Results of the Queensland state election, 1983 (M-Z)

Queensland state election, 22 October 1983^[1]^[2] Legislative Assembly << 1980–1986 >>
Enrolled voters		1,458,205
Votes cast		1,336,985		Turnout	91.69%	+2.76%
Informal votes		19,591		Informal	1.47%	–0.04%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	579,363	43.98%	+2.49%	32	+ 7
	National	512,890	38.93%	+10.99%	41	+ 6
	Liberal	196,072	14.88%	–12.04%	8	–14
	Democrats	10,926	0.83%	–0.55%	0	± 0
	Progress	741	0.06%	–0.31%	0	± 0
	Independent	16,994	1.29%	–0.49%	1	+ 1
	Others	408	0.03%	–0.09%	0	± 0
Total		1,317,394			82

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1983 Queensland state election for electorates from M to Z.

Results by electoral district

Mackay

Queensland state election, 1983: Mackay^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ed Casey	10,372	56.0	−3.2
	National	John Comerford	8,163	44.0	+12.0
Total formal votes			18,535	98.4	−0.5
Informal votes			295	1.6	+0.5
Turnout			18,830	90.8	+2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.6

Mansfield

Queensland state election, 1983: Mansfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bill Kaus	7,615	40.0	+40.0
	Labor	Norma Jones	7,402	38.9	−1.1
	Liberal	Gregory Goebel	3,827	20.1	−34.8
	Progress	Desmond McKay	175	0.9	−4.2
Total formal votes			19,019	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			226	1.2	−0.3
Turnout			19,245	93.2	+2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bill Kaus	10,677	56.1	+56.1
	Labor	Norma Jones	8,342	43.9	+2.2
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Maryborough

Queensland state election, 1983: Maryborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Nightingale	7,342	48.0	+0.3
	National	Gilbert Alison	6,769	44.3	+44.3
	Liberal	Rodney Bailey	1,177	7.7	−39.5
Total formal votes			15,288	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			118	0.8	0.0
Turnout			15,406	94.8	+2.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Gilbert Alison	7,648	50.03	+50.03
	Labor	Peter Nightingale	7,640	49.97	−0.60
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+50.03

Merthyr

Queensland state election, 1983: Merthyr
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leon Pearce	5,520	40.6	−4.9
	Liberal	Don Lane	4,416	32.5	−22.0
	National	William Owen	3,480	25.6	+25.6
	Independent	Gary Waddell	183	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			13,599	97.9	+0.8
Informal votes			288	2.1	−0.8
Turnout			13,887	89.8	+5.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Don Lane	7,853	57.7	+3.2
	Labor	Leon Pearce	5,746	42.3	−3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.2

Mirani

Queensland state election, 1983: Mirani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Jim Randell	8,251	56.6	+19.4
	Labor	Jeffrey Gascoyne	6,338	43.4	+5.0
Total formal votes			14,589	98.8	−0.5
Informal votes			176	1.2	+0.5
Turnout			14,765	92.7	+1.5
	National hold		Swing	+3.6

Mount Coot-tha

Queensland state election, 1983: Mount Coot-tha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Cedric Dowdle	5,805	32.8	+32.8
	Liberal	Bill Lickiss	4,751	26.9	−35.9
	Labor	Denis Pacey	4,086	23.1	+6.6
	Democrats	David Dalgarno	3,029	17.1	−3.7
Total formal votes			17,671	99.3	+0.5
Informal votes			129	0.7	−0.5
Turnout			17,800	92.8	+3.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Lickiss	10,700	60.5	−12.4
	National	Cedric Dowdle	6,971	39.5	+39.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Mount Gravatt

Queensland state election, 1983: Mount Gravatt
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Steve Tharendu	6,201	35.8	+4.8
	National	Ian Henderson	5,909	34.1	+8.9
	Liberal	Guelfi Scassola	5,209	30.1	−13.7
Total formal votes			17,319	98.6	−0.2
Informal votes			242	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			17,561	93.1	+3.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ian Henderson	10,037	57.9	+57.9
	Labor	Steve Tharendu	7,282	42.1	+7.8
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Mount Isa

