Electoral results for the district of Bulimba

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

Members for Bulimba

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Member Party Term
  William Hemmant   1873–1876
  James Johnston   1876
  George Grimes   1876–1878
  Frederick ffoulkes Swanwick   1878–1882
  John Francis Buckland Liberal 1882–1892
  James Dickson Independent 1892–1896
  Ministerial 1896–1901
  Walter Barnes Ministerial 1901–1903
  Conservative 1903–1909
  Liberal 1909–1915
  Hugh McMinn Labor 1915–1918
  Walter Barnes National 1918–1922
United 1922–1923
  Albert Wright Labor 1923–1929
  Irene Longman Country and Progressive National 1929–1932
  William Copley Labor 1932–1938
  George Marriott Labor 1938–1941
  Independent Labor 1941–1950
  Bob Gardner Labor 1950–1957
  Queensland Labor 1957
  Jack Houston Labor 1957–1980
  Ron McLean Labor 1980–1992
  Pat Purcell Labor 1992–2009
  Di Farmer Labor 2009–2012
  Aaron Dillaway Liberal National 2012–2015
  Di Farmer Labor 2015–present

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Bulimba.[edit]
2020 Queensland state election: Bulimba[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Di Farmer 16,764 48.23 −0.64
Liberal National Anthony Bishop 11,883 34.19 −0.35
Greens Rolf Kuelsen 4,665 13.42 +0.30
One Nation Doug Conway 785 2.26 +2.26
Independent Finn Armstrong-Schmakeit 659 1.90 +1.90
Total formal votes 34,756 98.10 +1.53
Informal votes 673 1.90 −1.53
Turnout 35,429 89.53 +1.70
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Di Farmer 21,336 61.39 +0.61
Liberal National Anthony Bishop 13,420 38.61 −0.61
Labor hold Swing +0.61

Elections in the 2010s

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2017 Queensland state election: Bulimba[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Di Farmer 15,678 48.9 +1.1
Liberal National Fiona Ward 11,080 34.5 −7.3
Greens Felicity Jodell 4,211 13.1 +2.7
Independent Bernadette Le Goullon 642 2.0 +2.0
Independent Angus Jell 471 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 32,082 96.6 −2.0
Informal votes 1,140 3.4 +2.0
Turnout 33,222 87.8 +1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Di Farmer 19,499 60.8 +4.7
Liberal National Fiona Ward 12,583 39.2 −4.7
Labor hold Swing +4.7
2015 Queensland state election: Bulimba[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Di Farmer 14,539 47.72 +4.81
Liberal National Aaron Dillaway 12,755 41.87 −4.83
Greens David Hale 3,173 10.41 +0.02
Total formal votes 30,467 98.54 +0.27
Informal votes 450 1.46 −0.27
Turnout 30,917 90.18 −0.93
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Di Farmer 16,741 56.14 +6.28
Liberal National Aaron Dillaway 13,077 43.86 −6.28
Labor gain from Liberal National Swing +6.28
2012 Queensland state election: Bulimba[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Aaron Dillaway 13,244 46.70 +9.63
Labor Di Farmer 12,169 42.91 −4.83
Greens Justin Bennett 2,947 10.39 −1.25
Total formal votes 28,360 98.27 −0.17
Informal votes 499 1.73 +0.17
Turnout 28,859 91.11 +1.10
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Aaron Dillaway 13,690 50.14 +7.91
Labor Di Farmer 13,615 49.86 −7.91
Liberal National gain from Labor Swing +7.91

