Electoral results for the district of Warwick

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

Members for Warwick

	Party	Term
St. George Richard Gore		1860–1862
John Gore Jones		1862–1863
Arnold Wienholt, Sr.		1863–1867
George Clark		1867–1868
Edmond Thornton		1868–1870
James Morgan		1870–1871
Charles Clark		1871–1873
James Morgan		1873–1878
Jacob Horwitz	Liberal	1878–1887
Arthur Morgan	Independent	1887–1890
Opposition	1890–1896
Thomas Joseph Byrnes	Ministerial	1896–1898
Arthur Morgan	Ministerial	1898–1903
Arthur Morgan	Liberal	1903–1906
Thomas O'Sullivan	Liberal	1906–1907
Thomas O'Sullivan	Kidstonites	1907–1908
George Powell Barnes	Farmers' Rep.	1908–1909
	Liberal	1909–1917
	National	1917–1922
	United	1922–1925
	Country and Progressive National	1925–1935
John Healy	Labor	1935–1947
Otto Madsen	Country	1947–1963
David Cory	Country	1963–1975
David Cory	National Country	1975–1977
Des Booth	National Country	1977–1982
Des Booth	National	1982–1992
Lawrence Springborg	National	1992–2001

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1998 Queensland state election: Warwick^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Lawrence Springborg	9,443	45.86	−20.96
	One Nation	Joan White	6,242	30.32	+30.32
	Labor	Jeffrey Singleton	4,091	19.87	−8.02
	Greens	Kim Olsen	814	3.95	−1.34
Total formal votes			20,590	98.66	−0.08
Informal votes			280	1.34	+0.08
Turnout			20,870	94.30	+0.70
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Lawrence Springborg	11,628	61.85	−7.73
	One Nation	Joan White	7,172	38.15	+38.15
	National hold		Swing	−7.73

1995 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Lawrence Springborg	13,393	66.82	+10.77
	Labor	Michael Bathersby	5,590	27.89	−9.18
	Greens	Sarah Moles	1,061	5.29	+5.29
Total formal votes			20,044	98.74	+0.61
Informal votes			256	1.26	−0.61
Turnout			20,300	93.60	+0.07
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Lawrence Springborg	13,792	69.58	+8.15
	Labor	Michael Bathersby	6,031	30.42	−8.15
	National hold		Swing	+8.15

1992 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Lawrence Springborg	11,287	56.1	+15.5
	Labor	Michael Bathersby	7,464	37.1	+6.4
	Liberal	Ruth Buchanan	1,386	6.9	−8.0
Total formal votes			20,137	98.1
Informal votes			384	1.9
Turnout			20,521	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Lawrence Springborg	12,236	61.4	+0.4
	Labor	Michael Bathersby	7,683	38.6	−0.4
	National hold		Swing	+0.4

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Des Booth	4,945	41.0	−31.1
	Labor	Bev Brennan	3,399	28.2	+0.3
	Liberal	Peter Beatty	2,032	16.9	+16.9
	Independent	Bev Shelley	1,682	13.9	+13.9
Total formal votes			12,058	97.9	−0.3
Informal votes			254	2.1	+0.3
Turnout			12,312	92.6	−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Des Booth	7,723	64.0	−8.1
	Labor	Bev Brennan	4,335	36.0	+8.1
	National hold		Swing	−8.1

1986 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Des Booth	8,158	72.1	+1.5
	Labor	Bev Brennan	3,151	27.9	−1.5
Total formal votes			11,309	98.2	−0.1
Informal votes			209	1.8	+0.1
Turnout			11,518	93.5	−0.3
	National hold		Swing	+1.5

1983 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Des Booth	6,921	67.9	+3.5
	Labor	Mary Hill	3,278	32.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			10,199	98.3	−0.7
Informal votes			172	1.7	+0.7
Turnout			10,371	93.8	+2.1
	National hold		Swing	+0.2

