Results of the Queensland state election, 1977

Queensland state election, 12 November 1977 [1] [2] Legislative Assembly << 1974–1980 >>
Enrolled voters		1,209,494
Votes cast		1,104,898		Turnout	91.35%	+1.93%
Informal votes		16,887		Informal	1.53%	–0.05%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	466,021	42.83%	+6.80%	23	+12
	National	295,355	27.15%	–0.73%	35	– 4
	Liberal	274,398	25.22%	–5.87%	24	– 6
	Democrats	17,571	1.61%	+1.61%	0	± 0
	Progress	16,327	1.50%	+1.50%	0	± 0
	Independent	18,339	1.69%	–1.22%	0	– 2
Total		1,088,011			82

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1977 Queensland state election.

Results by electoral district

Albert

Queensland state election, 1977: Albert ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Ivan Gibbs	8,010	53.3	+16.6
	Labor	Denis O'Connell	4,582	30.5	-6.0
	Labor	Cecil Clark	1,922	12.8	+12.8
	Independent	Alex McMillan	295	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Ace Drabsch	229	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			15,038	97.9
Informal votes			320	2.1
Turnout			15,358	89.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ivan Gibbs	8,271	55.0	-6.2
	Labor	Denis O'Connell	6,766	45.0	+6.2
	National hold		Swing	-6.2

Archerfield

Queensland state election, 1977: Archerfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kevin Hooper	9,651	66.6	+13.1
	Liberal	Bevan Fleming	2,989	20.6	-21.7
	National	John Armstrong	1,177	8.1	+8.1
	National	George Kalaja	683	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			14,500	97.6
Informal votes			357	2.4
Turnout			14,857	90.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Hooper	9,911	68.4	+13.7
	Liberal	Bevan Fleming	4,589	31.6	-13.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.7

Ashgrove

Queensland state election, 1977: Ashgrove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Greenwood	7,468	50.8	+6.7
	Labor	Pat Comben	6,375	43.4	+12.5
	Progress	Gary Sturgess	862	5.9	+5.9
Total formal votes			14,706	99.0
Informal votes			151	1.0
Turnout			14,857	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Greenwood	8,071	54.9	-11.6
	Labor	Pat Comben	6,634	45.1	+11.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-11.6

Aspley

Queensland state election, 1977: Aspley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Fred Campbell	9,237	61.5	-11.6
	Labor	Philip Gray	5,789	38.5	+11.6
Total formal votes			15,026	98.7
Informal votes			198	1.3
Turnout			15,224	93.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-11.6

Auburn

Queensland state election, 1977: Auburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Neville Hewitt	6,153	67.8	-10.2
	Labor	Jeffrey Lenz	2,342	25.8	+3.7
	Progress	David Trevilyan	576	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			9,071	99.0
Informal votes			89	1.0
Turnout			9,160	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Neville Hewitt	6,556	72.3	-5.7
	Labor	Jeffrey Lenz	2,515	27.7	+5.7
	National hold		Swing	-5.7

Balonne

Queensland state election, 1977: Balonne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Don Neal	5,064	71.9	-3.2
	Labor	Robert Saltau	1,975	28.1	+3.2
Total formal votes			7,039	98.3
Informal votes			119	1.7
Turnout			7,158	89.5
	National hold		Swing	-3.2

Barambah

Queensland state election, 1977: Barambah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	7,707	78.3	-5.1
	Labor	John Hunt	2,136	21.7	+5.1
Total formal votes			9,843	98.5
Informal votes			147	1.5
Turnout			9,990	93.8
	National hold		Swing	-5.1

Barron River

Queensland state election, 1977: Barron River

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Martin Tenni	7,663	50.2	+3.0
	Labor	Keith De Lacy	7,593	49.8	+2.1
Total formal votes			15,256	98.1
Informal votes			301	1.9
Turnout			15,557	89.5
	National hold		Swing	-0.7

Brisbane Central

Queensland state election, 1977: Brisbane Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Brian Davis	7,641	52.7
	Liberal	Dennis Young	6,359	43.9
	Socialist	Dennis Bailey	490	3.4
Total formal votes			14,490	97.8
Informal votes			329	2.2
Turnout			14,819	88.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Davis	8,033	55.4	+8.2
	Liberal	Dennis Young	6,457	44.6	-8.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.2

Bulimba

Queensland state election, 1977: Bulimba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jack Houston	8,771	59.8	+9.6
	Liberal	John Leggoe	5,905	40.2	-9.6
Total formal votes			14,676	98.2
Informal votes			265	1.8
Turnout			14,941	92.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.6

