Electoral results for the district of Kurwongbah

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

Members for Kurwongbah

First incarnation (1992–2009)
Member		Party	Term
	Margaret Woodgate	Labor	1992–1997
	Linda Lavarch	Labor	1997–2009
Second incarnation (2017–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Shane King	Labor	2017–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2020 Queensland state election: Kurwongbah[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Shane King	16,243	51.79	+10.40
	Liberal National	Kerry Petrus	8,460	26.98	+2.50
	One Nation	Kim Attrill	2,834	9.04	−12.76
	Greens	Earl Snijders	2,317	7.39	−1.12
	Animal Justice	Heather Dwane	787	2.51	+2.51
	Independent	Thor Prohaska	721	2.30	−1.53
Total formal votes			31,362	96.34	+0.77
Informal votes			1,192	3.66	−0.77
Turnout			32,554	88.72	−0.36
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Shane King	19,804	63.15	+6.15
	Liberal National	Kerry Petrus	11,558	36.85	−6.15
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.15

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Queensland state election: Kurwongbah[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Shane King	12,255	41.4	−6.0
	Liberal National	Allan Cook	7,247	24.5	−14.4
	One Nation	Karen Haddock	6,452	21.8	+21.8
	Greens	Rachel Doherty	2,519	8.5	+0.6
	Independent	Thor Prohaska	1,134	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			29,607	95.6	−2.1
Informal votes			1,374	4.4	+2.1
Turnout			30,981	89.1	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Shane King	16,874	57.0	−0.1
	Liberal National	Allan Cook	12,733	43.0	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.1

Elections in the 2000s

2006 Queensland state election: Kurwongbah[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Linda Lavarch	17,699	56.48	+1.93
	National	Terry Orreal	10,686	34.10	+2.60
	Greens	Terry Jones	2,949	9.41	+1.83
Total formal votes			31,334	98.03	-0.13
Informal votes			630	1.97	+0.13
Turnout			31,964	92.99	-0.62
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Linda Lavarch	18,791	62.36	-0.09
	National	Terry Orreal	11,341	37.64	+0.09
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.09

2004 Queensland state election: Kurwongbah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Linda Lavarch	16,148	54.55	-8.40
	National	Terry Orreal	9,323	31.50	+31.50
	Greens	Daniel Boon	2,245	7.58	+1.01
	One Nation	Dean Westbury	1,184	4.00	+4.00
	Independent	Connie Wood	701	2.37	+2.37
Total formal votes			29,601	98.16	+0.57
Informal votes			554	1.84	-0.57
Turnout			30,155	93.61	-0.72
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Linda Lavarch	17,128	62.45	-10.25
	National	Terry Orreal	10,299	37.55	+37.55
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.25

2001 Queensland state election: Kurwongbah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Linda Lavarch	16,889	62.9	+13.6
	Liberal	Brenda Martin	5,757	21.5	-1.2
	Greens	Kim Pantano	1,762	6.6	+0.9
	Democrats	Matt Harrison	1,460	5.4	+5.4
	City Country Alliance	Steve Purtill	963	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			26,831	97.6
Informal votes			663	2.4
Turnout			27,494	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Linda Lavarch	17,987	72.7	+9.7
	Liberal	Brenda Martin	6,755	27.3	-9.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.7

Elections in the 1990s

1998 Queensland state election: Kurwongbah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Linda Lavarch	11,857	49.5	+4.5
	Liberal	Justin Kerr	5,423	22.6	-9.8
	One Nation	Kim Thistlethwaite	5,312	22.2	+22.2
	Greens	Kim Pantano	1,371	5.7	-3.5
Total formal votes			23,963	98.5	-0.1
Informal votes			356	1.5	+0.1
Turnout			24,319	94.8	+1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Linda Lavarch	13,847	63.2	+7.3
	Liberal	Justin Kerr	8,061	36.8	-7.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.3

1997 Kurwongbah state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Linda Lavarch	10,148	48.19	+3.20
	Liberal	Peter Rankin	5,238	24.88	-7.48
	Independent	Yvonne Moran	3,173	15.07	+15.07
	Greens	Kim Pantano	1,359	6.45	-2.76
	Independent	Rona Joyner	521	2.47	+2.47
	Shooters	Bev Salisbury	452	2.15	+2.15
	Independent	Peter Byrne	167	0.79	+0.79
Total formal votes			21,056	98.14	-0.42
Informal votes			400	1.86	+0.42
Turnout			21,456	84.37
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Linda Lavarch	11,484	60.20	+4.30
	Liberal	Peter Rankin	7,580	39.80	-4.30
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.30

1995 Queensland state election: Kurwongbah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Margaret Woodgate	9,810	45.0	-12.2
	Liberal	Dennis Sharkey	7,055	32.4	+12.6
	Independent	Rob Akers	2,129	9.8	+9.8
	Greens	Kim Pantano	2,009	9.2	+9.2
	Confederate Action	Paul Hunter	800	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			21,803	98.6	+0.7
Informal votes			319	1.4	-0.7
Turnout			22,122	93.0	-0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Margaret Woodgate	11,326	55.9	-7.2
	Liberal	Dennis Sharkey	8,936	44.1	+7.2
	Labor hold		Swing	7.2

1992 Queensland state election: Kurwongbah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Margaret Woodgate	11,750	57.2	+0.1
	Liberal	Graeme Ashworth	4,075	19.8	-2.9
	National	Bruce Stewart	3,092	15.0	-1.9
	Independent	Dennis Sharkey	1,634	8.0	+8.0
Total formal votes			20,551	97.9
Informal votes			433	2.1
Turnout			20,984	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Margaret Woodgate	12,488	63.1	+3.8
	Liberal	Graeme Ashworth	7,315	36.9	-3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

References

1. 2020 State General Election – Kurwongbah – District Summary, ECQ.
2. 2017 State General Election - Kurwongbah - District Summary, ECQ.
3. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/archive/qld/results/2006/Kurwongbah.htm