Electoral results for the district of Auburn (Queensland)

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

Members for Auburn

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

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

Queensland state election, 1989: 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

Queensland state election, 1986: 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

Queensland state election, 1983: 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

Queensland state election, 1980: 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

Queensland state election, 1977: 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

Queensland state election, 1974: 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

Queensland state election, 1972: Auburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Neville Hewitt	4,890	51.3
	Labor	Roden Carter	3,071	35.1
	Democratic 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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