Electoral results for the district of Mourilyan

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

Members for Mourilyan

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Member Party Term
  Peter Byrne Labor 1950–1969
  Peter Moore Labor 1969–1974
  Vicky Kippin National 1974–1980
  Bill Eaton Labor 1980–1992

Election results

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Elections in the 1980s

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1989 Queensland state election: Mourilyan[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Eaton 6,773 54.2 +3.2
National Malcolm Taylor 4,107 32.8 −5.0
Independent Philip Condon 1,628 13.0 +13.0
Total formal votes 12,508 97.1 −1.6
Informal votes 378 2.9 +1.6
Turnout 12,886 90.9 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Eaton 7,280 58.2 +4.1
National Malcolm Taylor 5,228 41.8 −4.1
Labor hold Swing +4.1
1986 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Eaton 5,894 51.0 −1.1
National Malcolm Taylor 4,376 37.8 −8.9
Liberal Andrea Walduck 1,295 11.2 +11.2
Total formal votes 11,565 98.6
Informal votes 158 1.4
Turnout 11,723 90.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Eaton 6,257 54.1 +2.0
National Malcolm Taylor 5,308 45.9 −2.0
Labor hold Swing +2.0
1983 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Eaton 5,510 52.1 +0.8
National Vicky Kippin 4,941 46.7 −2.0
Independent Ronald Nielsen 135 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 10,586 99.0 +0.2
Informal votes 104 1.0 −0.2
Turnout 10,690 93.3 +3.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Eaton 5,578 52.7 +1.4
National Vicky Kippin 5,008 47.3 −1.4
Labor hold Swing +1.4
1980 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Eaton 5,139 51.3 +3.9
National Vicky Kippin 4,875 48.7 +1.6
Total formal votes 10,014 98.8 +0.5
Informal votes 117 1.2 −0.5
Turnout 10,131 90.3 −2.3
Labor gain from National Swing +1.6

Elections in the 1970s

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1977 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Moore 4,688 47.4 +0.1
National Vicky Kippin 4,666 47.1 −1.2
Independent John Jones 544 5.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 9,898 98.3
Informal votes 172 1.7
Turnout 10,070 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
National Vicky Kippin 4,977 50.3 −1.4
Labor Peter Moore 4,921 49.7 +1.4
National hold Swing −1.4
1974 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Vicky Kippin 4,772 48.3 +15.7
Labor Peter Moore 4,674 47.3 −8.4
Queensland Labor Salvatore Nucifora 432 4.4 −7.3
Total formal votes 9,878 98.5 +0.2
Informal votes 151 1.5 −0.2
Turnout 10,029 89.5 −1.9
Two-party-preferred result
National Vicky Kippin 5,102 51.7 +8.9
Labor Peter Moore 4,776 48.3 −8.9
National gain from Labor Swing +8.9
1972 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Moore 5,039 55.7 +2.4
Country Peter Mitchell 2,949 32.6 −1.0
Queensland Labor Geoffrey Higham 1,054 11.7 −1.5
Total formal votes 9,042 98.3
Informal votes 160 1.7
Turnout 9,202 91.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Moore 5,169 57.2 +4.6
Country Peter Mitchell 3,874 42.8 −4.6
Labor hold Swing +4.6

Elections in the 1960s

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1969 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Moore 4,451 53.3 −2.9
Country Arnold Palmer 2,807 33.6 +2.1
Queensland Labor Geoffrey Higham 1,100 13.2 +0.9
Total formal votes 8,358 97.4 −0.2
Informal votes 226 2.6 +0.2
Turnout 8,584 93.1 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Moore 4,752 56.9 −1.6
Country Arnold Palmer 3,606 43.1 +1.6
Labor hold Swing −1.6
1966 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Byrne 4,683 56.2 −2.5
Country Alfred Martinuzzi 2,623 31.5 +1.1
Queensland Labor Geoffrey Higham 1,021 12.3 +1.4
Total formal votes 8,327 97.6 −0.1
Informal votes 202 2.4 +0.1
Turnout 8,529 93.4 −1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Byrne 4,873 58.5 −2.3
Country Alfred Martinuzzi 3,454 41.5 +2.3
Labor hold Swing −2.3
1963 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Byrne 4,744 58.7 +4.1
Country Alf Martinuzzi 2,456 30.4 −5.5
Queensland Labor Geoff Higham 877 10.9 +1.4
Total formal votes 8,077 97.7 −0.9
Informal votes 191 2.3 +0.9
Turnout 8,268 94.5 +3.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Byrne 4,907 60.8
Country Alf Martinuzzi 3,170 39.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Byrne 4,417 54.6
Country Edmund Webb 2,905 35.9
Queensland Labor Geoff Higham 770 9.5
Total formal votes 8,092 98.6
Informal votes 115 1.4
Turnout 8,207 91.5
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

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1957 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Byrne 3,246 42.2 −17.3
Country Edmund Webb 2,619 34.1 −4.1
Queensland Labor Alfred Drew 1,740 22.6 +22.6
Independent Cecil Evans 81 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 7,686 98.6 −0.3
Informal votes 112 1.4 +0.3
Turnout 7,798 95.9 +2.5
Labor hold Swing −5.5
1956 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Byrne 4,468 59.5 −7.8
Country Eric Fox 2,872 38.2 +8.6
Communist John Twaddle 174 2.3 −0.8
Total formal votes 7,514 98.9 −0.3
Informal votes 86 1.1 +0.3
Turnout 7,600 93.4 −0.7
Labor hold Swing −8.3
1953 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Byrne 4,867 67.3 +23.8
Country John Castor 2,142 29.6 −9.0
Communist Bertie Clark 227 3.1 −0.6
Total formal votes 7,236 99.2 0.0
Informal votes 58 0.8 0.0
Turnout 7,294 94.1 +2.5
Labor hold Swing +16.4
1950 Queensland state election: Mourilyan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Byrne 3,168 43.5
Country Andrew Laurie 2,812 38.6
NQ Labor William Batchelor 1,028 14.1
Communist Les Sullivan 271 3.7
Total formal votes 7,279 99.2
Informal votes 60 0.8
Turnout 7,339 91.6
Labor hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "1989 Results for Mourilyan". Queensland Election Archive. ABC. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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