Results of the 1990 Australian federal election in Queensland

1990 Australian federal election
(Queensland)

←  1987 24 March 1990 1993  →
All 24 Queensland seats in the Australian House of Representatives and 6 seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Bob Hawke Andrew Peacock Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Last election 13 11 seats Seats won 15 seats 9 seats Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 695,291 756,680 Percentage 41.6% 45.3% Swing 3.4 4.6 TPP 50.19% 49.81% TPP swing 0.87 0.87

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1990 federal election in the state of Queensland. ^{[1] [2]}

Overall results

Turnout 94.7% (CV) — Informal 2.2% ^[3]

Party			Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
		Liberal	476,560	28.51	7.49	6	1
		National	280,120	16.76	–12.09	3	3
	Liberal/National Coalition		756,680	45.27	–4.60	9	2
	Labor		695,291	41.59	–3.37	15	2
	Democrats		193,817	11.59	6.71
	Independent		11,499	0.69	0.51
	Greens		10,054	0.60	0.60
	Democratic Socialist		2,728	0.16	0.16
	Conservative		1,528	0.09	0.09
Total			1,671,597			24
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor		837,508	50.19	+0.87	15	2
	Liberal/National Coalition		831,015	49.81	–0.87	9	2
Invalid/blank votes			38,065	2.23	–1.18
Turnout			1,709,662	94.71
Registered voters			1,805,141
Source: Federal Elections 1990

Results by division

Bowman

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Bowman § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Bowman   ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Con Sciacca	34,925	46.3	−2.0
	Liberal	Peter Trounce	23,571	31.3	+8.3
	Democrats	Phillip Grattan	12,207	16.2	+7.2
	National	Stan Brimson	4,697	6.2	−11.9
Total formal votes			75,400	97.7
Informal votes			1,773	2.3
Turnout			77,173	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Con Sciacca	43,275	57.5	+2.5
	Liberal	Peter Trounce	31,950	42.5	−2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

Brisbane

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Brisbane § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arch Bevis	29,146	45.7	−5.5
	Liberal	Keith Schafferius	22,573	35.4	+7.4
	Democrats	Leo Talty	7,814	12.3	+6.2
	National	Andrew Hassall	1,925	3.0	−10.5
	Independent	Marylou Heath	1,410	2.2	+2.2
	Independent	William Kenney	464	0.7	−0.6
	Democratic Socialist	Peter Simmons	416	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			63,748	97.9
Informal votes			1,384	2.1
Turnout			65,132	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arch Bevis	35,300	55.5	−0.9
	Liberal	Keith Schafferius	28,342	44.5	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.9

Capricornia

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Capricornia § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Capricornia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Wright	33,200	50.5	−3.5
	National	Stan Collard	24,627	37.5	+3.9
	Greens	Craig Hardy	7,885	12.0	+12.0
Total formal votes			65,712	97.9
Informal votes			1,413	2.1
Turnout			67,125	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Wright	37,551	57.3	+0.3
	National	Stan Collard	27,926	42.7	−0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.3

Dawson

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Dawson § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Dawson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Greg McGarvie	29,869	42.9	−4.0
	National	Ray Braithwaite	26,780	38.4	−7.7
	Liberal	Jim Seymour	7,459	10.7	+3.6
	Democrats	Tom Irelandes	5,566	8.0	+8.0
Total formal votes			69,674	97.9
Informal votes			1,525	2.1
Turnout			71,199	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ray Braithwaite	34,873	50.1	−1.8
	Labor	Greg McGarvie	34,692	49.9	+1.8
	National hold		Swing	-1.8

Fadden

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Fadden § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Fadden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Jull	28,361	43.9	+8.1
	Labor	Marie Wilkinson	24,388	37.8	−3.4
	Democrats	Eugene Cross	8,641	13.4	+6.6
	National	Peter Freckleton	2,354	3.6	−12.5
	Independent	Richard Heymann	794	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			64,538	97.8
Informal votes			1,438	2.2
Turnout			66,021	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Jull	34,621	53.8	−0.6
	Labor	Marie Wilkinson	29,766	46.2	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.6

Fairfax

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Fairfax § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Fairfax

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Beryl Muspratt	26,017	32.8	−2.4
	National	John Stone	20,928	26.4	−13.4
	Liberal	Alex Somlyay	20,395	25.7	+8.5
	Democrats	Bob Borsellino	10,439	13.2	+5.5
	Conservative	Sheila Adams	1,528	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			79,307	98.0
Informal votes			1,632	2.0
Turnout			80,939	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alex Somlyay	45,449	57.5	+57.5
	Labor	Beryl Muspratt	33,634	42.5	−0.2
	Liberal gain from National		Swing	+0.2

Fisher

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Fisher § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Fisher

