Electoral results for the district of Ipswich

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

Members for Ipswich

First incarnation (1860–1960), 3 members until 1873
Member 1		Party	Term	Member 2		Party	Term	Member 3		Party	Term
	Frederick Forbes	Unaligned	1860–1863		Patrick O'Sullivan	Unaligned	1860–1863		Arthur Macalister	Unaligned	1860–1868
	Ratcliffe Pring	Unaligned	1863–1866		Henry Challinor	Unaligned	1863–1868		Arthur Macalister	Unaligned	1860–1868
	George Reed	Unaligned	1866–1867		John Thompson	Unaligned	1868–1873		Henry Williams	Unaligned	1868–1870
	John Murphy	Unaligned	1867–1870						Henry Williams	Unaligned	1868–1870
	Benjamin Cribb	Unaligned	1870–1873						John Johnston	Unaligned	1870–1872
	Benjamin Cribb	Unaligned	1870–1873						Arthur Macalister	Unaligned	1872–1873
1873–1878, 1 member
Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Macalister	Unaligned	1873–1876
	George Thorn, Jr.	Unaligned	1876–1878
1878–1912, 2 members
Member 1		Party	Term	Member 2		Party	Term
	John Thompson	Unaligned	1878–1881		John MacFarlane	Ministerialist	1878–1894
	Josiah Francis	Unaligned	1881–1883
	William Salkeld	Unaligned	1883–1888
	Andrew Henry Barlow	Ministerialist	1888–1896
	James Wilkinson	Labour	1894–1896		Alfred Stephenson	Ministerialist	1896–1902
	Thomas Bridson Cribb	Ministerialist	1896–1904		Sir James Blair	Independent/ Ministerialist/ Opposition	1902–1912
	William Maughan	Labour	1904–1912		Sir James Blair	Independent/ Ministerialist/ Opposition	1902–1912
1912–1960, 1 member
Member		Party	Term
	Sir James Blair	Ministerialist/Independent	1912–1915
	David Gledson	Labor	1915–1929
	James Walker	Country and Progressive National	1929–1932
	David Gledson	Labor	1932–1949
	Ivor Marsden	Labor	1949–1960

Second incarnation (1972–present), 1 member
Member		Party	Term
	Llew Edwards	Liberal	1972–1983
	David Hamill	Labor	1983–2001
	Rachel Nolan	Labor	2001–2012
	Ian Berry	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Jennifer Howard	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2024 Queensland state election: Ipswich^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jennifer Howard	14,069	42.64	−9.16
	Liberal National	Damian Culpeper	9,604	29.10	+8.77
	Greens	Amanda Holly	3,527	10.69	+2.25
	One Nation	Mathew Riesenweber	2,427	7.36	−6.55
	Legalise Cannabis	Deborah Forrester	1,734	5.25	−0.27
	Family First	Karen Fuller	1,637	4.96	+4.96
Total formal votes			32,998	95.56
Informal votes			1,533	4.44
Turnout			35,916
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennifer Howard	19,435	58.90	−7.62
	Liberal National	Damian Culpeper	13,563	41.10	+7.62
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.62

2020 Queensland state election: Ipswich^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jennifer Howard	14,699	51.80	+3.82
	Liberal National	Scott O'Connell	5,769	20.33	+6.43
	One Nation	Suzie Holmes	3,947	13.91	−12.70
	Greens	Pat Walsh	2,396	8.44	−0.24
	Legalise Cannabis	Shelly Morton	1,565	5.52	+5.52
Total formal votes			28,376	96.92	+2.14
Informal votes			903	3.08	−2.14
Turnout			29,279	86.96	−1.73
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennifer Howard	18,876	66.52	+2.20
	Liberal National	Scott O'Connell	9,500	33.48	−2.20
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.20

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Queensland state election: Ipswich^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jennifer Howard	12,815	48.0	−4.5
	One Nation	Malcolm Roberts	7,106	26.6	+25.8
	Liberal National	Andrew Caswell	3,712	13.9	−14.4
	Greens	Brett Morrissey	2,319	8.7	+0.9
	Independent	Troy Aggett	757	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			26,709	94.8	−3.2
Informal votes			1,473	5.2	+3.2
Turnout			28,182	88.7	+0.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Jennifer Howard	16,262	60.9	−5.1
	One Nation	Malcolm Roberts	10,447	39.1	+39.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.1

