Electoral results for the district of Manly (Queensland)

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

Members for Manly

Member		Party	Term
	Eric Shaw	Labor Party	1986–1988
		Independent	1988–1989
	Jim Elder	Labor Party	1989–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Manly[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Elder	14,174	57.3	+6.3
	Liberal	Verlie Farrell	4,189	16.9	+3.7
	National	Paul Asher	3,709	15.0	−13.4
	Democrats	Robert George	2,392	9.7	+9.7
	Advance Australia	Barry Cullen	265	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			24,729	96.7	−1.4
Informal votes			849	3.3	+1.4
Turnout			25,578	92.4	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Elder	15,827	64.0	+7.3
	Liberal	Verlie Farrell	8,902	36.0	+36.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.3

1986 Queensland state election: Manly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Shaw	10,647	51.0
	National	Merv Hoppner	5,928	28.4
	Liberal	Des Morris	4,309	20.6
Total formal votes			20,884	98.1
Informal votes			412	1.9
Turnout			21,296	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Shaw	11,841	56.7	+4.2
	National	Merv Hoppner	9,043	43.3	−4.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.2

References

1. Green, Antony. "1989 Results for Manly". Queensland Election Archive. ABC. Retrieved 7 August 2021.