Electoral results for the district of Warrego

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

Members for Warrego

Member		Party	Term
	Frederick Forbes	Unaligned	1865–1867
	Graham Mylne	Unaligned	1867–1868
	Sir Arthur Hodgson	Unaligned	1868–1869
	Sir Thomas McIlwraith	Ministerialist	1870–1871
	Archibald Buchanan	Ministerialist	1871–1873
	William Henry Walsh	Ministerialist	1873–1878
	Ernest James Stevens	Independent	1878–1883
	John Donaldson	Independent/Ministerialist	1883–1888
	Richard Casey	Unaligned	1888–1893
	Sir Arthur Hodgson	Unaligned	1888–1893
	James Crombie	Ministerialist	1893–1898
	William Hood	Ministerialist	1898–1899
	David Bowman	Labor	1899–1902
	Patrick Leahy	Ministerialist/Opposition	1902–1907
	George Barber	Labor	1907
	Patrick Leahy	Ministerialist/Opposition	1907–1908
	Harry Coyne	Labor	1908–1923
	Randolph Bedford	Labor	1923–1941
	Harry O'Shea	Labor	1941–1950
	John Dufficy	Labor	1951–1969
	John Aiken	Labor	1969–1974
	Neil Turner	Country	1974–1975
		National Country	1975–1982
		National	1982–1986
	Howard Hobbs	National	1986–2008
		Liberal National	2008–2015
	Ann Leahy	Liberal National	2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Queensland state election, 2015: Warrego^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Ann Leahy	13,285	54.96	−3.17
	Labor	Mark O'Brien	6,398	26.47	+13.82
	Palmer United	Guy Sara	2,179	9.01	+9.01
	Independent	Ruth Golden	1,663	6.88	−6.31
	Greens	Sandra Bayley	649	2.68	+0.70
Total formal votes			24,174	97.93	−0.47
Informal votes			510	2.07	+0.47
Turnout			24,684	91.45	−0.32
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ann Leahy	14,255	65.43	−9.63
	Labor	Mark O'Brien	7,531	34.57	+34.57
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−9.63

Queensland state election, 2012: Warrego^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Howard Hobbs	13,770	58.13	-1.63
	Katter's Australian	Robert Earixson	3,330	14.06	+14.06
	Independent	Mark O'Brien	3,124	13.19	+13.19
	Labor	David Bowden	2,995	12.64	-6.31
	Greens	Graeme Maizey	470	1.98	+0.20
Total formal votes			23,689	98.40	-0.16
Informal votes			385	1.60	+0.16
Turnout			24,074	91.77	+0.88
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal National	Howard Hobbs	15,107	75.06	+0.72
	Katter's Australian	Rob Earixson	5,019	24.94	+24.94
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+0.72

Elections in the 2000s

Queensland state election, 2009: Warrego^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Howard Hobbs	13,805	59.8	-5.4
	Labor	Elliott Thornton	4,378	19.0	-5.1
	Independent	Wally Gleeson	3,831	16.6	+16.6
	Family First	Tony Kusters	548	2.4	-3.8
	Greens	Kathryn Wildermuth	411	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	Allen Hassall	126	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			23,099	98.6
Informal votes			311	1.4
Turnout			23,410	90.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Howard Hobbs	14,884	74.3	+1.7
	Labor	Elliott Thornton	5,138	25.7	-1.7
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+1.7

Queensland state election, 2006: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Howard Hobbs	12,312	65.5	+7.2
	Labor	Marlene Johanson	4,390	23.4	+5.2
	Family First	Tony Kusters	1,145	6.1	+6.1
	Independent	Ruth Spencer	946	5.0	-5.7
Total formal votes			18,793	98.4	+0.0
Informal votes			306	1.6	-0.0
Turnout			19,099	90.9	-1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Howard Hobbs	13,044	73.3	-1.5
	Labor	Marlene Johanson	4,741	26.7	+1.5
	National hold		Swing	-1.5

Queensland state election, 2004: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Howard Hobbs	11,403	58.3	+24.5
	Labor	Russell Burns	3,555	18.2	+1.9
	Independent	Ruth Spencer	2,088	10.7	+10.7
	One Nation	Robert Burton	1,792	9.2	-14.6
	Independent	Malcolm Groves	729	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			19,567	98.4	-0.4
Informal votes			324	1.6	+0.4
Turnout			19,891	92.7	-0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Howard Hobbs	13,080	74.8	+24.5
	Labor	Russell Burns	4,415	25.2	+25.2
	National hold		Swing	+24.5