2015 Queensland state election: Ipswich^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jennifer Howard	15,904	53.23	+22.08
	Liberal National	Ian Berry	8,526	28.53	−7.33
	Greens	Pat Walsh	2,245	7.51	+1.90
	Independent	Patricia Petersen	1,767	5.91	−2.93
	Family First	Tim Stieler	1,438	4.81	+1.66
Total formal votes			29,880	97.94	+0.61
Informal votes			629	2.06	−0.61
Turnout			30,509	91.42	−0.59
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennifer Howard	18,517	65.90	+20.09
	Liberal National	Ian Berry	9,581	34.10	−20.09
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+20.09

2012 Queensland state election: Ipswich^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ian Berry	10,023	35.87	+6.81
	Labor	Rachel Nolan	8,703	31.14	−29.02
	Katter's Australian	Will Keys	4,041	14.46	+14.46
	Independent	Patricia Petersen	2,470	8.84	+8.84
	Greens	Veronica White	1,568	5.61	−1.09
	Family First	Tim Stieler	880	3.15	−0.93
	Independent	Robert Jeremy	259	0.93	+0.93
Total formal votes			27,944	97.33	−0.73
Informal votes			767	2.67	+0.73
Turnout			28,711	92.01	−0.50
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ian Berry	12,243	54.19	+20.90
	Labor	Rachel Nolan	10,351	45.81	−20.90
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+20.90

Elections in the 2000s

2009 Queensland state election: Ipswich^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rachel Nolan	16,598	60.2	−5.8
	Liberal National	Suzie Holmes	8,018	29.1	+3.2
	Greens	Peter Luxton	1,848	6.7	−1.3
	Family First	Elwyn Denman	1,125	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			27,589	97.9
Informal votes			545	2.1
Turnout			28,134	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rachel Nolan	17,581	66.7	−4.7
	Liberal National	Suzie Holmes	8,774	33.3	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.7

2006 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rachel Nolan	16,033	66.2	+2.0
	Liberal	Simon Pointer	6,223	25.7	+0.3
	Greens	Rob Speirs	1,969	8.1	+1.6
Total formal votes			24,225	97.9	+0.0
Informal votes			518	2.1	−0.0
Turnout			24,743	92.5	−0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rachel Nolan	16,653	71.6	+0.6
	Liberal	Simon Pointer	6,600	28.4	−0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

2004 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rachel Nolan	15,775	64.2	+14.4
	Liberal	Bob Harper	6,247	25.4	+14.7
	Greens	Clare Rudkin	1,590	6.5	+3.9
	Independent	Colene Hughes	947	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			24,559	97.9	−0.5
Informal votes			530	2.1	+0.5
Turnout			25,089	93.3	−1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rachel Nolan	16,326	71.0	+4.2
	Liberal	Bob Harper	6,668	29.0	+29.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.2

2001 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rachel Nolan	12,282	49.8	+4.2
	One Nation	Rita Magnussen	5,237	21.2	−17.9
	Liberal	Maria Forbes	2,641	10.7	+1.6
	Independent	Trevor Nardi	2,200	8.9	+8.9
	Independent	Noel Jaenke	1,303	5.3	+5.3
	Greens	Desiree Mahoney	642	2.6	−0.2
	City Country Alliance	Mike Atkin	243	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Don Cameron	107	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			24,655	98.4
Informal votes			410	1.6
Turnout			25,065	94.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Rachel Nolan	14,029	66.8	+13.8
	One Nation	Rita Magnussen	6,985	33.2	−13.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.8

Elections in the 1990s

1998 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Hamill	9,601	45.8	−5.9
	One Nation	Heather Hill	8,281	39.5	+39.5
	Liberal	Steve Wilson	2,207	10.5	−27.9
	Greens	Desiree Mahoney	666	3.2	−4.2
	Reform	Peter Morris	194	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			20,949	98.5	+0.5
Informal votes			315	1.5	−0.5
Turnout			21,264	94.1	+0.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	David Hamill	10,690	53.4	−3.0
	One Nation	Heather Hill	9,323	46.6	+46.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.0

1995 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Hamill	10,802	51.7	−9.5
	Liberal	Steve Wilson	8,024	38.4	+25.0
	Greens	Desiree Mahoney	1,551	7.4	+7.4
	Independent	Bill Yabsley	524	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			20,901	98.0	+0.8
Informal votes			432	2.0	−0.8
Turnout			21,333	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Hamill	11,423	56.4	−11.3
	Liberal	Steve Wilson	8,815	43.6	+11.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−11.3

