Electoral results for the district of Roma

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

Members for Roma

Member Party Term
  William Ewan Country 1950–1953
Alfred Dohring Labor 1953–1957
Queensland Labor 1957
William Ewan Country 1957–1967
Ken Tomkins Country 1967–1974
National 1974–1983
Russell Cooper National 1983–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Roma[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Russell Cooper 5,290 73.2 +3.7
Labor August Johanson 1,938 26.8 −3.7
Total formal votes 7,228 96.4 −1.4
Informal votes 271 3.6 +1.4
Turnout 7,499 91.2 −0.8
National hold Swing +3.7
1986 Queensland state election: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Russell Cooper 4,949 69.5 +15.7
Labor Ray Johanson 2,167 30.5 +0.6
Total formal votes 7,116 97.7
Informal votes 164 2.3
Turnout 7,280 92.1
National hold Swing +3.4
1983 Queensland state election: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Russell Cooper 4,267 53.8 −11.6
Labor August Johanson 2,367 29.9 −4.7
Liberal Thomas Warren 997 12.6 +12.6
Democrats Clement O'Connor 294 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 7,925 99.4 +0.6
Informal votes 51 0.6 −0.6
Turnout 7,976 91.6 +3.0
Two-party-preferred result
National Russell Cooper 5,188 65.5 +0.1
Labor August Johanson 2,737 34.5 −0.1
National hold Swing +0.1
1980 Queensland state election: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Ken Tomkins 4,706 65.4 +2.3
Labor David Bowden 2,491 34.6 +1.9
Total formal votes 7,197 98.8 +0.1
Informal votes 88 1.2 −0.1
Turnout 7,285 88.6 −1.5
National hold Swing −0.6

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Ken Tomkins 4,488 63.1 −9.0
Labor Ronald Saltau 2,326 32.7 +4.8
Progress James Tomlinson 298 4.2 +4.2
Total formal votes 7,112 98.7
Informal votes 93 1.3
Turnout 7,205 90.1
Two-party-preferred result
National Ken Tomkins 4,697 66.0 −6.1
Labor Ronald Saltau 2,415 34.0 +6.1
National hold Swing −6.1
1974 Queensland state election: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Ken Tomkins 5,744 72.6 +19.6
Labor Ben Ward 2,168 27.4 −4.4
Total formal votes 7,912 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 74 0.9 −0.1
Turnout 7,986 88.9 −1.9
National hold Swing +8.6
1972 Queensland state election: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ken Tomkins 4,613 53.0 −3.5
Labor Marcus Thew 2,309 31.8 +1.0
Queensland Labor Patrick Feeney 1,102 15.2 +15.2
Total formal votes 7,265 99.0
Informal votes 73 1.0
Turnout 7,338 90.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country Ken Tomkins 4,647 64.0 +3.4
Labor Marcus Thew 2,618 36.0 −3.4
Country hold Swing +3.4

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ken Tomkins 4,613 56.5 −7.2
Labor Marcus Thew 2,511 30.8 −5.5
Independent Ronald Alford 1,037 12.7 +12.7
Total formal votes 8,161 99.1 0.0
Informal votes 73 0.9 0.0
Turnout 8,234 93.4 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Ken Tomkins 5,235 64.1 +0.4
Labor Marcus Thew 2,926 35.9 −0.4
Country hold Swing +0.4
1967 Roma state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ken Tomkins 3,632 49.6 −14.1
Labor Marcus Thew 2,148 29.4 −6.9
Independent Ronald Alford 1,535 21.0 +21.0
Total formal votes 7,315 99.3 +0.2
Informal votes 50 0.7 −0.2
Turnout 7,365 82.8 −10.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Ken Tomkins 4,479 61.2 −2.5
Labor Marcus Thew 2,836 38.8 +2.5
Country hold Swing −2.5
1966 Queensland state election: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Ewan 5,217 63.7 +2.2
Labor Marcus Thew 2,973 36.3 +8.1
Total formal votes 8,190 99.1 0.0
Informal votes 74 0.9 0.0
Turnout 8,264 92.9 −0.7
Country hold Swing −6.2
1963 Queensland state election: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Ewan 4,962 61.5 +17.0
Labor Herbert Williamson 2,276 28.2 −3.1
Queensland Labor Bryan Hurley 830 10.3 +10.3
Total formal votes 8,068 99.1 −0.2
Informal votes 71 0.9 +0.2
Turnout 8,139 93.6 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country William Ewan 5,638 69.9
Labor Herbert Williamson 2,430 30.1
Country hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Ewan 3,629 44.5
Labor John Taylor 2,558 31.3
Independent Richard Condon 1,976 24.2
Total formal votes 8,163 99.3
Informal votes 61 0.7
Turnout 8,224 92.8
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Ewan 2,568 46.1 −3.8
Queensland Labor Alfred Dohring 2,006 36.0 +36.0
Labor William Hay 855 15.4 −34.7
Independent James Clarke 141 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 5,570 99.2 −0.2
Informal votes 43 0.8 +0.2
Turnout 5,613 94.8 +1.3
Country gain from Labor Swing N/A
1956 Queensland state election: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Dohring 2,624 50.1 −1.5
Country William Ewan 2,610 49.9 +1.5
Total formal votes 5,234 99.4 +0.1
Informal votes 32 0.6 −0.1
Turnout 5,266 93.5 −0.6
Labor hold Swing −1.5
1953 Queensland state election: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Dohring 2,555 51.6 +4.9
Country William Ewan 2,393 48.4 −4.9
Total formal votes 4,948 99.3 +0.4
Informal votes 35 0.7 −0.4
Turnout 4,983 94.1 +0.4
Labor gain from Country Swing +4.9
1950 Queensland state election: Roma
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Ewan 2,631 53.3
Labor James Kane 2,308 46.7
Total formal votes 4,939 98.9
Informal votes 54 1.1
Turnout 4,993 93.7
Country hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "1989 Election Roma". ABC. Retrieved 29 July 2021.