Electoral results for the district of Nanango

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

Members for Nanango

First incarnation (1912–1950)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Hodge	Farmers' Union	1912–1920
	James Edwards	Country	1920–1947
	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	Country	1947–1950
Second incarnation (2001–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Dorothy Pratt	Independent	2001–2012
	Deb Frecklington	Liberal National	2012–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland state election § Nanango.[edit]

2024 Queensland state election: Nanango^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Deb Frecklington	15,828	55.7	+5.8
	Labor	Val Heward	4,933	17.4	−10.3
	One Nation	Adam Maslen	3,358	11.8	−2.9
	Independent	Jason Miles	1,654	5.8	−0.5
	Legalise Cannabis	Anthony Hopkins	1,055	3.7	−0.5
	Greens	Angus Ryan	837	2.9	−0.6
	Family First	Benjamin Mitchell	527	1.9	+1.9
	Independent	Nathan Hope	228	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			29,631	95.9
Informal votes			1,211	4.1
Turnout
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Deb Frecklington	20,465	72.5	+10.3
	Labor	Val Heward	7,755	27.5	−10.3
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+10.3

Results are not final. Last updated on 28 October 2024.

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Nanango.[edit]

2020 Queensland state election: Nanango^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Deb Frecklington	16,085	49.91	+1.91
	Labor	Mark Stapleton	8,908	27.64	+8.37
	One Nation	Tony Scrimshaw	4,737	14.70	−12.74
	Legalise Cannabis	Maggie O'Rance	1,342	4.16	+4.16
	Greens	John Harbison	1,154	3.58	−1.71
Total formal votes			32,226	97.40	+0.77
Informal votes			859	2.60	−0.77
Turnout			33,085	89.01	−0.59
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Deb Frecklington	20,049	62.21	−3.70
	Labor	Mark Stapleton	12,177	37.79	+3.70
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−3.70

Elections in the 2010s

2017 Queensland state election: Nanango^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Deb Frecklington	15,053	48.0	+1.6
	One Nation	Douglas Grant	8,606	27.4	+27.4
	Labor	Ben Rankin	6,044	19.3	−0.8
	Greens	John Harbison	1,658	5.3	+1.6
Total formal votes			31,361	96.6	−1.6
Informal votes			1,091	3.4	+1.6
Turnout			32,452	89.6	−1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal National	Deb Frecklington	19,871	63.4	+0.1
	One Nation	Douglas Grant	11,490	36.6	+36.6
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+0.1

2015 Queensland state election: Nanango^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Deb Frecklington	14,698	47.11	+1.67
	Labor	Liz Hollens-Riley	6,397	20.50	+9.95
	Katter's Australian	Ray Hopper	4,827	15.47	−10.86
	Palmer United	Jason Ford	3,269	10.48	+10.48
	Greens	Grant Newson	1,170	3.75	+0.08
	Independent	Dean Love	841	2.70	+2.70
Total formal votes			31,202	98.09	−0.01
Informal votes			606	1.91	+0.01
Turnout			31,808	91.89	−0.59
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Deb Frecklington	16,491	63.16	+4.19
	Labor	Liz Hollens-Riley	9,617	36.84	+36.84
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+4.19

2012 Queensland state election: Nanango^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Deb Frecklington	13,493	45.44	+4.81
	Katter's Australian	Carl Rackemann	7,818	26.33	+26.33
	Independent	John Dalton	3,804	12.81	+12.81
	Labor	Virginia Clarke	3,134	10.55	−4.80
	Greens	Grant Newson	1,090	3.67	−0.25
	Independent	David Thomson	357	1.20	+1.20
Total formal votes			29,696	98.10	−0.48
Informal votes			575	1.90	+0.48
Turnout			30,271	92.48	−0.11
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal National	Deb Frecklington	14,705	58.98	+11.88
	Katter's Australian	Carl Rackemann	10,229	41.02	+41.02
	Liberal National gain from Independent		Swing	+11.88

Elections in the 2000s

2009 Queensland state election: Nanango^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	John Bjelke-Petersen	11,644	40.6	−3.9
	Independent	Dorothy Pratt	11,492	40.1	+6.8
	Labor	Danielle Randall	4,398	15.3	−1.6
	Greens	Frida Forsberg	1,124	3.9	+3.7
Total formal votes			28,658	98.4
Informal votes			412	1.6
Turnout			29,070	92.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Dorothy Pratt	13,599	52.9	+0.1
	Liberal National	John Bjelke-Petersen	12,108	47.1	−0.1
	Independent hold		Swing	+0.1

2006 Queensland state election: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dorothy Pratt	9,721	43.5	−2.2
	National	John Bjelke-Petersen	8,895	39.8	+12.3
	Labor	Mark Whittaker	3,238	14.5	−2.3
	Family First	Trevor Dent	513	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			22,367	98.4	+0.1
Informal votes			355	1.6	−0.1
Turnout			22,722	92.1	−1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Dorothy Pratt	11,051	54.2	−8.5
	National	John Bjelke-Petersen	9,323	45.8	+8.5
	Independent hold		Swing	−8.5

2004 Queensland state election: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dorothy Pratt	9,989	45.7	−0.5
	National	Nina Temperton	6,017	27.5	+1.7
	Labor	Nick Holliday	3,667	16.8	−11.3
	One Nation	Bob Gold	1,550	7.1	+7.1
	Greens	Desiree Mahoney	646	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			21,869	98.3	+0.4
Informal votes			368	1.7	−0.4
Turnout			22,237	93.1	−1.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Dorothy Pratt	11,553	62.7	−4.4
	National	Nina Temperton	6,864	37.3	+37.3
	Independent hold		Swing	−4.4

