Electoral results for the district of Wavell

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

Members for Wavell

Member		Party	Term
	Alex Dewar	Liberal Party	1960–1968
		Independent	1968–1969
	Arthur Crawford	Liberal Party	1969–1977
	Brian Austin	Liberal Party	1977–1983
		National Party	1983–1986

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1983 Queensland state election: Wavell ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian Austin	7,208	51.3	−5.6
	Labor	Christopher Begley	6,848	48.7	+5.6
Total formal votes			14,056	98.3	+0.2
Informal votes			239	1.7	−0.2
Turnout			14,295	92.6	+3.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.6

1980 Queensland state election: Wavell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian Austin	7,960	56.9	+23.5
	Labor	Jack Geran	6,020	43.1	−2.3
Total formal votes			13,980	98.1	−0.7
Informal votes			14,253	88.8	−3.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.1

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Wavell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Geran	6,738	45.4	+11.4
	Liberal	Brian Austin	4,961	33.4	−29.2
	National	Charles Mortensen	2,777	18.7	+18.7
	Progress	Barry Smith	368	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			14,844	98.8
Informal votes			183	1.2
Turnout			15,027	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brian Austin	7,842	52.8	−11.3
	Labor	Jack Geran	7,002	47.2	+11.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-11.3

1974 Queensland state election: Wavell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Arthur Crawford	8,388	62.6	+18.1
	Labor	Jack Geran	4,554	34.0	−13.0
	Queensland Labor	Mervyn Eunson	465	3.5	−5.0
Total formal votes			13,407	99.0	−0.1
Informal votes			137	1.0	+0.1
Turnout			13,544	91.7	−2.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Arthur Crawford	8,774	65.4	+13.2
	Labor	Jack Geran	4,633	34.6	−13.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+13.2

1972 Queensland state election: Wavell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herbert Bromley	5,661	47.0	+9.5
	Liberal	Arthur Crawford	5,351	44.5	+15.1
	Queensland Labor	Peter Flanagan	1,024	8.5	+0.7
Total formal votes			12,036	99.1
Informal votes			103	0.9
Turnout			12,139	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Arthur Crawford	6,279	52.2	−2.7
	Labor	Herbert Bromley	5,757	47.8	+2.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.7

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Wavell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herbert Bromley	5,562	37.5	−3.7
	Liberal	Arthur Crawford	4,360	29.4	−21.0
	Independent	Alex Dewar	3,765	25.4	+25.4
	Queensland Labor	Rogers Judge	1,158	7.8	+0.5
Total formal votes			14,845	99.0	+0.5
Informal votes			154	1.0	−0.5
Turnout			14,999	94.0	−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Arthur Crawford	8,131	54.8	−2.1
	Labor	Herbert Bromley	6,714	45.2	+2.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.1

1966 Queensland state election: Wavell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Dewar	7,209	50.4	−2.6
	Labor	Herbert Bromley	5,895	41.2	+4.4
	Queensland Labor	Thomas Grundy	1,046	7.3	−1.6
	Social Credit	Mervyn Goldstiver	113	0.8	−0.6
	Independent	Desmond Fulton	51	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			14,314	98.5	−0.1
Informal votes			222	1.5	+0.1
Turnout			14,536	94.8	−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alex Dewar	8,142	56.9	−4.7
	Labor	Herbert Bromley	6,172	43.1	+4.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.7

1963 Queensland state election: Wavell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Dewar	7,237	53.0	−0.7
	Labor	Benjamin Harriss	5,024	36.8	+1.5
	Queensland Labor	Vincent Bedsor	1,208	8.8	−2.2
	Social Credit	Merv Goldstiver	184	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			13,653	98.6	−0.3
Informal votes			198	1.4	+0.3
Turnout			13,851	95.7	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alex Dewar	8,346	61.6
	Labor	Benjamin Harriss	5,307	38.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1960 Queensland state election: Wavell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Dewar	7,134	53.7
	Labor	Benjamin Harriss	4,696	35.3
	Queensland Labor	Kevin O'Dea	1,459	11.0
Total formal votes			13,289	98.9
Informal votes			144	1.1
Turnout			13,433	94.9
	Liberal win		(new seat)

References

1. Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN   0909779244.