Electoral results for the district of Auburn (Queensland)

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

Members for Auburn edit

Member Party Term
  Neville Hewitt Country 1972–1974
  National 1974–1980
  Neville Harper National 1980–1992

Election results edit

Elections in the 1980s edit

1989 Queensland state election: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Neville Harper 6,315 47.65 -16.39
Labor Tom Hall 4,578 34.55 -1.41
Independent Maurice Hetherington 2,359 17.80 +17.80
Total formal votes 13,252 98.08 +0.12
Informal votes 260 1.92 -0.12
Turnout 13,512 91.54 -1.22
Two-party-preferred result
National Neville Harper 7,902 59.63 -4.41
Labor Tom Hall 5,350 40.37 +4.41
National hold Swing -4.41
1986 Queensland state election: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Neville Harper 8,252 64.0 -3.2
Labor Tom Hall 4,634 36.0 +3.2
Total formal votes 12,886 98.0
Informal votes 268 2.0
Turnout 13,154 92.8
National hold Swing -3.2
1983 Queensland state election: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Neville Harper 7,116 73.3 +6.0
Labor Raymond Barker 2,590 26.7 -3.2
Total formal votes 9,706 99.2 -0.2
Informal votes 82 0.8 +0.2
Turnout 9,788 93.9 +1.9
National hold Swing +4.2
1980 Queensland state election: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Neville Harper 6,366 67.3 -0.5
Labor Ray Barker 2,833 30.0 +4.2
Progress David Trevilyan 261 2.8 -3.6
Total formal votes 9,460 99.4 +0.4
Informal votes 59 0.6 -0.4
Turnout 9,519 92.0 -0.9
Two-party-preferred result
National Neville Harper 6,536 69.1 -3.2
Labor Ray Barker 2,924 30.9 +3.2
National hold Swing -3.2

Elections in the 1970s edit

1977 Queensland state election: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Neville Hewitt 6,153 67.8 -10.2
Labor Jeffrey Lenz 2,342 25.8 +3.7
Progress David Trevilyan 576 6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 9,071 99.0
Informal votes 89 1.0
Turnout 9,160 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
National Neville Hewitt 6,556 72.3 -5.7
Labor Jeffrey Lenz 2,515 27.7 +5.7
National hold Swing -5.7
1974 Queensland state election: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Neville Hewitt 7,164 77.9 +26.6
Labor Roden Carter 2,026 22.1 -13.0
Total formal votes 9,190 99.1 +0.2
Informal votes 83 0.9 -0.2
Turnout 9,273 91.5 -1.6
National hold Swing +14.5
1972 Queensland state election: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Neville Hewitt 4,890 51.3
Labor Roden Carter 3,071 35.1
Queensland Labor Lindsay Sharpe 782 8.9
Total formal votes 8,743 98.9
Informal votes 95 1.1
Turnout 8,838 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Neville Hewitt 5,540 63.4 +0.3
Labor Roden Carter 3,203 36.6 -0.3
Country hold Swing +0.3

References edit