ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF WIDE BAY, QUEENSLAND ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Gympie, Maryborough, Nambour -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,624 Votes cast: 8,987 71.2 Informal votes: 122 01.4 Formal votes: 8,865 98.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Annear 3,955 44.6 Andrew FISHER Lab 4,910 55.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,865 05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Annear was Qld MLA for Maryborough 1884-1902, Qld MLC 1902-10. He described himself as a protectionist (there was no Protectionist organisation in Queensland). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Fisher (1862-1928): Elected 1901 Born: 29 August 1862, Ayrshire, Scotland. Career: No formal education. Coalminer from boyhood. Migrated 1885. Miner and unionist, Queensland leader of Amalgamated Miners Union. Colonial politics: Qld MLA for Gympie 1893-96, 1899-1901. Secretary for Railways and Public Works 1899. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Gympie, Maryborough, Nambour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 two-party majority: Labour over Protectionist 05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,313 +108.4 Votes cast: 17,698 67.3 -03.9 Informal votes: 346 02.0 +00.6 Formal votes: 17,352 98.0 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew FISHER * Lab 10,622 61.2 +05.8 George Stupart NLU 6,730 38.8 -05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,352 11.2 05.8 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Labour majority over the NLU is compared with the Labour majority over the Protectionists in 1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Fisher (1862-1928): Elected 1901, 1903 Minister for Trade and Customs 27 April 1904 to 17 August 1904 Assistant Leader of the Labour Party from 5 August 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, Nambour, Nanango -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over NLU 11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,025 +10.3 Votes cast: 15,291 52.7 -14.6 Informal votes: 389 02.5 +00.5 Formal votes: 14,902 97.5 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Andrew FISHER * Lab 8,118 54.5 -06.7 Jasper Harvey AS 6,784 45.5 +06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,902 04.5 06.7 to AS -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Fisher (1862-1928): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Prime Minister 13 November 1908 to 2 June 1909 Treasurer 13 November 1908 to 2 June 1909 Leader of the Opposition from 2 June 1909 Assistant Leader of the Labour Party to 30 October 1907 Leader of the Labour Party from 30 October 1907 (Australian Labour Party from 1908) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fisher was elected leader of the Labour Party following the resignation of Watson. Following the breakdown of the informal coalition between the Protectionists and the ALP, resulting in the House carrying a vote of no-confidence in Deakin's government on 10 November 1908, he formed a minority government. He resigned office following the formation of the Liberal Party and the passage of a no-confidence motion in his government on 27 May 1909. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, Nambour, Nanango -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Labour over Anti-Socialist 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,992 +10.2 Votes cast: 22,837 71.4 +18.7 Informal votes: 380 01.7 -00.8 Formal votes: 22,457 98.3 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Andrew FISHER * ALP 12,154 54.1 -00.4 Jacob Stumm Lib 10,303 45.9 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,457 04.1 00.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Stumm, see Lilley 1913. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Fisher (1862-1928): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910 Prime Minister from 29 April 1910 Treasurer from 29 April 1910 Leader of the Opposition to 29 April 1910 Leader of the Australian Labor Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fisher led the first majority Labor government. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Maryborough, Musgrave, Nanango -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 04.1 Effect of 1912 redistribution: 04.8 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 08.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,187 +06.9 Votes cast: 28,709 84.0 +12.6 Informal votes: 464 01.6 -00.1 Formal votes: 28,245 98.4 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rt Hon Andrew FISHER * ALP 15,702 55.6 -03.3 Arnold Wienholt Lib 12,543 44.4 +03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,245 05.6 03.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Wienholt, see Moreton 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Fisher (1862-1928): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913 Prime Minister to 24 June 1913 Treasurer to 24 June 1913 Leader of the Opposition from 24 June 1913 Leader of the Australian Labor Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Maryborough, Musgrave, Nanango -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,845 -01.0 Votes cast: 26,437 78.1 -05.9 Informal votes: 788 03.0 +01.4 Formal votes: 25,649 97.0 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Austin 9,155 35.7 Rt Hon Andrew FISHER * ALP 16,494 64.3 +08.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,649 14.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Austin was a Queensland Farmers' Union candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Fisher (1862-1928): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Prime Minister 17 September 1914 to 27 October 1915 Treasurer 17 September 1914 to 27 October 1915 Leader of the Opposition to 17 September 1914 Leader of the Australian Labor Party to 30 October 1915 Resigned seat 26 October 1915 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fisher resigned partly due to ill-health and partly under pressure to make way for Hughes, who was more committed to the war effort. Later career: High Commissioner to Britain 1915-21. Retired in Britain. Died 22 October 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 11 DECEMBER 1915 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Maryborough, Musgrave, Nanango -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Rt Hon Andrew Fisher -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 majority: ALP over Independent 14.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,355 +00.5 Votes cast: 28,170 82.0 -02.0 Informal votes: 202 00.7 -00.9 Formal votes: 27,968 99.3 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward CORSER Lib 14,027 50.2 Andrew Thompson ALP 13,941 49.8 -14.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,968 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thompson was Qld MLA for Wide Bay 1918-20. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Bernard Cresset Corser (1852-1928): Elected 1915 By Born: 1852, Birmingham, England. Career: Educated Worcester. Migrated 1864. Sugar worker, bank officer, Maryborough. Businessman, Maryborough. Father of Bernard Corser MP. State politics: Qld MLA for Maryborough 1909-15. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Maryborough, Musgrave, Nanango -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 majority: ALP over Independent 14.3 1915 by-election two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,566 -00.8 Votes cast: 30,766 91.7 +13.6 Informal votes: 525 01.7 -01.3 Formal votes: 30,241 98.3 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward CORSER * Nat 15,991 52.9 Frederick Martyn + ALP 14,250 47.1 -17.