Bundaberg

Queensland state election, 1977: Bundaberg

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jim Blake	6,898	48.7	-0.8
	National	Bryan Conquest	4,471	31.6	+0.5
	Liberal	John Heaps	1,863	13.2	-3.4
	Independent	Lou Jensen	930	6.6	+6.6
Total formal votes			14,162	99.0
Informal votes			148	1.0
Turnout			14,310	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Blake	7,705	54.4	+3.1
	National	Bryan Conquest	6,457	44.6	-3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

Burdekin

Queensland state election, 1977: Burdekin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Val Bird	6,181	60.3	-6.0
	Labor	Alex Brown	4,076	39.7	+10.8
Total formal votes			10,257	98.9
Informal votes			117	1.1
Turnout			10,374	94.3
	National hold		Swing	-10.0

Burnett

Queensland state election, 1977: Burnett

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Claude Wharton	7,817	69.3	-4.8
	Labor	Andrew Jackson	3,457	30.7	+4.8
Total formal votes			11,274	98.7
Informal votes			151	1.3
Turnout			11,425	91.4
	National hold		Swing	-4.8

Caboolture

Queensland state election, 1977: Caboolture

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Des Frawley	8,520	59.0
	Labor	John McLoughlin	3,955	27.4
	Labor	Francis Freemantle	1,973	13.7
Total formal votes			14,448	98.2
Informal votes			270	1.8
Turnout			14,718	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Des Frawley	8,520	59.0	-7.5
	Labor	John McLoughlin	5,928	41.0	+7.5
	National hold		Swing	-7.5

Cairns

Queensland state election, 1977: Cairns

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ray Jones	8,704	57.1	+6.3
	National	Victor Piccone	4,533	29.7	-4.2
	Democrats	Neville Modystack	1,012	6.6	+6.6
	Liberal	Charles Bellairs	1,003	6.6	+6.6
Total formal votes			15,252	98.3
Informal votes			259	1.7
Turnout			15,511	88.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ray Jones	9,370	61.4	+4.2
	National	Victor Piccone	5,882	38.6	-4.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.2

Callide

Queensland state election, 1977: Callide

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Lindsay Hartwig	7,383	65.3	-2.4
	Labor	John O'Sullivan	3,928	34.7	+6.2
Total formal votes			11,311	98.7
Informal votes			149	1.3
Turnout			11,460	91.8
	National hold		Swing	-5.5

Carnarvon

Queensland state election, 1977: Carnarvon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Peter McKechnie	5,875	63.5	+13.4
	Labor	Colin Batterham	3,383	36.5	+11.5
Total formal votes			9,258	98.0
Informal votes			184	2.0
Turnout			9,442	92.7
	National hold		Swing	-8.1

Chatsworth

Queensland state election, 1977: Chatsworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Terry Mackenroth	7,683	51.1	+6.8
	Liberal	David Byrne	7,363	48.9	-6.8
Total formal votes			15,046	98.2
Informal votes			275	1.8
Turnout			15,321	93.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.8

Condamine

Queensland state election, 1977: Condamine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Vic Sullivan	6,989	62.2	-15.4
	Labor	Noel Wormald	2,703	24.1	+5.1
	Progress	Lindsay Sturgess	1,268	11.3	+11.3
	Independent	Lloyd Drabsch	267	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			11,227	99.1
Informal votes			103	0.9
Turnout			11,330	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Vic Sullivan	8,011	71.4	-7.9
	Labor	Noel Wormald	3,216	28.6	+7.9
	National hold		Swing	-7.9

Cook

Queensland state election, 1977: Cook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bob Scott	3,317	48.4	+12.8
	National	Eric Deeral	2,841	41.5	+19.0
	Australian Advancement Party	Ted Loban	690	10.1	+10.1
Total formal votes			6,848	97.8
Informal votes			154	2.2
Turnout			7,002	82.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Scott	3,693	53.9	+6.5
	National	Eric Deeral	3,155	46.1	-6.5
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+6.5

Cooroora

Queensland state election, 1977: Cooroora

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Gordon Simpson	8,361	51.7	+4.1
	Labor	Donald Sime	4,724	29.2	+9.4
	Liberal	John Williams	3,078	19.0	-11.4
Total formal votes			16,163	99.1
Informal votes			142	0.9
Turnout			16,305	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Gordon Simpson	11,008	68.1	-6.8
	Labor	Donald Sime	5,155	31.9	+6.8
	National hold		Swing	-6.8

Cunningham

Queensland state election, 1977: Cunningham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Tony Elliott	9,132	75.4	+4.5
	Labor	Trevor Peacock	1,655	13.7	+2.7
	Democrats	Valerie O'Phee	1,328	11.0	+11.0
Total formal votes			12,115	99.2
Informal votes			96	0.8
Turnout			12,211	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Tony Elliott	9,769	80.6	-5.9
	Labor	Trevor Peacock	2,346	19.4	+5.9
	National hold		Swing	-5.9

