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Queensland state electoral results

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

Members for Somerset

Member Party Term
  Duncan MacDonald Country 1950–1953
Alexander Skinner Labor 1953–1957
Queensland Labor 1957
Harold Richter Country 1957–1972
Bill Gunn Country 1972–1974
National 1974–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lyn Kally 7,770 36.8 +0.8
National Bill Gunn 7,359 34.8 −29.2
Liberal Neil Zabel 3,252 15.4 +15.4
Independent Jean Bray 1,435 6.8 +6.8
Independent Rob Lucas 787 3.7 +3.7
Independent Noel Qualischefski 516 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 21,119 96.6 −0.4
Informal votes 755 3.4 +0.4
Turnout 21,874 92.7 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Bill Gunn 11,396 54.0 −10.0
Labor Lyn Kally 9,723 46.0 +10.0
National hold Swing −10.0
1986 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Bill Gunn 11,720 64.0 +9.7
Labor Ron Hazelden 6,594 36.0 −1.1
Total formal votes 18,314 97.0
Informal votes 573 3.0
Turnout 18,887 92.4
National hold Swing −2.5
1983 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Bill Gunn 12,490 54.3 +4.3
Labor Ron Hazelden 8,538 37.1 +7.7
Liberal Clive Herrald 1,976 8.6 −12.0
Total formal votes 23,004 98.6 −0.3
Informal votes 323 1.4 +0.3
Turnout 23,327 92.1 +1.2
Two-party-preferred result
National Bill Gunn 14,025 61.0 −4.0
Labor Ron Hazelden 8,979 39.0 +4.0
National hold Swing −4.0
1980 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Bill Gunn 9,381 50.0 −12.4
Labor Ron Hazelden 5,508 29.4 +3.3
Liberal Owen Nugent 3,854 20.6 +20.6
Total formal votes 18,743 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 213 1.1 0.0
Turnout 18,956 90.9 −1.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Bill Gunn 12,175 65.0 −2.9
Labor Ron Hazelden 6,568 35.0 +2.9
National hold Swing −2.9

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Bill Gunn 9,599 62.4 −12.3
Labor Ronald Hazelden 4,024 26.1 +7.9
Democrats Thomas Flynn-O'Connor 1,771 11.5 +11.5
Total formal votes 15,394 98.5
Informal votes 226 1.5
Turnout 15,620 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
National Bill Gunn 10,449 67.9 −8.2
Labor Ronald Hazelden 4,945 32.1 +8.2
National hold Swing −8.2
1974 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Bill Gunn 9,656 74.7 +18.2
Labor Gordon Abbott 2,348 18.2 −13.4
Independent Keith Hughes 918 7.1 +7.1
Total formal votes 12,922 99.2 +0.2
Informal votes 107 0.8 −0.2
Turnout 13,029 93.2 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Bill Gunn 10,115 78.3 +12.0
Labor Gordon Abbott 2,807 21.7 −12.0
National hold Swing +12.0
1972 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Gunn 6,925 56.5 −4.1
Labor Henry Riis 3,874 31.6 −7.8
Queensland Labor Roland Forgan 1,263 10.3 +10.3
Independent Robert Wilkie 198 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 12,260 99.0
Informal votes 128 1.0
Turnout 12,388 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bill Gunn 8,133 66.3 +5.7
Labor Henry Riis 4,127 33.7 −5.7
Country hold Swing +5.7

Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harold Richter 5,014 59.9 0.0
Labor Norman Cush 3,351 40.1 +7.7
Total formal votes 8,365 98.8 −0.1
Informal votes 101 1.2 +0.1
Turnout 8,466 94.8 0.0
Country hold Swing −5.0
1966 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harold Richter 5,076 59.9 −0.2
Labor Jacobus Van Der Lelie 2,742 32.4 −7.5
Independent John Rasmussen 380 4.5 +4.5
Queensland Labor Naomi Grulke 274 3.2 +3.2
Total formal votes 8,472 98.9 −0.4
Informal votes 97 1.1 +0.4
Turnout 8,569 94.8 −1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Harold Richter 5,497 64.9 +4.8
Labor Jacobus Van Der Lelie 2,975 35.1 −4.8
Country hold Swing +4.8
1963 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harold Richter 5,336 60.1 +5.0
Labor John Walters 3,536 39.9 +20.9
Total formal votes 8,872 99.3 +0.7
Informal votes 60 0.7 −0.7
Turnout 8,932 95.8 +1.7
Country hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harold Richter 4,860 55.1
Queensland Labor Alexander Skinner 2,291 26.0
Labor Robert Warren 1,672 19.0
Total formal votes 8,823 98.6
Informal votes 126 1.4
Turnout 8,949 94.1
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harold Richter 3,700 41.0 −3.1
Queensland Labor Alexander Skinner 3,246 36.0 +36.0
Labor Evan Marginson 2,078 23.0 −32.9
Total formal votes 9,024 99.5 +0.2
Informal votes 42 0.5 −0.2
Turnout 9,066 95.4 +0.7
Country gain from Labor Swing N/A
1956 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alexander Skinner 4,921 55.9 +4.9
Country Nigel McConnel 3,887 44.1 −4.9
Total formal votes 8,808 99.3 +0.2
Informal votes 63 0.7 −0.2
Turnout 8,871 94.7 +0.8
Labor hold Swing +4.9
1953 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alexander Skinner 4,522 51.0 +8.8
Country James Brough 4,353 49.0 −8.8
Total formal votes 8,875 99.1 −0.1
Informal votes 78 0.9 +0.1
Turnout 8,953 93.9 +0.4
Labor gain from Country Swing +8.8
1950 Queensland state election: Somerset
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Duncan MacDonald 5,113 57.7
Labor John Perrett 3,740 42.3
Total formal votes 8,853 99.2
Informal votes 72 0.8
Turnout 8,925 93.5
Country hold Swing

References

  1. Green, Antony. "1989 Results for Somerset". Queensland Election Archive. ABC. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
Electoral results for the former districts of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
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