Labor Party retain
- MP
- Previously held by ALP with margin of 12%.
- Joan Pease is re-elected to safe Labor seat.
- Vote:52.2%17,067Swing: +3.3%
- Vote:30.5%9,955Swing: +6.1%
- Vote:10.6%3,450Swing: -0.8%
- Vote:3.9%1,289Swing: -11.5%
- Vote:1.9%606Swing: +1.9%
- Vote:1.0%321Swing: +1.0%
856
33,544
| Year | Winning Party |
|---|---|
| 1972 | ALP |
| 1974 | ALP |
| 1977 | ALP |
| 1980 | ALP |
| 1983 | ALP |
| 1986 | ALP |
| 1989 | ALP |
| 1992 | ALP |
| 1995 | ALP |
| 1996By | ALP |
| 1998 | ALP |
| 2001 | ALP |
| 2004 | ALP |
| 2006 | ALP |
| 2009 | ALP |
| 2012 | LNP |
| 2015 | ALP |
| 2017 | ALP |
There were Labor two-party preferred majorities recorded at all 14 polling places used in 2017, Labor's vote rising from 52.1% at Gumdale State School, outside the electorate in Chatsworth, to 70.4% in the heart of the electorate at Wynnum West State School.
(Click on polling place for results)
| Candidate Name | Party |
|---|---|
| PHILLIPS,Georgia | Informed Medical Options Party (IMOP) |
| WALTERS,Gordon | LNP |
| SPAITS,Jonathan | Clive Palmer's UAP |
| PEASE,Joan | Australian Labor Party |
| SMITH,Debra | Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
| AUSTIN,Ken | The Greens |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joan Pease | ALP | 15,416 | 48.9 | -0.3 |
| Karren Strahan | LNP | 7,663 | 24.3 | -11.9 |
| Suzanne Black | ONP | 4,854 | 15.4 | +15.4 |
| Ken Austin | GRN | 3,573 | 11.3 | +2.4 |
| .... | OTH | 0 | 0.0 | -5.7 |
| Joan Pease | ALP | 19,541 | 62.0 | +2.1 |
| Karren Strahan | LNP | 11,965 | 38.0 | -2.1 |
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