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,241 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Bernard Cresset Corser (1852-1928): Elected 1915 By, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Maryborough, Musgrave, Nanango -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,972 +04.2 Votes cast: 30,491 87.2 -04.5 Informal votes: 534 01.8 +00.1 Formal votes: 29,957 98.2 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward CORSER * Nat 16,272 54.3 +01.4 Frederick Martyn ALP 13,685 45.7 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,957 04.3 01.4 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Bernard Cresset Corser (1852-1928): Elected 1915 By, 1917, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, Nanango, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 04.3 Effect of redistribution: 04.9 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 09.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,677 +22.0 Votes cast: 35,906 84.1 -03.1 Informal votes: 1,830 05.1 +03.3 Formal votes: 34,076 94.9 -03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Corser * Nat 13,069 38.4 -20.8 James Heading CP 9,427 27.7 Joseph Johnston ALP 11,580 34.0 -06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,076 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Heading was Qld MLA for Wide Bay 1947-50, Marodian 1950-60. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Heading's 9,427 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORSER * 7,564 80.2 20,633 60.5 Johnston 1,863 19.8 13,443 39.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,427 34,076 10.5 01.3 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Bernard Cresset Corser (1852-1928): Elected 1915 By, 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, Nanango, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,142 +04.8 Votes cast: 41,456 91.8 +07.7 Informal votes: 1,348 03.3 -01.8 Formal votes: 40,108 96.7 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward CORSER * Nat 25,877 64.5 +26.1 Andrew Thompson ALP 14,231 35.5 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,108 14.5 04.0 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thompson was Qld MLA for Wide Bay 1918-20. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Bernard Cresset Corser (1852-1928): Elected 1915 By, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 Died 31 July 1928 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 3 SEPTEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, Nanango, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard CORSER CP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Henry Corser (1882-1967): Elected 1928 By Born: 4 January 1882, Maryborough Career: Grazier. Son of Edward Corser MP. State politics: Qld MLA for Burnett 1917-28. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Since Corser was unopposed, the date on which nominations closed (3 September) is given as the date of the election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, Nanango, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 14.5 1928 by-election majority: none (Country Party unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,727 +03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard CORSER * CP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Henry Corser (1882-1967): Elected 1928 By, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, Nanango, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 majority: none (Country Party unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,943 +02.6 Votes cast: 45,579 95.1 Informal votes: 2,023 04.4 Formal votes: 43,556 95.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard CORSER * CP 29,249 67.2 John O'Keefe ALP 14,307 32.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,556 17.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Keefe was Qld MLA for Chillagoe 1926-29, Cairns 1930-42. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Henry Corser (1882-1967): Elected 1928 By, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, Nanango, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 17.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,181 +04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard CORSER * CP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Henry Corser (1882-1967): Elected 1928 By, 1928, 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, North Pine, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 majority: none (Country Party unopposed) Effect of 1934 redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,653 +04.9 Votes cast: 50,115 95.2 Informal votes: 1,196 02.4 Formal votes: 48,919 97.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard CORSER * CP 26,254 53.7 Colin Hennessy CPA 1,085 02.2 Geoffrey Nichols DSC 5,723 11.7 George Webb ALP 15,857 32.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,919 09.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Henry Corser (1882-1967): Elected 1928 By, 1929, 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, North Pine, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 09.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,819 +04.1 Votes cast: 52,379 95.5 -00.3 Informal votes: 942 01.8 -00.4 Formal votes: 51,437 98.2 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Corser * CP 19,437 37.8 -15.9 Geoffrey Nichols DSC 20,356 39.6 +27.9 George Watson ALP 11,644 22.6 -09.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,437 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Watson's 11,644 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORSER * 6,554 56.3 25,991 50.5 Nichols 5,090 43.7 25,446 49.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 11,644 51,437 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Henry Corser (1882-1967): Elected 1928 By, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Corser was one of a group of Country Party members (the others were Badman, Collins and Fadden) who dissociated themselves from Page's attack on Menzies in April 1939, and who also rejected Cameron's leadership of the Country Party in September. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 =================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, North Pine, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 majority: Country Party over SC 00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,083 +02.3 Votes cast: 53,123 94.7 +00.8 Informal votes: 825 01.5 -00.3 Formal votes: 52,298 98.5 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard CORSER * CP 28,693 54.9 +17.1 John Rex 8,300 15.9 Samuel Round ALP 15,305 29.3 +06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,298 08.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rex was a Protestant Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Henry Corser (1882-1967): Elected 1928 By, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, North Pine, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 08.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 57,870 +03.2 Votes cast: 54,953 95.0 +00.3 Informal votes: 1,237 02.3 +00.8 Formal votes: 53,716 97.7 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Corser * CP 20,662 38.5 James Heading CP 7,678 14.3 Clive Lambourne 2,988 05.6 Henry Madden 3,750 07.0 George Watson ALP 18,638 34.7 +05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,716 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Heading was Qld MLA Wide Bay 1947-50, Marodian 1950-60. 2. The combined Country Party vote was 52.8%, a decrease of 2.1% from the 54.9% polled by one Country Party candidate in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Lambourne's 2,988 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Corser * 895 30.0 21,557 40.1 Heading 1,124 37.6 8,802 16.4 Madden 640 21.4 4,390 08.2 Watson 329 11.0 18,967 35.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,988 53,716 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Madden's 4,390 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Corser * 766 17.4 22,323 41.6 Heading 1,136 25.9 9,938 18.5 Watson 2,488 56.7 21,455 39.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,390 53,716 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Heading's 9,938 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CORSER * 8,019 80.7 30,342 56.5 Watson 1,919 19.3 23,374 43.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,938 53,716 06.5 02.