Electoral results for the district of Cook
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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Cook in Queensland state elections.
Contents
Members for Cook
First incarnation (1876–1878, 1 member) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
William Edward Murphy | Unaligned | 1876–1878 | |
Second incarnation (1878–1888, 2 members) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
John Walsh | Unaligned | 1878–1883 | |
Frederick Cooper | Unaligned | 1878–1884 (disqualified) | |
John Hamilton | Ministerialist | 1883–1888 | |
Thomas Campbell | Unaligned | 1884–1885 (declared elected) | |
Charles Lumley Hill | Unaligned | 1885–1888 | |
Third incarnation (1888–1950, 1 member) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
John Hamilton | Ministerialist | 1888–1904 | |
John Hargreaves | Ministerialist | 1904–1907 | |
Henry Douglas | Ministerialist / Opposition / Independent Opposition / Ministerialist / Liberal |
1907–1915 | |
Henry Ryan | Labor | 1915–1929 | |
James Kenny | Country and Progressive National | 1929–1935 | |
Harold Collins | Labor | 1935–1950 | |
Fourth incarnation (1953–present, 1 member) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Bunny Adair | Labor | 1953–1957 | |
Queensland Labor | 1957–1963 | ||
Independent | 1963–1969 | ||
Bill Wood | Labor | 1969–1972 | |
Edwin Wallis-Smith | Labor | 1972–1974 | |
Eric Deeral | National | 1974–1977 | |
Bob Scott | Labor | 1977–1989 | |
Steve Bredhauer | Labor | 1989–2004 | |
Jason O'Brien | Labor | 2004–2012 | |
David Kempton | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
Billy Gordon | Labor | 2015–present |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Billy Gordon | 10,119 | 40.41 | +7.99 | |
Liberal National | David Kempton | 8,424 | 33.64 | −3.87 | |
Katter's Australian | Lee Marriott | 3,134 | 12.52 | −9.83 | |
Palmer United | Jason Booth | 1,678 | 6.70 | +6.70 | |
Greens | Daryl Desjardin | 1,353 | 5.40 | −0.10 | |
Independent | Michaelangelo Newie | 332 | 1.33 | +1.33 | |
Total formal votes | 25,040 | 98.05 | −0.44 | ||
Informal votes | 497 | 1.95 | +0.44 | ||
Turnout | 25,537 | 86.24 | −0.03 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Billy Gordon | 12,527 | 56.77 | +10.20 | |
Liberal National | David Kempton | 9,540 | 43.23 | −10.20 | |
Labor gain from Liberal National | Swing | +10.20 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | David Kempton | 8,832 | 37.51 | -4.90 | |
Labor | Jason O'Brien | 7,634 | 32.42 | -13.63 | |
Katter's Australian | Lachlan Bensted | 5,261 | 22.34 | +22.34 | |
Greens | George Riley | 1,295 | 5.50 | -1.15 | |
One Nation | James Evans | 524 | 2.23 | +2.23 | |
Total formal votes | 23,546 | 98.49 | +0.29 | ||
Informal votes | 361 | 1.51 | -0.29 | ||
Turnout | 23,907 | 86.26 | +0.43 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | David Kempton | 10,563 | 53.43 | +5.67 | |
Labor | Jason O'Brien | 9,205 | 46.57 | -5.67 | |
Liberal National gain from Labor | Swing | +5.67 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jason O'Brien | 10,456 | 46.0 | -4.3 | |
Liberal National | Craig Batchelor | 9,629 | 42.4 | +12.7 | |
Greens | Neville St John-Wood | 1,510 | 6.7 | -0.3 | |
Independent | Michaelangelo Newie | 1,111 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Total formal votes | 22,706 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 417 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 23,123 | 85.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jason O'Brien | 11,217 | 52.2 | -9.2 | |
Liberal National | Craig Batchelor | 10,253 | 47.8 | +9.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -9.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jason O'Brien | 9,806 | 57.8 | +15.8 | |
National | Peter Scott | 5,400 | 31.8 | +0.8 | |
Greens | Neville St John-Wood | 1,767 | 10.4 | +3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 16,973 | 98.1 | -0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 334 | 1.9 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 17,307 | 82.4 | -1.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jason O'Brien | 10,661 | 65.1 | +7.6 | |
National | Peter Scott | 5,709 | 34.9 | -7.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jason O'Brien | 7,346 | 42.0 | -21.8 | |
National | Graham Elmes | 5,420 | 31.0 | +15.5 | |
Independent | Bruce Gibson | 2,572 | 14.7 | +14.7 | |
Greens | Neville St John-Wood | 1,167 | 6.7 | +6.7 | |
One Nation | David Ballestrin | 966 | 5.5 | -15.1 | |
Total formal votes | 17,471 | 98.3 | +0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 294 | 1.7 | -0.0 | ||
Turnout | 17,765 | 84.3 | -2.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jason O'Brien | 8,746 | 57.5 | -15.4 | |
National | Graham Elmes | 6,477 | 42.5 | +42.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -15.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Steve Bredhauer | 10,727 | 63.8 | +10.4 | |
One Nation | Alan Webb | 3,465 | 20.6 | +0.5 | |
National | Lloyd Hollingsworth | 2,610 | 15.5 | -1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 16,802 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 282 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 17,084 | 87.2 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Steve Bredhauer | 11,175 | 72.9 | +7.8 | |
One Nation | Alan Webb | 4,162 | 27.1 | -7.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +7.8 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Steve Bredhauer | 8,370 | 54.6 | +2.1 | |
