Electoral results for the district of Wolston

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

Members for Wolston

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

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Wolston

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

1986 Queensland state election: Wolston

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

1983 Queensland state election: Wolston

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

1980 Queensland state election: Wolston

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

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Wolston

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

1974 Queensland state election: Wolston

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

1972 Queensland state election: Wolston

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