Electoral results for the district of Tablelands

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

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Members for Tablelands

First incarnation (1950–1972)
MemberPartyTerm
  Harold Collins Labor 1950–1957
  Queensland Labor 1957
  Tom Gilmore, Sr. Country 1957–1963
  Edwin Wallis-Smith Labor 1963–1972
Second incarnation (1986–2009)
MemberPartyTerm
  Tom Gilmore, Jr. National 1986–1998
  Shaun Nelson One Nation 1998–1999
  Independent 1999–2001
  Rosa Lee Long One Nation 2001–2009

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Queensland state election: Tablelands [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
One Nation Rosa Lee Long 10,81250.06+3.10
Labor Denis McKinley4,85622.48−4.02
National George Adil4,57421.18−5.36
Greens Paul Parker7893.65+3.65
Family First Troy Howard5672.63+2.63
Total formal votes21,59898.20+0.21
Informal votes3951.80−0.21
Turnout 21,99390.30−1.39
Two-candidate-preferred result
One Nation Rosa Lee Long 12,72169.77+7.36
Labor Denis McKinley5,51230.23+30.23
One Nation hold Swing +7.36
2004 Queensland state election: Tablelands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
One Nation Rosa Lee Long 10,14046.96+10.97
National Cheryl Tonkin5,73026.54+10.13
Labor Arthur Yates5,72126.50+1.68
Total formal votes21,59197.99−0.57
Informal votes4432.01+0.57
Turnout 22,03491.69−1.16
Two-candidate-preferred result
One Nation Rosa Lee Long 10,95562.41−1.40
National Cheryl Tonkin6,59837.59+37.59
One Nation hold Swing -1.40
2001 Queensland state election: Tablelands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
One Nation Rosa Lee Long 7,72236.0−6.0
Labor Arthur Yates5,32524.8−0.2
National Joe Moro3,52216.4−16.6
Independent Shaun Nelson 3,28415.3+15.3
Independent Henry Condon1,0985.1+5.1
Independent Alan Isherwood5072.4+2.4
Total formal votes21,45898.6
Informal votes3131.4
Turnout 21,77192.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
One Nation Rosa Lee Long 10,99463.8+13.6
Labor Arthur Yates6,23536.2+36.2
One Nation hold Swing +13.6

Elections in the 1990s

1998 Queensland state election: Tablelands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
One Nation Shaun Nelson 8,33542.0+42.0
National Tom Gilmore 6,52132.9−36.5
Labor Nigel Tucker4,97325.1+0.6
Total formal votes19,82998.8+0.5
Informal votes2301.2−0.5
Turnout 20,05992.6+2.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
One Nation Shaun Nelson 9,10650.3+50.3
National Tom Gilmore 9,00649.7−23.3
One Nation gain from National Swing +50.3
1995 Queensland state election: Tablelands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Tom Gilmore 13,20269.4+10.8
Labor Anthony Shearer4,65224.5−8.3
Democrats Andrew Howell8394.4+4.4
Independent Jehan Hainaut3281.7+1.7
Total formal votes19,02198.3+0.0
Informal votes3251.7−0.0
Turnout 19,42090.8−1.1
Two-party-preferred result
National Tom Gilmore 13,69873.0+8.6
Labor Anthony Shearer5,07827.0−8.6
National hold Swing +8.6
1992 Queensland state election: Tablelands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Tom Gilmore 11,18958.6+10.1
Labor Fred Cattarossi6,25732.8−10.9
Confederate Action Michael Sheather1,6428.6+8.6
Total formal votes19,08898.3
Informal votes3321.7
Turnout 19,42090.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Tom Gilmore 11,93464.4+10.5
Labor Fred Cattarossi6,60835.6−10.5
National hold Swing +10.5

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Tablelands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Tom Gilmore 6,51847.8−3.3
Labor Fred Cattarossi6,21945.6+8.3
Citizens Electoral Council Andrew Snowdon8886.5+6.5
Total formal votes13,62596.5−0.7
Informal votes5003.5+0.7
Turnout 12,63890.6+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Tom Gilmore 7,14252.4−6.3
Labor Fred Cattarossi6,48347.6+6.3
National hold Swing -6.3
1986 Queensland state election: Tablelands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Tom Gilmore 6,28151.1
Labor James Mealing4,58637.3
Liberal Richard Male9948.1
Independent Ralph Reese4303.5
Total formal votes12,29197.2
Informal votes3472.8
Turnout 12,63890.6
Two-party-preferred result
National Tom Gilmore 7,21558.7+4.2
Labor James Mealing5,07641.3−4.2
National hold Swing +4.2

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Tablelands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Edwin Wallis-Smith 3,75952.4−3.2
Country Micheli Borzi3,41047.6+5.3
Total formal votes7,16997.70.0
Informal votes1662.30.0
Turnout 7,33589.1+1.4
Labor hold Swing -3.6
1966 Queensland state election: Tablelands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Edwin Wallis-Smith 3,74755.6+4.0
Country Tom Gilmore 2,85342.4−1.0
Queensland Labor V. Rehbein1372.0+0.2
Total formal votes6,73797.7+1.1
Informal votes1612.3−1.1
Turnout 6,89887.7−1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Edwin Wallis-Smith 3,77256.0+2.5
Country Tom Gilmore 2,96544.0−2.5
Labor hold Swing +2.5
1963 Queensland state election: Tablelands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Edwin Wallis-Smith 3,28151.6+11.2
Country Tom Gilmore 2,76143.4−9.4
Independent Dino Bertoldo2043.2+3.2
Queensland Labor Leo McManus1161.8−5.0
Total formal votes6,36296.6−1.5
Informal votes2213.4+1.5
Turnout 6,58389.3+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Edwin Wallis-Smith 3,40553.5
Country Tom Gilmore 2,95746.5
Labor gain from Country Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Tablelands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Tom Gilmore 3,43852.8
Labor Edwin Wallis-Smith 2,63340.4
Queensland Labor Arthur Mottarelly4426.8
Total formal votes6,51398.1
Informal votes1231.9
Turnout 6,63687.4
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Tablelands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Tom Gilmore 3,35937.5+3.9
Queensland Labor Harold Collins 3,27936.6+36.6
Labor Sidney Tullipan2,32125.9−40.5
Total formal votes8,95999.3+0.4
Informal votes640.7−0.4
Turnout 9,02392.3+1.7
Country gain from Labor Swing N/A
1956 Queensland state election: Tablelands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Harold Collins 5,54766.4+0.1
Country Clarence West2,80333.6+2.7
Total formal votes8,35098.9−0.2
Informal votes961.1+0.2
Turnout 8,44690.6−0.8
Labor hold Swing -1.3
1953 Queensland state election: Tablelands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Harold Collins 5,16566.3+12.7
Country James Baldock2,41230.9−8.9
Communist Richard Anear2172.8+2.8
Total formal votes7,79499.1−0.2
Informal votes720.9+0.2
Turnout 7,86691.4+1.5
Labor hold Swing +10.8
1950 Queensland state election: Tablelands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Harold Collins 4,03353.6
Country John Gargan2,99239.8
NQ Labor Tom Mackey4966.6
Total formal votes7,52199.3
Informal votes500.7
Turnout 7,57189.9
Labor hold Swing

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References

  1. "Tablelands - 2006 - Election Archive - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)".