Electoral results for the district of Archerfield

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

Members for Archerfield[]

Member Party Term
  Kev Hooper Labor 1972–1984
  Henry Palaszczuk Labor 1984–1992
  Len Ardill Labor 1992–1998
  Karen Struthers Labor 1998–2001

Election results[]

Elections in the 1990s[]

1998 Queensland state election: Archerfield[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Karen Struthers 12,453 49.54 -6.57
Liberal Fazal Deen 6,112 24.31 -19.58
One Nation Rodger Pryor 5,251 20.89 +20.89
Greens Rocco De Pierri 826 3.29 +3.29
Reform Allen Hrstich 497 1.98 +1.98
Total formal votes 25,139 98.33 +0.65
Informal votes 426 1.67 -0.65
Turnout 25,565 94.01 +1.75
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Karen Struthers 14,278 61.71 +5.60
Liberal Fazal Deen 8,860 38.29 -5.60
Labor hold Swing +5.60
1995 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Len Ardill 11,794 56.11 -9.08
Liberal Adam Low 9,224 43.89 +9.08
Total formal votes 21,018 97.68 +0.74
Informal votes 500 2.32 -0.74
Turnout 21,518 92.26 +0.01
Labor hold Swing -9.08
1992 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Len Ardill 12,743 65.2 +1.7
Liberal Paul Pottinger 6,804 34.8 +9.6
Total formal votes 19,547 96.9
Informal votes 618 3.1
Turnout 20,165 92.2
Labor hold Swing +0.9

Elections in the 1980s[]

1989 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Henry Palaszczuk 13,045 73.7 +11.4
Liberal Gordon Morris 3,082 17.4 +1.0
National Mark Goodin 1,571 8.9 -12.4
Total formal votes 17,698 95.1 -1.3
Informal votes 922 4.9 +1.3
Turnout 18,620 91.7 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Henry Palaszczuk 13,150 74.3 +7.4
Liberal Gordon Morris 4,548 25.7 +25.7
Labor hold Swing +7.4
1986 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Henry Palaszczuk 10,277 62.3 -9.3
National Peter Jorgensen 3,513 21.3 -7.1
Liberal John Shea 2,699 16.4 +16.4
Total formal votes 16,489 96.4 +0.2
Informal votes 622 3.6 -0.2
Turnout 17,111 90.7 -0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Henry Palaszczuk 11,031 66.9 -3.6
National Peter Jorgensen 5,458 33.1 +3.6
Labor hold Swing -3.6
1984 Archerfield state by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Henry Palaszczuk 8,641 61.51 -10.13
Liberal John Shea 2,173 15.47 +15.47
National Douglas Jackson 1,907 13.57 -14.79
Democrats David Adams 748 5.32 +5.32
Independent Bruce Parmenter 456 3.25 +3.25
Independent Mervyn Clarkson 93 0.66 +0.66
Independent Norman Eather 31 0.22 +0.22
Total formal votes 14,049 96.54 +0.48
Informal votes 503 3.46 -0.48
Turnout 14,552 82.39 -8.80
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Henry Palaszczuk 9,373 66.72 -4.92
Liberal John Shea 4,676 33.28 +33.28
Labor hold Swing -4.92
1983 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Hooper 10,693 71.6 +6.6
National Douglas Jackson 4,234 28.4 +12.0
Total formal votes 14,927 96.2 -1.5
Informal votes 597 3.8 +1.5
Turnout 15,524 91.2 +4.4
Labor hold Swing +0.5
1980 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Hooper 9,335 64.8 -1.9
National Allen Muir 2,357 16.3 +3.5
Liberal Alan Bavister 2,167 15.0 -5.6
Pensioner Miriam Cope 274 1.9 +1.9
Socialist Mary Simmons 154 1.1 +1.1
Independent Norman Eather 128 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 14,415 97.7 +0.1
Informal votes 334 2.3 -0.1
Turnout 14,749 86.8 -4.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Hooper 10,255 71.1 +2.7
National Allen Muir 4,160 28.9 +28.9
Labor hold Swing +2.7

Elections in the 1970s[]

1977 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Hooper 9,651 66.6 +13.1
Liberal Bevan Fleming 2,989 20.6 -21.7
National John Armstrong 1,177 8.1 +8.1
National George Kalaja 683 4.7 +4.7
Total formal votes 14,500 97.6
Informal votes 357 2.4
Turnout 14,857 90.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Hooper 9,911 68.4 +13.7
Liberal Bevan Fleming 4,589 31.6 -13.7
Labor hold Swing +13.7
1974 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Hooper 6,657 53.5 -18.3
Liberal Garry Hansen 5,260 42.3 +22.9
Queensland Labor Barry Weedon 371 3.0 -5.8
Socialist Ivan Ivanoff 157 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 12,445 97.3 -0.1
Informal votes 344 2.7 +0.1
Turnout 12,789 87.5 -4.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Hooper 6,846 55.0 -18.3
Liberal Garry Hansen 5,599 45.0 +18.3
Labor hold Swing -18.3
1972 Queensland state election: Archerfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Hooper 8,075 71.8
Liberal Cyril Morgan 2,179 19.4
Queensland Labor Barry Weedon 933 8.8
Total formal votes 11,247 97.4
Informal votes 294 2.6
Turnout 11,541 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Hooper 8,243 73.3 +1.8
Liberal Cyril Morgan 3,004 26.7 -1.8
Labor hold Swing +1.8

References[]

  1. ^ "Archerfield - 1998 - Election Archive". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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