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Henry Corser (1882-1967): Elected 1928 By, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, North Pine, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,319 +07.7 Votes cast: 58,197 93.4 -10.6 Informal votes: 1,091 01.9 -00.4 Formal votes: 57,106 98.1 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard CORSER * CP 31,027 54.3 Max Julius CPA 2,142 03.8 Eric Paterson 7,866 13.8 George Watson ALP 16,071 28.1 -06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,106 15.1 e 08.6 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Paterson was a Services Party candidate. 2. The Country Party vote of 54.3% was an increase of 1.5% from the 52.8% polled by two Country Party candidates in 1943. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Henry Corser (1882-1967): Elected 1928 By, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Childers, Maryborough, Pialba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 15.1 e Effect of 1948 redistribution: 09.7 shift to ALP New notional majority: Country Party over ALP 05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,917 -34.2 Votes cast: 39,587 96.7 +03.4 Informal votes: 572 01.4 -00.5 Formal votes: 39,015 98.6 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard CORSER * CP 22,037 56.5 +09.0 Robert McDowell 6,037 15.5 Samuel Round ALP 10,941 28.0 -07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,015 14.3 e 08.9 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Henry Corser (1882-1967): Elected 1928 By, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Childers, Maryborough, Pialba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 14.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,035 +02.7 Votes cast: 40,826 97.1 +00.4 Informal votes: 594 01.5 +00.1 Formal votes: 40,232 98.5 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard CORSER * CP 22,895 56.9 +00.4 Thomas Wallace ALP 17,337 43.1 +15.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,232 06.9 07.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Henry Corser (1882-1967): Elected 1928 By, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 Corser retired at the 1954 election. Later career: Grazier. Died 15 December 1967 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Childers, Maryborough, Pialba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,096 +02.5 Votes cast: 41,962 97.4 +00.3 Informal votes: 379 00.9 -00.6 Formal votes: 41,583 99.1 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William BRAND + CP 22,493 54.1 -02.8 William Falls CPA 442 01.1 Rt Hon Frank Forde ALP 18,648 44.8 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,583 04.2 e 02.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Forde was member for Capricornia 1922-46. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Alfred Brand (1888-1979): Elected 1954 Born: 22 August 1888, Childers, Queensland. Career: Educated state schools. Sugarcane grower, Childers, Queensland. President Australian Sugar Producers Association. State politics: Qld MLA for Burrum Burrum 1920-32, Isis 1932-50. Deputy Leader of the Opposition 1944-47. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Gayndah, Howard, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 04.2 e Effect of 1955 redistribution: 00.9 shift to Labor New notional majority: Country Party over Labor 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,792 -03.0 Votes cast: 40,136 96.0 -01.4 Informal votes: 553 01.4 +00.5 Formal votes: 39,583 98.6 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William BRAND * CP 21,859 55.2 +02.4 Matthew Tallon ALP 17,724 44.8 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,583 05.2 01.9 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Alfred Brand (1888-1979): Elected 1954, 1955 Brand retired at the 1958 election. Later career: Knighted 1965. Died 26 October 1979 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Gayndah, Howard, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,157 +00.9 Votes cast: 40,905 97.0 +01.0 Informal votes: 697 01.7 +00.3 Formal votes: 40,208 98.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Bandidt + CP 19,184 47.7 -07.5 Brendan Hansen ALP 16,498 41.0 -03.8 Edward McDonnell QLP 4,526 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,208 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Hansen, see Wide Bay 1961. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McDonnell's 4,526 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BANDIDT + 2,631 58.1 21,815 54.3 Hansen 1,895 41.9 18,393 45.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,526 40,208 04.3 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Norman Charles Bandidt (1906-90): Elected 1958 Born: 12 October 1906, near Galton, Queensland. Career: Educated Ipswich Grammar and University of Queensland. Solicitor 1931. Dairy farmer, writer and lecturer. Official, Queensland Country Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Gayndah, Howard, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,293 +02.7 Votes cast: 41,581 96.0 -01.0 Informal votes: 718 01.7 00.0 Formal votes: 40,863 98.3 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Bandidt * CP 16,578 40.6 -07.1 James Dunn 730 01.8 Brendan HANSEN ALP 21,808 53.4 +12.4 Edward McDonnell QLP 1,747 04.3 -07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,863 05.2 e 09.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Henry Norman Charles Bandidt (1906-90): Elected 1958. Defeated 1961 Died 6 January 1990 > Brendan Percival Hansen (1922-99): Elected 1961 Born: 21 August 1922, Maryborough, Queensland. Career: Educated Christian Brothers High School, Maryborough. Shipwright loftsman and carpenter. Official, Federal Shipwrights and Ship Constructors Association. Maryborough City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Gayndah, Howard, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 05.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,564 +00.6 Votes cast: 42,123 96.7 +00.7 Informal votes: 738 01.8 +00.1 Formal votes: 41,385 98.2 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan HANSEN * ALP 23,182 56.0 +02.6 Rogers Judge DLP 935 02.3 -02.0 Geoffrey Nichols 700 01.7 Albert White CP 16,568 40.0 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,385 07.3 e 02.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Percival Hansen (1922-99): Elected 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Gayndah, Howard, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Country Party 07.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,945 +03.2 Votes cast: 43,481 96.7 +01.3 Informal votes: 739 01.7 -00.7 Formal votes: 42,742 98.3 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan HANSEN * ALP 23,459 54.9 -01.1 William Hutchinson DLP 2,347 05.5 +03.2 Albert White CP 16,936 39.6 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,742 06.0 e 01.3 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Percival Hansen (1922-99): Elected 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Maryborough, Nanango, Wondai -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 06.0 e Effect of 1968 redistribution: 06.8 shift to Country Party New notional majority: Country Party over Labor 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,891 +17.7 Votes cast: 51,161 96.7 00.0 Informal votes: 399 00.8 -00.9 Formal votes: 50,762 99.2 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan HANSEN * ALP 27,962 55.1 +07.0 Laurence Kehoe DLP 1,865 03.7 -01.8 Paul Neville CP 20,935 41.2 -05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,762 05.8 e 06.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Neville, see Hinkler 1993. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Percival Hansen (1922-99): Elected 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Maryborough, Nanango, Wondai -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 05.