Queensland state election, 2001: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Howard Hobbs	6,737	33.8	-13.3
	Independent	Wally Gleeson	5,193	26.1	+26.1
	One Nation	Robert Burton	4,733	23.8	-4.3
	Labor	Anthony Chisholm	3,243	16.3	-4.6
Total formal votes			19,906	98.8
Informal votes			239	1.2
Turnout			20,145	93.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Howard Hobbs	7,943	50.3	-13.1
	Independent	Wally Gleeson	7,847	49.7	+49.7
	National hold		Swing	-13.1

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Howard Hobbs	5,550	42.0	-28.7
	Labor	Elizabeth Pommer	3,287	24.9	-4.4
	One Nation	Victor Espie	3,118	23.6	+23.6
	Independent	Sandy Kidd	1,075	8.1	+8.1
	Shooters	Bev Salisbury	186	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			13,216	98.7	+0.1
Informal votes			170	1.3	-0.1
Turnout			13,386	93.1	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Howard Hobbs	7,810	65.3	-5.4
	Labor	Elizabeth Pommer	4,146	34.7	+5.4
	National hold		Swing	-5.4

Queensland state election, 1995: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Howard Hobbs	9,115	70.7	+9.7
	Labor	Murray Bensted	3,779	29.3	-5.2
Total formal votes			12,894	98.6	-0.1
Informal votes			183	1.4	+0.1
Turnout			13,077	91.5
	National hold		Swing	+7.1

Queensland state election, 1992: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Howard Hobbs	8,648	61.0	+7.5
	Labor	Mike Beilby	4,889	34.5	+0.6
	Independent	Ian Hannah	640	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			14,177	98.7
Informal votes			180	1.3
Turnout			14,357	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Howard Hobbs	8,919	63.6	+0.3
	Labor	Mike Beilby	5,111	36.4	-0.3
	National hold		Swing	+0.3

Elections in the 1980s

Queensland state election, 1989: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Howard Hobbs	3,912	49.3	-4.4
	Labor	Gordon Harding	3,606	45.5	-0.8
	Liberal	Kevin Trueman	415	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			7,933	97.8	-0.3
Informal votes			177	2.2	+0.3
Turnout			8,110	90.8	-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Howard Hobbs	4,226	53.3	-0.4
	Labor	Gordon Harding	3,707	46.7	+0.4
	National hold		Swing	-0.4

Queensland state election, 1986: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Howard Hobbs	4,155	53.7	-4.3
	Labor	Gordon Harding	3,576	46.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			7,731	98.1	-1.0
Informal votes			153	1.9	+1.0
Turnout			7,884	91.0	-1.4
	National hold		Swing	-4.3

Queensland state election, 1983: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Neil Turner	4,364	57.7	+5.1
	Labor	David Land	3,205	42.3	-5.1
Total formal votes			7,569	99.1	+0.5
Informal votes			69	0.9	-0.5
Turnout			7,638	92.4	+3.5
	National hold		Swing	+5.1

Queensland state election, 1980: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Neil Turner	3,826	52.6	+1.0
	Labor	Michael Gordon	3,448	47.4	+1.1
Total formal votes			7,274	98.6	-0.6
Informal votes			104	1.4	+0.6
Turnout			7,378	88.9	-0.8
	National hold		Swing	-0.4

Elections in the 1970s

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

Queensland state election, 1974: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Neil Turner	4,153	51.0	+14.4
	Labor	Jack Aiken	3,985	49.0	-14.4
Total formal votes			8,078	98.6	-0.1
Informal votes			117	1.4	+0.1
Turnout			8,255	91.1	+0.9
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+14.4

Queensland state election, 1972: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jack Aiken	4,728	63.4	+18.4
	Country	John Nevell	2,729	36.6	-2.5
Total formal votes			7,457	98.7
Informal votes			97	1.3
Turnout			7,554	90.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.4

Elections in the 1960s

Queensland state election, 1969: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jack Aiken	3,020	45.0	-55.0
	Country	Robert Anson	2,628	39.1	+39.1
	Independent	Jack Tonkin	1,066	15.9	+15.9
Total formal votes			6,714	99.3
Informal votes			49	0.7
Turnout			6,763	84.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Aiken	3,656	54.5	-45.5
	Country	Robert Anson	3,058	45.5	+45.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-45.5