Queensland state election, 1983: Mount Isa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Price	6,611	51.5	+7.1
	National	Angelo Bertoni	5,883	45.8	+3.0
	Independent	Desmond Welk	337	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			12,831	97.5	+0.2
Informal votes			329	2.5	−0.2
Turnout			13,160	86.1	+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Price	6,780	52.8	+3.7
	National	Angelo Bertoni	6,051	47.2	−3.7
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+3.7

Mourilyan

Queensland state election, 1983: Mourilyan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Eaton	5,510	52.1	+0.8
	National	Vicky Kippin	4,941	46.7	−2.0
	Independent	Ronald Nielsen	135	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			10,586	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			104	1.0	−0.2
Turnout			10,690	93.3	+3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Eaton	5,578	52.7	+1.4
	National	Vicky Kippin	5,008	47.3	−1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.4

Mulgrave

Queensland state election, 1983: Mulgrave
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Max Menzel	6,769	56.1	+11.5
	Labor	George Pervan	4,970	41.2	+3.1
	Independent	Leslie Webber	320	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			12,059	98.9	−0.2
Informal votes			132	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			12,191	91.9	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Max Menzel	6,929	57.5	+1.0
	Labor	George Pervan	5,130	42.5	−1.0
	National hold		Swing	+1.0

Murrumba

Queensland state election, 1983: Murrumba
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Kruger	10,169	50.9	+0.8
	National	Allan Male	6,008	30.1	−0.5
	Liberal	Roger Maguire	3,795	19.0	−0.2
Total formal votes			19,972	98.7	−0.1
Informal votes			266	1.3	+0.1
Turnout			20,238	93.1	+2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Kruger	11,017	55.2	−0.2
	National	Allan Male	8,955	44.8	+0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.2

Nudgee

Queensland state election, 1983: Nudgee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Vaughan	8,973	62.4	+1.5
	Liberal	Peter Hull	5,398	37.6	−1.5
Total formal votes			14,371	97.7	−0.8
Informal votes			331	2.3	+0.8
Turnout			14,702	93.4	+2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

Nundah

Queensland state election, 1983: Nundah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Knox	7,999	56.2	−3.4
	Labor	Owen Gazzard	6,237	43.8	+3.4
Total formal votes			14,236	98.2	−0.1
Informal votes			262	1.8	+0.1
Turnout			14,498	90.7	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.4

Peak Downs

Queensland state election, 1983: Peak Downs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Vince Lester	7,533	59.7	−1.6
	Labor	Lindsay Shepherd	4,912	38.9	+2.4
	Independent	Bruce Bragg	168	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			12,613	99.4	+0.1
Informal votes			72	0.6	−0.1
Turnout			12,685	91.2	+2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Vince Lester	7,617	60.4	−1.7
	Labor	Lindsay Shepherd	4,996	39.6	+1.7
	National hold		Swing	−1.7

Pine Rivers

Queensland state election, 1983: Pine Rivers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Kennedy	9,842	44.4	+1.9
	National	Yvonne Chapman	6,773	30.5	+30.5
	Liberal	Rob Akers	5,566	25.1	−32.4
Total formal votes			22,181	98.8	+0.8
Informal votes			263	1.2	−0.8
Turnout			22,444	94.1	+2.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Yvonne Chapman	11,173	50.4	+50.4
	Labor	John Kennedy	11,008	49.6	+7.1
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Port Curtis

Queensland state election, 1983: Port Curtis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Prest	8,127	51.0	−2.8
	National	Michael Crowley	6,973	43.7	+11.2
	Independent	Patricia Cathcart	676	4.2	+4.2
	Christian Alternative	Rata Pugh	168	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			15,944	98.7	−0.3
Informal votes			204	1.3	+0.3
Turnout			16,148	91.8	+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Prest	8,549	53.6	−4.0
	National	Michael Crowley	7,395	46.4	+4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.0

Redcliffe

Queensland state election, 1983: Redcliffe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Terry White	8,583	55.0	−0.3
	Labor	Peter Houston	7,023	45.0	+0.3
Total formal votes			15,606	97.2	−1.2
Informal votes			448	2.8	+1.2
Turnout			16,054	92.6	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.3

Redlands

Queensland state election, 1983: Redlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	John Goleby	12,194	46.0	+3.6
	Labor	Andrew Mellis	10,977	41.4	+0.7
	Democrats	Kathleen Walker	1,700	6.4	+6.4
	Liberal	Ken Eastwell	1,643	6.2	−10.7
Total formal votes			26,514	98.6	−0.3
Informal votes			365	1.4	+0.3
Turnout			26,879	92.8	+1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	John Goleby	14,332	54.0	−0.2
	Labor	Andrew Mellis	12,182	46.0	+0.2
	National hold		Swing	−0.2

By-election

This by-election was caused by the death of John Goleby. It was held on 2nd November 1985.

Redlands state by-election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Con Sciacca	12,650	43.28	+1.88
	National	Paul Clauson	10,877	37.21	–8.78
	Liberal	Max Bolte	4,169	14.26	+7.85
	Democrats	Richard May	991	3.39	–2.81
	Independent	Bernard Irving	366	1.25	+1.25
	Anti-Hashish Labor Party	Thomas Aeon-Masterson	106	0.36	+0.36
	Union Solidarity Party	Jackson Brown	72	0.25	+0.25
Total formal votes			29,231	98.28	–0.36
Informal votes			513	1.72	+0.36
Turnout			29,744	90.75	–2.05
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Paul Clauson	14,722	50.36	–3.51
	Labor	Con Sciacca	14,508	49.64	+3.51
	National hold		Swing	–3.51

Rockhampton

Queensland state election, 1983: Rockhampton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Wright	8,936	57.2	−7.3
	National	Charles Doblo	3,892	24.9	−0.4
	Liberal	Alan Agnew	2,660	17.0	+6.8
	Independent	Brian Dillon	131	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			15,619	99.0	−0.1
Informal votes			157	1.0	+0.1
Turnout			15,776	93.0	+2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Wright	9,596	61.4	−5.9
	National	Charles Doblo	6,023	38.6	+5.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.9

By-election

This by-election was caused by the resignation of Keith Wright, who entered Federal politics. It was held on 16th February 1985.

Rockhampton state by-election, 1985
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Braddy	8,409	58.98	+1.77
	National	Col Webber	5,849	41.02	–0.92
Total formal votes			14,258	97.87	–1.13
Informal votes			310	2.13	+1.13
Turnout			14,568	87.77	–5.24
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.77

Rockhampton North

Queensland state election, 1983: Rockhampton North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Les Yewdale	11,408	58.7	+0.8
	National	Patrick Maloney	6,510	33.5	+4.2
	Liberal	Beverley Reynolds	1,521	7.8	−0.2
Total formal votes			19,439	99.1	−0.2
Informal votes			175	0.9	+0.2
Turnout			19,614	94.1	+1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Les Yewdale	11,748	60.4	−1.8
	National	Patrick Maloney	7,691	39.6	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.8

Roma

Queensland state election, 1983: Roma
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Russell Cooper	4,267	53.8	−11.6
	Labor	August Johanson	2,367	29.9	−4.7
	Liberal	Thomas Warren	997	12.6	+12.6
	Democrats	Clement O'Connor	294	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			7,925	99.4	+0.6
Informal votes			51	0.6	−0.6
Turnout			7,976	91.6	+3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Russell Cooper	5,188	65.5	+0.1
	Labor	August Johanson	2,737	34.5	−0.1
	National hold		Swing	+0.1

Salisbury

Queensland state election, 1983: 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