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Lavarch	35,004	42.8	−1.9
	Liberal	Tony Holmes	21,225	26.0	+13.8
	National	Brian Sheahan	14,490	17.7	−18.6
	Democrats	Glen Spicer	10,981	13.4	+6.6
Total formal votes			81,700	98.0
Informal votes			1,655	2.0
Turnout			83,355	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Lavarch	42,401	52.0	+1.5
	Liberal	Tony Holmes	39,136	48.0	+48.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

Forde

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Forde § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Forde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mary Crawford	28,063	43.7	−2.7
	Liberal	Brad Bauman	24,232	37.7	+2.2
	Democrats	Jason Neville	7,138	11.1	+5.0
	Greens	Coral Wynter	2,169	3.4	+3.4
	National	Ross Adams	1,967	3.1	−8.9
	Independent	John Duggan	646	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			64,215	97.4
Informal votes			1,717	2.6
Turnout			65,932	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mary Crawford	34,910	54.5	+3.5
	Liberal	Brad Bauman	29,161	45.5	−3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.5

Griffith

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Griffith § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Griffith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Humphreys	31,616	49.8	−4.7
	Liberal	Doug Edwards	20,580	32.4	+8.3
	Democrats	Steven Lyndon	8,431	13.3	+5.7
	National	Sean Cousins	1,872	2.9	−11.0
	Democratic Socialist	Russel Norman	963	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			63,462	97.2
Informal votes			1,812	2.8
Turnout			65,274	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ben Humphreys	38,179	60.3	−0.1
	Liberal	Doug Edwards	25,155	39.7	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.1

Groom

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Groom § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Groom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Taylor	29,041	40.8	+27.5
	Labor	Stewart Scott-Irving	22,103	31.1	−1.3
	National	Terry Day	11,664	16.4	−32.5
	Democrats	Trevor Ives	8,319	11.7	+6.3
Total formal votes			71,127	98.1
Informal votes			1,396	1.9
Turnout			72,523	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Taylor	44,138	62.2	+1.9
	Labor	Stewart Scott-Irving	26,880	37.8	−1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.9

Herbert

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Herbert § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Herbert

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	32,166	45.8	−5.3
	Liberal	Peter Hazard	17,384	24.8	+8.7
	National	Rick Anderton	12,749	18.2	−9.5
	Democrats	Colin Parker	7,885	11.2	+6.1
Total formal votes			70,184	98.0
Informal votes			1,419	2.0
Turnout			71,603	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Lindsay	38,438	54.9	−1.9
	Liberal	Peter Hazard	31,529	45.1	+45.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.9

Hinkler

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Hinkler § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Hinkler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Courtice	32,995	47.3	−0.8
	National	John Evans	23,453	33.7	−9.4
	Democrats	Ronald Cullen	6,630	9.5	+6.3
	Liberal	Frank Hibble	6,618	9.5	+3.9
Total formal votes			69,696	97.7
Informal votes			1,620	2.3
Turnout			71,316	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Courtice	37,543	54.0	+2.9
	National	John Evans	32,033	46.0	−2.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.9

Kennedy

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Kennedy § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Kennedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rob Hulls	28,936	44.3	−0.8
	National	Ross Shannon	21,751	33.3	−14.0
	Liberal	Fred Tritton	9,134	14.0	+6.4
	Democrats	Patricia Banzhaf	5,473	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			65,294	97.2
Informal votes			1,901	2.8
Turnout			67,195	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rob Hulls	33,536	51.4	+4.4
	National	Ross Shannon	31,702	48.6	−4.4
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+4.4

Leichhardt

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Leichhardt § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Leichhardt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Gayler	31,318	44.5	−6.3
	Liberal	Bill Cummings	15,985	22.7	+13.1
	National	Kevin Byrne	14,553	20.7	−15.6
	Democrats	Jim Downey	7,382	10.5	+7.1
	Independent	Jim Waldock	1,148	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			70,386	97.5
Informal votes			1,816	2.5
Turnout			72,202	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Gayler	37,606	53.5	−0.8
	Liberal	Bill Cummings	32,727	46.5	+46.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.8

Lilley

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Lilley § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Lilley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Elaine Darling	32,453	50.0	−7.3
	Liberal	Ronald Nankervis	22,644	34.9	+7.7
	Democrats	Elizabeth Rowland	7,023	10.8	+10.8
	National	Steve Purtill	2,217	3.4	−12.2
	Democratic Socialist	Dave Riley	557	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			64,894	97.9
Informal votes			1,418	2.1
Turnout			66,312	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Elaine Darling	37,373	57.7	−0.5
	Liberal	Ronald Nankervis	27,422	42.3	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.5

Maranoa

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Maranoa § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Maranoa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Scott	31,594	47.7	−7.8
	Labor	John Adams	20,716	31.3	−0.8
	Liberal	John Stone	8,373	12.6	−7.8
	Democrats	Mary Hopkins	5,567	8.4	+4.3
Total formal votes			66,250	97.8
Informal votes			1,469	2.2
Turnout			67,719	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bruce Scott	41,838	63.2	−1.7
	Labor	John Adams	24,351	36.8	+1.7
	National hold		Swing	-1.7

