Electoral results for the district of Wolston

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

Member		Party	Term
	Evan Marginson	Labor	1972–1977
	Bob Gibbs	Labor	1977–1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Gibbs	13,574	66.9	+10.3
	Liberal	Hendrik Schimmel	6,724	33.1	+8.7
Total formal votes			20,298	93.3	−2.2
Informal votes			1,466	6.7	+2.2
Turnout			21,764	90.7	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Gibbs	10,207	56.6	−4.7
	Liberal	Hendrik Schimmel	4,410	24.4	−14.3
	National	Ron Jakeman	3,426	19.0	+19.0
Total formal votes			18,043	95.5
Informal votes			855	4.5
Turnout			18,898	90.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Gibbs	10,411	57.7	−3.3
	Liberal	Hendrik Schimmel	7,632	42.3	+3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Gibbs	10,251	64.3	+4.9
	Liberal	Bob Harper	5,687	35.7	+11.9
Total formal votes			15,938	96.5	−1.4
Informal votes			572	3.5	+1.4
Turnout			16,510	91.0	+3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Gibbs	8,702	59.4	+1.2
	Liberal	Bob Harper	3,485	23.8	−1.0
	National	Roy Buchanan	2,460	16.8	−0.2
Total formal votes			14,647	97.9	+0.2
Informal votes			320	2.1	−0.2
Turnout			14,967	87.8	−3.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Gibbs	8,965	61.2	+0.6
	Liberal	Bob Harper	5,682	38.8	−0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

Election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Gibbs	8,157	58.2	+10.1
	Liberal	Owen Nugent	3,473	24.8	−18.2
	National	Ruth Buchanan	2,385	17.0	+17.0
Total formal votes			14,015	97.7
Informal votes			336	2.3
Turnout			14,351	91.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Gibbs	8,491	60.6	+10.5
	Liberal	Owen Nugent	5,524	39.4	−10.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Evan Marginson	7,111	48.1	−17.3
	Liberal	Dirk Plooy	6,363	43.0	+21.7
	Independent	Albert Blaine	855	5.8	+5.8
	Queensland Labor	Leonard Maguire	463	3.1	−4.9
Total formal votes			14,792	97.5	+0.2
Informal votes			376	2.5	−0.2
Turnout			15,168	87.4	−4.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Evan Marginson	7,742	52.3	−18.0
	Liberal	Dirk Plooy	7,050	47.6	+18.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−18.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Evan Marginson	7,973	65.4	+7.0
	Liberal	Dirk Plooy	2,595	21.3	−16.2
	Queensland Labor	Leonard Maguire	971	8.0	+3.9
	Independent	George Whyte	653	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			12,192	97.3
Informal votes			334	2.7
Turnout			12,526	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Evan Marginson	8,572	70.3	+8.7
	Liberal	Dirk Plooy	3,620	29.7	−8.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.7