Electoral results for the district of Warwick

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

Members for Warwick

Member		Party	Term
	St. George Richard Gore		1860–1862
	John Gore Jones		1862–1863
	Arnold Wienholt, Sr.		1863–1867
	George Clark		1867–1868
	Edmond Thornton		1868–1870
	James Morgan		1870–1871
	Charles Clark		1871–1873
	James Morgan		1873–1878
	Jacob Horwitz	Liberal	1878–1887
	Arthur Morgan	Independent	1887–1890
	Opposition	1890–1896
	Thomas Joseph Byrnes	Ministerial	1896–1898
	Arthur Morgan	Ministerial	1898–1903
		Liberal	1903–1906
	Thomas O'Sullivan	Liberal	1906–1907
		Kidston	1907–1908
	George Powell Barnes	Farmers' Rep.	1908–1909
		Ministerial/Queensland Liberal	1909–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1922
		United	1922–1925
		Country and Progressive National	1925–1935
	John Healy	Labor	1935–1947
	Otto Madsen	Country	1947–1963
	David Cory	Country	1963–1975
		National Country	1975–1977
	Des Booth	National Country	1977–1982
		National	1982–1992
	Lawrence Springborg	National	1992–2001

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

Queensland state election, 1998: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Lawrence Springborg	9,443	45.86	-20.96
	One Nation	Joan White	6,242	30.32	+30.32
	Labor	Jeffrey Singleton	4,091	19.87	-8.02
	Greens	Kim Olsen	814	3.95	-1.34
Total formal votes			20,590	98.66	-0.08
Informal votes			280	1.34	+0.08
Turnout			20,870	94.30	+0.70
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Lawrence Springborg	11,628	61.85	-7.73
	One Nation	Joan White	7,172	38.15	+38.15
	National hold		Swing	-7.73

Queensland state election, 1995: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Lawrence Springborg	13,393	66.82	+10.77
	Labor	Michael Bathersby	5,590	27.89	-9.18
	Greens	Sarah Moles	1,061	5.29	+5.29
Total formal votes			20,044	98.74	+0.61
Informal votes			256	1.26	-0.61
Turnout			20,300	93.60	+0.07
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Lawrence Springborg	13,792	69.58	+8.15
	Labor	Michael Bathersby	6,031	30.42	-8.15
	National hold		Swing	+8.15

Queensland state election, 1992: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Lawrence Springborg	11,287	56.1	+15.5
	Labor	Michael Bathersby	7,464	37.1	+6.4
	Liberal	Ruth Buchanan	1,386	6.9	-8.0
Total formal votes			20,137	98.1
Informal votes			384	1.9
Turnout			20,521	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Lawrence Springborg	12,236	61.4	+0.4
	Labor	Michael Bathersby	7,683	38.6	-0.4
	National hold		Swing	+0.4

Elections in the 1980s

Queensland state election, 1989: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Des Booth	4,945	41.0	-31.1
	Labor	Bev Brennan	3,399	28.2	+0.3
	Liberal	Peter Beatty	2,032	16.9	+16.9
	Independent	Bev Shelley	1,682	13.9	+13.9
Total formal votes			12,058	97.9	-0.3
Informal votes			254	2.1	+0.3
Turnout			12,312	92.6	-0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Des Booth	7,723	64.0	-8.1
	Labor	Bev Brennan	4,335	36.0	+8.1
	National hold		Swing	-8.1

Queensland state election, 1986: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Des Booth	8,158	72.1	+1.5
	Labor	Bev Brennan	3,151	27.9	-1.5
Total formal votes			11,309	98.2	-0.1
Informal votes			209	1.8	+0.1
Turnout			11,518	93.5	-0.3
	National hold		Swing	+1.5

Queensland state election, 1983: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Des Booth	6,921	67.9	+3.5
	Labor	Mary Hill	3,278	32.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			10,199	98.3	-0.7
Informal votes			172	1.7	+0.7
Turnout			10,371	93.8	+2.1
	National hold		Swing	+0.2

Queensland state election, 1980: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Des Booth	6,199	64.4	+11.5
	Labor	Stephen Fazackerley	2,790	29.0	+0.5
	Democrats	Maria Heyboer	632	6.6	+6.6
Total formal votes			9,621	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			93	1.0	-0.1
Turnout			9,714	91.7	-1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Des Booth	6,509	67.7	-1.2
	Labor	Stephen Fazackerley	3,112	32.3	+1.2
	National hold		Swing	-1.2

