Electoral results for the district of Western Downs

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

Members for Western Downs

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First incarnation (1860–1873, two members)
Member Party Term Member Party Term
  Thomas Moffatt Unaligned 1860–1864   James Taylor Unaligned 1860–1870
  John Watts Unaligned 1864–1867
 
 
Robert Ramsay Unaligned 1867–1873
  Edward Wienholt Unaligned 1870–1873
Second incarnation (1992–2001, one member)
Member Party Term
  Brian Littleproud National Party 1992–2001

Election results

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Elections in the 1990s

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1998 Queensland state election: Western Downs[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Brian Littleproud 9,864 48.17 -31.24
One Nation Peter McLaren 7,068 34.52 +34.52
Labor Ron Lockwood 3,544 17.31 -3.28
Total formal votes 20,476 98.95 +0.19
Informal votes 217 1.05 −0.19
Turnout 20,693 94.34 +0.46
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Brian Littleproud 11,428 59.42 -19.99
One Nation Peter McLaren 7,805 40.58 +40.58
National hold Swing -19.99
1995 Queensland state election: Western Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Brian Littleproud 16,120 79.41 +12.37
Labor Brad Wood 4,180 20.59 +0.50
Total formal votes 20,300 98.76 +0.20
Informal votes 254 1.24 −0.20
Turnout 20,554 93.88 +0.24
National hold Swing +2.79
1992 Queensland state election: Western Downs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Brian Littleproud 14,060 67.0 -6.1
Labor Anne Jones 4,214 20.1 -5.0
Independent Lorraine Wheelson 2,435 11.6 +11.6
Independent James Clarke 265 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 20,974 98.6
Informal votes 307 1.4
Turnout 21,281 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
National Brian Littleproud 14,856 76.6 +2.1
Labor Anne Jones 4,532 23.4 -2.1
National hold Swing +2.1

References

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