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Electoral results for the district of Merrimac

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

Members for Merrimac

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Member Party Term
  Bob Quinn Liberal Party 1992–2001

Election results

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Elections in the 1990s

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1998 Queensland state election: Merrimac[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bob Quinn 11,093 49.11 −16.32
Labor Robert Poole 6,405 28.36 −6.21
One Nation John Fairfax 4,487 19.87 +19.87
Democrats Colin O'Brien 601 2.66 +2.66
Total formal votes 22,586 98.19 +0.40
Informal votes 417 1.81 −0.40
Turnout 23,003 89.68 +1.71
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Quinn 13,424 64.69 −0.74
Labor Robert Poole 7,327 35.31 +0.74
Liberal hold Swing −0.74
1995 Queensland state election: Merrimac
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bob Quinn 13,200 65.43 +32.32
Labor Matthew Loader 6,974 34.57 −1.03
Total formal votes 20,174 97.79 −0.20
Informal votes 456 2.21 +0.20
Turnout 20,630 87.97 +0.14
Liberal hold Swing +4.89
1992 Queensland state election: Merrimac
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Mark Whillans 6,605 35.6 +1.0
Liberal Bob Quinn 6,143 33.1 +0.9
National Les Mole 4,953 26.7 −2.7
Confederate Action Colin Smith 851 4.6 +4.6
Total formal votes 18,552 98.0
Informal votes 380 2.0
Turnout 18,932 87.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Quinn 10,656 60.5 −1.6
Labor Mark Whillans 6,945 39.5 +1.6
Liberal hold Swing −1.6

References

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  1. ^ "Merrimac - 1998 - Election Archive - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)".