Everton

Queensland state election, 1977: Everton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Glen Milliner	7,150	49.5
	Liberal	Brian Lindsay	6,559	45.4
	Progress	Owen Pershouse	739	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			14,448	99.0
Informal votes			139	1.0
Turnout			14,587	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Glen Milliner	7,374	51.0	+10.2
	Liberal	Brian Lindsay	7,074	49.0	-10.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.2

Fassifern

Queensland state election, 1977: Fassifern

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Selwyn Muller	9,744	61.4	-9.8
	Labor	Stephen Limbach	6,135	38.6	+9.8
Total formal votes			15,879	97.6
Informal votes			393	2.4
Turnout			16,272	92.0
	National hold		Swing	-9.8

Flinders

Queensland state election, 1977: Flinders

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Bob Katter	4,838	54.2	+6.3
	Labor	Edward Schunemann	3,715	41.6	+8.3
	Progress	Owen Pershouse	379	4.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			8,932	98.9
Informal votes			95	1.1
Turnout			9,027	90.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bob Katter	5,103	57.1	-2.3
	Labor	Edward Schunemann	3,829	42.9	+2.3
	National hold		Swing	-2.3

Greenslopes

Queensland state election, 1977: Greenslopes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bill Hewitt	5,663	38.5	-28.2
	Labor	Lewin Blazevich	4,371	29.7	+0.6
	National	Noel Cannon	2,828	19.2	+19.2
	Democrats	David Anning	1,833	12.5	+12.5
Total formal votes			14,695	98.9
Informal votes			164	1.1
Turnout			14,859	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Hewitt	9,170	62.4	-8.3
	Labor	Lewin Blazevich	5,525	37.6	+8.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.3

Gregory

Queensland state election, 1977: Gregory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Bill Glasson	3,995	56.8	-2.4
	Labor	Gordon Saunders	3,044	43.2	+2.4
Total formal votes			7,039	98.7
Informal votes			90	1.3
Turnout			7,129	87.3
	National hold		Swing	-2.4

Gympie

Queensland state election, 1977: Gympie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Max Hodges	7,097	61.5	-12.1
	Labor	Reginald Lawler	3,232	28.0	+1.6
	Progress	William Runge	1,211	10.5	+10.5
Total formal votes			11,540	99.1
Informal votes			106	0.9
Turnout			11,646	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Max Hodges	7,945	68.8	-4.8
	Labor	Reginald Lawler	3,595	31.2	+4.8
	National hold		Swing	-4.8

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the resignation of Max Hodges. It was held on 1 September 1979.

Gympie state by-election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Len Stephan	5,620	49.5	-12.0
	Labor	Reginald Lawler	3,431	30.2	+2.2
	Liberal	Ray Hilder	1,780	15.7	+15.7
	Progress	William Runge	532	4.7	-5.8
Total formal votes			11,363	99.2	+0.1
Informal votes			95	0.8	-0.1
Turnout			11,458	89.5	-4.3
After distribution of preferences
	National	Len Stephan	5,906	52.0
	Labor	Reginald Lawler	3,567	31.4
	Liberal	Ray Hilder	1,890	16.6
	National hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed to completion.

Hinchinbrook

Queensland state election, 1977: Hinchinbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Ted Row	5,854	53.1	-3.2
	Labor	James Byrne	5,177	46.9	+13.8
Total formal votes			11,031	97.8
Informal votes			242	2.2
Turnout			11,273	92.2
	National hold		Swing	-7.3

Ipswich

Queensland state election, 1977: Ipswich

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Llewellyn Edwards	8,144	54.1	-12.1
	Labor	Joseph Sciacca	6,895	45.9	+16.4
Total formal votes			15,039	98.5
Informal votes			224	1.5
Turnout			15,263	93.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-13.3

Ipswich West

Queensland state election, 1977: Ipswich West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	David Underwood	7,776	52.4	+6.4
	National	Albert Hales	5,042	34.0	+8.6
	Liberal	Barry Spark	2,025	13.6	-9.9
Total formal votes			14,843	98.9
Informal votes			161	1.1
Turnout			15,004	91.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Underwood	8,059	54.3	+5.4
	National	Albert Hales	6,784	45.7	-5.4
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+5.4

Isis

Queensland state election, 1977: Isis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Lin Powell	6,435	48.4	+15.0
	Labor	Phillip Barnsley	4,947	37.3	-7.7
	Liberal	Mary Spurway	1,554	11.7	-9.9
	Independent	James Dobson	346	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			13,282	98.9
Informal votes			150	1.1
Turnout			13,432	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Lin Powell	7,861	59.2	+5.8
	Labor	Phillip Barnsley	5,421	40.8	-5.8
	National hold		Swing	+5.8

