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Electoral results for the district of Flinders (Queensland)

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

Members for Flinders

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Member Party Term
First incarnation (1888–1932)
Louis Goldring 1888–1893
Charles McDonald Labour 1893–1901
Peter Airey Labour 1901–1907
John May Labor 1907–1917
John Mullan Labor 1918–1932
Second incarnation (1950–1992)
Ernest Riordan Labor 1950–1954
Frank Forde Labor 1955–1957
Bill Longeran Country 1957–1974
  Bob Katter National 1974–1992

Election results

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Elections in the 1980s

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1989 Queensland state election: Flinders[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Noel Robertson 4,316 45.2 +6.0
National Bob Katter 4,315 45.2 −15.6
Independent Beryl Hunter 408 4.3 +4.3
Liberal Owen Pershouse 345 3.6 +3.6
Independent Harrison Duncan 165 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 9,549 96.2 −1.1
Informal votes 381 3.8 +1.1
Turnout 9,930 89.6 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
National Bob Katter 4,976 52.1 −8.7
Labor Noel Robertson 4,573 47.9 +8.7
National hold Swing −8.7
1986 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Bob Katter 5,484 60.8 +9.0
Labor Alex Wilson 3,529 39.2 −2.2
Total formal votes 9,013 97.3
Informal votes 246 2.7
Turnout 9,259 90.0
National hold Swing +2.9
1983 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Bob Katter 5,124 51.8 −4.2
Labor Beverley Lauder 4,090 41.4 −2.6
Independent Peter Black 671 6.8 +6.8
Total formal votes 9,885 98.9 +0.1
Informal votes 109 1.1 −0.1
Turnout 9,994 90.0 +3.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Bob Katter 5,460 55.2 −0.8
Labor Beverley Lauder 4,425 44.8 +0.8
National hold Swing −0.8
1980 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Bob Katter 4,993 56.0 +1.8
Labor Thomas Greenwood 3,927 44.0 +2.4
Total formal votes 8,920 98.8 −0.1
Informal votes 106 1.2 +0.1
Turnout 9,026 86.2 −3.9
National hold Swing −1.1

Elections in the 1970s

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1977 Queensland state election: 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
1974 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Bob Katter 3,592 47.9 −11.8
Labor Albert Sorohan 2,497 33.3 −7.0
Liberal James McGucken 1,412 18.8 +18.8
Total formal votes 7,501 99.4 +0.5
Informal votes 47 0.6 −0.5
Turnout 7,548 88.8 +1.5
Two-party-preferred result
National Bob Katter 4,789 63.8 +4.1
Labor Albert Sorohan 2,712 36.2 −4.1
National hold Swing +4.1
1972 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Longeran 4,010 59.7 +5.1
Labor Peter Lindenmayer 2,703 40.3 −5.1
Total formal votes 6,713 98.9
Informal votes 74 1.1
Turnout 6,787 87.3
Country hold Swing +5.1

Elections in the 1960s

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1969 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Longeran 3,885 55.1 −6.3
Labor Douglas Lloyd 3,170 44.9 +10.4
Total formal votes 7,055 99.2 +0.8
Informal votes 57 0.8 −0.8
Turnout 7,112 89.4 −1.2
Country hold Swing −9.4
1966 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Longeran 4,483 61.4 +6.0
Labor Peter McKitrick 2,516 34.5 −6.3
Queensland Labor John Judge 223 3.1 −0.7
Independent Charles Rowe 73 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 7,295 98.4 −0.3
Informal votes 119 1.6 +0.3
Turnout 7,414 90.6 −1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bill Longeran 4,708 64.5 +5.9
Labor Peter McKitrick 2,587 35.5 −5.9
Country hold Swing +5.9
1963 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Longeran 4,273 55.4 +7.5
Labor Charles Rattray 3,147 40.8 −5.8
Queensland Labor John Judge 290 3.8 −1.7
Total formal votes 7,710 98.7 −0.4
Informal votes 99 1.3 +0.4
Turnout 7,809 91.6 −1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bill Longeran 4,517 58.6
Labor Charles Rattray 3,193 41.4
Country hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Longeran 3,831 47.9
Labor Frank Forde 3,721 46.6
Queensland Labor Patrick McLaughlin 437 5.5
Total formal votes 7,989 99.1
Informal votes 75 0.9
Turnout 8,064 90.2
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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1958 Flinders state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Longeran 1,948 45.7 +11.3
Labor Frank Forde 1,534 36.0 +1.6
Queensland Labor Bob Katter 780 18.3 −7.5
Total formal votes 4,262 99.7 +0.5
Informal votes 11 0.3 −0.5
Turnout 4,273 82.0 −5.1
Country hold Swing N/A
1957 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Longeran 1,441 34.4 −7.5
Labor Frank Forde 1,440 34.4 −23.7
Queensland Labor Bob Katter 1,079 25.8 +25.8
Independent Charles Corney 225 5.4 +5.4
Total formal votes 4,185 99.2 −0.1
Informal votes 33 0.8 +0.1
Turnout 4,218 87.1 +4.0
Country gain from Labor Swing +8.1
1956 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Forde 2,269 58.1 −41.9
Country Bill Longeran 1,638 41.9 +41.9
Total formal votes 3,907 99.3
Informal votes 27 0.7
Turnout 3,934 83.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
1955 Flinders state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Forde 1,176 46.0 −54.0
Country Bill Longeran 864 33.8 +33.8
Independent Labor Charles Corney 519 20.3 +20.3
Total formal votes 2,559 98.9
Informal votes 28 1.1
Turnout 2,587 57.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
1953 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernest Riordan unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1950 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernest Riordan 1,907 47.5
Country Gordon Stuart 1,610 40.1
NQ Labor Victor Casey 291 7.3
Independent William Hall 207 5.1
Total formal votes 4,015 98.6
Informal votes 58 1.4
Turnout 4,073 84.5
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Mullan 1,693 66.2 +0.3
CPNP James Scholefield 863 33.8 −0.3
Total formal votes 2,556 98.7 −0.6
Informal votes 34 1.3 +0.6
Turnout 2,590
Labor hold Swing +0.3
1926 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Mullan 1,342 65.9 +3.0
CPNP Neville Sturzaker 695 34.1 −3.0
Total formal votes 2,037 99.3 +0.1
Informal votes 15 0.7 −0.1
Turnout 2,052 74.9 +26.3
Labor hold Swing +3.0
1923 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Mullan 1,193 62.9 −1.6
United Leonard Nicolson 703 37.1 +37.1
Total formal votes 1,896 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 16 0.8 −0.3
Turnout 1,912 48.6 −1.0
Labor hold Swing N/A
1920 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Mullan 2,590 64.5 −11.2
Northern Country Eric Huntley 1,423 35.5 +35.5
Total formal votes 4,013 98.9 +0.7
Informal votes 46 1.1 −0.7
Turnout 4,059 49.6 −9.5
Labor hold Swing −11.2

Elections in the 1910s

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1918 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Mullan 3,171 75.7 −24.3
National William Little 1,019 24.3 +24.3
Total formal votes 4,190 98.2
Informal votes 78 1.8
Turnout 4,268 59.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
1915 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John May unopposed
Labor hold Swing
1912 Queensland state election: Flinders
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John May unopposed
Labor hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Queensland 1989 Election - Flinders". Queensland Election Archive. ABC. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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