Electoral results for the district of Peak Downs

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

Members for Peak Downs

Member		Party	Term
	Vince Lester	National	1977–1992

1989 Queensland state election: Peak Downs^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Vince Lester	4,232	50.6	-14.0
	Labor	Paul Bell	3,160	37.8	+7.3
	Citizens Electoral Council	Robert Reinke	971	11.6	+11.6
Total formal votes			8,363	98.6	−0.1
Informal votes			122	1.4	+0.1
Turnout			8,485	91.3	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Vince Lester	4,976	59.5	-7.5
	Labor	Paul Bell	3,387	40.5	+7.5
	National hold		Swing	-7.5

1986 Queensland state election: Peak Downs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Vince Lester	4,994	64.6	-5.4
	Labor	Albert Holzapfel	2,361	30.5	+0.7
	Independent	Vrettos Cominos	375	4.9	+4.9
Total formal votes			7,730	98.7
Informal votes			103	1.3
Turnout			7,833	90.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Vince Lester	5,179	67.0	-3.9
	Labor	Albert Holzapfel	2,551	33.0	+3.9
	National hold		Swing	-3.9

1983 Queensland state election: 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

1980 Queensland state election: Peak Downs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Vince Lester	6,235	61.3	+3.5
	Labor	William Coffey	3,721	36.6	-5.6
	Independent	Anthony Whitfield	167	1.6	+1.6
	Progress	Robin Wright	54	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			10,177	99.3	+0.9
Informal votes			72	0.7	−0.9
Turnout			10,249	88.9	−1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Vince Lester	6,320	62.1	+4.3
	Labor	William Coffey	3,857	37.9	-4.3
	National hold		Swing	+4.3

1977 Queensland state election: Peak Downs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Vince Lester	4,724	57.8	+7.6
	Labor	Leonard Nicholson	3,452	42.2	+0.8
Total formal votes			8,176	98.4
Informal votes			129	1.6
Turnout			8,305	90.5
	National hold		Swing	-1.1

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