Electoral results for the district of Merthyr

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

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Members for Merthyr

MemberPartyTerm
  Thomas Welsby Ministerialist1912–1915
  Peter McLachlan Labor 1915–1920
  Peter MacGregor National 1920–1923
 Peter McLachlanLabor1923–1929
  Patrick Kerwin Country and Progressive National 1929–1932
  James Keogh Labor1932–1940
  William Moore Labor1940–1957
  Queensland Labor 1957
  Sam Ramsden Liberal 1957–1971
  Don Lane Liberal1971–1983
  National 1983–1989
  Santo Santoro Liberal1989–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Merthyr [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Barbara Dawson8,66248.4+15.9
Liberal Santo Santoro 7,26740.6+8.5
National Pat Kelly1,95510.9−21.9
Total formal votes17,88497.0+0.1
Informal votes5483.0+0.1
Turnout 18,43294.5+5.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Santo Santoro 9,02450.5+50.5
Labor Barbara Dawson8,86049.5+5.5
Liberal gain from National Swing N/A
1989 Merthyr state by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Santo Santoro 6,17035.91+3.82
Labor Barbara Dawson5,62332.73+0.23
National Betty Byrne-Henderson2,75316.02–16.74
Independent Nigel Powell1,2817.46+7.46
Independent Tanya Wilde5403.14+3.14
Democrats John Brown4432.58+0.82
Independent Gerry Bellino3341.94+1.94
Independent I. Ciadamidaro360.21+0.21
Total formal votes17,18095.29–1.60
Informal votes8484.71+1.60
Turnout 18,02878.92−10.35
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Santo Santoro 9,78456.95N/A
Labor Barbara Dawson7,39643.05N/A
Liberal gain from National Swing N/A
1986 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Don Lane 5,55332.8+7.2
Labor Garrett Purtill5,50732.5−8.1
Liberal Santo Santoro 5,43932.1−0.4
Democrats Bernard O'Malley2981.8+1.8
Socialist Workers Maurice Sibelle1490.9+0.9
Total formal votes16,94696.9
Informal votes5443.1
Turnout 17,49089.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Don Lane 9,49756.0−3.8
Labor Garrett Purtill7,44944.0+3.8
National gain from Liberal Swing N/A
1983 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Leon Pearce5,52040.6−4.9
Liberal Don Lane 4,41632.5−22.0
National William Owen3,48025.6+25.6
Independent Gary Waddell1831.4+1.4
Total formal votes13,59997.9+0.8
Informal votes2882.1−0.8
Turnout 13,88789.8+5.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Don Lane 7,85357.7+3.2
Labor Leon Pearce5,74642.3−3.2
Liberal hold Swing +3.2
1980 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Don Lane 7,33454.5+0.9
Labor Barbara Dawson6,11645.5+3.1
Total formal votes13,45097.1−0.4
Informal votes3982.9+0.4
Turnout 13,84884.0−4.6
Liberal hold Swing -1.9

