Electoral results for the district of Merrimac
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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Merrimac in Queensland state elections.
Members for Merrimac
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
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Bob Quinn | Liberal Party | 1992–2001 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Bob Quinn | 11,093 | 49.11 | -16.32 | |
Labor | Robert Poole | 6,405 | 28.36 | -6.21 | |
One Nation | John Fairfax | 4,487 | 19.87 | +19.87 | |
Democrats | Colin O'Brien | 601 | 2.66 | +2.66 | |
Total formal votes | 22,586 | 98.19 | +0.40 | ||
Informal votes | 417 | 1.81 | −0.40 | ||
Turnout | 23,003 | 89.68 | +1.71 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bob Quinn | 13,424 | 64.69 | -0.74 | |
Labor | Robert Poole | 7,327 | 35.31 | +0.74 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.74 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Bob Quinn | 13,200 | 65.43 | +32.32 | |
Labor | Matthew Loader | 6,974 | 34.57 | -1.03 | |
Total formal votes | 20,174 | 97.79 | −0.20 | ||
Informal votes | 456 | 2.21 | +0.20 | ||
Turnout | 20,630 | 87.97 | +0.14 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.89 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Mark Whillans | 6,605 | 35.6 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Bob Quinn | 6,143 | 33.1 | +0.9 | |
National | Les Mole | 4,953 | 26.7 | -2.7 | |
Confederate Action | Colin Smith | 851 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 18,552 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 380 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 18,932 | 87.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bob Quinn | 10,656 | 60.5 | -1.6 | |
Labor | Mark Whillans | 6,945 | 39.5 | +1.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.6 |