Electoral results for the district of Nerang

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

Members for Nerang

Member Party Term
  Tom Hynd National 1986–1989
  Ray Connor Liberal 1989–2001

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1998 Queensland state election: Nerang[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Connor 10,336 38.65 −19.15
Labor Peter Burke 7,406 27.70 −3.63
One Nation John Coyle 6,719 25.13 +25.13
Greens Jacquie Hughes 1,572 5.88 −4.98
Democrats Lynne Grimsey 569 2.13 +2.13
Reform Richard Balcke 138 0.52 +0.52
Total formal votes 26,740 98.41 +0.13
Informal votes 432 1.59 −0.13
Turnout 27,172 91.19 +1.24
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Connor 14,177 61.00 −2.59
Labor Peter Burke 9,064 39.00 +2.59
Liberal hold Swing −2.59
1995 Queensland state election: Nerang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Connor 13,343 57.80 +26.77
Labor Elham Alamar 7,233 31.33 −8.80
Greens Antony Bradshaw 2,508 10.86 +10.86
Total formal votes 23,084 98.28 +0.68
Informal votes 405 1.72 −0.68
Turnout 23,489 89.95 +0.09
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Connor 14,156 63.59 +8.75
Labor Elham Alamar 8,106 36.41 −8.75
Liberal hold Swing +8.75
1992 Queensland state election: Nerang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tony Carman 7,883 40.1 −0.1
Liberal Ray Connor 6,096 31.0 +1.7
National Iona Abrahamson 4,828 24.6 −2.6
Independent Chris Ivory 836 4.3 +4.3
Total formal votes 19,643 97.6
Informal votes 484 2.4
Turnout 20,127 89.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Connor 10,274 54.8 −1.8
Labor Tony Carman 8,462 45.2 +1.8
Liberal hold Swing −1.8

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Nerang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Lee 10,828 45.6 +12.8
Liberal Ray Connor 6,499 27.4 +9.4
National Tom Hynd 5,832 24.6 −19.2
Independent Harry Howard 585 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 23,744 96.3 −0.9
Informal votes 918 3.7 +0.9
Turnout 24,662 88.5 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ray Connor 12,210 51.4 +51.4
Labor Robert Lee 11,534 48.6 +8.5
Liberal gain from National Swing +51.4
1986 Queensland state election: Nerang
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Tom Hynd 7,509 43.8
Labor Marjorie Thompson 5,625 32.8
Liberal Russell Stuart 3,079 18.0
Democrats Tony Kennedy 625 3.7
Independent Methven Sparks 291 1.7
Total formal votes 17,129 97.2
Informal votes 497 2.8
Turnout 17,626 88.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Tom Hynd 10,256 59.9 +3.3
Labor Marjorie Thompson 6,873 40.1 −3.3
National hold Swing +3.3

References

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