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,391 +00.9 Votes cast: 51,579 96.6 -00.1 Informal votes: 717 01.4 +00.6 Formal votes: 50,862 98.6 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Birchley DLP 2,751 05.4 +01.7 George Crawford CP 21,336 41.9 +00.7 Brendan HANSEN * ALP 26,572 52.2 -02.9 Leslie Leisemann 203 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,862 03.3 e 02.5 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Percival Hansen (1922-99): Elected 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Maryborough, Nanango, Wondai -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over CP 03.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 59,091 +10.7 Votes cast: 57,430 97.2 +00.6 Informal votes: 508 00.9 -00.5 Formal votes: 56,922 99.1 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan Hansen * ALP 26,127 45.9 -06.3 Clarrie Millar CP 24,875 43.7 +01.8 Ian Theodore Lib 5,920 10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Theodore's 5,920 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hansen * 332 05.6 26,459 46.5 MILLAR 5,588 94.4 30,463 53.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,920 56,922 03.5 06.8 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Brendan Percival Hansen (1922-99): Elected 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972. Defeated 1974 Later career: Qld MLA for Maryborough 1977-83 Died 19 December 1999 > Percival Clarence Millar (1925-2017): Elected 1974 Born: 15 June 1925, Adelaide Career: Military Service 1943-46. Commonwealth Public Servant. Farmer. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Maryborough, Nanango, Wondai -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 61,876 +04.7 Votes cast: 59,786 96.6 -00.6 Informal votes: 598 01.0 +00.1 Formal votes: 59,188 99.0 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gerrit Alberts 1,759 03.0 Brendan Hansen ALP 23,286 39.3 -06.6 Clarrie MILLAR * NCP 34,143 57.7 +14.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,188 09.3 e 05.8 to NCP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hansen was member for Wide Bay 1961-74. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percival Clarence Millar (1925-2017): Elected 1974, 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Gympie, Maryborough, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 09.3 e Effect of 1977 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 66,611 +07.7 Votes cast: 63,889 95.9 -00.7 Informal votes: 637 01.0 00.0 Formal votes: 63,252 99.0 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Faircloth ALP 23,276 36.8 -02.5 Douglas Mackenzie AD 6,321 10.0 Clarrie MILLAR * NCP 33,655 53.2 -04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,252 08.2 e 01.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percival Clarence Millar (1925-2017): Elected 1974, 1975, 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Gympie, Maryborough, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 08.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 70,510 +05.9 Votes cast: 67,171 95.3 -00.6 Informal votes: 997 01.5 +00.2 Formal votes: 66,174 98.5 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Bird 1,675 02.5 James Finemore ALP 26,708 40.4 +03.6 Clarrie MILLAR * NCP 33,377 50.4 -02.8 Geoffrey Schuh AD 4,414 06.7 -03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 66,174 04.4 e 03.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percival Clarence Millar 1925-2018): Elected 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Bundaberg, Gympie, Maryborough, Widgee -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 04.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 77,934 +10.5 Votes cast: 73,303 94.1 -01.2 Informal votes: 806 01.1 -00.4 Formal votes: 72,497 98.9 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Raymond Bird 1,813 02.5 James Finemore ALP 32,362 44.6 +04.2 Clarrie Millar * NPA 35,472 48.9 -01.5 Mervyn Worth AD 2,850 03.9 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 72,497 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bird's 1,813 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Finemore 1,055 58.2 33,417 46.1 Millar * 565 31.2 36,037 49.7 Worth 193 10.6 3,043 04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,813 72,497 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Worth's 3,043 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Finemore 1,478 48.6 34,895 48.1 MILLAR * 1,565 51.4 37,602 51.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,043 72,497 01.9 02.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percival Clarence Millar (1925-2017): Elected 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 1 DECEMBER 1984 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Kingaroy, Maryborough, Nanango -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 01.9 Effect of 1984 redistribution: 06.0 shift to NPA New notional majority: NPA over ALP 07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 61,599 -21.0 Votes cast: 58,176 94.4 +00.3 Informal votes: 2,942 05.1 +04.0 Formal votes: 55,234 94.9 -04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Hoberg ALP 19,833 35.9 -02.7 Glen Spicer AD 2,745 05.0 +01.1 Clarrie MILLAR * NPA 32,656 59.1 +04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,234 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Spicer's 2,745 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hoberg 1,291 47.0 21,124 38.2 MILLAR * 1,454 53.0 34,110 61.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,745 55,234 11.8 03.9 to NPA -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percival Clarence Millar (1925-2017): Elected 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 11 JULY 1987 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Kingaroy, Maryborough, Nanango -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,170 +09.0 Votes cast: 62,916 93.7 -00.7 Informal votes: 2,072 03.3 -01.8 Formal votes: 60,844 96.7 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Foley ALP 22,815 37.5 +01.6 Ray Barry AD 2,714 04.5 -00.5 Cam Primavera Lib 4,616 07.6 Clarrie MILLAR * NPA 30,699 50.5 -08.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,844 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Barry's 2,714 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Foley 1,403 51.7 24,218 39.8 Primavera 697 25.7 5,313 08.7 MILLAR * 613 22.6 31,312 51.5 (exhausted 1 1 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,714 60,844 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Primavera's 5,313 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Foley 869 16.4 25,087 41.2 MILLAR * 4,443 83.6 35,755 58.8 (exhausted 1 2 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,313 60,844 08.8 03.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percival Clarence Millar (1925-2017): Elected 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987 Millar retired at the 1990 election. Died 28 November 2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Millar and Hon Tom Uren (Reid, NSW) were the last veterans of World War II to serve in the House. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 MARCH 1990 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Kingaroy, Maryborough, Nanango -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 08.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,637 +09.6 Votes cast: 70,386 95.6 +01.9 Informal votes: 1,738 02.5 -00.8 Formal votes: 68,648 97.5 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryan Sandall AD 9,108 13.3 +08.8 Andrew Foley ALP 25,347 36.9 -00.6 Warren Truss + NPA 32,498 47.3 -03.2 John Zschech 1,695 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 68,648 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Zschech's 1,695 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sandall 741 44.1 9,849 14.3 Foley 224 13.3 25,571 37.3 Truss + 717 42.6 33,215 48.4 (exhausted 13 13 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,695 68,648 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Sandall's 9,849 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Foley 5,314 54.7 30,885 45.1 TRUSS + 4,398 45.3 37,613 54.9 (exhausted 137 150 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,849 68,648 04.9 03.