Electoral results for the district of Wavell

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

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Members for Wavell

MemberPartyTerm
  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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brian Austin 7,20851.3−5.6
Labor Christopher Begley6,84848.7+5.6
Total formal votes14,05698.3+0.2
Informal votes2391.7−0.2
Turnout 14,29592.6+3.8
Liberal hold Swing -5.6
1980 Queensland state election: Wavell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brian Austin 7,96056.9+23.5
Labor Jack Geran6,02043.1−2.3
Total formal votes13,98098.1−0.7
Informal votes14,25388.8−3.9
Liberal hold Swing +4.1

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Wavell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Geran6,73845.4+11.4
Liberal Brian Austin 4,96133.4−29.2
National Charles Mortensen2,77718.7+18.7
Progress Barry Smith3682.5+2.5
Total formal votes14,84498.8
Informal votes1831.2
Turnout 15,02792.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Brian Austin 7,84252.8−11.3
Labor Jack Geran7,00247.2+11.3
Liberal hold Swing -11.3
1974 Queensland state election: Wavell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Arthur Crawford 8,38862.6+18.1
Labor Jack Geran4,55434.0−13.0
Queensland Labor Mervyn Eunson4653.5−5.0
Total formal votes13,40799.0−0.1
Informal votes1371.0+0.1
Turnout 13,54491.7−2.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Arthur Crawford 8,77465.4+13.2
Labor Jack Geran4,63334.6−13.2
Liberal hold Swing +13.2
1972 Queensland state election: Wavell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Herbert Bromley5,66147.0+9.5
Liberal Arthur Crawford 5,35144.5+15.1
Queensland Labor Peter Flanagan1,0248.5+0.7
Total formal votes12,03699.1
Informal votes1030.9
Turnout 12,13994.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Arthur Crawford 6,27952.2−2.7
Labor Herbert Bromley5,75747.8+2.7
Liberal hold Swing -2.7

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Wavell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Herbert Bromley5,56237.5−3.7
Liberal Arthur Crawford 4,36029.4−21.0
Independent Alex Dewar 3,76525.4+25.4
Queensland Labor Rogers Judge1,1587.8+0.5
Total formal votes14,84599.0+0.5
Informal votes1541.0−0.5
Turnout 14,99994.0−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Arthur Crawford 8,13154.8−2.1
Labor Herbert Bromley6,71445.2+2.1
Liberal hold Swing -2.1
1966 Queensland state election: Wavell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alex Dewar 7,20950.4−2.6
Labor Herbert Bromley5,89541.2+4.4
Queensland Labor Thomas Grundy1,0467.3−1.6
Social Credit Mervyn Goldstiver1130.8−0.6
Independent Desmond Fulton510.4+0.4
Total formal votes14,31498.5−0.1
Informal votes2221.5+0.1
Turnout 14,53694.8−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alex Dewar 8,14256.9−4.7
Labor Herbert Bromley6,17243.1+4.7
Liberal hold Swing -4.7
1963 Queensland state election: Wavell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alex Dewar 7,23753.0−0.7
Labor Benjamin Harriss5,02436.8+1.5
Queensland Labor Vincent Bedsor1,2088.8−2.2
Social Credit Merv Goldstiver1841.4+1.4
Total formal votes13,65398.6−0.3
Informal votes1981.4+0.3
Turnout 13,85195.7+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alex Dewar 8,34661.6
Labor Benjamin Harriss5,30738.4
Liberal hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Wavell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Alex Dewar 7,13453.7
Labor Benjamin Harriss4,69635.3
Queensland Labor Kevin O'Dea1,45911.0
Total formal votes13,28998.9
Informal votes1441.1
Turnout 13,43394.9
Liberal win(new seat)

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