1980 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Des Booth	6,199	64.4	+11.5
	Labor	Stephen Fazackerley	2,790	29.0	+0.5
	Democrats	Maria Heyboer	632	6.6	+6.6
Total formal votes			9,621	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			93	1.0	−0.1
Turnout			9,714	91.7	−1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Des Booth	6,509	67.7	−1.2
	Labor	Stephen Fazackerley	3,112	32.3	+1.2
	National hold		Swing	−1.2

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Des Booth	5,013	52.9	−21.9
	Labor	Graham Dorman	2,699	28.5	−3.3
	Liberal	Raymond McNamara	1,764	18.6	+18.6
Total formal votes			9,476	98.9
Informal votes			102	1.1
Turnout			9,578	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Des Booth	6,530	68.9	−5.9
	Labor	Graham Dorman	2,946	31.1	+5.9
	National hold		Swing	−5.9

1974 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	David Cory	7,052	74.8	+25.5
	Labor	Raymond Lyons	2,374	25.2	−10.2
Total formal votes			9,426	98.8	−0.1
Informal votes			112	1.2	+0.1
Turnout			9,538	91.9	−3.0
	National hold		Swing	+13.3

1972 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Cory	4,258	49.3	−4.5
	Labor	Raymond Lyons	3,053	35.4	−2.6
	Queensland Labor	Daniel Skehan	679	7.9	−0.3
	Independent	Norman Stuart	641	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			8,631	98.9
Informal votes			98	1.1
Turnout			8,729	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	David Cory	5,305	61.5	+0.2
	Labor	Raymond Lyons	3,326	38.5	−0.2
	Country hold		Swing	+0.2

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Cory	4,276	53.8	−5.1
	Labor	Raymond Lyons	3,014	38.0	+5.0
	Queensland Labor	Daniel Skehan	650	8.2	+0.1
Total formal votes			7,940	99.1	+0.2
Informal votes			70	0.9	−0.2
Turnout			8,010	95.4	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	David Cory	4,805	60.5	−5.0
	Labor	Raymond Lyons	3,135	39.5	+5.0
	Country hold		Swing	−5.0

1966 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Cory	4,816	58.9	−2.5
	Labor	Eric Barrett	2,701	33.0	+9.0
	Queensland Labor	Daniel Skehan	659	8.1	−6.4
Total formal votes			8,176	98.9	+0.1
Informal votes			90	1.1	−0.1
Turnout			8,266	95.9	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	David Cory	5,352	65.5	−7.8
	Labor	Eric Barrett	2,824	34.5	+7.8
	Country hold		Swing	−7.8

1963 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,152	61.4	−2.5
	Labor	Reggie Wenham	2,016	24.0	+2.6
	Queensland Labor	Daniel Skehan	1,217	14.5	−0.2
Total formal votes			8,385	98.8	+0.1
Informal votes			105	1.2	−0.1
Turnout			8,490	95.8	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Otto Madsen	6,143	73.3
	Labor	Reggie Wenham	2,242	26.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1960 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,437	63.9
	Labor	Reggie Wenham	1,818	21.4
	Queensland Labor	George Campbell	1,254	14.7
Total formal votes			8,509	98.7
Informal votes			108	1.3
Turnout			8,617	94.6
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,695	65.3	+1.7
	Queensland Labor	George Wilkinson	3,026	34.7	+34.7
Total formal votes			8,721	98.4	−0.7
Informal votes			142	1.6	+0.7
Turnout			8,863	95.8	−0.4
	Country hold		Swing	+1.7

1956 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,483	63.6	−1.2
	Labor	Frank Drew	3,137	36.4	+1.2
Total formal votes			8,620	99.1	−0.1
Informal votes			81	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			8,701	96.2	+0.5
	Country hold		Swing	−1.2

1953 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,651	64.8	−3.6
	Labor	John O'Brien	3,069	35.2	+3.6
Total formal votes			8,720	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			67	0.8	0.0
Turnout			8,787	95.7	+2.3
	Country hold		Swing	−3.6