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Warren Errol Truss (born 1948): Elected 1990 Born: 8 October 1948, Kingaroy, Queensland Career: Farmer. Kingaroy Shire Council, Chairman 1983-90. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 MARCH 1993 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Hervey Bay, Kingaroy, Maryborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 04.9 Effect of redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 80,535 +09.4 Votes cast: 77,253 95.9 +00.3 Informal votes: 1,786 02.3 -00.2 Formal votes: 75,467 97.7 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ray Smith 1,770 02.4 Judy Caplick ALP 24,861 32.9 -03.5 Marie Woodley AD 2,700 03.6 -09.2 Andrew Baker 4,279 05.7 Warren Truss * NPA 33,255 44.1 -03.8 Trevor Hartshorne Lib 6,519 08.6 Lily Podger Grn 2,083 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 75,467 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Smith's 1,770 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Caplick 689 39.2 25,550 33.9 Woodley 352 20.0 3,052 04.0 Baker 175 10.0 4,454 05.9 Truss * 217 12.3 33,472 44.4 Hartshorne 58 03.3 6,577 08.7 Podger 267 15.2 2,350 03.1 (exhausted 12 12 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,770 75,467 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Podger's 2,350 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Caplick 913 38.9 26,463 35.1 Woodley 640 27.3 3,692 04.9 Baker 286 12.2 4,740 06.3 Truss * 249 10.6 33,721 44.7 Hartshorne 259 11.0 6,836 09.1 (exhausted 3 15 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,350 75,467 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Woodley's 3,692 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Caplick 1,623 44.0 28,086 37.2 Baker 976 26.5 5,716 07.6 Truss * 744 20.2 34,465 45.7 Hartshorne 343 09.3 7,179 09.5 (exhausted 6 21 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,692 75,467 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Baker's 5,716 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Caplick 1,483 26.0 29,569 39.2 TRUSS * 3,534 61.9 37,999 50.4 Hartshorne 690 12.1 7,869 10.4 (exhausted 9 30 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,716 75,467 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Hartshorne's 7,869 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Caplick 821 10.4 30,390 40.3 TRUSS * 7,044 89.6 45,043 59.7 (exhausted 4 34 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,869 75,467 09.7 04.8 to NPA -------------------------------------------------------------------- Warren Errol Truss (born 1948): Elected 1990, 1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Hervey Bay, Maryborough, Murgon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 09.7 Effect of redistribution: 01.5 shift to ALP New notional majority: NPA over ALP 08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 78,750 -02.2 Votes cast: 75,539 95.2 -00.7 Informal votes: 2,201 02.9 +00.6 Formal votes: 73,338 97.1 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charlie Watson 1,064 01.5 Wayne Skilton 908 01.2 John Francis 2,891 03.9 Warren TRUSS * NPA 43,670 59.6 +17.1 Alan Holmes ALP 19,390 26.4 -08.1 Pamela South AD 5,415 07.4 +03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,338 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Skilton's 908 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Watson 155 17.2 1,219 01.7 Francis 248 27.5 3,139 04.3 TRUSS * 288 31.9 43,958 59.9 Holmes 94 10.4 19,484 26.6 South 117 13.0 5,532 07.5 (exhausted 6 6 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 908 73,338 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Watson's 1,219 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis 628 52.2 3,767 05.1 TRUSS * 248 20.6 44,206 60.3 Holmes 192 16.0 19,676 26.8 South 35 11.2 5,667 07.7 (exhausted 16 22 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,219 73,338 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Francis's 3,767 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUSS * 2,531 67.8 46,737 63.8 Holmes 403 10.8 20,079 27.4 South 799 21.4 6,466 08.8 (exhausted 34 56 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,767 73,338 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: South's 6,466 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUSS * 3,420 53.6 50,157 68.5 Holmes 2,958 46.4 23,037 31.5 (exhausted 88 144 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,466 73,338 18.5 10.3 to NPA -------------------------------------------------------------------- Warren Errol Truss (born 1948): Elected 1990, 1993, 1996 Minister for Customs and Consumer Affairs from 6 October 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 OCTOBER 1998 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Hervey Bay, Maryborough, Monto, Theodore -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 18.5 Effect of redistribution: 00.3 shift to ALP New notional majority: NPA over ALP 18.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 77,776 -01.2 Votes cast: 74,164 95.4 +00.2 Informal votes: 2,427 03.3 +00.4 Formal votes: 71,737 96.7 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Desley Fraser Lib 5,937 08.3 Graham Wicks ON 18,891 26.3 Phil Rodhouse AD 1,552 02.2 -04.7 Richard Nielsen Grn 917 01.3 Bob Postle 1,480 02.1 Russ Tremlin ALP 20,391 28.4 +01.1 Hon Warren Truss * NPA 22,569 31.5 -27.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 71,737 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Nielsen's 917 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fraser 63 06.9 6,000 08.4 Wicks 89 09.7 18,980 26.5 Rodhouse 244 26.6 1,796 02.5 Postle 234 25.5 1,714 02.4 Tremlin 216 23.6 20,607 28.7 Truss * 71 07.7 22,640 31.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 917 71,737 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Postle's 1,714 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fraser 128 07.5 6,128 08.5 Wicks 400 23.3 19,380 27.0 Rodhouse 437 25.5 2,233 03.1 Tremlin 326 19.0 20,933 29.2 Truss * 423 24.7 23,063 32.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,714 71,737 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Rodhouse's 2,233 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fraser 356 15.9 6,484 09.0 Wicks 444 19.9 19,824 27.6 Tremlin 795 35.6 21,728 30.3 Truss * 638 28.6 23,701 33.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,233 71,737 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Fraser's 6,484 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wicks 1,164 18.0 20,988 29.3 Tremlin 698 10.8 22,426 31.3 Truss * 4,622 71.3 28,323 39.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,484 71,737 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Wicks's 20,988 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tremlin 11,388 54.3 33,814 47.1 TRUSS * 9,600 45.7 37,923 52.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,988 71,737 02.9 15.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Warren Errol Truss (born 1948): Elected 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998 Minister for Customs and Consumer Affairs to 21 October 1998 Minister for Community Services 21 October 1998 to 20 July 1999 Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry from 20 July 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 NOVEMBER 2001 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Hervey Bay, Maryborough, Monto, Theodore -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 80,895 +04.0 Votes cast: 77,688 96.0 +00.6 Informal votes: 4,329 05.6 +02.3 Formal votes: 73,359 94.4 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Graeme Wicks 3,380 04.6 Maurice Hetherington 489 00.7 Hon Warren Truss * NPA 33,124 45.1 +13.7 Jim Dwyer ON 8,176 11.1 -15.2 Paul Jansen Grn 1,385 01.9 +00.6 A R Pitt 2,650 03.6 Russell Tremlin ALP 19,733 26.9 -01.5 Althea Smith AD 1,230 01.7 -00.5 David Dalgleish 3,192 04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,359 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dalgleish was Qld MLA (One Nation) for Hervey Bay 1998-2001. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hetherington's 489 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wicks 136 27.8 3,516 04.8 Truss * 121 24.7 33,245 45.3 Dwyer 103 21.1 8,279 11.3 Jansen 26 05.3 1,411 01.9 Pitt 34 06.9 2,684 03.7 Tremlin 29 05.9 19,762 26.9 Smith 8 01.6 1,238 01.7 Dalgleish 32 06.5 3,224 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 489 73,359 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Smith's 1,238 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wicks 100 08.1 3,616 04.9 Truss * 180 14.5 33,425 45.6 Dwyer 61 04.9 8,340 11.4 Jansen 333 26.9 1,744 02.4 Pitt 56 04.5 2,740 03.7 Tremlin 328 26.5 20,090 27.4 Dalgleish 180 14.5 3,404 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,238 73,359 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Jansen's 1,744 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wicks 269 15.4 3,885 05.3 Truss * 264 15.1 33,689 45.9 Dwyer 162 09.3 8,502 11.6 Pitt 207 11.9 2,947 04.0 Tremlin 651 37.3 20,741 28.3 Dalgleish 191 10.9 3,595 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,744 73,359 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Pitt's 2,947 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wicks 1,483 50.3 5,368 07.3 Truss * 285 09.7 33,974 46.3 Dwyer 456 15.5 8,958 12.2 Tremlin 240 08.1 20,981 28.6 Dalgleish 483 16.4 4,078 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,947 73,359 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Dalgleish's 4,078 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wicks 1,505 36.9 6,873 09.4 Truss * 745 18.3 34,719 47.3 Dwyer 1,212 29.7 10,170 13.9 Tremlin 616 15.1 21,597 29.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,078 73,359 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Wicks's 6,873 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUSS * 2,406 35.0 37,125 50.6 Dwyer 3,473 50.5 13,643 18.6 Tremlin 994 14.5 22,591 30.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,873 73,359 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Dwyer's 13,643 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUSS * 7,423 54.4 44,548 60.7 Tremlin 6,220 45.6 28,811 39.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,643 73,359 10.7 07.9 to NPA -------------------------------------------------------------------- Warren Errol Truss (born 1948): Elected 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001 Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 OCTOBER 2004 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Hervey Bay, Maryborough, Wondai -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 10.7 Effect of redistribution: 00.8 shift to ALP New notional majority: NPA over ALP 09.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 90,867 +12.3 Votes cast: 85,989 94.6 -01.4 Informal votes: 4,112 04.8 -00.8 Formal votes: 81,877 95.2 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Richards Grn 3,624 04.4 +02.3 Hon Warren Truss * NPA 38,544 47.1 +13.5 Cy D'Oliveira 816 01.0 Wesley Robinson ON 4,048 04.9 -06.2 Lars Hedberg 9,980 12.2 Sean Ambrose ALP 21,031 25.7 -01.0 Glen Wilson FF 2,899 03.5 Darryl Weir AD 935 01.1 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 81,877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: D'Oliveira's 816 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richards 76 09.3 3,700 04.5 Truss * 147 18.0 38,691 47.3 Robinson 158 19.4 4,206 05.1 Hedberg 289 35.4 10,269 12.5 Ambrose 54 06.6 21,085 25.8 Wilson 52 06.4 2,951 03.6 Weir 40 04.9 975 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 816 81,877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Weir's 975 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richards 171 17.5 3,871 04.7 Truss * 197 20.2 38,888 47.5 Robinson 46 04.7 4,252 05.2 Hedberg 208 21.3 10,477 12.8 Ambrose 164 16.8 21,249 26.0 Wilson 189 19.4 3,140 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 975 81,877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Wilson's 3,140 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richards 325 10.4 4,196 05.1 Truss * 1,209 38.5 40,097 49.0 Robinson 411 13.1 4,663 05.7 Hedberg 607 19.3 11,084 13.5 Ambrose 588 18.7 21,837 26.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,140 81,877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Richards's 4,196 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUSS * 1,202 28.7 41,299 50.4 Robinson 507 12.1 5,170 06.3 Hedberg 828 19.7 11,912 14.6 Ambrose 1,659 39.5 23,496 28.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,196 81,877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Robinson's 5,170 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUSS * 1,719 33.3 43,018 52.5 Hedberg 2,605 50.4 14,517 17.7 Ambrose 846 16.4 24,342 29.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,170 81,877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Hedberg's 14,517 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUSS * 8,471 58.4 51,489 62.9 Ambrose 6,046 41.7 30,388 37.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,517 81,877 12.9 03.0 to NPA -------------------------------------------------------------------- Warren Errol Truss (born 1948): Elected 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004 Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry to 6 July 2005 Minister for Transport and Regional Services 6 July 2005 to 29 September 2006 Minister for Trade from 29 September 2006 Deputy Leader of the National Party of Australia from 6 July 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 NOVEMBER 2007 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, Noosa, Tewantin -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 two-party majority: Nationals over Labor 12.9 Effect of 2006 redistribution: 00.7 shift to Labor 2007 notional two-party majority: Nationals over Labor 12.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 88,881 -02.2 Votes cast: 83,976 94.5 -00.1 Informal votes: 3,343 04.0 -00.8 Formal votes: 80,633 96.0 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Warren Truss * Nat 39,177 48.6 -00.1 Cate Molloy 5,576 06.9 Martin Essenberg ON 996 01.2 -02.9 John Chapman FF 2,792 03.5 -00.1 Tony Lawrence ALP 24,758 30.7 +05.2 Katherine Webb Grn 6,615 08.2 +01.2 Terry Shaw AD 719 00.9 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 80,633 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Molloy was Qld MLA (Labor) for Noosa 2001-06. 2. The Nationals vote is compared with the sum of the Nationals vote in that part of the Division which was in Wide Bay in 2004 and the Liberal vote in that part of the Division which was in Fairfax in 2004. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Shaw's 719 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Truss * 123 17.1 39,300 48.7 Molloy 107 14.9 5,683 07.1 Essenberg 48 06.7 1,044 01.3 Chapman 42 05.8 2,834 03.5 Lawrence 109 15.2 24,867 30.8 Webb 290 40.3 6,905 08.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 719 80,633 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Essenberg's 1,044 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Truss * 254 24.3 39,554 49.1 Molloy 323 30.9 6,006 07.5 Chapman 223 21.4 3,057 03.8 Lawrence 112 10.7 24,979 31.0 Webb 132 12.6 7,037 08.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,044 80,633 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Chapman's 3,057 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUSS * 1,449 47.4 41,003 50.9 Molloy 635 20.8 6,641 08.2 Lawrence 523 17.1 25,502 31.6 Webb 450 14.7 7,487 09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,057 80,633 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Molloy's 6,641 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUSS * 2,758 41.5 43,761 54.3 Lawrence 1,665 25.1 27,167 33.7 Webb 2,218 33.4 9,705 12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,641 80,633 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Webb's 9,705 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUSS * 3,388 34.9 47,149 58.5 Lawrence 6,317 65.1 33,484 41.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,705 80,633 08.5 03.