Queensland state election, 1966: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Dufficy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Queensland state election, 1963: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Dufficy	4,500	63.6	-3.1
	Country	Michael Turner	2,573	36.4	+36.4
Total formal votes			7,073	98.5	+1.5
Informal votes			108	1.5	-1.5
Turnout			7,181	88.1	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1960: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Dufficy	4,630	66.7
	Queensland Labor	John Glynn	2,307	33.3
Total formal votes			6,937	97.0
Informal votes			213	3.0
Turnout			7,150	87.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

Queensland state election, 1957: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Dufficy	2,358	44.8	-22.9
	Country	Arnold White	1,550	29.4	-2.9
	Queensland Labor	John Glynn	1,361	25.8	+25.8
Total formal votes			5,269	99.0	+0.6
Informal votes			53	1.0	-0.6
Turnout			5,322	89.4	+4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.4

Queensland state election, 1956: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Dufficy	3,248	67.7	-32.3
	Country	William Mills	1,550	32.3	+32.3
Total formal votes			4,798	98.4
Informal votes			76	1.6
Turnout			4,874	84.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1953: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Dufficy	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Queensland state election, 1950: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harry O'Shea	2,829	65.0
	Country	Ernest Parr	1,522	35.0
Total formal votes			4,351	98.7
Informal votes			56	1.3
Turnout			4,407	86.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Queensland state election, 1947: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harry O'Shea	3,029	49.3	-20.3
	Country	Robert King	2,320	37.7	+7.3
	Independent	Cyril Healy	797	13.0	+13.0
Total formal votes			6,146	98.8	+1.4
Informal votes			72	1.2	-1.4
Turnout			6,128	85.2	+3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-13.0

Queensland state election, 1944: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harry O'Shea	4,107	69.6	+14.0
	Country	William Addison	1,797	30.4	-14.0
Total formal votes			5,904	97.4
Informal votes			157	2.6
Turnout			6,061	81.5	+6.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+14.0

Warrego state by-election, 1941: Warrego^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harry O'Shea	3426	55.6
	Independent	C.V. Watson Brown	2187	35.5
	Independent	Oswald James Allen	547	8.9
Turnout			6,160	75.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1941: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Randolph Bedford	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

Queensland state election, 1938: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Randolph Bedford	4,670	69.7	-30.3
	Country	Charles Russell	2,027	30.3	+30.3
Total formal votes			6,697	99.2
Informal votes			51	0.8
Turnout			6,748	80.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1935: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Randolph Bedford	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Queensland state election, 1932: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Randolph Bedford	3,171	55.3
	CPNP	John Fletcher	1,870	32.6
	Independent Labor	John Kerr	689	12.0
Total formal votes			5,730	98.9
Informal votes			63	1.1
Turnout			5,793	85.6
	Labor hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1920s

Queensland state election, 1929: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Randolph Bedford	2,291	57.7	-42.3
	CPNP	Oswald Allen	1,681	42.3	+42.3
Total formal votes			3,972	98.0
Informal votes			79	2.0
Turnout			4,051	75.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1926: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Randolph Bedford	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Queensland state election, 1923: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harry Coyne	2,309	70.2	+1.5
	Independent	Thomas Lonsdale	979	29.8	+29.8
Total formal votes			3,288	98.3	+0.6
Informal votes			58	1.7	-0.6
Turnout			3,346	60.7	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1920: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harry Coyne	2,507	68.7	-5.6
	Country	Herbert Yeates	1,144	31.3	+31.3
Total formal votes			3,651	97.7	0.0
Informal votes			86	2.3	0.0
Turnout			3,737	56.0	-5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.6

Elections in the 1910s

Queensland state election, 1918: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harry Coyne	2,414	74.3	-25.7
	Nationalist	Jerry Tamblyn	836	25.7	+25.7
Total formal votes			3,250	97.7
Informal votes			77	2.3
Turnout			3,327	61.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1915: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harry Coyne	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Queensland state election, 1912: Warrego

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Harry Coyne	1,758	65.4
	Liberal	Duncan McDonald	932	34.6
Total formal votes			2,690	95.3
Informal votes			134	4.7
Turnout			2,824	69.7
	Labor hold		Swing

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Warrego - District Summary, ECQ.
2. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth85.html
3. Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
4. "How Votes Were Cast Yesterday (In All Electorates)". The Sunday Mail (Brisbane). 1944-04-16. Retrieved 2016-09-23.