Electoral results for the district of Maryborough

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

Members for Maryborough

Single member electorate (1865–1878)
Member Party Term
  William Henry Walsh Squatter conservative 1865–1873
  Berkeley Basil Moreton Independent Liberal 1873–1875
  John Douglas Independent Liberal 1875–1878
Dual member electorate (1878–1912)
Member Party Term Member Party Term
  John Douglas Independent Liberal 1878–1880   Henry Edward King McIlwraith conservative 1878–1883
  Henry Palmer McIlwraith conservative 1880–1883
  John Hurley Unaligned 1883–1884   Richard Bingham Sheridan Liberal Party 1883–1888
  John Annear Ministerialist 1884–1902
  Richard Hyne Unaligned 1888–1893
  Charles Powers Opposition 1893–1896
  John Bartholomew Ministerialist 1896–1902
  Charles Barton Labor 1902–1902   John Norman Labor 1902–1907
  Henry Garde Ministerialist 1902–1904
 
  		William Mitchell Labor 1904–1909
  John Adamson Labor 1907–1909
  Charles Booker Ministerialist 1909–1912   Edward Corser Ministerialist 1909–1912
Single member electorate (1912–present)
Member Party Term
  Edward Corser Ministerialist 1912–1915
  Alfred Jones Labor 1915–1917
  David Weir Labor 1917–1929
  John Blackley Country and Progressive National 1929–1932
  James Stopford Labor 1932–1936
  William Demaine Labor 1937–1938
  David Farrell Labor 1938–1953
  Horace Davies Labor 1953–1971
  Gilbert Alison Liberal 1971–1977
  Brendan Hansen Labor 1977–1983
  Gilbert Alison National 1983–1989
  Bob Dollin Labor 1989–1998
  John Kingston One Nation 1998–1999
  Independent 1999–2003
  Chris Foley Independent 2003–2012
  Anne Maddern Liberal National 2012–2015
  Bruce Saunders Labor 2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Maryborough.[edit]
2020 Queensland state election: Maryborough[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bruce Saunders 17,751 53.27 +8.08
Liberal National Denis Chapman 8,763 26.30 +8.26
One Nation Sharon Lohse 4,392 13.18 −17.18
Greens Craig Armstrong 888 2.66 −0.84
Legalise Cannabis River Body 885 2.66 +2.66
Informed Medical Options Samantha Packer 452 1.36 +1.36
United Australia Alex Sokolov 194 0.58 +0.58
Total formal votes 33,325 96.26 +0.05
Informal votes 1,293 3.74 −0.05
Turnout 34,618 90.46 +0.00
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bruce Saunders 20,624 61.89 +9.43
Liberal National Denis Chapman 12,701 38.11 +38.11
Labor hold Swing +9.43

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Queensland state election: Maryborough[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bruce Saunders 14,208 45.2 +19.4
One Nation James Hansen 9,546 30.4 +23.7
Liberal National Richard Kingston 5,671 18.0 −13.7
Greens Craig Armstrong 1,102 3.5 +1.1
Independent Roger Currie 919 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 31,446 96.2 −1.8
Informal votes 1,237 3.8 +1.8
Turnout 32,683 90.5 +2.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Bruce Saunders 16,497 52.46 +1.4
One Nation James Hansen 14,949 47.54 +47.5
Labor hold Swing +1.4
2015 Queensland state election: Maryborough[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Anne Maddern 9,702 30.56 −5.19
Labor Bruce Saunders 8,031 25.29 +13.52
Independent Chris Foley 6,749 21.26 −8.92
Palmer United Stephen Anderson 3,931 12.38 +12.38
One Nation Damian Huxham 2,217 6.98 +6.98
Greens Katherine Webb 813 2.56 −0.20
Independent Russell Wattie 309 0.97 +0.97
Total formal votes 31,752 98.05 +0.09
Informal votes 630 1.95 −0.09
Turnout 32,382 92.02 −0.51
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bruce Saunders 12,723 51.65 +1.96
Liberal National Anne Maddern 11,910 48.35 −1.96
Labor gain from Liberal National Swing
2012 Queensland state election: Maryborough[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Anne Maddern 10,745 35.74 +9.97
Independent Chris Foley 9,071 30.17 −17.50
Katter's Australian Gordon Dale 5,879 19.56 +19.56
Labor Ezra Burtt 3,538 11.77 −11.00
Greens Garry Claridge 830 2.76 −1.02
Total formal votes 30,063 97.96 −0.09
Informal votes 626 2.04 +0.09
Turnout 30,689 92.53 −0.48
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal National Anne Maddern 12,228 50.31 +17.14
Independent Chris Foley 12,076 49.69 −17.14
Liberal National gain from Independent Swing +17.14