Ithaca

Queensland state election, 1977: Ithaca

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Col Miller	7,419	53.5	-11.2
	Labor	Francis Gilbert	5,948	42.9	+7.6
	Progress	Paul Rackemann	492	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			13,859	98.7
Informal votes			175	1.3
Turnout			14,034	90.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Col Miller	7,763	56.0	-8.7
	Labor	Francis Gilbert	6,096	44.0	+8.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.7

Kurilpa

Queensland state election, 1977: Kurilpa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sam Doumany	6,547	45.4	+5.1
	Labor	John Saunders	5,714	39.6	+2.0
	Democrats	Stanley Stanley	1,922	13.3	+13.3
	Progress	Fred Drake	240	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			14,423	98.3
Informal votes			255	1.7
Turnout			14,678	89.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Sam Doumany	7,641	53.0	-9.3
	Labor	John Saunders	6,782	47.0	+9.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.3

Landsborough

Queensland state election, 1977: Landsborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Mike Ahern	10,576	68.2	+0.5
	Labor	Joan Kiely	4,922	31.8	+9.4
Total formal votes			15,498	98.4
Informal votes			253	1.6
Turnout			15,751	90.9
	National hold		Swing	-6.3

Lockyer

Queensland state election, 1977: Lockyer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Tony Bourke	8,337	55.0	-1.0
	Labor	Norma Jones	2,970	19.6	+0.1
	Independent	William Pechey	2,528	16.7	+16.7
	Democrats	Brian Otto	1,329	8.8	+8.8
Total formal votes			15,164	99.0
Informal votes			159	1.0
Turnout			15,323	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Bourke	10,997	72.5	-3.4
	Labor	Norma Jones	4,167	27.5	+3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.4

Lytton

Queensland state election, 1977: Lytton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Burns	9,809	67.0	+10.3
	Liberal	Rodney Bristow	4,835	33.0	-10.3
Total formal votes			14,644	98.5
Informal votes			219	1.5
Turnout			14,863	92.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.3

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1977: Mackay ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ed Casey	9,438	57.1	+41.6
	National	Fitzroy McLean	3,766	22.8	-4.4
	Liberal	Jeanette Bevan	2,071	12.5	+12.5
	Independent	Sebastian Torrisi	1,257	7.6	+7.6
Total formal votes			16,532	98.4
Informal votes			262	1.6
Turnout			16,794	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ed Casey	10,231	61.9	+61.9
	National	Fitzroy McLean	6,301	38.1	+0.6
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Mansfield

Queensland state election, 1977: Mansfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	8,648	56.8	-12.5
	Labor	Harry Zaphir	5,306	34.9	+7.7
	Progress	John McKay	1,261	8.3	+8.3
Total formal votes			15,215	98.5
Informal votes			238	1.5
Turnout			15,453	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Kaus	9,531	62.6	-8.6
	Labor	Harry Zaphir	5,684	37.4	+8.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.6

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1977: Maryborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Brendan Hansen	6,930	50.2	+6.3
	Liberal	Gilbert Alison	6,877	49.8	-5.2
Total formal votes			13,807	99.0
Informal votes			138	1.0
Turnout			13,945	93.8
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.5

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1977: Merthyr

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Don Lane	7,508	53.6	-12.9
	Labor	Barbara Dawson	5,937	42.4	+8.9
	Progress	Harold Scruton	550	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			13,995	97.5
Informal votes			356	2.5
Turnout			14,351	88.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Don Lane	7,893	56.4	-10.1
	Labor	Barbara Dawson	6,102	43.6	+10.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.1

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1977: Mirani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Tom Newbery	6,514	61.5	-8.1
	Labor	Conrad Nicolai	4,069	38.5	+8.1
Total formal votes			10,583	98.7
Informal votes			138	1.3
Turnout			10,721	92.7
	National hold		Swing	-8.1

Mount Coot-tha

Queensland state election, 1977: Mount Coot-tha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bill Lickiss	8,604	62.5	-12.6
	Labor	Jon Stanford	3,719	27.0	+4.3
	Progress	Wallace Younger	1,437	10.4	+10.4
Total formal votes			13,760	99.2
Informal votes			115	0.8
Turnout			13,875	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Lickiss	9,610	69.8	-8.6
	Labor	Jon Stanford	4,150	30.2	+8.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.6

