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Electoral results for the district of Wolston

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

Members for Wolston

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Member Party Term
  Evan Marginson Labor 1972–1977
  Bob Gibbs Labor 1977–1992

Election results

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Elections in the 1980s

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1989 Queensland state election: Wolston[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Gibbs 13,574 66.9 +10.3
Liberal Hendrik Schimmel 6,724 33.1 +8.7
Total formal votes 20,298 93.3 −2.2
Informal votes 1,466 6.7 +2.2
Turnout 21,764 90.7 −0.1
Labor hold Swing +9.2
1986 Queensland state election: Wolston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Gibbs 10,207 56.6 -4.7
Liberal Hendrik Schimmel 4,410 24.4 -14.3
National Ron Jakeman 3,426 19.0 +19.0
Total formal votes 18,043 95.5
Informal votes 855 4.5
Turnout 18,898 90.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Gibbs 10,411 57.7 -3.3
Liberal Hendrik Schimmel 7,632 42.3 +3.3
Labor hold Swing -3.3
1983 Queensland state election: Wolston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Gibbs 10,251 64.3 +4.9
Liberal Bob Harper 5,687 35.7 +11.9
Total formal votes 15,938 96.5 −1.4
Informal votes 572 3.5 +1.4
Turnout 16,510 91.0 +3.2
Labor hold Swing +3.1
1980 Queensland state election: Wolston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Gibbs 8,702 59.4 +1.2
Liberal Bob Harper 3,485 23.8 -1.0
National Roy Buchanan 2,460 16.8 -0.2
Total formal votes 14,647 97.9 +0.2
Informal votes 320 2.1 −0.2
Turnout 14,967 87.8 −3.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Gibbs 8,965 61.2 +0.6
Liberal Bob Harper 5,682 38.8 -0.6
Labor hold Swing +0.6

Elections in the 1970s

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1977 Queensland state election: 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
1974 Queensland state election: Wolston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Evan Marginson 7,111 48.1 -17.3
Liberal Dirk Plooy 6,363 43.0 +21.7
Independent Albert Blaine 855 5.8 +5.8
Queensland Labor Leonard Maguire 463 3.1 -4.9
Total formal votes 14,792 97.5 +0.2
Informal votes 376 2.5 −0.2
Turnout 15,168 87.4 −4.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Evan Marginson 7,742 52.3 -18.0
Liberal Dirk Plooy 7,050 47.6 +18.0
Labor hold Swing -18.0
1972 Queensland state election: Wolston
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Evan Marginson 7,973 65.4 +7.0
Liberal Dirk Plooy 2,595 21.3 -16.2
Queensland Labor Leonard Maguire 971 8.0 +3.9
Independent George Whyte 653 5.4 +5.4
Total formal votes 12,192 97.3
Informal votes 334 2.7
Turnout 12,526 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Evan Marginson 8,572 70.3 +8.7
Liberal Dirk Plooy 3,620 29.7 -8.7
Labor hold Swing +8.7

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "1989 Results for Wolston". Queensland Election Archive. ABC. Retrieved 7 August 2021.