Electoral results for the district of Mermaid Beach

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

Members for Mermaid Beach

Member		Party	Term
	Ray Stevens	Liberal National	2009–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Mermaid Beach.[ edit ]

2020 Queensland state election: Mermaid Beach ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ray Stevens	12,604	44.07	−1.48
	Labor	Carl Ungerer	8,721	30.49	+5.74
	Greens	Zai Harris	3,090	10.80	+1.13
	One Nation	Stephen James	1,434	5.01	+5.01
	Legalise Cannabis	Deb Lynch	1,142	3.99	+3.99
	Independent	Tory Jones	506	1.77	+1.77
	United Australia	Hristo Avdjiev	375	1.31	+1.31
	Independent	Rhett Holt	302	1.06	+1.06
	Independent	Nicholas McArthur-Williams	254	0.89	+0.89
	Civil Liberties & Motorists	Suphakan (Mod) Somsriruen	174	0.61	+0.61
Total formal votes			28,602	93.86	+0.50
Informal votes			1,870	6.14	−0.50
Turnout			30,472	85.06	+1.63
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ray Stevens	15,558	54.39	−1.87
	Labor	Carl Ungerer	13,044	45.61	+1.87
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−1.87

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Queensland state election: Mermaid Beach ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ray Stevens	12,232	45.5	−4.4
	Labor	Joshua Blundell-Thornton	6,646	24.7	−2.7
	Independent	Mona Hecke	3,162	11.8	+11.8
	Greens	Helen Wainwright	2,599	9.7	+0.0
	Independent	Saraya Beric	1,286	4.8	+4.8
	Independent	Ric Allport	541	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Gary Pead	391	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			26,857	93.4	−3.8
Informal votes			1,910	6.6	+3.8
Turnout			28,767	83.4	+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ray Stevens	15,110	56.3	−4.0
	Labor	Joshua Blundell-Thornton	11,747	43.7	+4.0
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−4.0

2015 Queensland state election: Mermaid Beach ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ray Stevens	15,287	52.35	−12.78
	Labor	Gary Pead	7,333	25.11	+6.64
	Greens	Helen Wainwright	2,577	8.83	+1.37
	Palmer United	Alex Caraco	2,286	7.83	+7.83
	Family First	Simon Green	1,718	5.88	+3.01
Total formal votes			29,201	97.17	−0.51
Informal votes			852	2.84	+0.51
Turnout			30,053	85.62	−2.36
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ray Stevens	16,374	62.93	−13.12
	Labor	Gary Pead	9,647	37.07	+13.12
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−13.12

2012 Queensland state election: Mermaid Beach ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ray Stevens	17,856	65.13	+10.69
	Labor	Rachel Paterson	5,064	18.47	-15.02
	Greens	Jenny Boddy	2,043	7.45	+0.76
	Katter's Australian	Ken Law	1,664	6.07	+6.07
	Family First	Ben Donovan	788	2.87	+2.87
Total formal votes			27,415	97.67	-0.17
Informal votes			653	2.33	+0.17
Turnout			28,068	87.97	-0.09
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ray Stevens	18,764	76.05	+15.24
	Labor	Rachel Paterson	5,910	23.95	-15.24
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+15.24

Elections in the 2000s

2009 Queensland state election: Mermaid Beach ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ray Stevens	14,628	54.4	+5.9
	Labor	Christina Landis	8,999	33.5	-9.3
	Greens	Marella Pettinato	1,798	6.7	-2.1
	DS4SEQ	Ibolya Monai	744	2.8	+2.8
	Independent	Shannon Crane	700	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			26,869	97.6
Informal votes			594	2.4
Turnout			27,463	88.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ray Stevens	15,304	60.8	+8.1
	Labor	Christina Landis	9,863	39.2	-8.1
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+8.1

References

1. 2020 State General Election – Mermaid Beach – District Summary, ECQ.
2. 2017 State General Election - Mermaid Beach - District Summary, ECQ.
3. 2015 State General Election - Mermaid Beach - District Summary, ECQ.
4. "Elections - 2012 State General Election - Mermaid Beach - Booth Details". Archived from the original on 12 March 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
5. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 15 December 2011.