Elections in the 2000s

2009 Queensland state election: Maryborough[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Chris Foley 14,119 47.7 −17.7
Liberal National Anne Maddern 7,633 25.8 +13.6
Labor Brad Hansen 6,744 22.8 +6.3
Greens David Arthur 1,120 3.8 −1.7
Total formal votes 29,616 97.9
Informal votes 590 2.1
Turnout 30,206 93.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Chris Foley 16,586 66.8 −13.6
Liberal National Anne Maddern 8,232 33.2 +33.2
Independent hold Swing −13.6
2006 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Chris Foley 17,888 69.6 +4.7
Labor Peter Allen 3,839 14.9 −15.2
National Damien Tessmann 2,580 10.0 +10.0
Greens Steve Walker 1,387 5.4 +0.3
Total formal votes 25,894 98.1 +0.3
Informal votes 502 1.9 −0.3
Turnout 26,196 92.8 −1.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Chris Foley 20,044 82.7 +14.7
Labor Peter Allen 4,184 17.3 −14.7
Independent hold Swing +14.7
2004 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Chris Foley 16,314 64.9 +64.9
Labor Doug Loggie 7,556 30.1 −11.9
Greens Stephen Walker 1,271 5.1 +5.1
Total formal votes 25,141 97.8 +0.2
Informal votes 572 2.2 −0.2
Turnout 25,713 94.2 −0.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Chris Foley 16,664 68.0 +68.0
Labor Doug Loggie 7,849 32.0 −17.5
Independent hold Swing +68.0
2003 Maryborough state by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Doug Loggie 8,465 37.02 −4.99
Independent Chris Foley 7,619 33.32 +33.32
National Peter Andrews 3,925 17.16 +2.61
One Nation Brad Marsh 1,679 7.34 +7.34
Greens Dean Pratley 775 3.39 +3.39
Independent Ray Smith 179 0.78 −1.49
Independent John Ahearn 174 0.76 +0.76
Independent Jeremy Roberts 51 0.22 +0.22
Total formal votes 22,867 97.91 +0.28
Informal votes 488 2.09 −0.28
Turnout 23,355 88.08 −7.06
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Chris Foley 10,484 53.51 +53.51
Labor Doug Loggie 9,109 46.49 −3.01
Independent hold Swing N/A
2001 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alan Holmes 10,081 42.0 +6.6
Independent John Kingston 8,034 33.5 +33.5
National Linda Harris 3,492 14.6 −4.2
City Country Alliance Debbie Douglas 1,844 7.7 +7.7
Independent Ray Smith 545 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 23,996 97.6
Informal votes 582 2.4
Turnout 24,578 95.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent John Kingston 10,678 50.5 +50.5
Labor Alan Holmes 10,466 49.5 +8.0
Independent gain from One Nation Swing +50.5

Elections in the 1990s

1998 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
One Nation John Kingston 8,539 42.6 +42.6
Labor Bob Dollin 7,163 35.7 −10.7
National Kev Mahoney 3,787 18.9 −26.1
Greens Sue Russell 576 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 20,065 98.9 +0.2
Informal votes 232 1.1 −0.2
Turnout 20,297 95.1 +0.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
One Nation John Kingston 11,126 58.3 +58.3
Labor Bob Dollin 7,950 41.7 −8.7
One Nation gain from Labor Swing +58.3
1995 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Dollin 8,975 46.4 −2.7
National Lloyd Maddern 8,704 45.0 +10.2
Democrats Pamela Howard 1,678 8.7 +8.7
Total formal votes 19,357 98.6 +0.3
Informal votes 270 1.4 −0.3
Turnout 19,627 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Dollin 9,599 50.4 −2.9
National Lloyd Maddern 9,457 49.6 +2.9
Labor hold Swing −2.9
1992 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Dollin 9,402 49.0 0.0
National Gilbert Alison 6,674 34.8 −4.7
Confederate Action Tony Pitt 3,103 16.2 +16.2
Total formal votes 19,179 98.3
Informal votes 324 1.7
Turnout 19,503 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Dollin 9,919 53.3 +1.9
National Gilbert Alison 8,691 46.7 −1.9
Labor hold Swing +1.9

