Electoral results for the district of Landsborough

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

Landsborough was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1950 to 1992. The district was based on 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 Landsborough

MemberPartyTerm
  Frank Nicklin Country 1950–1968
  Mike Ahern Country1968–1974
 National1974–1990
  Joan Sheldon Liberal 1990–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1990 Landsborough state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Joan Sheldon 7,40730.5+13.5
National John Edwards6,07125.0-14.5
Independent Labor Francis Bowyer4,63919.1+19.1
Independent Peter Sawyer4,01716.6+16.6
Democrats Graeme Bowman1,2385.1+5.1
Call to Australia Rona Joyner4561.9+1.9
Conservative Raymond Kalms4311.8+1.8
Total formal votes24,25995.3-2.2
Informal votes1,1974.7+2.2
Turnout 25,45681.8-9.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Joan Sheldon 15,64464.5+64.5
National John Edwards8,61535.5-20.4
Liberal gain from National Swing N/A

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Landsborough [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Frank Bowyer10,53840.0+7.2
National Mike Ahern 10,40039.5-10.5
Liberal Garnet Ross4,46517.0-0.3
Community IndependentsSanto Ferraro9203.5+3.5
Total formal votes26,32397.5-0.7
Informal votes6832.5+0.7
Turnout 27,00691.2+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Mike Ahern 14,72055.9-5.7
Labor Frank Bowyer11,60344.1+5.7
National hold Swing -5.7
1986 Queensland state election: Landsborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
National Mike Ahern 9,59450.0-6.6
Labor Michael Cramb6,28532.8+1.3
Liberal John McCaw3,31117.2+17.2
Total formal votes19,19098.1
Informal votes3611.9
Turnout 19,55190.0
Two-party-preferred result
National Mike Ahern 11,81361.6-1.2
Labor Michael Cramb7,37538.4+1.2
National hold Swing -1.2
1983 Queensland state election: Landsborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
National Mike Ahern 15,55556.6+2.7
Labor Peter Byrne5,10118.6-5.7
Labor Gary Flanigan3,53712.9+12.9
Independent Ken Neil1,6476.0+6.0
Independent Donald Culley1,3514.9+4.9
Progress Dennis Marshall2961.1+1.1
Total formal votes27,48798.7-0.3
Informal votes3721.3+0.3
Turnout 27,85991.0+2.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Mike Ahern 17,57663.9-5.6
Labor Peter Byrne9,91136.1+5.6
National hold Swing -5.6
1980 Queensland state election: Landsborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
National Mike Ahern 11,21553.9-14.3
Labor Peter Byrne5,05124.3-7.5
Liberal Paul Kingsford2,73313.1+13.1
Independent Barbara Cansdell1,7958.6+8.6
Total formal votes20,79499.0+0.6
Informal votes2111.0-0.6
Turnout 21,00588.7-2.2
Two-party-preferred result
National Mike Ahern 14,45369.5+1.3
Labor Peter Byrne6,34130.5-1.3
National hold Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Landsborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
National Mike Ahern 10,57668.2+0.5
Labor Joan Kiely4,92231.8+9.4
Total formal votes15,49898.4
Informal votes2531.6
Turnout 15,75190.9
National hold Swing -6.3
1974 Queensland state election: Landsborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
National Mike Ahern 11,82867.7+13.4
Labor Ivan Guy3,91822.4-7.0
Independent Paul Cowan1,7199.8+9.8
Total formal votes17,46598.6+0.1
Informal votes2521.4-0.1
Turnout 17,71789.2-3.5
Two-party-preferred result
National Mike Ahern 12,68872.6+6.9
Labor Ivan Guy4,77727.4-6.9
National hold Swing +6.9
1972 Queensland state election: Landsborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Mike Ahern 7,01654.3-9.0
Labor Roger Jeffries3,80229.4+0.4
Liberal David Barker2,10616.3+16.3
Total formal votes12,92498.5
Informal votes1901.5
Turnout 13,11492.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Mike Ahern 8,49065.7-1.9
Labor Roger Jeffries4,43434.3+1.9
Country hold Swing -1.9

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Landsborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Mike Ahern 6,78163.3-8.0
Labor Peter Venning3,11029.0+0.3
Independent Basil Nettleton8257.7+7.7
Total formal votes10,71697.8-0.7
Informal votes2462.2+0.7
Turnout 10,96293.6-0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Mike Ahern 7,35868.7-2.6
Labor Peter Venning3,35831.3+2.6
Country hold Swing -2.6
1966 Queensland state election: Landsborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Frank Nicklin 6,85871.3-2.3
Labor Frank Freemantle2,76628.7+2.3
Total formal votes9,62498.5-0.7
Informal votes1501.5+0.7
Turnout 9,77494.1-0.7
Country hold Swing -2.3
1963 Queensland state election: Landsborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Frank Nicklin 6,72774.2-5.6
Labor Frank Freemantle2,34325.8+5.6
Total formal votes9,07099.2+0.7
Informal votes700.8-0.7
Turnout 9,14094.8+3.2
Country hold Swing -5.6
1960 Queensland state election: Landsborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Frank Nicklin 7,05179.8
Labor Frank McLoughlin1,76820.2
Total formal votes8,83798.5
Informal votes1371.5
Turnout 8,97491.6
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Landsborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Frank Nicklin unopposed
Country hold Swing
1956 Queensland state election: Landsborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Frank Nicklin 7,17673.1-26.9
Labor Vincent Crosby2,64526.9+26.9
Total formal votes9,82198.9
Informal votes1061.1
Turnout 9,92793.5
Country hold Swing N/A
1953 Queensland state election: Landsborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Frank Nicklin unopposed
Country hold Swing
1950 Queensland state election: Landsborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Country Frank Nicklin unopposed
Country hold Swing

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References

  1. "1989 Result for Landsborough". Queensland Election Archive. ABC Elections. Retrieved 23 August 2016.