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Warren Errol Truss (born 1948): Elected 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 Minister for Trade to 3 December 2007 Deputy Leader of the National Party of Australia to 3 December 2007 Leader of the National Party of Australia from 3 December 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 2010 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, Noosa, Tewantin -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 two-party majority: LNP over Labor 08.5 Effect of 2009 redistribution: 00.1 shift to Labor 2010 notional two-party majority: LNP over Labor 08.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 92,636 +04.2 Votes cast: 86,032 92.9 -01.6 Informal votes: 4,519 05.3 +01.3 Formal votes: 81,513 94.7 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Warren TRUSS * LNP 47,977 58.9 +10.3 Santo Ferraro ON 1,875 02.3 +01.1 Ken Herschell FF 3,049 03.7 +00.3 Jim McDonald Grn 8,967 11.0 +03.0 Nikolee Ansell ALP 19,645 24.1 -06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 81,513 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ferraro's 1,875 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUSS * 553 29.5 48,530 59.5 Herschell 845 45.1 3,894 04.8 McDonald 225 12.0 9,192 11.3 Ansell 252 13.4 19,897 24.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,875 81,513 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Herschell's 3,894 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUSS * 1,920 49.3 50,450 61.9 McDonald 1,283 33.0 10,475 12.9 Ansell 691 17.8 20,588 25.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,894 81,513 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: McDonald's 10,475 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUSS * 3,034 29.0 53,484 65.6 Ansell 7,441 71.0 28,029 34.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,475 81,513 15.6 07.2 to LNP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Warren Errol Truss (born 1948): Elected 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010 Leader of the Nationals -------------------------------------------------------------------- Truss sat with the Nationals in the House of Representatives. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 7 SEPTEMBER 2013 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, Noosa, Tewantin -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 two-party majority: LNP over Labor 15.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 95,132 +02.7 Votes cast: 89,658 94.3 +01.4 Informal votes: 4,199 04.7 -00.6 Formal votes: 85,459 95.3 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Warren Truss * LNP 41,767 48.9 -10.0 Gordon Dale KAP 5,022 05.9 Joy Ringrose Grn 5,596 06.5 -04.5 Stephen Anderson PUP 13,574 15.9 John Chapman FF 1,286 01.5 -02.2 Grace Dickins 517 00.6 Lucy Stanton ALP 17,697 20.7 -03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 85,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Dickins's 517 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Truss * 57 11.0 41,824 48.9 Dale 51 09.9 5,073 05.9 Ringrose 57 11.0 5,653 06.6 Anderson 61 11.8 13,635 16.0 Chapman 209 40.4 1,495 01.8 Stanton 82 15.9 17,779 20.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 517 85,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Chapman's 1,495 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Truss * 495 33.1 42,319 49.5 Dale 194 13.0 5,267 06.2 Ringrose 230 15.4 5,883 06.9 Anderson 350 23.4 13,985 16.4 Stanton 226 15.1 18,005 21.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,495 85,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Dale's 5,267 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUSS * 1,095 20.8 43,414 50.8 Ringrose 462 08.8 6,345 07.4 Anderson 2,899 55.0 16,884 19.8 Stanton 811 15.4 18,816 22.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,267 85,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Ringrose's 6,345 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUSS * 1,008 15.9 44,422 52.0 Anderson 1,586 25.0 18,470 21.6 Stanton 3,751 59.1 22,567 26.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,345 85,459 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Anderson's 18,470 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TRUSS * 9,553 51.7 53,975 63.2 Stanton 8,917 48.3 31,484 48.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,470 85,459 13.2 02.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Warren Errol Truss (born 1948): Elected 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013 Leader of the Nationals to 12 February 2016 Deputy Prime Minister 18 September 2013 to 18 February 2016 Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development 18 September 2013 to 18 February 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Truss sat with the Nationals in the House of Representatives. He retired at the 2016 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 JULY 2016 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Gympie, Maryborough, Noosa, Tewantin -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 two-party majority: LNP over Labor 13.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 102,856 +08.1 Votes cast: 94,617 92.0 -02.3 Informal votes: 4,728 04.9 +00.2 Formal votes: 89,889 95.1 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jannean Dean 4,082 04.6 Elise Cottam ON 14,022 15.6 Lucy Stanton ALP 20,301 22.6 +01.9 Llew O'Brien + LNP 39,373 43.9 -05.0 Bron Marsh Grn 7,355 08.1 +01.6 Bruce Mayer FF 2,399 02.6 -03.3 Barry Cook KAP 2,357 02.6 -03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 89,889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cook's 2,357 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dean 418 17.7 4,500 05.0 Cottam 800 33.9 14,822 16.5 Stanton 200 08.5 20,501 22.8 O'Brien + 329 14.0 39,702 44.2 Marsh 178 07.6 7,533 08.4 Mayer 432 18.3 2,831 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,357 89,889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Mayer's 2,831 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dean 405 14.3 4,905 05.5 Cottam 829 29.3 15,651 17.4 Stanton 314 11.1 20,815 23.2 O'Brien + 688 24.3 40,390 44.9 Marsh 595 21.0 8,128 09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,831 89,889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Dean's 4,905 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cottam 2,667 54.4 18,318 20.4 Stanton 935 19.1 21,750 24.2 O'Brien + 652 13.3 41,042 45.7 Marsh 651 13.3 8,779 09.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,905 89,889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Marsh's 8,779 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cottam 1,638 18.9 19,956 22.2 Stanton 5,469 62.3 27,219 30.3 O'Brien + 1,672 19.1 42,714 47.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,779 89,889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Cottam's 19,956 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanton 10,406 52.1 37,625 41.9 O'BRIEN + 9,550 47.9 52,264 58.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,956 89,889 08.1 05.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Stephen O'Brien (born 1972): Elected 2016 Born: 26 June 1972, Sydney Career: Queensland Police officer. National Police Medal, 2016. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 2019 ==================================================================== Queensland Coast: Cooroy, Gympie, Maryborough, Noosa, Tewantin -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 two-party majority: LNP over Labor 08.1 Effect of 2018 redistribution: 00.1 shift to LNP 2019 notional two-party majority: LNP over Labor 08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 107,495 +04.5 Votes cast: 98,539 91.7 -00.3 Informal votes: 4,667 04.7 -00.3 Formal votes: 93,872 95.3 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Bryar Grn 9,330 09.9 +01.7 Jason Scanes ALP 20,418 21.8 -00.8 Andrew Schebella UAP 3,385 03.6 Llew O'Brien * LNP 44,204 47.1 +03.2 Tim Jerome 4,220 04.5 Jasmine Smith FACNP 2,149 02.3 Aaron Vico PHON 10,166 10.8 -04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 93,872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Smith's 2,149 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryar 84 03.9 9,414 10.0 Scanes 73 03.4 20,491 21.8 Schebella 198 09.2 3,583 03.8 O'Brien * 217 10.1 44,421 47.3 Jerome 526 24.5 4,746 05.1 Vico 1,051 48.9 11,127 12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,149 93,872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Schebella's 3,583 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryar 259 07.2 9,673 10.3 Scanes 366 10.2 20,857 22.2 O'Brien * 1,006 28.1 45,427 48.4 Jerome 485 13.5 5,231 05.6 Vico 1,467 40.9 12,684 13.