Electoral results for the district of Auburn (Queensland)

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

Members for Auburn[edit]

Member Party Term
  Neville Hewitt Country 1972–1974
  National 1974–1980
  Neville Harper National 1980–1992

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

1989 Queensland state election: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Neville Harper 6,315 47.65 -16.39
Labor Tom Hall 4,578 34.55 -1.41
Independent Maurice Hetherington 2,359 17.80 +17.80
Total formal votes 13,252 98.08 +0.12
Informal votes 260 1.92 -0.12
Turnout 13,512 91.54 -1.22
Two-party-preferred result
National Neville Harper 7,902 59.63 -4.41
Labor Tom Hall 5,350 40.37 +4.41
National hold Swing -4.41
1986 Queensland state election: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Neville Harper 8,252 64.0 -3.2
Labor Tom Hall 4,634 36.0 +3.2
Total formal votes 12,886 98.0
Informal votes 268 2.0
Turnout 13,154 92.8
National hold Swing -3.2
1983 Queensland state election: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Neville Harper 7,116 73.3 +6.0
Labor Raymond Barker 2,590 26.7 -3.2
Total formal votes 9,706 99.2 -0.2
Informal votes 82 0.8 +0.2
Turnout 9,788 93.9 +1.9
National hold Swing +4.2
1980 Queensland state election: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Neville Harper 6,366 67.3 -0.5
Labor Ray Barker 2,833 30.0 +4.2
Progress David Trevilyan 261 2.8 -3.6
Total formal votes 9,460 99.4 +0.4
Informal votes 59 0.6 -0.4
Turnout 9,519 92.0 -0.9
Two-party-preferred result
National Neville Harper 6,536 69.1 -3.2
Labor Ray Barker 2,924 30.9 +3.2
National hold Swing -3.2

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

1977 Queensland state election: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Neville Hewitt 6,153 67.8 -10.2
Labor Jeffrey Lenz 2,342 25.8 +3.7
Progress David Trevilyan 576 6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 9,071 99.0
Informal votes 89 1.0
Turnout 9,160 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
National Neville Hewitt 6,556 72.3 -5.7
Labor Jeffrey Lenz 2,515 27.7 +5.7
National hold Swing -5.7
1974 Queensland state election: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Neville Hewitt 7,164 77.9 +26.6
Labor Roden Carter 2,026 22.1 -13.0
Total formal votes 9,190 99.1 +0.2
Informal votes 83 0.9 -0.2
Turnout 9,273 91.5 -1.6
National hold Swing +14.5
1972 Queensland state election: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Neville Hewitt 4,890 51.3
Labor Roden Carter 3,071 35.1
Queensland Labor Lindsay Sharpe 782 8.9
Total formal votes 8,743 98.9
Informal votes 95 1.1
Turnout 8,838 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Neville Hewitt 5,540 63.4 +0.3
Labor Roden Carter 3,203 36.6 -0.3
Country hold Swing +0.3

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