Electoral results for the district of Caboolture

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

Caboolture was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It existed from 1977 to 2001 and centred on the community of Caboolture between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.

Queensland North-east state of Australia

Queensland is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia. Situated in the north-east of the country, it is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean. To its north is the Torres Strait, with Papua New Guinea located less than 200 km across it from the mainland. The state is the world's sixth-largest sub-national entity, with an area of 1,852,642 square kilometres (715,309 sq mi).

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Members for Caboolture

MemberPartyTerm
  Des Frawley National 1977–1983
  Bill Newton National 1983–1986
  Ken Hayward Labor 1986–1992
  Jon Sullivan Labor 1992–1998
  Bill Feldman One Nation 1998–1999
  City Country Alliance 1999–2001

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Caboolture [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Jon Sullivan 10,47139.14-8.28
One Nation Bill Feldman 8,00829.93+29.93
National Peter Lacey6,22223.26-20.11
Independent Bill Newton 1,3314.98+4.98
Democrats Liz Oss-Emer5812.17-2.37
Reform Brian O'Grady1400.52+0.52
Total formal votes26,75398.43-0.04
Informal votes4261.57+0.04
Turnout 27,17993.98+0.29
Two-candidate-preferred result
One Nation Bill Feldman 13,24552.69+52.69
Labor Jon Sullivan 11,89447.31-4.96
One Nation gain from Labor Swing +52.69
Queensland state election, 1995: Caboolture
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Jon Sullivan 11,08147.42-4.44
National Bill Newton 10,13643.37+20.52
Greens John Lamb1,0924.67+4.67
Democrats Marilyn Drewett1,0604.54+4.54
Total formal votes23,36998.47+0.44
Informal votes3631.53-0.44
Turnout 23,73293.69-0.19
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jon Sullivan 11,98252.27-5.63
National Bill Newton 10,94147.73+5.63
Labor hold Swing -5.63
Queensland state election, 1992: Caboolture
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Jon Sullivan 10,73651.9+1.0
National Bill Newton 4,73022.8-0.8
Liberal Joy Leishman4,27320.6+0.7
Independent Dave Groves9644.7+4.7
Total formal votes20,70398.0
Informal votes4152.0
Turnout 21,11893.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jon Sullivan 11,24457.9+2.7
National Bill Newton 8,17742.1-2.7
Labor hold Swing +2.7

Elections in the 1980s

Queensland state election, 1989: Caboolture
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Ken Hayward 13,52256.8+3.1
Liberal Bob O'Sullivan4,62919.4+19.4
National Roy Rogers2,77211.6-34.7
Independent James Kessels2,0338.5+8.5
Call to Australia Raymond De Gruchy6142.6+2.6
Independent Ron Fenton2391.0+1.0
Total formal votes23,80996.4+0.9
Informal votes8823.6-0.9
Turnout 24,69192.8+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ken Hayward 14,57161.2+7.5
Liberal Bob O'Sullivan9,23838.8+38.8
Labor hold Swing +7.5
Queensland state election, 1986: Caboolture
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Ken Hayward 9,95653.7
National Ron Grant8,57246.3
Total formal votes18,52895.5
Informal votes8704.5
Turnout 19,39892.0
Labor gain from National Swing +1.0
Queensland state election, 1983: Caboolture
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Robert Wilson11,32044.2+3.8
National Bill Newton 11,22243.8+1.6
Liberal Graeme Selby2,4599.6-5.6
Independent John Bergin6362.5+2.5
Total formal votes25,63798.6+0.5
Informal votes3601.4-0.5
Turnout 25,99792.7+3.2
Two-party-preferred result
National Bill Newton 13,66753.3-2.0
Labor Robert Wilson11,97046.7+2.0
National hold Swing -2.0
Queensland state election, 1980: Caboolture
PartyCandidateVotes%±
National Des Frawley 8,08242.2-16.8
Labor John McLoughlin4,56723.8-3.6
Labor Frank Hill3,17416.6+16.6
Liberal Virginia Day2,92115.2+15.2
Independent John Ferguson4222.2+2.2
Total formal votes19,16698.1-0.1
Informal votes3781.9+0.1
Turnout 19,54489.5-2.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Des Frawley 10,59855.3-3.7
Labor John McLoughlin8,56844.7+3.7
National hold Swing -3.7

Elections in the 1970s

Queensland state election, 1977: Caboolture
PartyCandidateVotes%±
National Des Frawley 8,52059.0
Labor John McLoughlin3,95527.4
Labor Francis Freemantle1,97313.7
Total formal votes14,44898.2
Informal votes2701.8
Turnout 14,71891.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Des Frawley 8,52059.0-7.5
Labor John McLoughlin5,92841.0+7.5
National hold Swing -7.5

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References

  1. "Election Archive - Caboolture 1998". ABC. Retrieved 30 November 2017.