Electoral results for the district of Nerang
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Nerang in Queensland state elections.
Members for Nerang[edit]
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Hynd | National | 1986–1989 | |
| Ray Connor | Liberal | 1989–2001 | |
Election results[edit]
Elections in the 1990s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ray Connor | 10,336 | 38.65 | -19.15 | |
| Labor | Peter Burke | 7,406 | 27.70 | -3.63 | |
| One Nation | John Coyle | 6,719 | 25.13 | +25.13 | |
| Greens | Jacquie Hughes | 1,572 | 5.88 | -4.98 | |
| Democrats | Lynne Grimsey | 569 | 2.13 | +2.13 | |
| Reform | Richard Balcke | 138 | 0.52 | +0.52 | |
| Total formal votes | 26,740 | 98.41 | +0.13 | ||
| Informal votes | 432 | 1.59 | -0.13 | ||
| Turnout | 27,172 | 91.19 | +1.24 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Ray Connor | 14,177 | 61.00 | -2.59 | |
| Labor | Peter Burke | 9,064 | 39.00 | +2.59 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.59 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ray Connor | 13,343 | 57.80 | +26.77 | |
| Labor | Elham Alamar | 7,233 | 31.33 | -8.80 | |
| Greens | Antony Bradshaw | 2,508 | 10.86 | +10.86 | |
| Total formal votes | 23,084 | 98.28 | +0.68 | ||
| Informal votes | 405 | 1.72 | -0.68 | ||
| Turnout | 23,489 | 89.95 | +0.09 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Ray Connor | 14,156 | 63.59 | +8.75 | |
| Labor | Elham Alamar | 8,106 | 36.41 | -8.75 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +8.75 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Tony Carman | 7,883 | 40.1 | -0.1 | |
| Liberal | Ray Connor | 6,096 | 31.0 | +1.7 | |
| National | Iona Abrahamson | 4,828 | 24.6 | -2.6 | |
| Independent | Chris Ivory | 836 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 19,643 | 97.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 484 | 2.4 | |||
| Turnout | 20,127 | 89.9 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Ray Connor | 10,274 | 54.8 | -1.8 | |
| Labor | Tony Carman | 8,462 | 45.2 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.8 | |||
Elections in the 1980s[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Robert Lee | 10,828 | 45.6 | +12.8 | |
| Liberal | Ray Connor | 6,499 | 27.4 | +9.4 | |
| National | Tom Hynd | 5,832 | 24.6 | -19.2 | |
| Independent | Harry Howard | 585 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 23,744 | 96.3 | -0.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 918 | 3.7 | +0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 24,662 | 88.5 | +0.2 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Ray Connor | 12,210 | 51.4 | +51.4 | |
| Labor | Robert Lee | 11,534 | 48.6 | +8.5 | |
| Liberal gain from National | Swing | +51.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Tom Hynd | 7,509 | 43.8 | ||
| Labor | Marjorie Thompson | 5,625 | 32.8 | ||
| Liberal | Russell Stuart | 3,079 | 18.0 | ||
| Democrats | Tony Kennedy | 625 | 3.7 | ||
| Independent | Methven Sparks | 291 | 1.7 | ||
| Total formal votes | 17,129 | 97.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 497 | 2.8 | |||
| Turnout | 17,626 | 88.3 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Tom Hynd | 10,256 | 59.9 | +3.3 | |
| Labor | Marjorie Thompson | 6,873 | 40.1 | -3.3 | |
| National hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||