One Nation | Carmel Mitchell | 3,124 | 20.4 | +20.4 | |
National | Terry Cranwell | 2,989 | 19.5 | -16.6 | |
Independent | Edgar Williams | 482 | 3.1 | -3.4 | |
Reform | Smiley Burnett | 351 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 15,316 | 98.6 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 218 | 1.4 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 15,534 | 86.8 | +3.4 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Steve Bredhauer | 9,507 | 65.5 | +7.8 | |
One Nation | Carmel Mitchell | 5,002 | 34.5 | +34.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +7.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Steve Bredhauer | 7,603 | 52.6 | +3.6 | |
National | Terry Cranwell | 5,220 | 36.1 | +11.1 | |
Independent | Edgar Williams | 945 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
Democrats | Trevor Tim | 689 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Total formal votes | 14,457 | 98.0 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 297 | 2.0 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 14,754 | 83.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Steve Bredhauer | 8,118 | 57.7 | -4.5 | |
National | Terry Cranwell | 5,953 | 42.3 | +4.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Steve Bredhauer | 6,794 | 49.0 | +2.8 | |
National | John Weightman | 3,465 | 25.0 | -1.1 | |
Liberal | David Spanagel | 1,321 | 9.5 | +1.4 | |
Independent | David Byrne | 1,000 | 7.2 | -0.1 | |
Independent | George Villaflor | 586 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Indigenous Peoples | Merv Gibson | 373 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Indigenous Peoples | Norman Johnson | 180 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Independent | Anton Castro | 141 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 13,860 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 343 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 14,203 | 85.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Steve Bredhauer | 7,883 | 62.2 | +4.1 | |
National | John Weightman | 4,794 | 37.8 | -4.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Steve Bredhauer | 4,305 | 43.1 | -23.5 | |
National | Lester Rosendale | 2,208 | 22.1 | -11.3 | |
Independent | David Byrne | 979 | 9.8 | +9.8 | |
Independent | James Akee | 910 | 9.1 | +9.1 | |
Liberal | Bill Rutherford | 706 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Independent | Dan Paterson | 564 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Independent | Norman Johnson | 313 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 9,985 | 92.8 | -3.0 | ||
Informal votes | 769 | 7.2 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,754 | 80.6 | -1.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Steve Bredhauer | 5,881 | 58.9 | -7.7 | |
National | Lester Rosendale | 4,104 | 41.1 | +7.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -7.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Scott | 5,629 | 66.7 | +1.3 | |
National | Getano Lui | 2,816 | 33.3 | -1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 8,445 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 372 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 8,817 | 82.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Scott | 5,373 | 63.5 | +3.7 | |
National | Patrick Killoran | 1,779 | 21.0 | -9.8 | |
National | James Wilkinson | 1,309 | 15.5 | +15.5 | |
Total formal votes | 8,461 | 98.0 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 171 | 2.0 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 8,632 | 84.0 | +2.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Scott | 5,373 | 63.5 | +1.1 | |
National | Patrick Killoran | 3,088 | 36.5 | -1.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Scott | 4,263 | 59.8 | +11.4 | |
National | D.A. Young | 1,282 | 18.0 | -23.2 | |
National | Justin Smith | 912 | 12.8 | +12.8 | |
Liberal | Evelyn Scott | 669 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
Total formal votes | 7,126 | 97.9 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 155 | 2.1 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,281 | 81.3 | -1.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Scott | 4,447 | 62.4 | +8.5 | |
National | D.A. Young | 2,679 | 37.6 | -8.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +8.5 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Scott | 3,317 | 48.4 | +12.8 | |
National | Eric Deeral | 2,841 | 41.5 | +19.0 | |
Australian Advancement Party | Ted Loban | 690 | 10.1 | +10.1 | |
Total formal votes | 6,848 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 154 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 7,002 | 82.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Scott | 3,693 | 53.9 | +6.5 | |
National | Eric Deeral | 3,155 | 46.1 | -6.5 | |
Labor gain from National | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Scott | 2,339 | 35.6 | -15.2 | |
National | Eric Deeral | 1,477 | 22.5 | +22.5 | |
National | Terrence Mahoney | 1,394 | 21.2 | +21.2 | |
Independent | Percy Trezise | 566 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
Liberal | Keith Hollands | 466 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Australian Advancement | Patrick O'Shane | 217 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Independent | Graham Gordon | 115 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 6,574 | 94.2 | -2.7 | ||