Elections in the 2000s

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2009 Queensland state election: Bulimba[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Di Farmer 13,131 47.7 −9.6
Liberal National Paul Walker 10,197 37.1 +7.3
Greens Angela Dean 3,202 11.6 +0.2
DS4SEQ Angela Wright 976 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 27,506 98.2
Informal votes 436 11.6
Turnout 27,942 90.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Di Farmer 14,968 57.8 −8.3
Liberal National Paul Walker 10,940 42.2 +8.3
Labor hold Swing −8.3
2006 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Purcell 13,666 57.6 −3.2
Liberal Angela Julian-Armitage 7,043 29.7 +1.6
Greens Howard Nielsen 2,685 11.3 +0.1
Independent David Boehm 344 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 23,738 98.1 +0.1
Informal votes 449 1.9 −0.1
Turnout 24,187 89.2 −1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Purcell 14,896 66.2 −2.3
Liberal Angela Julian-Armitage 7,593 33.8 +2.3
Labor hold Swing −2.3
2004 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Purcell 14,031 60.8 −12.4
Liberal Glenn Snowdon 6,484 28.1 +1.3
Greens John Houghton 2,575 11.2 +11.2
Total formal votes 23,090 98.0 +1.5
Informal votes 461 2.0 −1.5
Turnout 23,551 90.2 −1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Purcell 15,051 68.5 −4.7
Liberal Glenn Snowdon 6,937 31.5 +4.7
Labor hold Swing −4.7
2001 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Purcell 16,295 73.2 +16.3
Liberal Brent Woollett 5,960 26.8 +5.2
Total formal votes 22,255 96.5
Informal votes 814 3.5
Turnout 23,069 91.5
Labor hold Swing +4.2

Elections in the 1990s

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1998 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Purcell 11,787 56.8 +0.9
Liberal Marjorie Threapleton 4,393 21.2 −11.5
One Nation Nigel Gibson 3,066 14.8 +14.8
Greens Greg George 942 4.5 −7.0
Democrats Mark Ault 494 2.4 +2.4
Reform Wayne Jenkins 84 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 20,766 98.5 +0.4
Informal votes 316 1.5 −0.4
Turnout 21,082 92.6 +1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Purcell 13,514 69.5 +6.9
Liberal Marjorie Threapleton 5,929 30.5 −6.9
Labor hold Swing +6.9
1995 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Purcell 11,095 55.8 −6.4
Liberal Toni Drewett 6,491 32.7 +8.0
Greens Barry Wilson 2,287 11.5 −1.6
Total formal votes 19,873 98.1 +0.7
Informal votes 395 1.9 −0.7
Turnout 20,268 91.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Purcell 12,171 62.6 −7.9
Liberal Toni Drewett 7,276 37.4 +7.9
Labor hold Swing −7.9
1992 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Purcell 12,558 62.2 −6.2
Liberal Alvan Hawkes 4,988 24.7 +4.6
Greens Barry Wilson 2,646 13.1 +13.1
Total formal votes 20,192 97.3
Informal votes 549 2.7
Turnout 20,741 90.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Purcell 13,673 70.4 +1.2
Liberal Alvan Hawkes 5,737 29.6 −1.2
Labor hold Swing +1.2

Elections in the 1980s

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1989 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron McLean 12,766 68.2 +10.0
Liberal Alvan Hawkes 3,792 20.3 +3.0
National Judith Brown 2,156 11.5 −13.0
Total formal votes 18,714 97.1 −1.0
Informal votes 567 2.9 +1.0
Turnout 19,281 90.9 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ron McLean 12,913 69.0 +6.0
Liberal Alvan Hawkes 5,801 31.0 +31.0
Labor hold Swing +6.0
1986 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron McLean 10,486 58.2 +1.5
National Judith Brown 4,413 24.5 −4.4
Liberal Alan Bavister 3,125 17.3 +3.1
Total formal votes 18,024 98.1
Informal votes 355 1.9
Turnout 18,379 91.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ron McLean 11,355 63.0 −3.0
National Judith Brown 6,669 37.0 +3.0
Labor hold Swing −3.0
1983 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron McLean 8,073 56.9 +2.3
National Peter Stone 4,106 28.9 +28.9
Liberal Isabel Daniel 2,020 14.2 −31.2
Total formal votes 14,199 98.4 +0.6
Informal votes 234 1.6 −0.6
Turnout 14,433 91.8 +2.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ron McLean 8,524 60.0 +5.4
National Peter Stone 5,675 40.0 +40.0
Labor hold Swing +5.4
1980 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ron McLean 7,657 54.6 −5.2
Liberal Brian Kirkham 6,380 45.4 +5.2
Total formal votes 14,037 97.8 −0.4
Informal votes 308 2.2 +0.4
Turnout 14,345 88.9 −3.1
Labor hold Swing −5.2