Sandgate

Queensland state election, 1983: Sandgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nev Warburton	9,023	59.9	−0.6
	National	Ian Armstrong	4,135	27.5	+27.5
	Liberal	Ian Parminter	1,895	12.6	−14.5
Total formal votes			15,053	98.4	0.0
Informal votes			244	1.6	0.0
Turnout			15,297	92.2	+2.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Nev Warburton	9,446	62.8	−1.8
	National	Ian Armstrong	5,607	37.2	+37.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.8

Sherwood

Queensland state election, 1983: Sherwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Angus Innes	7,267	40.1	−14.6
	Labor	John Court	5,727	31.6	+5.0
	National	Christopher Stephens	4,585	25.3	+8.5
	Independent	Cedric Holland	546	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			18,125	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			194	1.1	0.0
Turnout			18,319	93.2	+3.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Angus Innes	12,087	66.7	−4.2
	Labor	John Court	6,038	33.3	+4.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.2

Somerset

Queensland state election, 1983: Somerset
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bill Gunn	12,490	54.3	+4.3
	Labor	Ron Hazelden	8,538	37.1	+7.7
	Liberal	Clive Herrald	1,976	8.6	−12.0
Total formal votes			23,004	98.6	−0.3
Informal votes			323	1.4	+0.3
Turnout			23,327	92.1	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bill Gunn	14,025	61.0	−4.0
	Labor	Ron Hazelden	8,979	39.0	+4.0
	National hold		Swing	−4.0

South Brisbane

Queensland state election, 1983: South Brisbane
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Fouras	7,476	55.0	+2.7
	National	Malcolm Ellis	4,052	29.8	+29.8
	Liberal	Rodney Miller	1,914	14.1	−30.2
	Socialist	Ivan Ivanoff	155	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			13,597	97.3	−0.2
Informal votes			382	2.7	+0.2
Turnout			13,979	87.8	+3.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Fouras	7,982	58.7	+4.7
	National	Malcolm Ellis	5,615	41.3	+41.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.7

South Coast

Queensland state election, 1983: South Coast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Russ Hinze	11,325	48.6	+4.5
	Labor	Noel Elliott	8,971	38.5	+16.7
	Liberal	Ian Foyster	3,021	13.0	−10.7
Total formal votes			23,317	98.7	+0.4
Informal votes			314	1.3	−0.4
Turnout			23,631	87.1	+2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Russ Hinze	13,405	57.5	−7.1
	Labor	Noel Elliott	9,912	42.5	+7.1
	National hold		Swing	−7.1

Southport

Queensland state election, 1983: Southport
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Doug Jennings	10,406	52.1	+18.4
	Labor	Ian Rogers	6,543	32.8	+7.4
	Liberal	Carol McLaughlin	3,024	15.1	−23.4
Total formal votes			19,973	98.1	+0.8
Informal votes			380	1.9	−0.8
Turnout			20,353	89.5	+4.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Doug Jennings	12,755	63.9	+0.6
	Labor	Ian Rogers	7,218	36.1	−0.6
	National hold		Swing	+0.6

Stafford

Queensland state election, 1983: Stafford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Denis Murphy	7,301	46.4	−2.9
	National	Patrick Blake	4,525	28.7	+28.7
	Liberal	Terry Gygar	3,923	24.9	−25.8
Total formal votes			15,749	98.7	+0.7
Informal votes			311	2.0	−0.7
Turnout			15,960	92.8	+2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Denis Murphy	7,894	50.1	+0.8
	National	Patrick Blake	7,855	49.9	+49.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+0.8

By-election

This by-election was caused by the death of Denis Murphy. It was held on 4th August 1984.