Informal votes | 403 | 5.8 | +2.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,977 | 84.3 | -0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Eric Deeral | 3,459 | 52.6 | +6.8 | |
Labor | Bob Scott | 3,115 | 47.4 | -6.8 | |
National gain from Labor | Swing | +6.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Edwin Wallis-Smith | 3,071 | 50.8 | -2.1 | |
Country | Graham Gordon | 1,749 | 28.9 | -10.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Benjamin Nona | 1,221 | 20.2 | +18.3 | |
Total formal votes | 6,041 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 194 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 6,235 | 84.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Edwin Wallis-Smith | 3,277 | 54.2 | +0.9 | |
Country | Graham Gordon | 2,764 | 45.8 | -0.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bill Wood | 6,154 | 52.9 | +8.1 | |
Country | James Bidner | 4,593 | 39.5 | +39.5 | |
Independent | John Allan | 507 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Thomas White | 227 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Independent | Ernest Hall | 146 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 11,627 | 96.4 | -2.1 | ||
Informal votes | 435 | 3.6 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 12,062 | 90.0 | -1.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Wood | 6,522 | 56.1 | +11.3 | |
Country | James Bidner | 5,105 | 43.9 | +43.9 | |
Labor gain from Independent | Swing | +11.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Bunny Adair | 6,097 | 55.2 | +0.5 | |
Labor | Jack Bethel | 4,951 | 44.8 | -0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 11,048 | 98.5 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 172 | 1.5 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,220 | 91.3 | +0.2 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Bunny Adair | 4,687 | 54.7 | +54.7 | |
Labor | Jack Bethel | 3,875 | 45.3 | +10.1 | |
Total formal votes | 8,562 | 97.7 | -1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 199 | 2.3 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 8,761 | 91.1 | +1.2 | ||
Independent gain from Democratic Labor | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Queensland Labor | Bunny Adair | 3,063 | 39.2 | ||
Labor | John Bethel | 2,753 | 35.2 | ||
Country | William Simms | 2,003 | 25.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,819 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 88 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 7,907 | 89.9 | |||
Queensland Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Queensland Labor | Bunny Adair | 4,013 | 44.2 | +44.2 | |
Country | Carlisle Wordsworth | 3,463 | 38.1 | +1.7 | |
Labor | Seymour Chataway | 1,607 | 17.7 | -45.9 | |
Total formal votes | 9,083 | 99.1 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 82 | 0.9 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,165 | 92.7 | +3.5 | ||
Queensland Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bunny Adair | 5,433 | 63.6 | +10.5 | |
Country | John Crossland | 3,110 | 36.4 | -10.5 | |
Total formal votes | 8,543 | 98.8 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 103 | 1.2 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 8,646 | 89.2 | -0.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +10.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bunny Adair | 4,135 | 53.1 | +3.9 | |
Country | Carlisle Wordsworth | 3,658 | 46.9 | -3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 7,793 | 98.8 | -0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 93 | 1.2 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,886 | 89.8 | +1.6 | ||
Labor gain from Country | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Carlisle Wordsworth | 3,811 | 50.8 | ||
Labor | Jim Tully | 3,690 | 49.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,501 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 80 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 7,581 | 88.2 | |||
Country gain from Labor | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harold Collins | 4,388 | 55.7 | +1.1 | |
Country | Charles Griffin | 3,485 | 44.3 | +44.3 | |
Total formal votes | 7,873 | 98.4 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 125 | 1.6 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 7,998 | 88.9 | +6.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -10.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harold Collins | 3,845 | 54.6 | -2.4 | |
Queensland People's Party | Norman Fitchett | 1,999 | 28.4 | +28.4 | |
Independent Labor | Jack Meehan | 1,205 | 17.1 | +17.1 | |
Total formal votes | 7,049 | 98.3 | +2.9 | ||
Informal votes | 119 | 1.7 | -2.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,168 | 82.0 | -7.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +8.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harold Collins | 4,388 | 57.0 | -2.0 | |
Country | James McDonald | 3,315 | 43.0 | +9.2 | |
Total formal votes | 7,703 | 95.4 | -2.6 | ||
Informal votes | 368 | 4.6 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,071 | 89.0 | -1.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -6.5 |
References
- ↑ 2015 State General Election - Cook - District Summary, ECQ.
- ↑ http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/booth24.html
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.