Electoral results for the district of Mackay

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

Members for Mackay

First incarnation (1878–1888, 1 member)
Member Party Term
  Francis Amhurst Unaligned 1878–1881
  Maurice Hume Black Unaligned 1881–1888
Second incarnation (1888–1912, 2 members)
Member Party Term
  Maurice Hume Black Unaligned 1888–1893
  David Dalrymple Ministerialist 1888–1904
  James Chataway Ministerialist 1893–1901
  Walter Paget Ministerialist/Opposition 1901–1912
  Albert Fudge Labor 1904–1907
  Edward Swayne Opposition 1907–1912
Third incarnation (1912–present, 1 member)
Member Party Term
  Walter Paget Ministerialist/Opposition 1912–1915
  William Forgan Smith Labor 1915–1942
  Fred Graham Labor 1943–1969
  Ed Casey Labor 1969–1972
  Independent 1972–1977
  Labor 1977–1995
  Tim Mulherin Labor 1995–2015
  Julieanne Gilbert Labor 2015–2024
  Nigel Dalton Liberal National 2024–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2024 Queensland state election: Mackay[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Nigel Dalton 14,503 46.1 +14.1
Labor Belinda Hassan 9,571 30.4 −16.0
One Nation Kylee Stanton 3,700 11.8 −0.8
Legalise Cannabis Ben Gauci 1,529 4.9 +0.5
Greens Paula Creen 1,520 4.8 +1.4
Family First Norman Martin 639 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 31,462 95.46 −0.53
Informal votes 1,497 4.54 +0.53
Turnout 32,959
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Nigel Dalton 19,021 60.5 +17.2
Labor Belinda Hassan 12,441 39.5 −17.2
Liberal National gain from Labor Swing +17.2
Results are not final. Last updated on 30 October 2024.
2020 Queensland state election: Mackay[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Julieanne Gilbert 14,632 46.47 +3.55
Liberal National Chris Bonanno 10,061 31.95 +7.21
One Nation Christine Keys 3,965 12.59 −10.06
Legalise Cannabis Shaun Krstic 1,378 4.38 +4.38
Greens Imogen Lindenberg 1,071 3.40 −1.58
Informed Medical Options Julie Saunders 382 1.21 +1.21
Total formal votes 31,489 95.99 +0.46
Informal votes 1,314 4.01 −0.46
Turnout 32,803 85.87 −1.07
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Julieanne Gilbert 17,862 56.72 −1.61
Liberal National Chris Bonanno 13,627 43.28 +1.61
Labor hold Swing −1.61

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Queensland state election: Mackay[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Julieanne Gilbert 13,281 42.9 −0.2
Liberal National Nicole Batzloff 7,657 24.7 −4.0
One Nation Jeff Keioskie 7,009 22.6 +22.6
Greens Elliot Jennings 1,542 5.0 +0.2
Independent Martin McCann 1,459 4.7 +4.7
Total formal votes 30,948 95.5 −2.1
Informal votes 1,445 4.5 +2.1
Turnout 32,393 86.9 −2.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Julieanne Gilbert 18,054 58.3 −1.9
Liberal National Nicole Batzloff 12,894 41.7 +1.9
Labor hold Swing −1.9
2015 Queensland state election: Mackay[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Julieanne Gilbert 11,346 43.83 +5.25
Liberal National Deon Attard 6,680 25.80 −11.14
Independent Julie Boyd 5,720 22.10 +22.10
Greens Jonathon Dykyj 1,285 4.96 −0.58
Family First Lindsay Temple 857 3.31 +3.31
Total formal votes 25,888 97.54 −0.26
Informal votes 653 2.46 +0.26
Turnout 26,541 89.44 −0.31
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Julieanne Gilbert 13,542 62.39 +11.86
Liberal National Deon Attard 8,162 37.61 −11.86
Labor hold Swing +11.86
2012 Queensland state election: Mackay[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tim Mulherin 9,920 38.58 −22.78
Liberal National John Kerslake 9,499 36.94 +6.76
Katter's Australian Lindsay Temple 4,870 18.94 +18.94
Greens Luke Mathews 1,425 5.54 −2.92
Total formal votes 25,714 97.80 +0.07
Informal votes 578 2.20 −0.07
Turnout 26,292 89.75 −1.07
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tim Mulherin 11,317 50.53 −16.19
Liberal National John Kerslake 11,081 49.47 +16.19
Labor hold Swing −16.19

