Results of the 1987 Australian federal election in Queensland

1987 Australian federal election
(Queensland)

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All 39 Queensland seats in the Australian House of Representatives and all 12 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader John Howard Bob Hawke Party Liberal/National coalition Labor Last election 15 seats 9 Seats won 11 seats 13 seats Seat change 4 4 Popular vote 758,234 683,640 Percentage 49.9% 45.0% Swing 1.0 0.9 TPP 50.7% 49.3% TPP swing 1.61 1.61

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1987 federal election in the state of Queensland. ^[1]

Overall results

Turnout 92.2% (CV) — Informal 3.4% ^[2]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		National	438,627	28.85	-2.85	6	2
		Liberal	319,607	21.02	1.86	5	2
	Liberal/National Coalition		758,234	49.87	-0.99	11	4
	Labor		683,640	44.96	0.90	13	4
	Democrats		74,215	4.88	0.06
	Independent		2,684	0.18	-0.04
	Nuclear Disarmament		1,718	0.11	0.00
Total			1,520,491			24
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor		749,834	49.32	49.32	13	4
	Liberal/National Coalition		770,515	50.68	49.32	11	4
Invalid/blank votes			53,622	3.41	-1.19
Turnout			1,574,113	92.18
Registered voters			1,707,701
Source: Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive 1987

Results by division

Bowman

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Bowman § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Bowman   ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Con Sciacca	31,223	48.3	−3.3
	Liberal	Andrew Crowe	14,866	23.0	+1.0
	National	Bill Barry-Cotter	11,696	18.1	−2.0
	Democrats	Diana Taylor	5,800	9.0	+2.5
	Independent	Barry Cullen	1,123	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			64,708	96.3
Informal votes			2,482	3.7
Turnout			67,190	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Con Sciacca	35,609	55.0	−0.3
	Liberal	Andrew Crowe	29,085	45.0	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.3

Brisbane

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Brisbane § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Manfred Cross	32,125	51.2	+0.9
	Liberal	David Drake	17,543	28.0	+0.0
	National	Cliff Newman	8,495	13.5	−2.0
	Democrats	Michael van Prooyen	3,799	6.1	−0.1
	Independent	William Kenney	792	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			62,754	97.1
Informal votes			1,883	2.9
Turnout			64,637	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Manfred Cross	35,409	56.4	+2.1
	Liberal	David Drake	27,335	43.6	−2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.1

Capricornia

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Capricornia § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Capricornia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Wright	34,147	54.0	+3.1
	National	Ted Price	21,272	33.6	−3.0
	Liberal	Tom Young	6,084	9.6	+0.5
	Nuclear Disarmament	J. S. Page	1,718	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			63,221	97.3
Informal votes			1,752	2.7
Turnout			64,973	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Wright	36,065	57.0	+2.9
	National	Ted Price	27,155	43.0	−2.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.9

Dawson

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Dawson § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Dawson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Welch	30,232	46.9	+2.2
	National	Ray Braithwaite	29,698	46.1	−6.0
	Liberal	Paul Pottinger	4,553	7.1	+7.1
Total formal votes			64,483	96.3
Informal votes			2,510	3.7
Turnout			66,993	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ray Braithwaite	33,436	51.9	−1.9
	Labor	Bill Welch	31,047	48.1	+1.9
	National hold		Swing	-1.9

Fadden

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Fadden § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Wilson	24,481	41.2	+0.6
	Liberal	David Jull	21,258	35.8	−0.4
	National	Peter Robinson	9,581	16.1	−0.6
	Democrats	Kenneth Davies	4,065	6.8	+0.4
Total formal votes			59,385	96.6
Informal votes			2,084	3.4
Turnout			61,469	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Jull	32,311	54.4	−0.3
	Labor	Peter Wilson	27,074	45.6	+0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.3

Fairfax

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Fairfax § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Fairfax

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Evan Adermann	24,817	39.8	−5.4
	Labor	Alison Smith	21,953	35.2	+1.5
	Liberal	Joy Brannelly	10,733	17.2	+3.0
	Democrats	Brian Stockwell	4,786	7.7	+0.8
Total formal votes			62,289	96.8
Informal votes			2,085	3.2
Turnout			64,374	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Evan Adermann	35,713	57.3	−3.3
	Labor	Alison Smith	26,565	42.7	+3.3
	National hold		Swing	-3.3

Fisher

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Fisher § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Fisher