1992 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Hamill	12,876	61.2	−3.9
	National	Bob Pollock	3,431	16.3	+15.9
	Liberal	Shane Moon	2,815	13.4	−17.2
	Indigenous Peoples	Kenny Dalton	1,237	5.9	+5.9
	National	John Coyle	677	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			21,036	97.2
Informal votes			606	2.8
Turnout			21,642	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Hamill	13,505	67.8	+1.5
	National	Bob Pollock	6,421	32.2	+32.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Hamill	12,784	66.3	+7.5
	Liberal	Ian Vagg	5,597	29.0	+11.3
	Independent	Don McNabb	896	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			19,277	97.7	−0.3
Informal votes			450	2.3	+0.3
Turnout			19,727	93.2	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Hamill	13,070	67.8	+4.1
	Liberal	Ian Vagg	6,207	32.2	−4.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1

1986 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Hamill	10,740	58.8	+4.3
	National	Michael Byrnes	4,294	23.5	+0.2
	Liberal	Janice Akroyd	3,243	17.7	−3.6
Total formal votes			18,277	98.0
Informal votes			369	2.0
Turnout			18,646	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Hamill	11,642	63.7	+3.0
	National	Michael Byrnes	6,635	36.3	−3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.0

1983 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Hamill	8,941	54.5	+13.1
	National	William Hayes	3,830	23.3	+23.3
	Liberal	Graham Cruickshank	3,500	21.3	−32.2
	Independent	Victor Robb	146	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			16,417	99.0	+0.3
Informal votes			173	1.0	−0.3
Turnout			16,590	93.5	+1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Hamill	9,796	59.7	+14.8
	National	William Hayes	6,621	40.3	+40.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.8

1980 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Llew Edwards	8,319	53.5	−0.7
	Labor	Joseph Sciacca	6,434	41.4	−4.5
	Independent	James Hayden	576	3.7	+3.7
	International Socialist	Ian Rintoul	108	0.7	+0.7
	National Front	Victor Robb	103	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			15,540	98.7	+0.2
Informal votes			201	1.3	−0.2
Turnout			15,741	91.8	−1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Llew Edwards	8,566	55.1	+0.9
	Labor	Joseph Sciacca	6,974	44.9	−0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.9

Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Llew Edwards	8,144	54.1	−12.1
	Labor	Joseph Sciacca	6,895	45.9	+16.4
Total formal votes			15,039	98.5
Informal votes			224	1.5
Turnout			15,263	93.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−13.3

1974 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Llew Edwards	8,913	66.2	+27.4
	Labor	John Kinnane	3,968	29.5	−15.8
	Queensland Labor	Francis Carroll	399	3.0	−1.8
	Socialist	Gregory Welsby	175	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			13,455	98.7	+0.9
Informal votes			179	1.3	−0.9
Turnout			13,634	93.4	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Llew Edwards	9,299	69.1	+17.9
	Labor	John Kinnane	4,156	30.9	−17.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+17.9

1972 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Phillip Dwyer	5,446	45.3
	Liberal	Llew Edwards	4,674	38.8
	Independent	Douglas Wood	951	7.9
	Queensland Labor	Francis Carroll	578	4.8
	Independent	David Laird	340	2.8
	Independent	Victor Robb	47	0.4
Total formal votes			12,036	97.8
Informal votes			271	2.2
Turnout			12,307	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Llew Edwards	6,159	51.2	+5.7
	Labor	Phillip Dwyer	5,877	48.8	−5.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.7

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ivor Marsden	4,320	45.6	−15.6
	Liberal	Wylie Gibbs	3,179	33.5	−4.3
	Queensland Labor	Robert Johnstone	1,982	20.9	+20.9
Total formal votes			9,481	99.4	+0.2
Informal votes			54	0.6	−0.2
Turnout			9,535	95.1	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.2

