Electoral results for the district of Nerang

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

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Members for Nerang

MemberPartyTerm
  Tom Hynd National 1986–1989
  Ray Connor Liberal 1989–2001

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1998 Queensland state election: Nerang [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ray Connor 10,33638.65−19.15
Labor Peter Burke7,40627.70−3.63
One Nation John Coyle6,71925.13+25.13
Greens Jacquie Hughes1,5725.88−4.98
Democrats Lynne Grimsey5692.13+2.13
Reform Richard Balcke1380.52+0.52
Total formal votes26,74098.41+0.13
Informal votes4321.59−0.13
Turnout 27,17291.19+1.24
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Connor 14,17761.00−2.59
Labor Peter Burke9,06439.00+2.59
Liberal hold Swing -2.59
1995 Queensland state election: Nerang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ray Connor 13,34357.80+26.77
Labor Elham Alamar7,23331.33−8.80
Greens Antony Bradshaw2,50810.86+10.86
Total formal votes23,08498.28+0.68
Informal votes4051.72−0.68
Turnout 23,48989.95+0.09
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Connor 14,15663.59+8.75
Labor Elham Alamar8,10636.41−8.75
Liberal hold Swing +8.75
1992 Queensland state election: Nerang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tony Carman7,88340.1−0.1
Liberal Ray Connor 6,09631.0+1.7
National Iona Abrahamson4,82824.6−2.6
Independent Chris Ivory8364.3+4.3
Total formal votes19,64397.6
Informal votes4842.4
Turnout 20,12789.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Connor 10,27454.8−1.8
Labor Tony Carman8,46245.2+1.8
Liberal hold Swing -1.8

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Nerang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Lee10,82845.6+12.8
Liberal Ray Connor 6,49927.4+9.4
National Tom Hynd 5,83224.6−19.2
Independent Harry Howard5852.5+2.5
Total formal votes23,74496.3−0.9
Informal votes9183.7+0.9
Turnout 24,66288.5+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Connor 12,21051.4+51.4
Labor Robert Lee11,53448.6+8.5
Liberal gain from National Swing +51.4
1986 Queensland state election: Nerang
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Tom Hynd 7,50943.8
Labor Marjorie Thompson5,62532.8
Liberal Russell Stuart3,07918.0
Democrats Tony Kennedy6253.7
Independent Methven Sparks2911.7
Total formal votes17,12997.2
Informal votes4972.8
Turnout 17,62688.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Tom Hynd 10,25659.9+3.3
Labor Marjorie Thompson6,87340.1−3.3
National hold Swing +3.3

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This is a list of electoral district results for the 1998 Queensland state election.

References

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