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Lavarch	30,181	44.7	+2.3
	National	Peter Slipper	24,522	36.3	−0.1
	Liberal	Ian Mutch	8,208	12.2	−2.2
	Democrats	Glen Spicer	4,597	6.8	−0.1
Total formal votes			67,508	96.7
Informal votes			2,326	3.3
Turnout			69,834	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Lavarch	34,097	50.5	+2.8
	National	Peter Slipper	33,394	49.5	−2.8
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+2.8

Forde

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Forde § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Forde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mary Crawford	27,441	46.4	+1.5
	Liberal	David Watson	20,957	35.5	+3.7
	National	Tony Philbrick	7,107	12.0	−4.5
	Democrats	Sheila Rieff	3,582	6.1	−0.7
Total formal votes			59,087	96.7
Informal votes			2,040	3.3
Turnout			61,127	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mary Crawford	30,152	51.0	+1.0
	Liberal	David Watson	28,925	49.0	−1.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.0

Griffith

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Griffith § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Griffith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Humphreys	33,442	54.5	+0.1
	Liberal	Wayne Black	14,778	24.1	+1.0
	National	Sean Cousins	8,550	13.9	−2.4
	Democrats	Lance Winter	4,647	7.6	+2.5
Total formal votes			61,417	95.7
Informal votes			2,754	4.3
Turnout			64,171	89.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Humphreys	37,098	60.4	+0.1
	Liberal	Wayne Black	24,312	39.6	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.1

Groom

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Groom § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Groom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Tom McVeigh	32,054	48.9	−7.1
	Labor	Linda Dwyer	21,217	32.4	+0.9
	Liberal	Alexander Munro	8,754	13.3	+4.4
	Democrats	Mark Carew	3,556	5.4	+1.8
Total formal votes			65,581	97.1
Informal votes			1,938	2.9
Turnout			67,519	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Tom McVeigh	41,174	62.8	−3.1
	Labor	Linda Dwyer	24,407	37.2	+3.1
	National hold		Swing	-3.1

Herbert

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Herbert § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Herbert

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	33,507	51.1	+0.8
	National	Jose Goicoechea	18,206	27.7	−3.9
	Liberal	Rosemary Pavey	10,571	16.1	+1.9
	Democrats	Paul Swanton	3,344	5.1	+1.2
Total formal votes			65,628	96.6
Informal votes			2,338	3.4
Turnout			67,966	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	37,259	56.8	+3.2
	National	Jose Goicoechea	28,360	43.2	−3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Hinkler

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Hinkler § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Hinkler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Courtice	30,814	48.1	+1.0
	National	Bryan Conquest	27,665	43.1	−0.4
	Liberal	John Williams	3,604	5.6	+0.6
	Democrats	Geoff Boshell	2,039	3.2	−0.7
Total formal votes			64,122	97.4
Informal votes			1,733	2.6
Turnout			65,855	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Courtice	32,753	51.1	+1.3
	National	Bryan Conquest	31,367	48.9	−1.3
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+1.3

Kennedy

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Kennedy § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bob Katter, Sr.	28,585	47.3	−3.0
	Labor	James Byrne	27,208	45.1	+2.2
	Liberal	Ross Cooper	4,584	7.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			60,377	94.9
Informal votes			3,276	5.1
Turnout			63,653	89.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bob Katter, Sr.	31,989	53.0	−2.2
	Labor	James Byrne	28,380	47.0	+2.2
	National hold		Swing	-2.2

Leichhardt

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Leichhardt § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Leichhardt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Gayler	31,601	50.8	−0.2
	National	Kevin Byrne	22,551	36.3	+0.0
	Liberal	Ronald Barry	5,942	9.6	+2.6
	Democrats	Wilfred Tapau	2,085	3.4	−1.4
Total formal votes			62,179	95.6
Informal votes			2,846	4.4
Turnout			65,025	90.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Gayler	33,747	54.3	−1.2
	National	Kevin Byrne	28,430	45.7	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.2

Lilley

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Lilley § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Lilley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Elaine Darling	36,248	57.3	+2.8
	Liberal	John Gates	17,181	27.2	+2.5
	National	Andrew Brown	9,842	15.6	−3.9
Total formal votes			63,271	96.6
Informal votes			2,226	3.4
Turnout			65,497	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Elaine Darling	36,848	58.2	+2.5
	Liberal	John Gates	26,422	41.8	−2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

Maranoa

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Maranoa § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ian Cameron	35,594	55.5	−7.4
	Labor	Raymond Paroz	20,596	32.1	+0.6
	Liberal	Bruce Christie	5,364	8.4	+8.4
	Democrats	Richard McCarthy	2,605	4.1	−1.5
Total formal votes			64,159	95.9
Informal votes			2,728	4.1
Turnout			66,887	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ian Cameron	41,604	64.9	−0.6
	Labor	Raymond Paroz	22,550	35.1	+0.6
	National hold		Swing	-0.6

