Electoral results for the district of Peak Downs

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

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Members for Peak Downs

MemberPartyTerm
  Vince Lester National 1977–1992
1989 Queensland state election: Peak Downs [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Vince Lester 4,23250.6−14.0
Labor Paul Bell3,16037.8+7.3
Citizens Electoral Council Robert Reinke97111.6+11.6
Total formal votes8,36398.6−0.1
Informal votes1221.4+0.1
Turnout 8,48591.3+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
National Vince Lester 4,97659.5−7.5
Labor Paul Bell3,38740.5+7.5
National hold Swing -7.5
1986 Queensland state election: Peak Downs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Vince Lester 4,99464.6−5.4
Labor Albert Holzapfel2,36130.5+0.7
Independent Vrettos Cominos3754.9+4.9
Total formal votes7,73098.7
Informal votes1031.3
Turnout 7,83390.6
Two-party-preferred result
National Vince Lester 5,17967.0−3.9
Labor Albert Holzapfel2,55133.0+3.9
National hold Swing -3.9
1983 Queensland state election: Peak Downs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Vince Lester 7,53359.7−1.6
Labor Lindsay Shepherd4,91238.9+2.4
Independent Bruce Bragg1681.3+1.3
Total formal votes12,61399.4+0.1
Informal votes720.6−0.1
Turnout 12,68591.2+2.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Vince Lester 7,61760.4−1.7
Labor Lindsay Shepherd4,99639.6+1.7
National hold Swing -1.7
1980 Queensland state election: Peak Downs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Vince Lester 6,23561.3+3.5
Labor William Coffey3,72136.6−5.6
Independent Anthony Whitfield1671.6+1.6
Progress Robin Wright540.5+0.5
Total formal votes10,17799.3+0.9
Informal votes720.7−0.9
Turnout 10,24988.9−1.6
Two-party-preferred result
National Vince Lester 6,32062.1+4.3
Labor William Coffey3,85737.9−4.3
National hold Swing +4.3

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Peak Downs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Vince Lester 4,72457.8+7.6
Labor Leonard Nicholson3,45242.2+0.8
Total formal votes8,17698.4
Informal votes1291.6
Turnout 8,30590.5
National hold Swing -1.1

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References

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