Electoral results for the district of Merrimac

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

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Members for Merrimac

MemberPartyTerm
  Bob Quinn Liberal Party 1992–2001

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1998 Queensland state election: Merrimac [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bob Quinn 11,09349.11−16.32
Labor Robert Poole 6,40528.36−6.21
One Nation John Fairfax4,48719.87+19.87
Democrats Colin O'Brien6012.66+2.66
Total formal votes22,58698.19+0.40
Informal votes4171.81−0.40
Turnout 23,00389.68+1.71
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Quinn 13,42464.69−0.74
Labor Robert Poole 7,32735.31+0.74
Liberal hold Swing -0.74
1995 Queensland state election: Merrimac
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bob Quinn 13,20065.43+32.32
Labor Matthew Loader6,97434.57−1.03
Total formal votes20,17497.79−0.20
Informal votes4562.21+0.20
Turnout 20,63087.97+0.14
Liberal hold Swing +4.89
1992 Queensland state election: Merrimac
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mark Whillans6,60535.6+1.0
Liberal Bob Quinn 6,14333.1+0.9
National Les Mole4,95326.7−2.7
Confederate Action Colin Smith8514.6+4.6
Total formal votes18,55298.0
Informal votes3802.0
Turnout 18,93287.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Quinn 10,65660.5−1.6
Labor Mark Whillans6,94539.5+1.6
Liberal hold Swing -1.6

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References

  1. "Merrimac - 1998 - Election Archive - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)".