Electoral results for the district of Yeronga

Last updated July 18, 2024

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

Members for Yeronga

	Party	Term
Winston Noble	Liberal	1950–1964
Norm Lee	Liberal	1964–1989
Matt Foley	Labor	1989–2001

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1998 Queensland state election: Yeronga^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Matt Foley	9,979	52.63	+1.71
	Liberal	John Webster	5,323	28.08	−13.28
	One Nation	Vanessa Pacitto	2,532	13.36	+13.36
	Greens	Stephen Burchall	1,006	5.31	+5.31
	Reform	Rick Stapleton	119	0.63	+0.63
Total formal votes			18,959	98.58	+0.40
Informal votes			274	1.42	−0.40
Turnout			19,233	92.82	+1.51
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Foley	11,218	62.47	+7.87
	Liberal	John Webster	6,739	37.53	−7.87
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.87

1995 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Matt Foley	9,466	50.92	−12.55
	Liberal	Salli Aitken	7,689	41.36	+4.83
	Independent	Bernadette Le Goullon	966	5.20	+5.20
	Confederate Action	Leonce Kealy	468	2.52	+2.52
Total formal votes			18,589	98.18	+0.79
Informal votes			345	1.82	−0.79
Turnout			18,934	91.31	−0.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Foley	10,003	54.60	−8.87
	Liberal	Salli Aitken	8,316	45.40	+8.87
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.87

1992 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Matt Foley	12,410	63.5	+4.3
	Liberal	Iain Moore	7,142	36.5	+6.8
Total formal votes			19,552	97.4
Informal votes			524	2.6
Turnout			20,076	91.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.9

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Matt Foley	11,043	58.4	+18.1
	Liberal	Cliff Dee	6,067	32.1	+2.7
	National	Gordon Fisher	1,798	9.5	−14.7
Total formal votes			18,908	97.8	−0.1
Informal votes			418	2.2	+0.1
Turnout			19,326	92.0	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Foley	11,175	59.1	+14.8
	Liberal	Cliff Dee	7,733	40.9	−14.8
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.8

1986 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Mickel	7,396	40.3	−6.8
	Liberal	Norm Lee	5,386	29.4	−23.5
	National	Peter Castrisos	4,430	24.2	+24.2
	Independent	Kitchener Farrell	1,125	6.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			18,337	97.9	+0.2
Informal votes			389	2.1	−0.2
Turnout			18,726	91.7	−1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Norm Lee	10,213	55.7	+1.3
	Labor	John Mickel	8,124	44.3	−1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.3

1983 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norm Lee	7,788	52.9	−4.1
	Labor	Kitchener Farrell	6,932	47.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			14,720	97.7	−0.3
Informal votes			343	2.3	+0.3
Turnout			15,063	92.7	+2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.1

1980 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norm Lee	8,283	57.0	+2.3
	Labor	Kitchener Farrell	6,237	43.0	+2.5
Total formal votes			14,520	98.0	−0.5
Informal votes			300	2.0	+0.5
Turnout			14,820	90.4	−1.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.1

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norm Lee	8,110	54.7	−10.8
	Labor	Lance Maguire	6,005	40.5	+8.9
	Progress	Peter Stevenson	721	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			14,836	98.5
Informal votes			220	1.5
Turnout			15,056	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Norm Lee	8,615	58.1	−10.2
	Labor	Lance Maguire	6,221	41.9	+10.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.2

1974 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norm Lee	7,954	65.5	+17.2
	Labor	Spencer Higgins	3,842	31.6	−13.3
	Queensland Labor	Andrew Jackson	354	2.9	−3.8
Total formal votes			12,150	98.6	−0.1
Informal votes			174	1.4	+0.1
Turnout			12,324	89.0	−5.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Norm Lee	8,248	67.9	+13.6
	Labor	Spencer Higgins	3,902	32.1	−13.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+13.6

1972 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norm Lee	5,546	48.3	−1.2
	Labor	Clem Jones	5,156	44.9	+5.2
	Queensland Labor	Harry Wright	770	6.7	−4.0
Total formal votes			11,472	98.7
Informal votes			156	1.3
Turnout			11,628	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Norm Lee	6,234	54.3	−5.7
	Labor	Clem Jones	5,238	45.7	+5.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.7

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norm Lee	5,311	49.5	−1.5
	Labor	Malcolm Campbell	4,261	39.7	+0.9
	Queensland Labor	Jonyth Mapstone	1,149	10.7	+0.4
Total formal votes			10,721	98.5	+0.1
Informal votes			159	1.5	−0.1
Turnout			10,880	93.1	−1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Norm Lee	6,280	58.6	−0.7
	Labor	Malcolm Campbell	4,441	41.4	+0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.7

1966 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norm Lee	5,499	51.0	−1.2
	Labor	Jack Davis	4,180	38.8	+1.9
	Queensland Labor	John Lamberth	1,106	10.3	+0.2
Total formal votes			10,785	98.4	−0.1
Informal votes			177	1.6	+0.1
Turnout			10,962	94.7	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Norm Lee	6,399	59.3	−0.7
	Labor	Jack Davis	4,386	40.7	+0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.7

1963 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Winston Noble	5,621	52.2	+0.8
	Labor	Cyril Cusack	3,970	36.9	−0.7
	Queensland Labor	Mary Andrews	1,089	10.1	−0.9
	Social Credit	Roy Phipps	81	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			10,761	98.5	−0.4
Informal votes			158	1.5	+0.4
Turnout			10,919	94.9	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Winston Noble	6,452	60.0
	Labor	Cyril Cusack	4,309	40.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1960 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Winston Noble	5,594	51.4
	Labor	John O'Donnell	4,085	37.6
	Queensland Labor	Francis Wickings	1,196	11.0
Total formal votes			10,875	98.9
Informal votes			124	1.1
Turnout			10,999	93.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Winston Noble	6,660	54.6	−3.3
	Labor	Roy Dent	2,903	23.8	−16.7
	Queensland Labor	William Quaill	2,635	21.6	+21.6
Total formal votes			12,198	99.2	+0.2
Informal votes			98	0.8	−0.2
Turnout			12,296	95.7	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.7

1956 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Winston Noble	6,974	57.9	+6.2
	Labor	Norman Stutz	4,875	40.5	−8.3
	Independent	Jim Dwyer	191	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			12,040	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			116	1.0	−0.2
Turnout			12,156	94.1	−1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.5

1953 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Winston Noble	6,041	51.2	−7.6
	Labor	Tom Doyle	5,767	48.8	+7.6
Total formal votes			11,808	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			146	1.2	−0.3
Turnout			11,954	95.3	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.6

1950 Queensland state election: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Winston Noble	6,504	58.8
	Labor	Thomas Doyle	4,550	41.2
Total formal votes			11,054	98.5
Informal votes			164	1.5
Turnout			11,218	93.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

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References

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