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Dollin 8,887 49.0 −0.3
National Gilbert Alison 7,163 39.5 −11.2
Liberal Kevin Mahoney 1,571 8.7 +8.7
Citizens Electoral Council Camillo Primavera 529 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 18,150 97.7 −0.2
Informal votes 419 2.3 +0.2
Turnout 18,569 94.1 −0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Dollin 9,329 51.4 +2.1
National Gilbert Alison 8,821 48.6 −2.1
Labor gain from National Swing +2.1
1986 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Gilbert Alison 8,738 50.7 +6.4
Labor Peter Nightingale 8,484 49.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 17,222 97.9 −1.3
Informal votes 369 2.1 +1.3
Turnout 17,591 94.8 0.0
National hold Swing −0.7
1983 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Nightingale 7,342 48.0 +0.3
National Gilbert Alison 6,769 44.3 +44.3
Liberal Rodney Bailey 1,177 7.7 −39.5
Total formal votes 15,288 99.2 0.0
Informal votes 118 0.8 0.0
Turnout 15,406 94.8 +2.5
Two-party-preferred result
National Gilbert Alison 7,648 50.03 +50.03
Labor Peter Nightingale 7,640 49.97 −0.60
National gain from Labor Swing +50.03
1980 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brendan Hansen 6,747 47.7 −2.5
Liberal Gilbert Alison 6,676 47.2 −2.6
Democrats Arthur Townsend 725 5.1 +5.1
Total formal votes 14,148 99.2 +0.2
Informal votes 109 0.8 −0.2
Turnout 14,257 92.3 −1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brendan Hansen 7,154 50.6 +0.4
Liberal Gilbert Alison 6,994 49.4 −0.4
Labor hold Swing +0.4

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brendan Hansen 6,930 50.2 +6.3
Liberal Gilbert Alison 6,877 49.8 −5.2
Total formal votes 13,807 99.0
Informal votes 138 1.0
Turnout 13,945 93.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +6.5
1974 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gilbert Alison 6,598 55.0 +2.6
Labor John Anderson 5,272 43.9 −2.1
Queensland Labor Matthews Minnegal 132 1.1 −0.5
Total formal votes 12,002 99.0 −0.1
Informal votes 124 1.0 +0.1
Turnout 12,126 93.8 −1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Gilbert Alison 6,708 55.9 +2.1
Labor John Anderson 5,294 44.1 −2.1
Liberal hold Swing +2.1
1972 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gilbert Alison 5,908 52.4 +14.5
Labor Edward Weber 5,184 46.0 −10.5
Queensland Labor Matthews Minnegal 186 1.6 −4.0
Total formal votes 11,278 99.1
Informal votes 100 0.9
Turnout 11,378 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Gilbert Alison 6,063 53.8 +11.3
Labor Edward Weber 5,215 46.2 −11.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +11.3