McPherson

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of McPherson § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: McPherson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter White	27,147	38.4	−1.4
	Labor	Pat Stern	23,850	33.7	+1.5
	National	Max McMahon	15,974	22.6	−0.6
	Democrats	Yvonne Stoelhorst	3,746	5.3	+1.0
Total formal votes			70,717	96.8
Informal votes			2,367	3.2
Turnout			73,084	90.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter White	44,263	62.6	−0.9
	Labor	Pat Stern	26,454	37.4	+0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.9

Moncrieff

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Moncrieff § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Moncrieff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Boyce	23,067	35.9	−0.1
	Liberal	Kathy Sullivan	22,271	34.7	+3.8
	National	Lester Hughes	15,405	24.0	−3.9
	Democrats	George Spencer	3,444	5.4	+1.7
Total formal votes			64,187	96.6
Informal votes			2,234	3.4
Turnout			66,421	91.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kathy Sullivan	38,644	60.2	+0.3
	Labor	Robert Boyce	25,543	39.8	−0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.3

Moreton

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Moreton § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Garrie Gibson	28,053	45.1	+1.6
	Liberal	Don Cameron	23,740	38.2	−4.4
	National	Peter Freckleton	6,712	10.8	+1.7
	Democrats	Manfred Willinger	3,665	5.9	+1.0
Total formal votes			62,170	97.0
Informal votes			1,933	3.0
Turnout			64,103	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Don Cameron	31,518	50.7	−2.6
	Labor	Garrie Gibson	30,645	49.3	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.6

Oxley

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Oxley § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Oxley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Hayden	36,246	59.9	+0.4
	National	Barry Hoffensetz	12,248	20.2	+1.2
	Liberal	Janice Akroyd	8,948	14.8	−2.0
	Democrats	John Loughney	3,081	5.1	+0.4
Total formal votes			60,523	96.8
Informal votes			2,023	3.2
Turnout			62,546	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Hayden	39,256	64.9	+1.9
	National	Barry Hoffensetz	21,265	35.1	−1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.9

Petrie

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Petrie § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Petrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gary Johns	30,537	46.2	+0.0
	Liberal	John Hodges	21,780	33.0	−0.2
	National	Gerard Cross	9,375	14.2	−1.6
	Democrats	Isobel Robinson	4,404	6.7	+1.9
Total formal votes			66,096	97.0
Informal votes			2,013	3.0
Turnout			68,109	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gary Johns	33,995	51.4	+2.0
	Liberal	John Hodges	32,086	48.6	−2.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.0

Rankin

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Rankin § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Rankin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Beddall	29,118	49.2	+2.5
	National	Gerard Walsh	13,256	22.4	−1.3
	Liberal	John Patterson	7,769	13.1	−1.3
	National	Peter Jorgenson	5,708	9.6	+9.6
	Democrats	Miriam Cope	2,599	4.4	−1.2
	Independent	Michael Dunne	670	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	Terri Cavanagh	99	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			59,219	95.8
Informal votes			2,578	4.2
Turnout			67,797	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Beddall	32,415	54.7	+4.2
	National	Gerard Walsh	26,791	45.3	−4.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.2

Ryan

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Ryan § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Ryan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Moore	28,356	42.6	+1.9
	Labor	Fleur Yuile	23,538	35.4	+1.4
	National	Steve Walters	9,015	13.5	−3.5
	Democrats	Daphne Woodhouse	5,657	8.5	+0.2
Total formal votes			66,566	97.9
Informal votes			1,401	2.1
Turnout			67,967	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Moore	39,181	58.9	−1.5
	Labor	Fleur Yuile	27,379	41.1	+1.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.5

Wide Bay

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Wide Bay § 1987.[ edit ]

1987 Australian federal election: Wide Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Clarrie Millar	30,699	50.5	−8.6
	Labor	Andrew Foley	22,815	37.5	+1.6
	Liberal	Cam Primavera	4,616	7.6	+7.6
	Democrats	Ray Barry	2,714	4.5	−0.5
Total formal votes			60,844	96.7
Informal votes			2,072	3.3
Turnout			62,916	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Clarrie Millar	35,755	58.8	−3.0
	Labor	Andrew Foley	25,087	41.2	+3.0
	National hold		Swing	-3.0

See also

• Results of the 1987 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1987–1990

References

1. "1987 House of Representatives: Queensland". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
2. "1987 House of Representatives". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.