Electoral results for the district of Salisbury (Queensland)

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

Members for Salisbury

Member		Party	Term
	Doug Sherrington	Labor	1960–1974
	Rosemary Kyburz	Liberal	1974–1983
	Wayne Goss	Labor	1983–1986
	Len Ardill	Labor	1986–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Len Ardill	13,379	57.6	+12.3
	Liberal	Richard Iliff	7,069	30.5	+5.9
	National	Ross Adams	2,762	11.9	-18.2
Total formal votes			23,210	97.3	-0.8
Informal votes			647	2.7	+0.8
Turnout			23,857	94.1	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Len Ardill	13,578	58.5	+7.1
	Liberal	Richard Iliff	9,632	41.5	+41.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.1

1986 Queensland state election: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Len Ardill	8,957	45.3	-1.1
	National	Gordon Fisher	5,964	30.2	-3.4
	Liberal	Richard Iliff	4,855	24.6	+4.7
Total formal votes			19,776	98.1
Informal votes			388	1.9
Turnout			20,164	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Len Ardill	10,156	51.4	+1.1
	National	Gordon Fisher	9,620	48.6	-1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.1

1983 Queensland state election: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Wayne Goss	9,245	46.4	+1.4
	National	Gavan Duffy	6,699	33.6	+33.6
	Liberal	Rosemary Kyburz	3,970	19.9	-26.4
Total formal votes			19,914	98.4	+0.3
Informal votes			314	1.6	-0.3
Turnout			20,228	92.6	+3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Wayne Goss	10,183	51.1	+3.4
	National	Gavan Duffy	9,731	48.9	+48.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.4

1980 Queensland state election: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rosemary Kyburz	7,949	46.3	-4.4
	Labor	Bill Wilcox	7,722	45.0	-4.3
	Independent	Mary Ellwood	1,496	8.7	+8.7
Total formal votes			17,167	98.1	+0.4
Informal votes			326	1.9	-0.4
Turnout			17,493	89.2	-2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rosemary Kyburz	8,973	52.3	+1.6
	Labor	Bill Wilcox	8,194	47.7	-1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.6

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: 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

1974 Queensland state election: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Wilcox	7,824	43.3	-21.7
	Liberal	Rosemary Kyburz	6,559	36.2	+11.4
	National	Leonard Spies	3,194	17.9	+17.9
	Queensland Labor	Miroslav Jansky	515	2.9	-7.3
Total formal votes			18,092	97.5	-1.0
Informal votes			468	2.5	+1.0
Turnout			18,560	86.5	-5.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rosemary Kyburz	10,019	55.4	+22.1
	Labor	Bill Wilcox	8,073	44.6	-22.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+22.1

1972 Queensland state election: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Doug Sherrington	8,447	65.0	-4.5
	Liberal	Rosemary Kyburz	3,226	24.8	-2.0
	Queensland Labor	Kenneth Wall	1,328	10.2	+6.5
Total formal votes			13,001	98.5
Informal votes			194	1.5
Turnout			13,195	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Doug Sherrington	8,671	66.7	-1.5
	Liberal	Rosemary Kyburz	4,330	33.3	+1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.5

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Doug Sherrington	12,756	69.5	+0.2
	Liberal	George Whyte	4,922	26.8	-3.9
	Queensland Labor	Miroslav Jansky	679	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			18,357	98.0	+0.1
Informal votes			367	2.0	-0.1
Turnout			18,724	90.5	-1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Doug Sherrington	12,942	70.5	+1.2
	Liberal	George Whyte	5,415	29.5	-1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

1966 Queensland state election: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Doug Sherrington	11,484	69.3	+4.7
	Liberal	Keith Brough	5,097	30.7	0.0
Total formal votes			16,581	97.9	+0.2
Informal votes			361	2.1	-0.2
Turnout			16,942	92.4	-2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

1963 Queensland state election: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Doug Sherrington	8,690	64.6	+8.9
	Liberal	Keith Brough	4,124	30.7	-0.8
	Queensland Labor	Miroslav Jansky	631	4.7	-6.9
Total formal votes			13,445	97.7	-0.8
Informal votes			309	2.3	+0.8
Turnout			13,754	94.5	+2.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Doug Sherrington	8,807	65.5
	Liberal	Keith Brough	4,648	34.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1960 Queensland state election: Salisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Doug Sherrington	6,243	55.7
	Liberal	Norman Edwards	3,530	31.5
	Queensland Labor	William Tresillian	1,299	11.6
	Communist	Walter Stubbins	141	1.3
Total formal votes			11,213	98.5
Informal votes			169	1.5
Turnout			11,382	92.0
	Labor win		(new seat)