Electoral results for the district of Archerfield

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

Members for Archerfield

Member Party Term
  Kev Hooper Labor 1972–1984
  Henry Palaszczuk Labor 1984–1992
  Len Ardill Labor 1992–1998
  Karen Struthers Labor 1998–2001

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1998 Queensland state election: Archerfield[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Karen Struthers 12,453 49.54 −6.57
Liberal Fazal Deen 6,112 24.31 −19.58
One Nation Rodger Pryor 5,251 20.89 +20.89
Greens Rocco De Pierri 826 3.29 +3.29
Reform Allen Hrstich 497 1.98 +1.98
Total formal votes 25,139 98.33 +0.65
Informal votes 426 1.67 −0.65
Turnout 25,565 94.01 +1.75
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Karen Struthers 14,278 61.71 +5.60
Liberal Fazal Deen 8,860 38.29 −5.60
Labor hold Swing +5.60
1995 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Len Ardill 11,794 56.11 −9.08
Liberal Adam Low 9,224 43.89 +9.08
Total formal votes 21,018 97.68 +0.74
Informal votes 500 2.32 −0.74
Turnout 21,518 92.26 +0.01
Labor hold Swing −9.08
1992 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Len Ardill 12,743 65.2 +1.7
Liberal Paul Pottinger 6,804 34.8 +9.6
Total formal votes 19,547 96.9
Informal votes 618 3.1
Turnout 20,165 92.2
Labor hold Swing +0.9

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Henry Palaszczuk 13,045 73.7 +11.4
Liberal Gordon Morris 3,082 17.4 +1.0
National Mark Goodin 1,571 8.9 −12.4
Total formal votes 17,698 95.1 −1.3
Informal votes 922 4.9 +1.3
Turnout 18,620 91.7 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Henry Palaszczuk 13,150 74.3 +7.4
Liberal Gordon Morris 4,548 25.7 +25.7
Labor hold Swing +7.4
1986 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Henry Palaszczuk 10,277 62.3 −9.3
National Peter Jorgensen 3,513 21.3 −7.1
Liberal John Shea 2,699 16.4 +16.4
Total formal votes 16,489 96.4 +0.2
Informal votes 622 3.6 −0.2
Turnout 17,111 90.7 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Henry Palaszczuk 11,031 66.9 −3.6
National Peter Jorgensen 5,458 33.1 +3.6
Labor hold Swing −3.6
1984 Archerfield state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Henry Palaszczuk 8,641 61.51 −10.13
Liberal John Shea 2,173 15.47 +15.47
National Douglas Jackson 1,907 13.57 −14.79
Democrats David Adams 748 5.32 +5.32
Independent Bruce Parmenter 456 3.25 +3.25
Independent Mervyn Clarkson 93 0.66 +0.66
Independent Norman Eather 31 0.22 +0.22
Total formal votes 14,049 96.54 +0.48
Informal votes 503 3.46 −0.48
Turnout 14,552 82.39 −8.80
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Henry Palaszczuk 9,373 66.72 −4.92
Liberal John Shea 4,676 33.28 +33.28
Labor hold Swing −4.92
1983 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Hooper 10,693 71.6 +6.6
National Douglas Jackson 4,234 28.4 +12.0
Total formal votes 14,927 96.2 −1.5
Informal votes 597 3.8 +1.5
Turnout 15,524 91.2 +4.4
Labor hold Swing +0.5
1980 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Hooper 9,335 64.8 −1.9
National Allen Muir 2,357 16.3 +3.5
Liberal Alan Bavister 2,167 15.0 −5.6
Pensioner Miriam Cope 274 1.9 +1.9
Socialist Mary Simmons 154 1.1 +1.1
Independent Norman Eather 128 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 14,415 97.7 +0.1
Informal votes 334 2.3 −0.1
Turnout 14,749 86.8 −4.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Hooper 10,255 71.1 +2.7
National Allen Muir 4,160 28.9 +28.9
Labor hold Swing +2.7

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Hooper 9,651 66.6 +13.1
Liberal Bevan Fleming 2,989 20.6 −21.7
National John Armstrong 1,177 8.1 +8.1
National George Kalaja 683 4.7 +4.7
Total formal votes 14,500 97.6
Informal votes 357 2.4
Turnout 14,857 90.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Hooper 9,911 68.4 +13.7
Liberal Bevan Fleming 4,589 31.6 −13.7
Labor hold Swing +13.7
1974 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Hooper 6,657 53.5 −18.3
Liberal Garry Hansen 5,260 42.3 +22.9
Queensland Labor Barry Weedon 371 3.0 −5.8
Socialist Ivan Ivanoff 157 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 12,445 97.3 −0.1
Informal votes 344 2.7 +0.1
Turnout 12,789 87.5 −4.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Hooper 6,846 55.0 −18.3
Liberal Garry Hansen 5,599 45.0 +18.3
Labor hold Swing −18.3
1972 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Hooper 8,075 71.8
Liberal Cyril Morgan 2,179 19.4
Queensland Labor Barry Weedon 933 8.8
Total formal votes 11,247 97.4
Informal votes 294 2.6
Turnout 11,541 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Hooper 8,243 73.3 +1.8
Liberal Cyril Morgan 3,004 26.7 −1.8
Labor hold Swing +1.8

References

  1. ^ "Archerfield - 1998 - Election Archive". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2020.