Electoral results for the district of Manly (Queensland)

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

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Members for Manly

MemberPartyTerm
  Eric Shaw Labor Party 1986–1988
  Independent 1988–1989
  Jim Elder Labor Party 1989–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Manly [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jim Elder 14,17457.3+6.3
Liberal Verlie Farrell4,18916.9+3.7
National Paul Asher3,70915.0-13.4
Democrats Robert George2,3929.7+9.7
Advance Australia Barry Cullen2651.1+1.1
Total formal votes24,72996.7-1.4
Informal votes8493.3+1.4
Turnout 25,57892.4-0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Elder 15,82764.0+7.3
Liberal Verlie Farrell8,90236.0+36.0
Labor hold Swing +7.3
1986 Queensland state election: Manly
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Eric Shaw 10,64751.0
National Merv Hoppner5,92828.4
Liberal Des Morris4,30920.6
Total formal votes20,88498.1
Informal votes4121.9
Turnout 21,29692.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Eric Shaw 11,84156.7+4.2
National Merv Hoppner9,04343.3-4.2
Labor hold Swing +4.2

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References

  1. Green, Antony. "1989 Results for Manly". Queensland Election Archive. ABC. Retrieved 7 August 2021.