Candidates of the 1986 Queensland state election

The 1986 Queensland state election was held on 1 November 1986.

By-elections

• On 19 May 1984, Henry Palaszczuk (Labor) was elected to succeed Kevin Hooper (Labor), who had died on 9 March 1984, as the member for Archerfield.
• On 4 August 1984, Terry Gygar (Liberal) was elected to succeed Dr Denis Murphy, who had died on 21 June 1984, as the member for Stafford.
• On 16 February 1985, Paul Braddy (Labor) was elected to succeed Keith Wright (Labor), who had resigned on 5 November 1984, as the member for Rockhampton.
• On 2 November 1985, Paul Clauson (National) was elected to succeed John Goleby (National), who had died on 10 September 1985, as the member for Redlands.

Retiring Members

Labor

• Jim Fouras (South Brisbane)

National

• Brian Cahill (Aspley)
• Bill Kaus (Mansfield)
• Neil Turner (Warrego)
• John Warner (Toowoomba South)
• Claude Wharton (Burnett)

Independent

• Lindsay Hartwig (Callide)
• Col Miller (Ithaca) - Elected for the Liberal Party

Legislative Assembly

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text.

Electorate	Held by	Labor candidate	Liberal candidate	National candidate	Other candidates
Albert	National	Tom Harrison	Vince Camilleri	Ivan Gibbs
Archerfield	Labor	Henry Palaszczuk	John Shea	Peter Jorgensen
Ashgrove	Labor	Tom Veivers	Alan Sherlock	Frank Gaffy	Paul Wright (Dem)
Aspley	National	Joe Marney	Scott McLeay	Beryce Nelson	Paul Wright (Ind)
Auburn	National	Tom Hall		Neville Harper
Balonne	National	Elwyn Brookes		Don Neal
Barambah	National	Jim Horton		Joh Bjelke-Petersen
Barron River	National	Terry Doyle		Martin Tenni
Bowen	Labor	Ken Smyth	Jeanette Hunter	Jim Turner
Brisbane Central	Labor	Brian Davis	Muriel Ward	Peter Peters	Jack Cotter (SPA) Mark Gardener (Ind) Tony Kneipp (Ind)
Broadsound	National	Chris Palmer		Denis Hinton	Ros Scott (Ind) Barbara Wildin (Ind)
Bulimba	Labor	Ron McLean	Alan Bavister	Judith Brown
Bundaberg	Labor	Clem Campbell		Heather Galley	Alex Warren (Ind)
Burdekin	National	Richard Tucker	Colin Jackson	Mark Stoneman	Laurence Fabrellas (Ind)
Burnett	National	Robin Webcke		Doug Slack
Caboolture	Labor	Ken Hayward		Ron Grant
Cairns	Labor	Keith De Lacy		Terry Adair
Callide	Independent	Nick Kofoed	Geoffrey Clarke	Di McCauley	Barry James (Ind)
Carnarvon	National	Paul Lucas		Peter McKechnie
Chatsworth	Labor	Terry Mackenroth	Ian Chandler	Greg Jones
Condamine	National	Gordon Zigenbine		Brian Littleproud
Cook	Labor	Bob Scott		Getano Lui
Cooroora	National	Brian Payler	Wehl Wansley	Gordon Simpson	John Boultbee (Dem)
Cunningham	National	Paul Kerswell		Tony Elliott
Currumbin	National	Noel Elliot	Robert Freebairn	Leo Gately	Trevor Coomber (Ind) Yvonne Stoelhorst (Dem)
Everton	Labor	Glen Milliner	Greg Smith	Richard Jackson
Fassifern	National	Jim Egan	Margaret Grevett	Kev Lingard
Flinders	National	Alex Wilson		Bob Katter
Glass House	National	Lloyd Barr	Ernie McEntee	Bill Newton	Glen Spicer (Dem)
Greenslopes	National	Fred Wright	Bill Hewitt	Leisha Harvey	Ron Smith (Ind)
Gregory	National	Kevin Alexander		Bill Glasson
Gympie	National	Sven Condon	Bruce Kean	Len Stephan
Hinchinbrook	National	Allan Vitale	John Williams	Ted Row	Ron Dunn (Ind)
Ipswich	Labor	David Hamill	Janice Akroyd	Michael Byrnes
Ipswich West	Labor	David Underwood	Ken Clift	Neil Russell
Isis	National	Bill Nunn		Lin Powell	William Elson-Green (Ind) Kevin Hendstock (Ind)
Landsborough	National	Michael Cramb	John McCaw	Mike Ahern
Lockyer	National	Jack Phelan	Fabius Manners	Tony Fitzgerald
Logan	Labor	Wayne Goss	Allen Johnstone	Wendy Howard	Heather Haub (SPA)
Lytton	Labor	Tom Burns	Daryl Mercer	Liz Upton
Mackay	Labor	Ed Casey	Charles Camilleri	Greg Williamson
