Electoral results for the district of South Coast (Queensland)

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

Members for South Coast

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Member Party Term
  Eric Gaven Country 1960–1966
  Russ Hinze Country / National 1966–1988
  Judy Gamin National 1988–1989
  Bob Quinn Liberal 1989–1992

Election results

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Elections in the 1980s

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1989 Queensland state election: South Coast[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Constance Stern 9,394 39.1 +8.8
Liberal Bob Quinn 6,820 28.4 +8.4
National Judy Gamin 6,799 28.3 -21.4
Independent David Champion 1,017 4.2 +4.2
Total formal votes 24,030 97.1 −0.9
Informal votes 728 2.9 +0.9
Turnout 24,758 89.1 +1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bob Quinn 13,877 57.7 +57.7
Labor Constance Stern 10,153 42.3 +6.0
Liberal gain from National Swing N/A
1988 South Coast state by-election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Judy Gamin 5,716 30.43 −19.26
Liberal Bob Quinn 5,426 28.89 +8.86
Labor Dallas Watson 4,293 22.85 −7.42
Independent Philip Black 1,488 7.92 +7.92
Citizens Electoral Council Lindsay Hartwig 589 3.14 +3.14
Democrats Anthony William Kennedy 571 2.51 +2.51
Australian Independent Bruce Whiteside 420 2.30 +2.30
ASSP Ennis Groom 225 1.20 +1.20
Independent James Drabsch 83 0.44 +0.44
Independent John Kachel 61 0.32 +0.32
Total formal votes 18,784 95.27 −2.75
Informal votes 932 4.73 +2.75
Turnout 19,716 77.60 −10.22
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Judy Gamin 9,464 50.38
Liberal Bob Quinn 9,320 49.62
National hold Swing
1986 Queensland state election: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Russ Hinze 8,459 49.7 +1.1
Labor Rupert Granrott 5,153 30.3 -8.2
Liberal John Richardson 3,410 20.0 +7.0
Total formal votes 17,022 98.0
Informal votes 344 2.0
Turnout 17,366 87.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Russ Hinze 10,848 63.7 +3.0
Labor Rupert Granrott 6,174 36.3 -3.0
National hold Swing +3.0
1983 Queensland state election: 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
1980 Queensland state election: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Russ Hinze 8,049 44.1 -11.3
Labor Philip Button 3,969 21.8 -15.1
Liberal Ross Woods 2,404 13.2 +13.2
Liberal Elizabeth Diamond 1,929 10.6 +10.6
Independent Robert Neumann 1,394 7.6 +7.6
Coalitionist Michael Carey 303 1.7 +1.7
Independent Julia Freebury 119 0.7 +0.7
Independent James Drabsch 77 0.4 -7.3
Total formal votes 18,244 98.3 +0.2
Informal votes 323 1.7 −0.2
Turnout 18,567 84.7 −3.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Russ Hinze 11,788 64.6 +5.3
Labor Philip Button 6,456 35.4 -5.3
National hold Swing +5.3

Elections in the 1970s

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1977 Queensland state election: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Russ Hinze 8,067 55.4 -10.5
Labor Ennis Groom 5,367 36.9 +2.8
Independent James Drabsch 1,123 7.7 +7.7
Total formal votes 14,557 98.0
Informal votes 289 2.0
Turnout 14,846 88.5
Two-party-preferred result
National Russ Hinze 8,629 59.3 -6.6
Labor Ennis Groom 5,928 40.7 +6.6
National hold Swing -6.6
1974 Queensland state election: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Russ Hinze 11,544 67.7 +28.5
Labor Marion Reid 5,513 32.3 -1.8
Total formal votes 17,057 97.4 −0.4
Informal votes 456 2.6 +0.4
Turnout 17,513 83.9 −4.4
National hold Swing +6.0
1972 Queensland state election: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Russ Hinze 5,072 39.2 -1.0
Labor Ronald Todd 4,410 34.1 +12.2
Liberal Bruce Bishop 2,256 17.4 -15.0
Independent Douglas Roughton 694 5.4 +5.4
Queensland Labor Victor Kearney 493 3.8 +0.1
Total formal votes 12,925 97.8
Informal votes 291 2.2
Turnout 13,216 88.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Russ Hinze 7,975 61.7 -9.0
Labor Ronald Todd 4,950 38.3 +9.0
Country hold Swing -9.0

Elections in the 1960s

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1969 Queensland state election: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Russ Hinze 6,071 40.2 +9.7
Liberal Bruce Bishop 4,883 32.4 -5.5
Labor Frank Culell 3,309 21.9 +1.0
Queensland Labor Laurence Kehoe 553 3.7 +0.2
Independent Dino Bertoldo 164 1.1 +1.1
Independent John Lee 104 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 15,084 96.3 −1.8
Informal votes 577 3.7 +1.8
Turnout 15,661 85.4 −3.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Russ Hinze 9,407 62.4 +9.9
Liberal Bruce Bishop 5,677 37.6 -9.9
Country hold Swing +9.9
1966 Queensland state election: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Herbert Winders 4,464 37.9 +37.9
Country Russ Hinze 3,588 30.5 -47.0
Labor Kevin Cummings 2,462 20.9 +1.6
Independent Bernard Elsey 844 7.2 +7.2
Queensland Labor John McWatters 415 3.5 +0.2
Total formal votes 11,773 98.1 −0.6
Informal votes 225 1.9 +0.6
Turnout 11,998 89.3 +0.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Russ Hinze 6,175 52.5 -27.6
Liberal Herbert Winders 5,598 47.5 +47.5
Country hold Swing -27.6
1963 Queensland state election: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Eric Gaven 7,306 77.5 +1.6
Labor Irene Weir 1,817 19.3 -2.2
Queensland Labor Douglas Schwede 308 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 9,431 98.7 +0.5
Informal votes 119 1.3 −0.5
Turnout 9,550 89.1 +1.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Eric Gaven 7,557 80.1
Labor Irene Weir 1,874 19.9
Country hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Eric Gaven 6,611 75.9
Labor William Darveniza 1,872 21.5
Independent John Fitzgerald 223 2.6
Total formal votes 8,706 98.2
Informal votes 163 1.8
Turnout 8,869 87.4
Country win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "1989 Results for South Coast". Queensland Election Archive. ABC. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ Queensland Legislative Assembly (6 March 1990). Details of polling at general election held on 2 December 1989. p. 68.
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