Mount Gravatt

Queensland state election, 1977: Mount Gravatt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Harvey	5,546	36.9	+6.4
	Liberal	Guelfi Scassola	5,345	35.6	-31.6
	National	Ian Henderson	3,486	23.2	+23.2
	Progress	Desmond McKay	654	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			15,031	98.3
Informal votes			261	1.7
Turnout			15,292	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Guelfi Scassola	9,085	60.4	-10.2
	Labor	George Harvey	5,946	39.6	+10.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.2

Mount Isa

Queensland state election, 1977: Mount Isa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Alex Pavusa	5,341	46.7	+7.8
	National	Angelo Bertoni	5,209	45.5	+14.5
	Progress	Keith Spanner	556	4.9	+4.9
	Independent	Nelson Gavenor	246	2.2	+2.2
	Independent	Anthony Assan	86	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			11,438	96.1
Informal votes			464	3.9
Turnout			11,902	84.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Angelo Bertoni	5,783	50.6	-2.9
	Labor	Alex Pavusa	5,655	49.4	+2.9
	National hold		Swing	-2.9

Mourilyan

Queensland state election, 1977: Mourilyan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Peter Moore	4,688	47.4	+0.1
	National	Vicky Kippin	4,666	47.1	-1.2
	Independent	John Jones	544	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			9,898	98.3
Informal votes			172	1.7
Turnout			10,070	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Vicky Kippin	4,977	50.3	-1.4
	Labor	Peter Moore	4,921	49.7	+1.4
	National hold		Swing	-1.4

Mulgrave

Queensland state election, 1977: Mulgrave

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Roy Armstrong	5,629	58.4	-6.4
	Labor	Bill Eaton	4,016	41.6	+6.4
Total formal votes			9,645	98.4
Informal votes			156	1.6
Turnout			9,801	92.3
	National hold		Swing	-6.4

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1977: Murrumba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Joe Kruger	6,377	46.5	+6.2
	Liberal	Stephen Thomason	3,306	24.1	+24.1
	National	Brian Frawley	2,157	15.7	-48.0
	National	Agnes Campbell	1,861	13.6	+13.6
Total formal votes			13,701	97.9
Informal votes			13,992	92.3
Turnout			13,992	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Kruger	7,036	51.4	+11.1
	National	Brian Frawley	6,664	48.6	-11.1
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+11.1

Nudgee

Queensland state election, 1977: Nudgee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ken Vaughan	8,483	58.7	+7.6
	Liberal	Denis Simonyi	5,976	41.3	-7.6
Total formal votes			14,459	98.1
Informal votes			278	1.9
Turnout			14,737	92.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.6

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1977: Nundah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Knox	8,235	58.1	-9.1
	Labor	Leonard Hingley	5,927	41.9	+9.1
Total formal votes			14,162	98.2
Informal votes			259	1.8
Turnout			14,421	91.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.1

Peak Downs

Queensland state election, 1977: Peak Downs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Vince Lester	4,724	57.8	+7.6
	Labor	Leonard Nicholson	3,452	42.2	+0.8
Total formal votes			8,176	98.4
Informal votes			129	1.6
Turnout			8,305	90.5
	National hold		Swing	-1.1

Pine Rivers

Queensland state election, 1977: Pine Rivers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rob Akers	7,328	50.0	+10.3
	Labor	Ken Leese	6,595	45.0	+8.2
	Progress	Rodney Jeanneret	741	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			14,664	98.9
Informal votes			156	1.1
Turnout			14,820	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rob Akers	7,837	53.4	-8.5
	Labor	Ken Leese	6,827	46.6	+8.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.5

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1977: Port Curtis

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Prest	7,048	58.6	-4.5
	National	Barry Johnson	2,732	22.7	+4.5
	Liberal	John Mawer	1,805	15.0	-3.6
	Progress	Michael Berry	449	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			12,034	99.1
Informal votes			107	0.9
Turnout			12,141	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Prest	7,436	61.8	-3.1
	National	Barry Johnson	4,598	38.2	+3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.1

Redcliffe

Queensland state election, 1977: Redcliffe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roderick Lugton	5,566	37.1	+1.2
	National	Jim Houghton	4,797	31.9	-18.6
	Liberal	Terry White	4,406	29.3	+29.3
	Progress	Gregory Gaffney	246	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			15,015	98.6
Informal votes			218	1.4
Turnout			15,233	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Jim Houghton	8,433	56.2	-5.8
	Labor	Roderick Lugton	6,582	43.8	+5.8
	National hold		Swing	-5.8

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the resignation of Jim Houghton. It was held on 1 September 1979.