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Horace Davies 6,374 56.5 −4.6
Liberal Ralph Stafford 4,282 37.9 +37.9
Queensland Labor Brian Hawes 636 5.6 −2.2
Total formal votes 11,292 98.9 +0.6
Informal votes 126 1.1 −0.6
Turnout 11,418 94.2 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Horace Davies 6,492 57.5 −6.9
Liberal Ralph Stafford 4,800 42.5 +6.9
Labor hold Swing −6.9
1966 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Horace Davies 6,906 61.1 −0.8
Country Ernest Jurss 3,108 27.5 +1.6
Queensland Labor William Hutchinson 879 7.8 0.0
Social Credit Arnold Jones 402 3.6 −0.9
Total formal votes 11,295 98.3 −0.8
Informal votes 196 1.7 +0.8
Turnout 11,491 94.8 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Horace Davies 7,270 64.4 −1.1
Country Ernest Jurss 4,025 35.6 +1.1
Labor hold Swing −1.1
1963 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Horace Davies 6,758 61.9 −4.4
Country Robert Hunter 2,829 25.9 −7.8
Queensland Labor Vincent Wenck 847 7.7 +7.7
Social Credit Douglas Devenish 491 4.5 +4.5
Total formal votes 10,925 99.1 −0.2
Informal votes 103 0.9 +0.2
Turnout 11,028 95.4 −1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Horace Davies 7,161 65.5 −0.8
Country Robert Hunter 3,764 34.5 +0.8
Labor hold Swing −0.8
1960 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Horace Davies 7,197 66.3
Country Ronald Christensen 3,665 33.7
Total formal votes 10,862 99.3
Informal votes 80 0.7
Turnout 10,942 96.5
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Horace Davies 5,297 53.1 −13.1
Country James Dunn 3,218 32.3 −1.5
Queensland Labor Clement Gott 1,461 14.6 +14.6
Total formal votes 9,976 98.6 +0.1
Informal votes 142 1.4 −0.1
Turnout 10,118 96.6 +0.5
Labor hold Swing −4.0
1956 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Horace Davies 6,488 66.2 +10.2
Country James Dunn 3,306 33.8 +33.8
Total formal votes 9,794 98.5 +0.7
Informal votes 152 1.5 −0.7
Turnout 9,946 96.1 −1.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
1953 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Farrell 5,429 56.0 −9.5
Independent Cyril Tanner 4,178 43.1 +43.1
Communist Charles Reed 92 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 9,699 97.8 −0.2
Informal votes 214 2.2 +0.2
Turnout 9,913 97.5 +0.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
1950 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Farrell 6,397 65.5
Liberal Robert Hunter 3,377 34.5
Total formal votes 9,774 98.0
Informal votes 203 2.0
Turnout 9,977 96.6
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Farrell 6,015 55.9 −44.1
People's Party Frank Lawrence 2,555 23.8 +23.8
Frank Barnes Labor Mary De Mattos 2,184 20.3 +20.3
Total formal votes 10,764 98.4
Informal votes 161 1.6
Turnout 10,925 91.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
1944 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Farrell unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1941 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Farrell 5,717 59.1 −2.1
Protestant Labor Robert McDowell 3,959 40.9 +40.9
Total formal votes 9,676 99.1 −0.4
Informal votes 91 0.9 +0.4
Turnout 9,767 92.9 −1.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Farrell 5,645 61.2 −29.2
United Australia Harold Reed 2,751 29.8 +29.8
Social Credit Noel Bromiley 834 9.0 +9.0
Total formal votes 9,230 99.5 +2.0
Informal votes 50 0.5 −2.0
Turnout 9,280 94.7 −0.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1935 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Stopford 7,644 90.4
Communist Harold McElligott 811 9.6
Total formal votes 8,455 97.5
Informal votes 219 2.5
Turnout 8,674 95.3
Labor hold Swing
1932 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Stopford 4,862 58.7
CPNP Louis Luckins 2,748 33.2
Independent Alan Price 425 5.1
Communist Harold McElligott 243 2.9
Total formal votes 8,278 97.2
Informal votes 235 2.8
Turnout 8,513 96.1
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Weir 3,179 52.0 −7.3
CPNP John Blackley 2,930 48.0 +7.3
Total formal votes 6,109 98.2 −0.8
Informal votes 110 1.8 +0.8
Turnout 6,219 94.0 +0.4
Labor hold Swing −7.3
1926 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Weir 3,628 59.3 −0.5
CPNP Harry Keys 2,490 40.7 +0.5
Total formal votes 6,118 99.0 −0.1
Informal votes 62 1.0 +0.1
Turnout 6,180 93.6 +6.0
Labor hold Swing −0.5
1923 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Weir 3,368 59.8 +1.8
United John Hatton 2,263 40.2 −1.8
Total formal votes 5,631 99.1 −0.1
Informal votes 50 0.9 +0.1
Turnout 5,681 87.6 −1.3
Labor hold Swing +1.8
1920 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Weir 2,658 58.1 −3.7
National James Hatton 1,916 41.9 +3.7
Total formal votes 4,574 99.2 0.0
Informal votes 36 0.8 0.0
Turnout 4,610 88.9 +1.3
Labor hold Swing −3.7

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Weir 2,657 61.8 +6.1
National Charles McGhie 1,646 38.2 −6.1
Total formal votes 4,303 99.2 +0.2
Informal votes 33 0.8 −0.2
Turnout 4,336 87.6 −4.7
Labor hold Swing +6.1
1915 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Jones 2,398 55.7 +5.8
Liberal Edward Corser 1,904 44.3 −5.8
Total formal votes 4,302 99.0 +0.4
Informal votes 44 1.0 −0.4
Turnout 4,346 92.3 +13.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +5.8
1912 Queensland state election: Maryborough
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Edward Corser 1,750 50.1
Labor William Mitchell 1,740 49.9
Total formal votes 3,490 98.6
Informal votes 48 1.4
Turnout 3,538 79.0
Liberal hold Swing

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