McPherson

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of McPherson § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: McPherson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Bradford	40,986	50.2	+11.8
	Labor	Pat Stern	26,607	32.6	−1.1
	Democrats	Robert North	8,088	9.9	+4.6
	National	Randall Cook	4,102	5.0	−17.6
	Independent	Bert Cockerill	1,703	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	Otto Kuhne	170	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			81,656	97.8
Informal votes			1,812	2.2
Turnout			83,468	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Bradford	49,760	61.0	−1.6
	Labor	Pat Stern	31,769	39.0	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.6

Moncrieff

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Moncrieff § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Moncrieff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kathy Sullivan	37,630	47.8	+13.1
	Labor	Col Struthers	26,473	33.6	−2.3
	Democrats	Jonathan Cornish	10,028	12.7	+7.3
	National	Peter Lyons	4,549	5.8	−18.2
Total formal votes			78,680	97.6
Informal votes			1,941	2.4
Turnout			80,621	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kathy Sullivan	46,759	59.5	−0.7
	Labor	Col Struthers	31,868	40.5	+0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.7

Moreton

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Moreton § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Garrie Gibson	26,960	42.7	−2.4
	Liberal	Don Cameron	26,323	41.7	+3.5
	Democrats	Ken Davies	8,516	13.5	+7.6
	National	Vince Cottrell	1,366	2.2	−8.6
Total formal votes			63,165	98.0
Informal votes			1,275	2.0
Turnout			64,440	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Garrie Gibson	32,996	52.3	+3.0
	Liberal	Don Cameron	30,037	47.7	−3.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.0

Oxley

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Oxley § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Oxley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Les Scott	33,359	52.1	−7.8
	Liberal	David Cooke	18,739	29.3	+14.5
	Democrats	Althea Rossmuller	9,660	15.1	+10.0
	National	Ray Wilms	2,267	3.5	−16.7
Total formal votes			64,025	97.5
Informal votes			1,660	2.5
Turnout			65,685	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Les Scott	39,615	62.0	−2.9
	Liberal	David Cooke	24,270	38.0	+38.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.9

Petrie

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Petrie § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Petrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gary Johns	30,763	44.2	−2.0
	Liberal	Bruce Flegg	27,992	40.2	+7.2
	Democrats	Anthony Bloomer	7,740	11.1	+4.4
	National	Peter Bateman	2,327	3.3	−10.9
	Democratic Socialist	Natasha Simons	792	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			69,614	98.1
Informal votes			1,335	1.9
Turnout			70,949	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gary Johns	36,327	52.3	+0.9
	Liberal	Bruce Flegg	33,185	47.7	−0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.9

Rankin

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Rankin § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Rankin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Beddall	31,782	46.3	−2.9
	Liberal	John Miles	16,014	23.3	+10.2
	National	Huan Fraser	11,065	16.1	−15.9
	Democrats	John Hoskins	7,512	10.9	+6.5
	Independent	Richard Whiteman	1,865	2.7	+2.7
	Independent	Cheryl Crisp	465	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			68,703	97.3
Informal votes			1,916	2.7
Turnout			70,619	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Beddall	38,037	55.5	+0.7
	Liberal	John Miles	30,519	44.5	+44.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

Ryan

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Ryan § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Ryan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Moore	31,301	43.8	+1.2
	Labor	Denny Campbell	21,085	29.5	−5.9
	Democrats	Adair Ferguson	13,669	19.1	+10.6
	National	Helen McAllister	4,325	6.0	−7.5
	Independent	Alan Skyring	1,139	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			71,519	98.7
Informal votes			955	1.3
Turnout			72,474	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Moore	40,870	57.2	−1.7
	Labor	Denny Campbell	30,576	42.8	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.7

Wide Bay

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Wide Bay § 1990.[ edit ]

1990 Australian federal election: Wide Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Warren Truss	32,498	47.3	−3.2
	Labor	Andrew Foley	25,347	36.9	−0.6
	Democrats	Bryan Sandall	9,108	13.3	+8.8
	Independent	John Zschech	1,695	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			68,648	97.5
Informal votes			1,738	2.5
Turnout			70,386	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Warren Truss	37,613	54.9	−3.9
	Labor	Andrew Foley	30,885	45.1	+3.9
	National hold		Swing	-3.9

See also

• Results of the 1990 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1990–1993

References

1. "1990 House of Representatives: Queensland". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
2. Newman, G; Kopras, A (20 July 1990). "Federal Elections 1990" (PDF). Background Paper 18 1990. Parliamentary Research Service. ISSN   1034-8107 . Retrieved 20 June 2022.
3. "1990 House of Representatives". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 10 June 2022.