Redcliffe state by-election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roderick Lugton	6,084	41.5	+4.4
	Liberal	Terry White	4,452	30.4	+1.1
	National	John Houghton	2,870	19.6	-12.3
	Pensioners	Leonard Dobson	527	3.6	+3.6
	Democrats	Susan McCallum	470	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	Ray Hollis	171	1.2	+1.2
	Progress	Gregory Gaffney	84	0.6	-1.0
Total formal votes			14,658	97.8	-0.8
Informal votes			322	2.2	+0.8
Turnout			14,980	86.8	-5.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Terry White	7,652	52.2	+52.2
	Labor	Roderick Lugton	7,006	47.8	+4.0
	Liberal gain from National		Swing	N/A

Redlands

Queensland state election, 1977: Redlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	John Goleby	6,436	41.9	+10.1
	Labor	Con Sciacca	6,350	41.4	+5.0
	Liberal	Peter Hunter	2,558	16.7	-14.0
Total formal votes			15,344	98.6
Informal votes			224	1.4
Turnout			15,568	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	John Goleby	8,499	55.4	-4.8
	Labor	Con Sciacca	6,845	44.6	+4.8
	National hold		Swing	-4.8

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1977: Rockhampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Keith Wright	10,342	64.6
	Liberal	Douglas Cuddy	2,961	18.5
	National	Charles Doblo	2,356	14.7
	Progress	Graham James	343	2.1
Total formal votes			16,002	98.9
Informal votes			180	93.2
Turnout			16,182	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Wright	10,775	67.3	+8.9
	Liberal	Douglas Cuddy	5,227	32.7	-8.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.9

Rockhampton North

Queensland state election, 1977: Rockhampton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Les Yewdale	10,397	64.2	+9.7
	Liberal	James Rundle	3,526	21.8	-17.9
	National	Donald King	2,261	14.0	+14.0
Total formal votes			16,184	99.1
Informal votes			147	0.9
Turnout			16,331	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Les Yewdale	10,714	66.2	+10.1
	Liberal	James Rundle	5,470	33.8	-10.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.1

Roma

Queensland state election, 1977: Roma

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Ken Tomkins	4,488	63.1	-9.0
	Labor	Ronald Saltau	2,326	32.7	+4.8
	Progress	James Tomlinson	298	4.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			7,112	98.7
Informal votes			93	1.3
Turnout			7,205	90.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ken Tomkins	4,697	66.0	-6.1
	Labor	Ronald Saltau	2,415	34.0	+6.1
	National hold		Swing	-6.1

Salisbury

Queensland state election, 1977: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rosemary Kyburz	7,620	50.7	+14.5
	Labor	William Wilcox	7,406	49.3	+6.0
Total formal votes			15,026	97.7
Informal votes			360	2.3
Turnout			15,386	91.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.8

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1977: Sandgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Nev Warburton	8,306	56.0	+4.0
	Liberal	Donald Connolly	4,385	29.5	-18.5
	National	Peter Jackman	2,153	14.5	+14.5
Total formal votes			14,844	98.3
Informal votes			251	1.7
Turnout			15,095	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nev Warburton	8,607	58.0	+6.0
	Liberal	Donald Connolly	6,237	42.0	-6.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.0

Sherwood

Queensland state election, 1977: Sherwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Herbert	8,804	58.6	-11.1
	Labor	Michael Kinnane	5,291	35.2	+8.5
	Progress	Judith Forbes	919	6.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			15,014	98.9
Informal votes			161	1.1
Turnout			15,175	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Herbert	9,447	62.9	-11.1
	Labor	Michael Kinnane	5,567	37.1	+11.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-11.1

By-election

• This by-election was caused by the death of John Herbert. It was held on 25 November 1978.

Sherwood state by-election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Angus Innes	6,269	42.2	-16.4
	Labor	Michael Kinnane	4,755	32.0	-3.2
	Democrats	Stanley Stanley	1,774	11.9	+11.9
	National	Desmond Draydon	1,527	10.3	+10.3
	Progress	Judith Forbes	290	2.0	-4.1
	Independent	Charles Connelly	134	0.9	+0.9
	Communist	Murray Broad	73	0.5	+0.5
	Nationals QLD QLD Front	Victor Robb	35	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			14,857	98.2	-0.7
Informal votes			278	1.8	+0.7
Turnout			15,135	88.2	-4.0
After distribution of preferences
	Liberal	Angus Innes	8,012	53.9
	Labor	Michael Kinnane	4,889	32.9
	Democrats	Stanley Stanley	1,956	13.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed to completion.

