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
[edit]First incarnation (1860–1873, two members) | |||||||
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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) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Brian Littleproud | National Party | 1992–2001 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |