Electoral results for the district of Manly (Queensland)
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Manly in Queensland state elections.
Members for Manly
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Shaw | Labor Party
|
1986–1988 | |
Independent
|
1988–1989 | ||
| Jim Elder | Labor Party
|
1989–1992 | |
Election results
Elections in the 1980s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jim Elder | 14,174 | 57.3 | +6.3 | |
| Liberal | Verlie Farrell | 4,189 | 16.9 | +3.7 | |
| National | Paul Asher | 3,709 | 15.0 | -13.4 | |
| Democrats | Robert George | 2,392 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
| Advance Australia | Barry Cullen | 265 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 24,729 | 96.7 | -1.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 849 | 3.3 | +1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 25,578 | 92.4 | -0.3 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jim Elder | 15,827 | 64.0 | +7.3 | |
| Liberal | Verlie Farrell | 8,902 | 36.0 | +36.0 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +7.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Eric Shaw | 10,647 | 51.0 | ||
| National | Merv Hoppner | 5,928 | 28.4 | ||
| Liberal | Des Morris | 4,309 | 20.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 20,884 | 98.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 412 | 1.9 | |||
| Turnout | 21,296 | 92.7 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Eric Shaw | 11,841 | 56.7 | +4.2 | |
| National | Merv Hoppner | 9,043 | 43.3 | -4.2 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "1989 Results for Manly". Queensland Election Archive. ABC. Retrieved 7 August 2021.