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,583 93,872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Jerome's 5,231 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryar 1,021 19.5 10,694 11.4 Scanes 840 16.1 21,697 23.1 O'Brien * 1,318 25.2 46,745 49.8 Vico 2,052 39.2 14,736 15.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,231 93,872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Bryar's 10,694 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Scanes 7,657 71.6 29,354 31.3 O'BRIEN * 1,770 16.6 48,515 51.7 Vico 1,267 11.9 16,003 17.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,694 93,872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Vico's 16,003 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Scanes 5,239 32.7 34,593 36.9 O'BRIEN * 10,764 67.3 59,279 63.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,003 93,872 13.1 04.9 to LNP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Stephen O'Brien (born 1972): Elected 2016, 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Brien sat with the Nationals in the House of Representatives. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 MAY 2022 ==================================================================== Qld Coast: Cooroy, Gympie, Maryborough, Noosa, Tewantin -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 two-party majority: Nationals over Labor 13.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 115,315 +07.4 Votes cast: 102,272 88.7 -03.0 Informal votes: 6,569 06.4 +01.7 Formal votes: 95,703 93.6 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kelli Jacobi 4,106 04.3 Nathan Buckley PHON 9,765 10.2 -00.6 Tracy Bennett UAP 4,406 04.6 +01.0 Craig Armstrong Grn 9,088 09.5 -00.4 Llew O'Brien * Nat 41,601 43.5 -03.6 John Woodward AFP 501 00.5 Tim Jerome 2,737 02.9 -01.6 Geoff Williams ALP 20,345 21.3 -00.5 Daniel Williams AVP 1,057 01.1 Andrea Newland IMOP 2,097 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 95,703 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Woodward's 501 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacobi 76 15.2 4,182 04.4 Buckley 89 17.8 9,854 10.3 Bennett 44 08.8 4,450 04.7 Armstrong 33 06.6 9,121 09.5 O'Brien * 50 10.0 41,651 43.5 Jerome 65 13.0 2,802 02.9 G Williams 32 06.4 20,377 21.3 D Williams 54 10.8 1,111 01.2 Newland 58 11.6 2,155 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 501 95,703 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: D Williams's 1,111 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacobi 123 11.1 4,305 04.5 Buckley 180 16.2 10,034 10.5 Bennett 62 05.6 4,512 04.7 Armstrong 90 08.1 9,211 09.6 O'Brien * 161 14.5 41,812 43.7 Jerome 147 13.2 2,949 03.1 G Williams 145 13.1 20,522 21.4 Newland 203 18.3 2,358 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,111 95,703 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Newland's 2,358 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacobi 584 24.8 4,889 05.1 Buckley 610 25.9 10,644 11.1 Bennett 252 10.7 4,764 05.0 Armstrong 166 07.0 9,377 09.8 O'Brien * 100 04.2 41,912 43.8 Jerome 429 18.2 3,378 03.5 G Williams 217 09.2 20,739 21.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,358 95,703 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Jerome's 3,378 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacobi 1,700 50.3 6,589 06.9 Buckley 364 10.8 11,008 11.5 Bennett 215 06.4 4,979 05.2 Armstrong 333 09.9 9,710 10.2 O'Brien * 326 09.7 42,238 44.1 G Williams 440 13.0 21,179 22.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,378 95,703 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Bennett's 4,979 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacobi 795 16.0 7,384 07.7 Buckley 3,109 62.4 14,117 14.8 Armstrong 303 06.1 9,710 10.2 O'Brien * 538 10.8 42,776 44.7 G Williams 234 04.7 21,413 22.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,979 95,703 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Jacobi's 7,384 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Buckley 4,071 55.1 18,188 19.0 Armstrong 1,650 22.4 11,663 12.2 O'Brien * 813 11.0 43,589 45.6 G Williams 850 11.5 22,263 23.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,384 95,703 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Armstrong's 11,663 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Buckley 1,919 16.5 20,107 21.0 O'Brien * 1,731 14.8 45,320 47.4 G Williams 8,013 68.7 30,276 31.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,663 95,703 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Buckley's 20,107 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'BRIEN * 13,388 66.6 58,708 61.3 G Williams 6,719 33.4 36,995 38.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,107 95,703 11.3 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Stephen O'Brien (born 1972): Elected 2016, 2019, 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 MAY 2025 ==================================================================== Qld Coast: Cooroy, Gympie, Maryborough, Noosa, Tewantin -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2022 two-candidate majority: Nationals over Labor 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 123,153 +06.8 Votes cast: 109,966 89.3 +00.6 Informal votes: 4,908 04.5 -02.0 Formal votes: 105,058 95.5 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kirsti Kenningale FFA 5,394 05.1 Elliott Chalmers Labor 27,271 26.0 +04.7 Chad Burgess PHON 12,646 12.0 +01.8 Llew O'Brien * LNP 41,055 39.1 -04.4 Casey Iddon 5,090 04.8 Emma Buhse Grn 9,080 08.6 -00.9 Gabrial Pennicott ToP 4,522 04.3 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 105,058 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Pennicott's 4,522 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenningale 678 15.0 6,072 05.8 Chalmers 244 05.4 27,515 26.2 Burgess 1,689 37.4 14,335 13.6 O'Brien * 571 12.6 41,626 39.6 Iddon 976 21.6 6,066 05.8 Buhse 364 08.1 9,444 09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,522 105,058 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Iddon's 6,066 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenningale 1,510 24.9 7,582 07.2 Chalmers 1,164 19.2 28,679 27.3 Burgess 1,063 17.5 15,398 14.7 O'Brien * 769 12.7 42,395 40.4 Buhse 1,560 25.7 11,004 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,066 105,058 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Kenningale's 7,582 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chalmers 1,299 17.1 29,978 28.5 Burgess 4,379 57.8 19,777 18.8 O'Brien * 1,006 13.3 43,401 41.3 Buhse 898 11.8 11,902 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,582 105,058 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Buhse's 11,902 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chalmers 8,197 68.9 38,175 36.3 Burgess 1,878 15.8 21,655 20.6 O'Brien * 1,827 15.4 45,228 43.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,902 105,058 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Burgess's 21,655 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chalmers 6,337 29.3 44,512 42.4 O'BRIEN * 15,318 70.7 60,546 57.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,655 105,058 07.6 03.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Llewellyn Stephen O'Brien (born 1972): Elected 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025 --------------------------------------------------------------------