Elections in the 2000s

2009 Queensland state election: Mackay[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tim Mulherin 16,273 61.4 −0.2
Liberal National Bob Oakes 8,003 30.2 +1.4
Greens Jonathon Dykyj 2,244 8.5 +2.4
Total formal votes 26,520 97.5
Informal votes 617 2.5
Turnout 27,137 90.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tim Mulherin 16,892 66.7 −0.5
Liberal National Bob Oakes 8,426 33.3 +0.5
Labor hold Swing −0.5
2006 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tim Mulherin 15,208 61.9 +6.0
National Craig Joy 6,990 28.4 +1.7
Greens Michele Graham 1,532 6.2 −1.0
Independent Archie Julien 850 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 24,580 97.3 −0.7
Informal votes 677 2.7 +0.7
Turnout 25,257 90.2 −1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tim Mulherin 15,707 67.6 +1.8
National Craig Joy 7,520 32.4 −1.8
Labor hold Swing +1.8
2004 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tim Mulherin 13,824 55.9 −2.8
National Craig Joy 6,603 26.7 −4.6
One Nation John Bonaventura 2,511 10.2 +10.2
Greens Jen Hayward 1,780 7.2 +7.2
Total formal votes 24,718 98.0 +0.3
Informal votes 509 2.0 −0.3
Turnout 25,227 91.3 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tim Mulherin 14,816 65.8 +2.3
National Craig Joy 7,703 34.2 −2.3
Labor hold Swing +2.3
2001 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tim Mulherin 14,235 58.7 +10.7
National Martin Bella 7,594 31.3 +8.0
City Country Alliance Barry Townsend 2,433 10.0 +10.0
Total formal votes 24,262 97.7
Informal votes 580 2.3
Turnout 24,842 91.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tim Mulherin 14,494 63.5 +4.3
National Martin Bella 8,323 36.5 −4.3
Labor hold Swing +4.3

Elections in the 1990s

1998 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tim Mulherin 9,603 48.7 −3.8
One Nation Barry Evans 5,323 27.0 +27.0
National Marcella Massie 4,503 22.9 −16.1
Independent Mike Ettridge 272 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 19,701 98.6 +0.6
Informal votes 279 1.4 −0.6
Turnout 19,980 93.3 +3.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Tim Mulherin 10,536 56.5 +0.9
One Nation Barry Evans 8,103 43.5 +43.5
Labor hold Swing +0.9
1995 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tim Mulherin 10,144 52.5 −2.5
National Bruce Avenell 7,536 39.0 +15.7
Confederate Action Peter Barbour 1,641 8.5 −5.3
Total formal votes 19,321 98.0 −0.1
Informal votes 403 2.0 +0.1
Turnout 19,724 90.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tim Mulherin 10,587 55.7 −8.5
National Bruce Avenell 8,433 44.3 +8.5
Labor hold Swing −8.5
1992 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ed Casey 11,276 55.0 −2.0
National Eric Ross 4,778 23.3 −4.6
Confederate Action Sandra Hill 2,831 13.8 +13.8
Liberal David Hamilton 1,617 7.9 −3.4
Total formal votes 20,502 98.0
Informal votes 410 2.0
Turnout 20,912 90.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ed Casey 12,194 64.2 +3.9
National Eric Ross 6,799 35.8 −3.9
Labor hold Swing +3.9

