.7
National Ron Grant 8,572 46.3
Total formal votes 18,528 95.5
Informal votes 870 4.5
Turnout 19,398 92.0
Labor gain from National Swing +1.0
1983 Queensland state election: Caboolture
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Wilson 11,320 44.2 +3.8
National Bill Newton 11,222 43.8 +1.6
Liberal Graeme Selby 2,459 9.6 −5.6
Independent John Bergin 636 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 25,637 98.6 +0.5
Informal votes 360 1.4 −0.5
Turnout 25,997 92.7 +3.2
Two-party-preferred result
National Bill Newton 13,667 53.3 −2.0
Labor Robert Wilson 11,970 46.7 +2.0
National hold Swing −2.0
1980 Queensland state election: Caboolture
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Des Frawley 8,082 42.2 −16.8
Labor John McLoughlin 4,567 23.8 −3.6
Labor Frank Hill 3,174 16.6 +16.6
Liberal Virginia Day 2,921 15.2 +15.2
Independent John Ferguson 422 2.2 +2.2
Total formal votes 19,166 98.1 −0.1
Informal votes 378 1.9 +0.1
Turnout 19,544 89.5 −2.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Des Frawley 10,598 55.3 −3.7
Labor John McLoughlin 8,568 44.7 +3.7
National hold Swing −3.7

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Caboolture
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Des Frawley 8,520 59.0
Labor John McLoughlin 3,955 27.4
Labor Francis Freemantle 1,973 13.7
Total formal votes 14,448 98.2
Informal votes 270 1.8
Turnout 14,718 91.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Des Frawley 8,520 59.0 −7.5
Labor John McLoughlin 5,928 41.0 +7.5
National hold Swing −7.5

References

  1. ^ "Election Archive - Caboolture 1998". ABC. Retrieved 30 November 2017.