Somerset

Queensland state election, 1977: Somerset

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Bill Gunn	9,599	62.4	-12.3
	Labor	Ronald Hazelden	4,024	26.1	+7.9
	Democrats	Thomas Flynn-O'Connor	1,771	11.5	+11.5
Total formal votes			15,394	98.5
Informal votes			226	1.5
Turnout			15,620	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bill Gunn	10,449	67.9	-8.2
	Labor	Ronald Hazelden	4,945	32.1	+8.2
	National hold		Swing	-8.2

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1977: South Brisbane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jim Fouras	7,510	51.9	+6.0
	Liberal	David Smith	6,312	43.6	-10.5
	Progress	William Everaarps	649	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			14,471	97.1
Informal votes			429	2.9
Turnout			14,900	88.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Fouras	7,705	53.2	+7.3
	Liberal	David Smith	6,766	46.8	-7.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.3

South Coast

Queensland state election, 1977: South Coast

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Russ Hinze	8,067	55.4	-10.5
	Labor	Ennis Groom	5,367	36.9	+2.8
	Independent	James Drabsch	1,123	7.7	+7.7
Total formal votes			14,557	98.0
Informal votes			289	2.0
Turnout			14,846	88.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Russ Hinze	8,629	59.3	-6.6
	Labor	Ennis Groom	5,928	40.7	+6.6
	National hold		Swing	-6.6

Southport

Queensland state election, 1977: Southport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Norman Rix	5,022	36.2
	Liberal	Peter White	4,738	34.1
	Labor	Reginald Carter	3,967	28.6
	Independent	William Aabraham-Steer	150	1.1
Total formal votes			13,877	98.3
Informal votes			243	1.7
Turnout			14,120	89.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter White	8,811	63.5	-5.9
	Labor	Reginald Carter	5,066	36.5	+5.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter White	8,296	59.8
	National	Norman Rix	5,581	40.2
	Liberal gain from National		Swing	N/A

Stafford

Queensland state election, 1977: Stafford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Terry Gygar	7,521	50.5	-7.0
	Labor	Roy Harvey	7,357	49.5	+12.2
Total formal votes			14,878	98.8
Informal votes			180	1.2
Turnout			15,058	92.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.6

Surfers Paradise

Queensland state election, 1977: Surfers Paradise

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Sir Bruce Small	5,216	38.7	-20.0
	Liberal	Bruce Bishop	3,482	25.9	+25.9
	Labor	Philip Button	2,960	22.0	-2.1
	Democrats	Ronald Holland	1,643	12.2	+12.2
	Progress	Donald Wright	164	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			13,465	97.7
Informal votes			318	2.3
Turnout			13,783	87.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Bishop	8,636	64.1	-8.1
	Labor	Philip Button	4,829	35.9	+8.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Bishop	7,506	55.7	+55.7
	National	Sir Bruce Small	5,959	44.3	-28.7
	Liberal gain from National		Swing	N/A

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1977: Toowong

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Charles Porter	7,010	47.8	-20.8
	Labor	Athol Kennedy	4,462	30.4	+2.6
	Democrats	Michael West	2,732	18.6	+18.6
	Progress	Gordon Oulsnam	462	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			14,666	98.9
Informal votes			168	1.1
Turnout			14,834	89.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Charles Porter	8,609	58.7	-12.5
	Labor	Athol Kennedy	6,057	41.3	+12.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-12.5

Toowoomba North

Queensland state election, 1977: Toowoomba North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Lockwood	7,092	47.5	-5.8
	Labor	Ray Bousen	6,778	45.4	+1.3
	Democrats	Clifford Knight	846	5.7	+5.7
	Progress	Michael Farrell	220	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			14,936	98.8
Informal votes			174	1.2
Turnout			15,110	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Lockwood	7,714	51.6	-1.7
	Labor	Ray Bousen	7,222	48.4	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.7

Toowoomba South

Queensland state election, 1977: Toowoomba South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	John Warner	7,375	49.7	+20.4
	Labor	Peter Wood	6,073	40.9	+2.5
	Democrats	Michael Clifford	1,388	9.4	+9.4
Total formal votes			14,836	98.8
Informal votes			178	1.2
Turnout			15,014	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	John Warner	8,145	54.9	-3.1
	Labor	Peter Wood	6,691	45.1	+3.1
	National hold		Swing	-3.1

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1977: Townsville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Norman Scott-Young	7,235	51.0	-11.0
	Labor	Helen Jeffrey	5,769	40.6	+11.5
	Independent	Robert Murray	818	5.8	+5.8
	Progress	Kelly Crombie	372	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			14,194	98.7
Informal votes			187	1.3
Turnout			14,381	86.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Norman Scott-Young	7,986	56.3	-10.3
	Labor	Helen Jeffrey	6,208	43.7	+10.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.3