Stafford state by-election, 1984^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Janine Walker	6,764	45.17	−1.18
	Liberal	Terry Gygar	4,215	27.55	+2.63
	National	Pat Blake	4,048	27.28	−1.45
Total formal votes			14,973	98.64	−0.04
Informal votes			206	1.36	+0.04
Turnout			15,179	88.12	−4.63
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Terry Gygar	8,063	53.85	+53.85
	Labor	Janine Walker	6,910	46.15	−3.97
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Surfers Paradise

Queensland state election, 1983: Surfers Paradise
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Rob Borbidge	11,994	56.9	+15.0
	Labor	Khalil Salem	6,219	29.5	+8.6
	Liberal	Theodore Greenland	2,847	13.5	−19.3
Total formal votes			21,060	98.3	0.0
Informal votes			356	1.7	0.0
Turnout			21,416	87.8	+3.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Rob Borbidge	14,205	67.4	−1.3
	Labor	Khalil Salem	6,855	32.6	+1.3
	National hold		Swing	−1.3

Toowong

Queensland state election, 1983: Toowong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nigel Pennington	5,431	35.7	+8.3
	National	Earle Bailey	5,284	34.7	+9.1
	Liberal	Ian Prentice	4,489	29.5	−4.7
Total formal votes			15,204	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			153	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			15,357	90.2	+4.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Earle Bailey	8,392	55.2	+55.2
	Labor	Nigel Pennington	6,812	44.8	+8.6
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Toowoomba North

Queensland state election, 1983: Toowoomba North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Wood	7,006	42.6	−1.9
	National	Sandy McPhie	6,002	36.5	+36.5
	Liberal	John Lockwood	3,444	20.9	−34.6
Total formal votes			16,452	98.9	+0.7
Informal votes			181	1.1	−0.7
Turnout			16,633	93.3	+3.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Sandy McPhie	8,818	53.6	+53.6
	Labor	Peter Wood	7,634	46.4	+1.9
	National gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Toowoomba South

Queensland state election, 1983: Toowoomba South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	John Warner	8,964	52.0	+7.0
	Labor	Kim McCasker	6,500	37.7	+4.5
	Liberal	Neil O'Sullivan	1,782	10.3	+7.8
Total formal votes			17,256	99.1	+0.5
Informal votes			139	0.9	−0.5
Turnout			17,395	92.8	+3.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	John Warner	10,348	60.0	−0.1
	Labor	Kim McCasker	6,898	40.0	+0.1
	National hold		Swing	−0.1

Townsville

Queensland state election, 1983: Townsville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken McElligott	10,748	47.5	+5.2
	National	Peter Arnold	6,508	28.7	+10.2
	Liberal	Norman Scott-Young	4,012	17.7	−21.4
	Independent	Daniel Gleeson	1,385	6.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			22,653	99.1	+0.6
Informal votes			214	0.9	−0.6
Turnout			22,867	89.6	+5.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken McElligott	11,664	51.5	+7.5
	National	Peter Arnold	10,989	48.5	+48.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.5

Townsville South

Queensland state election, 1983: Townsville South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alex Wilson	7,683	55.5	+6.6
	National	Dickway Goon-Chew	5,205	37.6	+12.1
	Liberal	Theo Theofanes	967	7.0	−12.3
Total formal votes			13,855	98.8	+0.2
Informal votes			164	1.2	−0.2
Turnout			14,019	90.5	+4.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alex Wilson	7,899	57.0	−0.6
	National	Dickway Goon-Chew	5,956	43.0	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.6

Townsville West

Queensland state election, 1983: Townsville West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Smith	7,605	51.2	−1.3
	National	Clifford Donohue	4,700	31.6	−13.5
	Liberal	Leslie Tyrell	1,845	12.4	+12.4
	Independent	Ron Aitken	709	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			14,859	98.7	+0.5
Informal votes			195	1.3	−0.5
Turnout			15,054	88.5	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Smith	8,372	56.3	+1.9
	National	Clifford Donohue	6,487	43.7	−1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.9

Warrego

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

Warwick

Queensland state election, 1983: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Des Booth	6,921	67.9	+3.5
	Labor	Mary Hill	3,278	32.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			10,199	98.3	−0.7
Informal votes			172	1.7	+0.7
Turnout			10,371	93.8	+2.1
	National hold		Swing	+0.2

Wavell

Queensland state election, 1983: Wavell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brian Austin	7,208	51.3	−5.6
	Labor	Christopher Begley	6,848	48.7	+5.6
Total formal votes			14,056	98.3	+0.2
Informal votes			239	1.7	−0.2
Turnout			14,295	92.6	+3.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.6