Elections in the 1970s

Queensland state election, 1977: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Des Booth	5,013	52.9	-21.9
	Labor	Graham Dorman	2,699	28.5	-3.3
	Liberal	Raymond McNamara	1,764	18.6	+18.6
Total formal votes			9,476	98.9
Informal votes			102	1.1
Turnout			9,578	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Des Booth	6,530	68.9	-5.9
	Labor	Graham Dorman	2,946	31.1	+5.9
	National hold		Swing	-5.9

Queensland state election, 1974: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	David Cory	7,052	74.8	+25.5
	Labor	Raymond Lyons	2,374	25.2	-10.2
Total formal votes			9,426	98.8	-0.1
Informal votes			112	1.2	+0.1
Turnout			9,538	91.9	-3.0
	National hold		Swing	+13.3

Queensland state election, 1972: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Cory	4,258	49.3	-4.5
	Labor	Raymond Lyons	3,053	35.4	-2.6
	Democratic Labor	Daniel Skehan	679	7.9	-0.3
	Independent	Norman Stuart	641	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			8,631	98.9
Informal votes			98	1.1
Turnout			8,729	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	David Cory	5,305	61.5	+0.2
	Labor	Raymond Lyons	3,326	38.5	-0.2
	Country hold		Swing	+0.2

Elections in the 1960s

Queensland state election, 1969: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Cory	4,276	53.8	-5.1
	Labor	Raymond Lyons	3,014	38.0	+5.0
	Democratic Labor	Daniel Skehan	650	8.2	+0.1
Total formal votes			7,940	99.1	+0.2
Informal votes			70	0.9	-0.2
Turnout			8,010	95.4	-0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	David Cory	4,805	60.5	-5.0
	Labor	Raymond Lyons	3,135	39.5	+5.0
	Country hold		Swing	-5.0

Queensland state election, 1966: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Cory	4,816	58.9	-2.5
	Labor	Eric Barrett	2,701	33.0	+9.0
	Democratic Labor	Daniel Skehan	659	8.1	-6.4
Total formal votes			8,176	98.9	+0.1
Informal votes			90	1.1	-0.1
Turnout			8,266	95.9	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	David Cory	5,352	65.5	-7.8
	Labor	Eric Barrett	2,824	34.5	+7.8
	Country hold		Swing	-7.8

Queensland state election, 1963: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,152	61.4	-2.5
	Labor	Reggie Wenham	2,016	24.0	+2.6
	Democratic Labor	Daniel Skehan	1,217	14.5	-0.2
Total formal votes			8,385	98.8	+0.1
Informal votes			105	1.2	-0.1
Turnout			8,490	95.8	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Otto Madsen	6,143	73.3
	Labor	Reggie Wenham	2,242	26.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Queensland state election, 1960: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,437	63.9
	Labor	Reggie Wenham	1,818	21.4
	Queensland Labor	George Campbell	1,254	14.7
Total formal votes			8,509	98.7
Informal votes			108	1.3
Turnout			8,617	94.6
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

Queensland state election, 1957: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,695	65.3	+1.7
	Queensland Labor	George Wilkinson	3,026	34.7	+34.7
Total formal votes			8,721	98.4	-0.7
Informal votes			142	1.6	+0.7
Turnout			8,863	95.8	-0.4
	Country hold		Swing	+1.7

Queensland state election, 1956: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,483	63.6	-1.2
	Labor	Frank Drew	3,137	36.4	+1.2
Total formal votes			8,620	99.1	-0.1
Informal votes			81	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			8,701	96.2	+0.5
	Country hold		Swing	-1.2

Queensland state election, 1953: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,651	64.8	-3.6
	Labor	John O'Brien	3,069	35.2	+3.6
Total formal votes			8,720	99.2	0.0
Informal votes			67	0.8	0.0
Turnout			8,787	95.7	+2.3
	Country hold		Swing	-3.6

Queensland state election, 1950: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Otto Madsen	5,965	68.4
	Labor	Terry Keane	2,758	31.6
Total formal votes			8,723	99.2
Informal votes			67	0.8
Turnout			8,790	93.4
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Queensland state election, 1947: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Otto Madsen	4,657	51.7	+6.1
	Labor	John Healy	4,347	48.3	-6.1
Total formal votes			9,004	99.2	+2.5
Informal votes			72	0.8	-2.5
Turnout			9,076	89.7	-0.5
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+6.1

Queensland state election, 1944: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Healy	4,656	54.4	-0.6
	Queensland People's Party	Richard Matthews	3,901	45.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			8,557	96.7	-2.4
Informal votes			296	3.3	+2.4
Turnout			8,853	90.2	-1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.6

Queensland state election, 1941: Warwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Healy	4,766	55.0	+2.2
	Country	Richard Matthews	3,899	45.0	-2.2
Total formal votes			8,665	99.1	-0.1
Informal votes			81	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			8,746	91.3	-1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2