1950 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,965	68.4
	Labor	Terry Keane	2,758	31.6
Total formal votes			8,723	99.2
Informal votes			67	0.8
Turnout			8,790	93.4
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Otto Madsen	4,657	51.7	+6.1
	Labor	John Healy	4,347	48.3	−6.1
Total formal votes			9,004	99.2	+2.5
Informal votes			72	0.8	−2.5
Turnout			9,076	89.7	−0.5
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+6.1

1944 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Healy	4,656	54.4	−0.6
	People's Party	Richard Matthews	3,901	45.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			8,557	96.7	−2.4
Informal votes			296	3.3	+2.4
Turnout			8,853	90.2	−1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.6

1941 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Healy	4,766	55.0	+2.2
	Country	Richard Matthews	3,899	45.0	−2.2
Total formal votes			8,665	99.1	−0.1
Informal votes			81	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			8,746	91.3	−1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Healy	4,693	52.8	+7.0
	Country	Edward Costello	4,196	47.2	+5.5
Total formal votes			8,889	99.2	−0.2
Informal votes			68	0.8	+0.2
Turnout			8,957	93.0	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.6

1935 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John Healy	4,096	45.8
	CPNP	Daniel Connolly	3,736	41.7
	Independent	Herbert Dight	1,119	12.5
Total formal votes			8,951	99.4
Informal votes			57	0.6
Turnout			9,008	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Healy	4,247	50.2
	CPNP	Daniel Connolly	4,215	49.8
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

1932 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPNP	George Barnes	3,865	51.7
	Labor	John Healy	3,399	45.5
	Queensland Party	Alice Chambers	209	2.8
Total formal votes			7,473	99.4
Informal votes			43	0.6
Turnout			7,516	96.1
	CPNP hold		Swing

Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPNP	George Barnes	3,598	56.0	+1.4
	Labor	Patrick McMahon	2,827	44.0	−1.4
Total formal votes			6,425	99.1	0.0
Informal votes			59	0.9	0.0
Turnout			6,484	92.2	+2.6
	CPNP hold		Swing	+1.4

1926 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPNP	George Barnes	3,261	54.6	+0.8
	Labor	George James	2,708	45.4	−0.8
Total formal votes			5,969	99.1	−0.2
Informal votes			52	0.9	+0.2
Turnout			6,021	89.6	+3.3
	CPNP hold		Swing	+0.8

1923 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	George Barnes	3,128	53.8	−1.2
	Labor	George Campbell	2,685	46.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			5,813	99.3	+0.1
Informal votes			43	0.7	−0.1
Turnout			5,856	86.3	+0.7
	United hold		Swing	−1.2

1920 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	George Barnes	2,448	55.0	+1.0
	Labor	Donald Beatson	2,006	45.0	−1.0
Total formal votes			4,454	99.2	−0.1
Informal votes			35	0.8	+0.1
Turnout			4,489	85.6	+1.8
	National hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	George Barnes	2,319	54.0	+4.7
	Labor	David Swiss-Davies	1,974	46.0	+19.8
Total formal votes			4,293	99.3	+0.5
Informal votes			32	0.7	−0.5
Turnout			4,325	83.8	−8.5
	National hold		Swing	−8.0

1915 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Barnes	1,961	49.3	−10.1
	Labor	Paul Bauers	1,043	26.2	−14.4
	Independent	Daniel Connolly	973	24.5	+24.5
Total formal votes			3,977	98.8	0.0
Informal votes			49	1.2	0.0
Turnout			4,026	92.3	+22.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	George Barnes	1,989	62.0	+2.6
	Labor	Paul Bauers	1,220	38.0	−2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6

1912 Queensland state election: Warwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	George Barnes	1,915	59.4
	Labor	Angus Sinclair	1,307	40.6
Total formal votes			3,222	98.8
Informal votes			38	1.2
Turnout			3,260	70.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

^ "Warwick - 1998 - Election Archive - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)".

[1] "Warwick - 1998 - Election Archive - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)".

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