Whitsunday

Queensland state election, 1983: Whitsunday
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Geoff Muntz	9,163	56.5	+3.0
	Labor	Kevin Poschelk	7,063	43.5	−3.0
Total formal votes			16,226	98.8	+0.1
Informal votes			194	1.2	−0.1
Turnout			16,420	90.4	+0.7
	National hold		Swing	+3.0

Windsor

Queensland state election, 1983: Windsor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Comben	6,868	47.4	+2.4
	National	Bob Moore	4,696	32.4	+32.4
	Liberal	Ann Garms	2,915	20.1	−27.1
Total formal votes			14,479	98.7	+0.2
Informal votes			195	1.3	−0.2
Turnout			14,674	92.7	+3.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pat Comben	7,549	52.1	+3.4
	National	Bob Moore	6,930	47.9	+47.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.4

Wolston

Queensland state election, 1983: Wolston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Gibbs	10,251	64.3	+4.9
	Liberal	Robert 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

Woodridge

Queensland state election, 1983: Woodridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill D'Arcy	11,131	48.9	+2.6
	National	Selma Elson	7,648	33.6	+33.6
	Liberal	Derek Richards	2,133	9.4	−25.6
	Democrats	Michael van de Velde	1,616	7.1	−0.5
	Socialist	Ray Ferguson	132	0.6	+0.6
	Socialist Labour	Katherine Gillick	121	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			22,781	98.5	+0.6
Informal votes			354	1.5	−0.6
Turnout			23,135	91.2	+4.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill D'Arcy	12,556	55.1	−1.3
	National	Selma Elson	10,225	44.9	+1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.3

Wynnum

Queensland state election, 1983: Wynnum
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Shaw	9,267	55.7	+3.3
	National	Michael Podagiel	5,469	32.9	+3.3
	Liberal	Audrey Dickie	1,888	11.4	−6.6
Total formal votes			16,624	98.3	−0.5
Informal votes			281	1.7	+0.5
Turnout			16,905	93.0	+3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Shaw	9,689	58.3	+1.0
	National	Michael Podagiel	6,935	41.7	−1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

Yeronga

Queensland state election, 1983: Yeronga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Norm Lee	7,788	52.9	−4.1
	Labor	Kitchener Farrell	6,932	47.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			14,720	97.7	−0.3
Informal votes			343	2.3	+0.3
Turnout			15,063	92.7	+2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.1

References

^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 22 October 1983". Retrieved 22 February 2009.
^ Hughes, Colin A. (1986). A handbook of Australian government and politics, 1975-1984. ANU Press. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-08-033038-X.
^ 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 0-909779-24-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Queensland Legislative Assembly (17 March 1987). Details of polling at general election held on 1 November 1986. p. 63.

[1] Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 22 October 1983". Retrieved 22 February 2009.

[2] Hughes, Colin A. (1986). A handbook of Australian government and politics, 1975-1984. ANU Press. pp. 206–207. 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 0-909779-24-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[4] Queensland Legislative Assembly (17 March 1987). Details of polling at general election held on 1 November 1986. p. 63.

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Results by electoral district

Mackay

Mansfield

Maryborough

Merthyr

Mirani

Mount Coot-tha

Mount Gravatt

Mount Isa

Mourilyan

Mulgrave

Murrumba

Nudgee

Nundah

Peak Downs

Pine Rivers

Port Curtis

Redcliffe

Redlands

By-election

Rockhampton

By-election

Rockhampton North

Roma

Salisbury

Sandgate

Sherwood

Somerset

South Brisbane

South Coast

Southport

Stafford

By-election

Surfers Paradise

Toowong

Toowoomba North

Toowoomba South

Townsville

Townsville South

Townsville West

Warrego

Warwick

Wavell

Whitsunday

Windsor

Wolston

Woodridge

Wynnum

Yeronga

See also

References