Manly	Labor	Eric Shaw	Des Morris	Merv Hoppner
Mansfield	National	Nicole Stehn	Leo White	Craig Sherrin
Maryborough	National	Peter Nightingale		Gilbert Alison
Merthyr	Liberal	Garrett Purtill	Santo Santoro	Don Lane	Bernard O'Malley (Dem) Maurice Sibelle (SWP)
Mirani	National	Jeff Gascoyne		Jim Randell
Moggill	Liberal	Harry Thornton	Bill Lickiss	Douglas Mactaggart	Geoffrey Fawthrop (Dem)
Mount Coot-tha	Liberal	John Moran	Lyle Schuntner	Geoff Colless	John Elfick (Dem)
Mount Gravatt	National	Pauline McLaughlin	Guelfi Scassola	Ian Henderson	Christine Shackleton (TWP)
Mount Isa	Labor	Bill Price	Peter Beard	Lilian Miller
Mourilyan	Labor	Bill Eaton	Andrea Walduck	Malcolm Taylor
Mulgrave	National	Warren Pitt	Andrew Rankine	Max Menzel
Murrumba	Labor	Deane Wells	Jenny Roberts	Leslie Fletcher	Joe Kruger (Ind)
Nerang	National	Marjorie Thompson	Russell Stuart	Tom Hynd	Tony Kennedy (Dem) Bob Sparks (Ind)
Nicklin	National	Ian Matthews	Geoffrey Malcolm	Brian Austin	Barbara Camplin (Dem)
Nudgee	Labor	Ken Vaughan	Peter Hull	Reginald Rofe
Nundah	Liberal	Gary Johns	William Knox	Goodwin Poole
Peak Downs	National	Albert Holzapfel		Vince Lester	Vrettos Cominos (Ind)
Pine Rivers	National	Daniel O'Connell	Rob Akers	Yvonne Chapman	Isobel Robinson (Dem)
Port Curtis	Labor	Bill Prest		Colin Brown	Kevin Meyrick (Ind)
Redcliffe	Liberal	Peter Houston	Terry White	Richard Proctor	Murray Rutherford (Ind)
Redlands	National	Graeme Kinnear	Martin Shepherd	Paul Clauson	Richard May (Dem)
Rockhampton	Labor	Paul Braddy		Dennis Stevenson	Carl Hatte (Ind)
Rockhampton North	Labor	Les Yewdale		Bob Simpson	John Murphy (Ind)
Roma	National	Ray Johanson		Russell Cooper
Salisbury	Labor	Len Ardill	Richard Iliff	Gordon Fisher
Sandgate	Labor	Nev Warburton	Ivan Storey	John Curtin
Sherwood	Liberal	Peter Rowe	Angus Innes
Somerset	National	Ron Hazelden		Bill Gunn
South Brisbane	Labor	Anne Warner	Guri Lluka	Leo Tsimpikas	Susanne Bolton (SWP)
South Coast	National	Rupert Granrott	John Richardson	Russ Hinze
Southport	National	Alfred Stubbs	Timothy Baker	Doug Jennings	Susan Petersen (Dem)
Springwood	National	Edward Warren	Christopher Macdade	Howard Edmunds Huan Fraser*	Eric Dawson (Ind) Allan de Brenni (Ind) Kay Elson (Ind) Humphrey Maltman (Dem)
Stafford	Labor	Janine Walker	Terry Gygar	Robert Hutchinson	Marjorie Blair-West (Dem)
Surfers Paradise	National	Bruce Farrell	Laurence Wade	Rob Borbidge	Warren Fenton (Vig) Ken Petersen (Dem)
Tablelands	National	James Mealing	Richard Male	Tom Gilmore	Ralph Reese (Ind)
Thuringowa	Labor	Ken McElligott	Allan Paulsen	Bronwyn Walker
Toowong	National	Jonathan Ford	Denver Beanland	Earle Bailey
Toowoomba North	National	Sheila Forknall	Janet Rankin	Sandy McPhie
Toowoomba South	National	Neville Green	John Gouldson	Clive Berghofer	Peter Mather (Ind)
Townsville	Labor	Tony Mooney	Bill Mason	Tony Burreket	Shireen Malamoo (Dem)
Townsville East	Labor	Geoff Smith	Vincent Nielsen	Dickway Goon Chew
Warrego	National	Gordon Harding		Howard Hobbs
Warwick	National	Bev Brennan		Des Booth
Whitsunday	National	Peter Jardine	Robert Rowley	Geoff Muntz
Windsor	Labor	Pat Comben	Keren Muir-McCarey	Bob Moore
Wolston	Labor	Bob Gibbs	Hendrik Schimmel	Ron Jakeman
Woodridge	Labor	Bill D'Arcy	Graeme Collins	Jon Cooper	Graham Able (Ind) Kenneth Mantell (SLL)
Yeronga	Liberal	John Mickel	Norm Lee	Peter Castrisos	Kitchener Farrell (Ind)

See also

• 1986 Queensland state election
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1983–1986
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1986–1989
• List of political parties in Australia

References

• Queensland Legislative Assembly (17 March 1987). Details of polling at general election held on 1 November 1986. pp. 4–8.