1956 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ivor Marsden	5,689	61.2	−33.4
	Liberal	Wylie Gibbs	3,514	37.8	+37.8
	Communist	Mev Welsby	93	1.0	−4.4
Total formal votes			9,296	99.2	+4.6
Informal votes			74	0.8	−4.6
Turnout			9,370	93.9	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1953 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ivor Marsden	8,090	94.6	+30.6
	Communist	Richard Cobb	463	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			8,553	94.6	−4.4
Informal votes			492	5.4	+4.4
Turnout			9,045	93.3	+3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1950 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ivor Marsden	5,778	64.0
	Liberal	Ralph Sherrington	3,249	36.0
Total formal votes			9,027	99.0
Informal votes			87	1.0
Turnout			9,114	95.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

Ipswich state by-election, 1949^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ivor Marsden	6,021	53.32	–8.61
	Liberal	Graham Stephenson	4,906	43.45	+5.39
	Communist	Edmund Crisp	364	3.22	+3.22
Total formal votes			11,311	99.36	+0.43
Informal votes			73	0.64	–0.43
Turnout			11,384	92.77	+1.33
	Labor hold		Swing	–8.61

1947 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Gledson	7,039	61.9	−38.1
	People's Party	Harry Shapcott	4,326	38.1	+38.1
Total formal votes			11,365	98.9
Informal votes			123	1.1
Turnout			11,488	91.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1944 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Gledson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1941 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Gledson	6,630	66.8	+0.8
	Country	John Cantwell	2,534	25.5	+25.5
	Communist	Merv Welsby	756	7.6	+7.6
Total formal votes			9,920	98.3	−0.1
Informal votes			171	1.7	+0.1
Turnout			10,091	95.1	−0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.3

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Gledson	6,289	66.0	−34.0
	United Australia	Henry Beverley	3,235	34.0	+34.0
Total formal votes			9,524	98.4
Informal votes			150	1.6
Turnout			9,674	95.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1935 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Gledson	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1932 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	David Gledson	5,081	59.3
	CPNP	James Walker	3,492	40.7
Total formal votes			8,573	99.1
Informal votes			74	0.9
Turnout			8,647	95.8
	Labor gain from CPNP		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPNP	James Walker	3,968	56.9	+13.1
	Labor	David Gledson	3,010	43.1	−13.1
Total formal votes			6,978	98.5	−0.3
Informal votes			104	1.5	+0.3
Turnout			7,082
	CPNP gain from Labor		Swing	+13.1

1926 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Gledson	3,702	56.2	+1.5
	CPNP	Alfred Stephenson	2,880	43.8	−1.5
Total formal votes			6,582	98.8	−0.7
Informal votes			81	1.2	+0.7
Turnout			6,663	92.5	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

1923 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Gledson	3,346	54.7	−1.7
	United	James Bottomley	2,770	45.3	+1.7
Total formal votes			6,116	99.5	+0.3
Informal votes			31	0.5	−0.3
Turnout			6,147	90.7	+1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.7

1920 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Gledson	3,336	56.4	−0.1
	National	James Bottomley	2,576	43.6	+0.1
Total formal votes			5,912	99.2	+0.5
Informal votes			48	0.8	−0.5
Turnout			5,960	88.8	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.1

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Gledson	3,161	56.5	+3.1
	National	James Blair	2,432	43.5	−3.1
Total formal votes			5,593	98.7	−0.2
Informal votes			71	1.3	+0.2
Turnout			5,664	88.4	−3.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

1915 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Gledson	2,706	53.4	+6.5
	Liberal	James Blair	2,360	46.6	−6.5
Total formal votes			5,066	98.9	−0.2
Informal votes			54	1.1	+0.2
Turnout			5,120	92.0	+14.8
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.5

1912 Queensland state election: Ipswich
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Blair	2,145	53.1
	Labor	William Ryott Maughan	1,897	46.9
Total formal votes			4,042	99.1
Informal votes			35	0.9
Turnout			4,077	77.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

^ "Ipswich - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
^ 2020 State General Election – Ipswich – District Summary, ECQ.
^ "Ipswich - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
^ 2017 State General Election - Ipswich - District Summary, ECQ.
^ 2015 State General Election - Ipswich - District Summary, ECQ.
^ "Elections - 2012 State General Election - Ipswich - Booth Details". Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
^ Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). ABC Election Unit. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
^ Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. p. 220. ISBN 0-7081-0301-4.
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[1] "Ipswich - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.

[2] 2020 State General Election – Ipswich – District Summary, ECQ.

[3] "Ipswich - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

[4] 2017 State General Election - Ipswich - District Summary, ECQ.

[5] 2015 State General Election - Ipswich - District Summary, ECQ.

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