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Don Lane 7,50853.6−12.9
Labor Barbara Dawson5,93742.4+8.9
Progress Harold Scruton5503.9+3.9
Total formal votes13,99597.5
Informal votes3562.5
Turnout 14,35188.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Don Lane 7,89356.4−10.1
Labor Barbara Dawson6,10243.6+10.1
Liberal hold Swing -10.1
1974 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Don Lane 7,00466.6+14.4
Labor Terence Dawson3,51733.4−6.1
Total formal votes10,52197.80.0
Informal votes2412.20.0
Turnout 10,76285.0−7.5
Liberal hold Swing +7.5
1972 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Don Lane 5,36952.2+2.3
Labor Denis Pie4,05839.5−0.9
Queensland Labor James Moss8498.3−1.4
Total formal votes10,27697.8
Informal votes2282.2
Turnout 10,50492.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Don Lane 6,07559.1+2.5
Labor Denis Pie4,20140.9−2.5
Liberal hold Swing +2.5
1971 Merthyr state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Don Lane 4,02653.1+3.2
Labor Brian Mellifont2,67235.3−5.1
Queensland Labor Peter Flanagan88211.6+1.9
Total formal votes7,58097.6+0.5
Informal votes1872.4−0.5
Turnout 7,76773.9−13.4
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sam Ramsden 4,50849.9−1.2
Labor Brian Mellifont3,65140.4+0.4
Queensland Labor Maurice O'Connor8809.7+0.8
Total formal votes9,03997.1+0.1
Informal votes2682.9−0.1
Turnout 9,30787.3−4.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sam Ramsden 5,18257.3−0.2
Labor Brian Mellifont3,85742.7+0.2
Liberal hold Swing -0.2
1966 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sam Ramsden 4,78151.1−2.3
Labor Brian Mellifont3,74540.0+3.0
Queensland Labor Laurence Kehoe8308.9−0.6
Total formal votes9,35697.0−0.4
Informal votes2843.0+0.4
Turnout 9,64091.50.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sam Ramsden 5,38457.5−3.7
Labor Brian Mellifont3,97242.5+3.7
Liberal hold Swing -3.7
1963 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sam Ramsden 5,29853.4+3.3
Labor Tom Campbell3,67237.0+3.8
Queensland Labor Geoffrey Traill9469.5−7.2
Total formal votes9,91697.4−0.7
Informal votes2682.6+0.7
Turnout 10,18491.5+2.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Sam Ramsden 6,06861.2
Labor Tom Campbell3,84838.8
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sam Ramsden 5,37650.1
Labor Tom Campbell3,56233.2
Queensland Labor Mick O'Connor1,79416.7
Total formal votes10,73298.1
Informal votes2051.9
Turnout 10,93788.6
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sam Ramsden 3,15137.0−3.2
Queensland Labor Bill Moore 3,02835.6+35.6
Labor Tom Campbell2,33627.4−32.4
Total formal votes8,51599.0+0.4
Informal votes881.0−0.4
Turnout 8,60394.1+3.1
Liberal gain from Labor Swing N/A
1956 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Moore 5,03059.8−4.0
Liberal Sam Ramsden 3,38040.2+4.0
Total formal votes8,41098.6−0.1
Informal votes1201.4+0.1
Turnout 8,53091.0−2.9
Labor hold Swing -4.0
1953 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Moore 6,11063.8+7.8
Liberal William Knox 3,47036.2−7.8
Total formal votes9,58098.70.0
Informal votes1291.30.0
Turnout 9,70993.9+0.5
Labor hold Swing +7.8
1950 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Moore 5,94856.0
Liberal Albert Rees4,66944.0
Total formal votes10,61798.7
Informal votes1341.3
Turnout 10,75193.4
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Moore 5,86555.4+0.7
People's Party Bert Frost4,72644.6−0.7
Total formal votes10,59198.3+0.2
Informal votes1831.7−0.2
Turnout 10,77490.2+1.5
Labor hold Swing +0.7
1944 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Moore 5,32254.7−3.7
People's Party Leonard King4,40045.3+3.7
Total formal votes9,72298.1−0.2
Informal votes1841.9+0.2
Turnout 9,90688.7−5.0
Labor hold Swing -3.7
1941 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Moore 5,30258.4+9.1
United Australia Samuel Glassey3,78041.6+11.8
Total formal votes9,08298.3−0.7
Informal votes1581.7+0.7
Turnout 9,24093.7+2.8
Labor hold Swing +4.6
1940 Merthyr state by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Moore 4,83957.5+8.2
United Australia Patrick Kerwin 3,57442.5+12.7
Total formal votes8,413
Informal votes
Turnout
Labor hold Swing +3.7

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor James Keogh 4,80149.3−17.2
United Australia Edmund Cuppaidge2,90329.8−3.7
Protestant Labor Frederick Brown2,04220.9+20.9
Total formal votes9,74699.0+0.7
Informal votes971.0−0.7
Turnout 9,84390.9−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor James Keogh 4,98253.8−12.7
United Australia Edmund Cuppaidge4,27246.2+12.7
Labor hold Swing -12.7
1935 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor James Keogh 6,03566.5
CPNP William Stevens3,04633.5
Total formal votes9,08198.3
Informal votes1551.7
Turnout 9,23691.5
Labor hold Swing
1932 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor James Keogh 4,78051.6
CPNP Patrick Kerwin 4,29346.4
Lang Labor Kenneth McDonald1872.0
Total formal votes9,25999.4
Informal votes540.6
Turnout 9,31384.0
Labor gain from CPNP Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPNP Patrick Kerwin 4,20457.0+8.5
Labor Peter McLachlan 3,17743.0−8.5
Total formal votes7,38199.0−0.2
Informal votes731.0+0.2
Turnout 7,45480.2+1.2
CPNP gain from Labor Swing +8.5
1926 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter McLachlan 3,66651.5−0.9
CPNP Edwin Fowles 3,44848.5+0.9
Total formal votes7,11499.2−0.4
Informal votes540.8+0.4
Turnout 7,16879.0−0.5
Labor hold Swing -0.9
1923 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter McLachlan 3,50952.4+4.0
United Peter MacGregor 3,18947.6−4.0
Total formal votes6,69899.6+0.1
Informal votes280.4−0.1
Turnout 6,72679.5+7.5
Labor gain from United Swing +4.0
1920 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Peter MacGregor 3,21351.6+4.3
Labor Peter McLachlan 3,01348.4−4.3
Total formal votes6,22699.5+0.1
Informal votes280.5−0.1
Turnout 6,25472.0−11.6
National gain from Labor Swing +4.3

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter McLachlan 3,09052.7−4.6
National Peter MacGregor 2,77647.3+4.6
Total formal votes5,86699.40.0
Informal votes330.60.0
Turnout 5,89983.6−8.1
Labor hold Swing -4.6
1915 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter McLachlan 2,88157.3+7.4
Liberal John Lackey2,14442.7−7.4
Total formal votes5,02599.4+0.5
Informal votes290.6−0.5
Turnout 5,05491.7+6.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +7.4
1912 Queensland state election: Merthyr
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Welsby 2,11950.05
Labor Peter McLachlan 2,11549.95
Total formal votes4,23498.9
Informal votes471.1
Turnout 4,28185.5
Liberal hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "1989 Results for Merthyr". Queensland Election Archive. ABC. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Queensland Legislative Assembly (6 March 1990). Details of polling at general election held on 2 December 1989. p. 69.
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