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ed Casey 9,566 58.0 +6.5
National Greg Williamson 4,717 28.6 −12.3
Liberal Gary Kennedy 1,688 10.2 +2.6
Independent Trevor Dempster 531 3.2 +3.2
Total formal votes 16,502 97.1 −1.5
Informal votes 489 2.9 +1.5
Turnout 16,991 90.5 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ed Casey 10,050 60.9 +7.3
National Greg Williamson 6,452 39.1 −7.3
Labor hold Swing +7.3
1986 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ed Casey 7,830 51.5 −4.5
National Greg Williamson 6,211 40.9 −3.1
Liberal Charles Camilleri 1,162 7.6 +7.6
Total formal votes 15,203 98.6 +0.2
Informal votes 210 1.4 −0.2
Turnout 15,413 90.9 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ed Casey 8,149 53.6 −1.5
National Greg Williamson 7,054 46.4 +1.5
Labor hold Swing −1.5
1983 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ed Casey 10,372 56.0 −3.2
National John Comerford 8,163 44.0 +12.0
Total formal votes 18,535 98.4 −0.5
Informal votes 295 1.6 +0.5
Turnout 18,830 90.8 +2.5
Labor hold Swing −5.6
1980 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ed Casey 10,106 59.2 +2.1
National Lionel Bevis 5,457 32.0 +9.2
Liberal Kevin Dray 1,500 8.8 −3.7
Total formal votes 17,063 98.9 +0.5
Informal votes 190 1.1 −0.5
Turnout 17,253 88.3 −3.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ed Casey 10,518 61.6 −0.3
National Lionel Bevis 6,545 38.4 +0.3
Labor hold Swing −0.3

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ed Casey 9,438 57.1 +41.6
National Fitzroy McLean 3,766 22.8 −4.4
Liberal Jeanette Bevan 2,071 12.5 +12.5
Independent Sebastian Torrisi 1,257 7.6 +7.6
Total formal votes 16,532 98.4
Informal votes 262 1.6
Turnout 16,794 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ed Casey 10,231 61.9 +61.9
National Fitzroy McLean 6,301 38.1 +0.6
Labor gain from Independent Swing N/A
1974 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ed Casey 9,016 57.3 +21.1
National Lionel Bevis 4,282 27.2 +1.5
Labor John Hill 2,437 15.5 −12.3
Total formal votes 15,735 98.7 0.0
Informal votes 199 1.3 0.0
Turnout 15,934 89.5 −3.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ed Casey 11,087 70.5 +7.1
National Lionel Bevis 4,648 29.5 −7.1
Independent hold Swing +0.8
1972 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ed Casey 5,239 36.2 +36.2
Labor John Breen 4,027 27.8 −30.9
Country Charles Johnstone 3,717 25.7 +25.7
Liberal Robert Gray 1,480 10.2 −27.5
Total formal votes 14,463 98.7
Informal votes 190 1.3
Turnout 14,653 92.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ed Casey 9,167 63.4 +63.4
Labor John Breen 5,296 36.6 −20.1
Independent gain from Labor Swing +63.4