2001 Queensland state election: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dorothy Pratt	9,680	46.2	+46.2
	Labor	Alan Weir	5,882	28.1	+9.7
	National	Keith Campbell	5,400	25.8	−4.8
Total formal votes			20,962	97.9
Informal votes			451	2.1
Turnout			21,413	94.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Dorothy Pratt	12,796	67.1	+67.1
	Labor	Alan Weir	6,282	32.9	+32.9
	Independent gain from One Nation		Swing	+67.1

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Queensland state election: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joh Bjelke-Petersen	3,733	42.0	−8.1
	Frank Barnes Labor	Phil Cameron	2,164	24.4	+24.4
	Labor	Daniel Carroll	2,028	22.8	−13.4
	Independent Country	Cliff Edwards	753	8.5	+8.5
	Independent Labor	Samuel Andrewartha	202	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			8,880	99.1	0.0
Informal votes			82	0.9	0.0
Turnout			8,962	93.1	+6.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1944 Queensland state election: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Edwards	4,319	50.1	+5.0
	Labor	Daniel Carroll	3,120	36.2	−4.6
	Independent	George Anderson	1,176	13.7	−0.4
Total formal votes			8,615	99.1	−0.3
Informal votes			75	0.9	+0.3
Turnout			8,690	86.2	−4.8
	Country hold		Swing	+5.5

1941 Queensland state election: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Edwards	4,052	45.1	+2.5
	Labor	Cecil Tracey	3,668	40.8	+12.4
	Independent	George Anderson	1,271	14.1	+14.1
Total formal votes			8,991	99.4	+0.1
Informal votes			55	0.6	−0.1
Turnout			9,046	91.0	−3.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	James Edwards	4,569	52.6	−5.3
	Labor	Cecil Tracey	4,120	47.4	+47.4
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Queensland state election: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Edwards	3,719	42.6	−21.1
	Ind. Social Credit	Henry Madden	2,524	29.0	+29.0
	Labor	Horace Davies	2,476	28.4	+28.4
Total formal votes			8,719	99.3	+1.4
Informal votes			63	0.7	−1.4
Turnout			8,782	94.6	+2.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	James Edwards	4,079	57.9	−5.8
	Ind. Social Credit	Henry Madden	2,963	42.1	+42.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1935 Queensland state election: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPNP	James Edwards	5,168	63.7
	Independent	Andrew Knox	2,948	36.3
Total formal votes			8,116	97.9
Informal votes			172	2.1
Turnout			8,288	92.1
	CPNP hold		Swing

1932 Queensland state election: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPNP	James Edwards	4,162	56.3
	Labor	Thomas Reordan	2,442	33.0
	Independent	G.W. Young	791	10.7
Total formal votes			7,395	99.5
Informal votes			40	0.5
Turnout			7,435	94.5
	CPNP hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Queensland state election: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPNP	James Edwards	3,930	59.2	−1.1
	Independent	Wilfred Osborne	2,712	40.8	+40.8
Total formal votes			6,642	98.3	+1.0
Informal votes			113	1.7	−1.0
Turnout			6,755	87.2	−3.3
	CPNP hold		Swing	N/A

1926 Queensland state election: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPNP	James Edwards	3,606	60.3	+13.4
	Labor	Robert Webster	2,066	34.6	−5.1
	Primary Producers	William O'Mara	304	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			5,976	97.3	−1.3
Informal votes			167	2.7	+1.3
Turnout			6,143	90.5	+3.7
	CPNP hold		Swing	N/A

1923 Queensland state election: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	James Edwards	2,852	46.9	+11.4
	Labor	Robert Webster	2,414	39.7	+13.1
	Independent Country	Robert Hodge	809	13.3	+13.3
Total formal votes			6,075	98.6	+0.6
Informal votes			87	1.4	−0.6
Turnout			6,162	86.8	+3.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	James Edwards	3.426	58.1
	Labor	Robert Webster	2,468	41.9
	Country gain from Independent Country		Swing	N/A

1920 Queensland state election: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Country	James Edwards	2,740	37.9	+37.9
	Country	Robert Hodge	2,564	35.5	+35.5
	Labor	Robert Wallace	1,917	26.6	−18.1
Total formal votes			7,221	98.0	−0.9
Informal votes			148	2.0	+0.9
Turnout			7,369	83.1	+2.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Country	James Edwards	2,969	52.3	+52.3
	Country	Robert Hodge	2,711	47.7	+47.7
	Independent Country gain from National		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Robert Hodge	3,732	55.3	+55.3
	Labor	Walter Burton	3,017	44.7	+0.5
Total formal votes			6,749	98.9	+0.2
Informal votes			75	1.1	−0.2
Turnout			6,824	80.6	−6.1
	National gain from Farmers' Union		Swing	N/A

• Sitting member Robert Hodge was elected at the previous election as a Farmers' Union candidate. He joined the National Party before this election.

1915 Queensland state election: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Farmers' Union	Robert Hodge	3,167	55.8	+55.8
	Labor	Thomas Armstrong	2,509	44.2	+8.0
Total formal votes			5,676	98.7	0.0
Informal votes			75	1.3	0.0
Turnout			5,751	86.7	+17.2
	Farmers' Union gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

1912 Queensland state election: Nanango

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Hodge	2,379	63.8
	Labor	Maurice Harland	1,348	36.2
Total formal votes			3,727	98.7
Informal votes			48	1.3
Turnout			3,775	69.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

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