Elections in the 1970s

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1977 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Houston 8,771 59.8 +9.6
Liberal John Leggoe 5,905 40.2 −9.6
Total formal votes 14,676 98.2
Informal votes 265 1.8
Turnout 14,941 92.0
Labor hold Swing +9.6
1974 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Houston 6,199 51.7 −12.3
Liberal Megan Wilding 5,785 48.3 +21.7
Total formal votes 11,984 98.4 −0.2
Informal votes 199 1.6 +0.2
Turnout 12,183 88.5 −5.6
Labor hold Swing −13.9
1972 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Houston 7,446 64.0
Liberal Megan Wilding 3,098 26.6
Queensland Labor Paul Tucker 1,081 9.3
Total formal votes 11,625 98.6
Informal votes 165 1.4
Turnout 11,790 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Houston 7,629 65.6 +6.2
Liberal Megan Wilding 3,996 34.4 −6.2
Labor hold Swing +6.2

Elections in the 1960s

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1969 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Houston 8,494 66.5 +2.7
Liberal Megan Wilding 3,350 26.2 −4.4
Queensland Labor Paul Tucker 937 7.3 +1.6
Total formal votes 12,781 98.1 −0.5
Informal votes 246 1.9 +0.5
Turnout 13,027 93.8 −1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Houston 8,669 67.8 +3.0
Liberal Megan Wilding 4,112 32.2 −3.0
Labor hold Swing +3.0
1966 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Houston 7,788 63.8 +0.9
Liberal Brian Perkins 3,738 30.6 −0.1
Queensland Labor Paul Tucker 691 5.7 −0.7
Total formal votes 12,217 98.6 +0.4
Informal votes 173 1.4 −0.4
Turnout 12,390 94.8 −0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Houston 7,917 64.8 +0.7
Liberal Brian Perkins 4,300 35.2 −0.7
Labor hold Swing +0.7
1963 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Houston 7,220 62.9 +6.2
Liberal Stan Latham 3,520 30.7 +3.3
Queensland Labor Paul Tucker 740 6.4 −9.5
Total formal votes 11,480 98.2 −0.3
Informal votes 211 1.8 +0.3
Turnout 11,691 95.7 +1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Houston 7,358 64.1
Liberal Stan Latham 4,122 35.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Houston 6,184 56.7 +18.4
Liberal Ronald Kelk 2,985 27.4 −5.9
Queensland Labor Robert Gardner 1,734 15.9 −12.4
Total formal votes 10,903 98.5
Informal votes 163 1.5
Turnout 11,066 94.4
Labor hold Swing +13.9

Elections in the 1950s

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1957 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Houston 4,993 37.0 −19.7
Liberal Bill Lickiss 4,619 34.2 −6.5
Queensland Labor Robert Gardner 3,891 28.8 +28.8
Total formal votes 13,503 99.1 +0.6
Informal votes 124 0.9 −0.6
Turnout 13,627 95.9 −0.9
Labor hold Swing −6.2
1956 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Gardner 7,437 56.7 −7.3
Liberal John Mills 5,350 40.7 +4.7
Independent Herbert Ricketts 341 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 13,128 98.5 0.0
Informal votes 201 1.5 0.0
Turnout 13,329 95.0 −0.7
Labor hold Swing −6.0
1953 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Gardner 7,938 64.0 +28.3
Liberal Ronald Holt 4,464 36.0 +0.7
Total formal votes 12,402 98.5 −0.3
Informal votes 193 1.5 +0.3
Turnout 12,595 95.7 +1.4
Labor hold Swing +13.7
1950 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Gardner 4,024 35.7
Liberal John Hamilton 3,982 35.3
Independent Labor George Marriott 3,266 29.0
Total formal votes 11,272 98.8
Informal votes 138 1.2
Turnout 11,410 94.3
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor George Marriott 5,544 42.8 +1.0
People's Party Hilda Brotherton 3,828 29.5 −4.1
Labor Robert Gardner 3,588 27.7 +3.2
Total formal votes 12,960 98.1 +2.1
Informal votes 244 1.9 −2.1
Turnout 13,204 94.0 −0.8
Independent Labor hold Swing +3.8
1944 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor George Marriott 4,577 41.8 +41.8
People's Party Geoffrey Ward 3,680 33.6 +3.7
Labor Robert Gardner 2,683 24.5 −45.6
Total formal votes 10,940 96.0 −1.4
Informal votes 459 4.0 +1.4
Turnout 11,399 94.8 +1.1
Independent Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A
1941 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Marriott 7,181 70.1 +10.3
United Australia Daniel Miller 3,067 29.9 +8.1
Total formal votes 10,248 97.4 −0.2
Informal votes 275 2.6 +0.2
Turnout 10,523 93.7 −1.7
Labor hold Swing −3.2

