Electoral results for the district of Western Downs

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

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Members for Western Downs

First incarnation (1860–1873, two members)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  Thomas Moffatt Unaligned1860–1864  James Taylor Unaligned1860–1870
  John Watts Unaligned1864–1867
 
 
Robert Ramsay Unaligned1867–1873
  Edward Wienholt Unaligned1870–1873
Second incarnation (1992–2001, one member)
MemberPartyTerm
  Brian Littleproud National Party 1992–2001

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1998 Queensland state election: Western Downs [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Brian Littleproud 9,86448.17-31.24
One Nation Peter McLaren7,06834.52+34.52
Labor Ron Lockwood3,54417.31-3.28
Total formal votes20,47698.95+0.19
Informal votes2171.05-0.19
Turnout 20,69394.34+0.46
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Brian Littleproud 11,42859.42-19.99
One Nation Peter McLaren7,80540.58+40.58
National hold Swing -19.99
1995 Queensland state election: Western Downs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Brian Littleproud 16,12079.41+12.37
Labor Brad Wood4,18020.59+0.50
Total formal votes20,30098.76+0.20
Informal votes2541.24-0.20
Turnout 20,55493.88+0.24
National hold Swing +2.79
1992 Queensland state election: Western Downs
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Brian Littleproud 14,06067.0-6.1
Labor Anne Jones4,21420.1-5.0
Independent Lorraine Wheelson2,43511.6+11.6
Independent James Clarke2651.3+1.3
Total formal votes20,97498.6
Informal votes3071.4
Turnout 21,28193.6
Two-party-preferred result
National Brian Littleproud 14,85676.6+2.1
Labor Anne Jones4,53223.4-2.1
National hold Swing +2.1

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References

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