Electoral results for the district of Salisbury (Queensland)

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

Members for Salisbury[]

Member Party Term
  Doug Sherrington[1] Labor 1960–1974
Rosemary Kyburz Liberal 1974–1983
Wayne Goss Labor 1983–1986
Len Ardill Labor 1986–1992

Election results[]

Elections in the 1980s[]

1989 Queensland state election: Salisbury[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Len Ardill 13,379 57.6 +12.3
Liberal Richard Iliff 7,069 30.5 +5.9
National Ross Adams 2,762 11.9 -18.2
Total formal votes 23,210 97.3 -0.8
Informal votes 647 2.7 +0.8
Turnout 23,857 94.1 +1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Len Ardill 13,578 58.5 +7.1
Liberal Richard Iliff 9,632 41.5 +41.5
Labor hold Swing +7.1
1986 Queensland state election: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Len Ardill 8,957 45.3 -1.1
National Gordon Fisher 5,964 30.2 -3.4
Liberal Richard Iliff 4,855 24.6 +4.7
Total formal votes 19,776 98.1
Informal votes 388 1.9
Turnout 20,164 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Len Ardill 10,156 51.4 +1.1
National Gordon Fisher 9,620 48.6 -1.1
Labor hold Swing +1.1
1983 Queensland state election: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Wayne Goss 9,245 46.4 +1.4
National Gavan Duffy 6,699 33.6 +33.6
Liberal Rosemary Kyburz 3,970 19.9 -26.4
Total formal votes 19,914 98.4 +0.3
Informal votes 314 1.6 -0.3
Turnout 20,228 92.6 +3.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Wayne Goss 10,183 51.1 +3.4
National Gavan Duffy 9,731 48.9 +48.9
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.4
1980 Queensland state election: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rosemary Kyburz 7,949 46.3 -4.4
Labor Bill Wilcox 7,722 45.0 -4.3
Independent Mary Ellwood 1,496 8.7 +8.7
Total formal votes 17,167 98.1 +0.4
Informal votes 326 1.9 -0.4
Turnout 17,493 89.2 -2.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rosemary Kyburz 8,973 52.3 +1.6
Labor Bill Wilcox 8,194 47.7 -1.6
Liberal hold Swing +1.6

Elections in the 1970s[]

1977 Queensland state election: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rosemary Kyburz 7,620 50.7 +14.5
Labor William Wilcox 7,406 49.3 +6.0
Total formal votes 15,026 97.7
Informal votes 360 2.3
Turnout 15,386 91.5
Liberal hold Swing -7.8
1974 Queensland state election: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Wilcox 7,824 43.3 -21.7
Liberal Rosemary Kyburz 6,559 36.2 +11.4
National Leonard Spies 3,194 17.9 +17.9
Queensland Labor Miroslav Jansky 515 2.9 -7.3
Total formal votes 18,092 97.5 -1.0
Informal votes 468 2.5 +1.0
Turnout 18,560 86.5 -5.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rosemary Kyburz 10,019 55.4 +22.1
Labor Bill Wilcox 8,073 44.6 -22.1
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +22.1
1972 Queensland state election: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Doug Sherrington 8,447 65.0 -4.5
Liberal Rosemary Kyburz 3,226 24.8 -2.0
Queensland Labor Kenneth Wall 1,328 10.2 +6.5
Total formal votes 13,001 98.5
Informal votes 194 1.5
Turnout 13,195 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Doug Sherrington 8,671 66.7 -1.5
Liberal Rosemary Kyburz 4,330 33.3 +1.5
Labor hold Swing -1.5

Elections in the 1960s[]

1969 Queensland state election: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Doug Sherrington 12,756 69.5 +0.2
Liberal George Whyte 4,922 26.8 -3.9
Queensland Labor Miroslav Jansky 679 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 18,357 98.0 +0.1
Informal votes 367 2.0 -0.1
Turnout 18,724 90.5 -1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Doug Sherrington 12,942 70.5 +1.2
Liberal George Whyte 5,415 29.5 -1.2
Labor hold Swing +1.2
1966 Queensland state election: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Doug Sherrington 11,484 69.3 +4.7
Liberal Keith Brough 5,097 30.7 0.0
Total formal votes 16,581 97.9 +0.2
Informal votes 361 2.1 -0.2
Turnout 16,942 92.4 -2.1
Labor hold Swing +3.8
1963 Queensland state election: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Doug Sherrington 8,690 64.6 +8.9
Liberal Keith Brough 4,124 30.7 -0.8
Queensland Labor Miroslav Jansky 631 4.7 -6.9
Total formal votes 13,445 97.7 -0.8
Informal votes 309 2.3 +0.8
Turnout 13,754 94.5 +2.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Doug Sherrington 8,807 65.5
Liberal Keith Brough 4,648 34.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
1960 Queensland state election: Salisbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Doug Sherrington 6,243 55.7
Liberal Norman Edwards 3,530 31.5
Queensland Labor William Tresillian 1,299 11.6
Communist Walter Stubbins 141 1.3
Total formal votes 11,213 98.5
Informal votes 169 1.5
Turnout 11,382 92.0
Labor win (new seat)

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "1989 Results for Salisbury". Queensland Election Archive. ABC. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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