Elections in the 1930s

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1938 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Marriott 5,847 59.8 −7.0
United Australia Robert Larmar 2,132 21.8 −5.3
Social Credit Julius Streeter 1,221 12.5 +12.5
Independent Bernard Dent 577 5.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 9,777 97.6 −0.8
Informal votes 240 2.4 +0.8
Turnout 10,017 95.4 +0.4
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1935 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Copley 6,013 66.8
CPNP Clive Lambourne 2,445 27.1
Communist Donald Parker 546 6.1
Total formal votes 9,004 98.4
Informal votes 149 1.6
Turnout 9,153 95.0
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1932 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Copley 5,919 62.8
CPNP Irene Longman 3,320 35.2
Communist Bernie Besant 193 2.0
Total formal votes 9,432 99.1
Informal votes 89 0.9
Turnout 9,521 94.5
Labor gain from CPNP Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPNP Irene Longman 5,762 51.8 +11.9
Labor Albert Wright 5,361 48.2 −7.4
Total formal votes 11,123 98.8 0.0
Informal votes 134 1.2 0.0
Turnout 11,257 92.9 −0.8
CPNP gain from Labor Swing N/A
1926 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Albert Wright 5,101 55.6 +1.8
CPNP Allan Stanton 3,663 39.9 −5.0
Independent Labor John Costin 411 4.5 +4.5
Total formal votes 9,175 98.8 −0.5
Informal votes 114 1.2 +0.5
Turnout 9,289 93.7 +9.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1923 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Albert Wright 3,956 53.8 +9.5
United Duncan Watson 3,298 44.9 −10.8
Independent Thomas Andrews 94 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 7,348 99.3 +0.1
Informal votes 49 0.7 −0.1
Turnout 7,397 84.2 +7.2
Labor gain from United Swing N/A
1920 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Walter Barnes 6,345 55.7 +4.4
Labor George Marriott 5,053 44.3 −3.2
Total formal votes 11,398 99.2 +0.1
Informal votes 86 0.8
Turnout 11,484 77.0 −9.8
National hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

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1918 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Walter Barnes 5,018 51.3 +2.9
Labor Hugh McMinn 4,649 47.5 −4.1
Independent Joseph Marconi 122 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 9,789 99.1 +0.6
Informal votes 84 0.9 −0.6
Turnout 9,873 86.8 −6.6
National gain from Labor Swing N/A
1915 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hugh McMinn 3,774 51.6 +8.5
Liberal Walter Barnes 3,536 48.4 −8.5
Total formal votes 7,310 98.5 −0.9
Informal votes 109 1.5 +0.9
Turnout 7,419 93.4 +7.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +8.5
1912 Queensland state election: Bulimba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Walter Barnes 2,315 56.9
Labor Hugh McMinn 1,752 43.1
Total formal votes 4,067 99.4
Informal votes 23 0.6
Turnout 4,090 85.7
Liberal hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ 2020 State General Election – Bulimba – District Summary, ECQ.
  2. ^ 2017 State General Election - Bulimba - District Summary, ECQ.
  3. ^ 2015 State General Election - Bulimba - District Summary, ECQ.
  4. ^ "Elections - 2012 State General Election - Bulimba - Booth Details". Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
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