Townsville South

Queensland state election, 1977: Townsville South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Alex Wilson	6,621	49.4	+8.8
	Independent	Tom Aikens	6,173	46.0	-2.5
	Independent	Eric Milne	623	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			13,417	97.9
Informal votes			283	2.1
Turnout			13,700	88.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Alex Wilson	6,837	51.0	+1.6
	Independent	Tom Aikens	6,580	49.0	-1.6
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	+1.6

Townsville West

Queensland state election, 1977: Townsville West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Geoff Smith	6,016	44.2	+1.4
	National	Max Hooper	4,259	31.3	+18.0
	Liberal	Fred Greensill	2,473	18.2	-5.3
	Independent	Lilian Malcolm	873	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			13,621	98.9
Informal votes			144	1.1
Turnout			13,765	87.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Max Hooper	6,931	50.9	-5.0
	Labor	Geoff Smith	6,690	49.1	+5.0
	National hold		Swing	-5.0

Warrego

Queensland state election, 1977: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Neil Turner	3,798	51.6	-2.2
	Labor	Michael Gordon	3,410	46.3	+0.1
	Progress	Colin Drake	150	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			7,358	99.2
Informal votes			61	0.8
Turnout			7,419	89.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Neil Turner	3,903	53.0	-0.8
	Labor	Michael Gordon	3,455	47.0	+0.8
	National hold		Swing	-0.8

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1977: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Des Booth	5,013	52.9	-21.9
	Labor	Graham Dorman	2,699	28.5	-3.3
	Liberal	Raymond McNamara	1,764	18.6	+18.6
Total formal votes			9,476	98.9
Informal votes			102	1.1
Turnout			9,578	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Des Booth	6,530	68.9	-5.9
	Labor	Graham Dorman	2,946	31.1	+5.9
	National hold		Swing	-5.9

Wavell

Queensland state election, 1977: Wavell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jack Geran	6,738	45.4	+11.4
	Liberal	Brian Austin	4,961	33.4	-29.2
	National	Charles Mortensen	2,777	18.7	+18.7
	Progress	Barry Smith	368	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			14,844	98.8
Informal votes			183	1.2
Turnout			15,027	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brian Austin	7,842	52.8	-11.3
	Labor	Jack Geran	7,002	47.2	+11.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-11.3

Whitsunday

Queensland state election, 1977: Whitsunday

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Ron Camm	6,112	52.7	-9.5
	Labor	Stanley Yardley	4,808	41.5	+3.7
	Democrats	Robert Fordham	668	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			11,588	98.8
Informal votes			139	1.2
Turnout			11,727	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ron Camm	6,433	55.5	-6.7
	Labor	Stanley Yardley	5,155	44.5	+6.7
	National hold		Swing	-6.7

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1977: Windsor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bob Moore	7,736	54.5	-6.5
	Labor	Louis McKenzie	6,462	45.5	+13.3
Total formal votes			14,198	98.4
Informal votes			227	1.6
Turnout			14,425	89.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.3

Wolston

Queensland state election, 1977: Wolston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bob Gibbs	8,157	58.2	+10.1
	Liberal	Owen Nugent	3,473	24.8	-18.2
	National	Ruth Buchanan	2,385	17.0	+17.0
Total formal votes			14,015	97.7
Informal votes			336	2.3
Turnout			14,351	91.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Gibbs	8,491	60.6	+10.5
	Liberal	Owen Nugent	5,524	39.4	-10.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.5

Woodridge

Queensland state election, 1977: Woodridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill D'Arcy	7,654	49.4
	Liberal	Colin Lamont	5,093	32.9
	National	Douglas Ralston	2,066	13.3
	Independent	Albert Guest	671	4.3
Total formal votes			15,484	98.1
Informal votes			306	1.9
Turnout			15,790	90.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill D'Arcy	8,371	54.1	+11.9
	Liberal	Colin Lamont	7,113	45.9	-11.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+11.9

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1977: Wynnum

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Eric Shaw	7,290	48.8	+1.8
	National	Bill Lamond	5,462	36.6	+6.9
	Liberal	Douglas Graeme-Clark	1,087	7.3	-15.3
	Democrats	Graham Shuker	1,099	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			14,938	98.7
Informal votes			191	1.3
Turnout			15,129	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Shaw	8,076	54.1	+4.2
	National	Bill Lamond	6,862	45.9	-4.2
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+4.2

Yeronga

Queensland state election, 1977: 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

See also

• Queensland state election, 1977
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1977–1980

References

1. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 12 November 1977" . Retrieved 22 February 2009.
2. Hughes, Colin A. (1986). A handbook of Australian government and politics, 1975-1984. ANU Press. p. 204. ISBN   0-08-033038-X.
3. Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN   0909779244.
4. Hughes, Colin A., Don Aitken (1987). Voting for the Australian state lower houses, 1975-1984. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN   0909779244.