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ed Casey 5,501 58.7 −0.6
Liberal Robert Gray 3,535 37.7 +37.7
Independent Thomas McCanna 331 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 9,367 98.4 −0.2
Informal votes 154 1.6 +0.2
Turnout 9,521 90.4 −2.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ed Casey 5,667 60.5 −0.6
Liberal Robert Gray 3,700 39.5 +39.5
Labor hold Swing −0.6
1966 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Graham 5,604 59.3 +5.8
Country Roylance Eastment 2,932 31.0 −6.1
Queensland Labor T.J. Hayes 918 9.7 +0.3
Total formal votes 9,454 98.6 +0.2
Informal votes 137 1.4 −0.2
Turnout 9,591 92.6 −2.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Graham 5,775 61.1 +5.9
Country Roylance Eastment 3,679 38.9 −5.9
Labor hold Swing +5.9
1963 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Graham 4,963 53.5 +3.3
Country John Matson 3,449 37.1 −1.7
Queensland Labor Edwin Relf 873 9.4 −1.6
Total formal votes 9,285 98.4 −0.6
Informal votes 152 1.6 +0.6
Turnout 9,437 94.9 +1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Graham 5,125 55.2
Country John Matson 4,160 44.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Graham 4,561 50.2
Country John Matson 3,526 38.8
Queensland Labor Terence Hayes 1,004 11.0
Total formal votes 9,091 99.0
Informal votes 95 1.0
Turnout 9,186 93.0
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Graham 3,175 42.0 −16.0
Liberal William Field 2,939 38.8 −0.7
Queensland Labor Joseph Griffin 1,452 19.2 +19.2
Total formal votes 7,566 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 84 1.1 0.0
Turnout 7,650 95.2 +2.1
Labor hold Swing −7.9
1956 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Graham 4,344 58.0 −6.5
Liberal David Treacy 2,924 39.0 +3.5
Independent James Rowen 223 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 7,491 98.9 −0.4
Informal votes 81 1.1 +0.4
Turnout 7,572 93.1 −2.8
Labor hold Swing −5.0
1953 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Graham 4,586 64.5 +9.5
Liberal Flora Johnson 2,520 35.5 −9.5
Total formal votes 7,106 99.3 +0.1
Informal votes 48 0.7 −0.1
Turnout 7,154 95.9 +3.8
Labor hold Swing +9.5
1950 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Graham 4,129 55.0
Liberal Noel Weder 3,383 45.0
Total formal votes 7,512 99.2
Informal votes 58 0.8
Turnout 7,570 92.1
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Graham 6,289 60.8 +2.7
Country Jack Broughton 4,047 39.2 −2.7
Total formal votes 10,336 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 87 0.8 −0.3
Turnout 10,423 86.7 +4.5
Labor hold Swing +2.7
1944 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Graham 5,086 58.1 −9.4
People's Party Ernie Evans 3,676 41.9 +41.9
Total formal votes 8,762 98.9 +0.7
Informal votes 96 1.1 −0.7
Turnout 8,858 82.2 −6.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1941 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Forgan Smith 6,436 67.5 −13.1
Independent John Mulherin 3,103 32.5 +32.5
Total formal votes 9,539 98.2 +0.9
Informal votes 170 1.8 −0.9
Turnout 9,709 88.7 −1.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Forgan Smith 7,153 80.6 +9.0
Social Credit John Neville 1,717 19.4 +12.2
Total formal votes 8,870 97.3 −1.4
Informal votes 242 2.7 +1.4
Turnout 9,112 89.7 0.0
Labor hold Swing N/A
1935 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Smith 6,144 71.6
CPNP William Ferguson 1,826 21.3
Social Credit Arthur Williams 614 7.1
Total formal votes 8,579 98.7
Informal votes 114 1.3
Turnout 8,698 89.7
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1932 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Forgan Smith 4,535 61.4
CPNP Alexander Mackay 2,670 36.1
Independent Arthur Williams 183 2.5
Total formal votes 7,388 98.7
Informal votes 99 1.3
Turnout 7,487 88.1
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Queensland state election: Mackay[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Forgan Smith 3,686 57.9 −6.7
CPNP George Milton 2,679 42.1 +6.7
Total formal votes 6,365 99.0 0.0
Informal votes 62 1.0 0.0
Turnout 6,427 85.5 +3.4
Labor hold Swing −6.7
1926 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Forgan Smith 3,448 64.6 +6.7
CPNP Hector O'Brien 1,888 35.4 −6.7
Total formal votes 5,336 99.0 −0.7
Informal votes 52 1.0 +0.7
Turnout 5,388 82.1 +2.4
Labor hold Swing +6.7
1923 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Forgan Smith 2,652 57.9 +4.7
United Lewis Nott 1,931 42.1 +42.1
Total formal votes 4,583 99.7 +0.8
Informal votes 14 0.3 −0.8
Turnout 4,597 79.7 −0.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
1920 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Forgan Smith 2,630 53.2 −2.8
Northern Country James McLaren 1,907 38.5 +38.5
Independent Country Charles Clarke 411 8.3 +8.3
Total formal votes 4,948 98.9 +0.1
Informal votes 57 1.1 −0.1
Turnout 5,005 80.3 +2.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Forgan Smith 2,606 56.0 +1.6
National William Manning 2,047 44.0 −1.6
Total formal votes 4,653 98.8 +0.2
Informal votes 54 1.2 −0.2
Turnout 4,707 77.8 −2.6
Labor hold Swing +1.6
1915 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Forgan Smith 2,226 54.4 +16.5
Liberal George Johnson 1,864 45.6 −16.5
Total formal votes 4,090 98.6 +2.5
Informal votes 60 1.4 −2.5
Turnout 4,150 80.4 +10.9
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +16.5
1912 Queensland state election: Mackay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Walter Paget 1,937 62.1
Labor Charles Tait 1,182 37.9
Total formal votes 3,119 96.1
Informal votes 127 3.9
Turnout 3,246 69.5
Liberal hold Swing

References

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  3. ^ 2017 State General Election - Mackay - District Summary, ECQ.
  4. ^ 2015 State General Election - Mackay - District Summary, ECQ.
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