Electoral results for the district of Hervey Bay

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

Members for Hervey Bay

2020 Queensland state election: Hervey Bay^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Adrian Tantari	13,382	39.50	+10.45
	Liberal National	Steve Coleman	11,637	34.35	−3.37
	One Nation	Damian Huxham	3,773	11.14	−14.09
	Independent	Stuart Taylor	3,001	8.86	+8.86
	Greens	Sonja Gerdsen	1,061	3.13	−1.94
	Animal Justice	Amy Byrnes	1,024	3.02	+3.02
Total formal votes			33,878	96.45	+0.49
Informal votes			1,247	3.55	−0.49
Turnout			35,125	88.64	+0.15
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Adrian Tantari	17,625	52.02	+11.12
	Liberal National	Steve Coleman	16,253	47.98	−11.12
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+11.12

2017 Queensland state election: Hervey Bay^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ted Sorensen	12,049	37.7	−10.1
	Labor	Adrian Tantari	9,282	29.1	−2.6
	One Nation	Damian Huxham	8,059	25.2	+25.2
	Greens	Jenni Cameron	1,619	5.1	+1.4
	Independent	Jannean Dean	937	2.9	−0.9
Total formal votes			31,946	96.0	−1.7
Informal votes			1,345	4.0	+1.7
Turnout			33,291	88.5	+2.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ted Sorensen	18,880	59.1	+2.6
	Labor	Adrian Tantari	13,066	40.9	−2.6
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+2.6

The results for the 2015 election were:^[3]

2015 Queensland state election: Hervey Bay^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ted Sorensen	15,316	47.96	−11.27
	Labor	Tony Gubbins	10,088	31.59	+10.39
	Palmer United	Lynette Pearsall	3,469	10.86	+10.86
		Jannean Dean	1,216	3.81	+3.81
	Greens	Kristen Lyons	1,177	3.69	+0.24
	Family First	Axel Beard	669	2.09	+2.08
Total formal votes			31,935	97.65	−0.19
Informal votes			768	2.35	+0.19
Turnout			32,703	90.13	−0.92
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ted Sorensen	16,334	56.62	−15.10
	Labor	Tony Gubbins	12,517	43.38	+15.10
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−15.10

2012 Queensland state election: Hervey Bay^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ted Sorensen	17,668	59.23	+8.87
	Labor	Bernice Allen	6,325	21.20	−17.45
	Katter's Australian	Isobel Dale	3,684	12.35	+12.35
	Family First	Troy Sullivan	1,124	3.77	+3.77
	Greens	Glenn Martin	1,029	3.45	−1.02
Total formal votes			29,830	97.84	−0.36
Informal votes			660	2.16	+0.36
Turnout			30,490	91.05	−0.27
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ted Sorensen	19,160	71.72	+15.22
	Labor	Bernice Allen	7,556	28.28	−15.22
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+15.22

2009 Queensland state election: Hervey Bay^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ted Sorensen	14,396	50.4	+13.8
	Labor	Andrew McNamara	11,047	38.6	−3.0
	Independent	Peter Schuback	1,353	4.7	−1.1
	Greens	Paul Brown	1,278	4.5	−2.5
	DS4SEQ	Jason Powning	510	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			28,584	98.0
Informal votes			524	2.0
Turnout			29,108	91.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ted Sorensen	15,251	56.5	+8.6
	Labor	Andrew McNamara	11,741	43.5	−8.6
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+8.6

2006 Queensland state election: Hervey Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew McNamara	11,438	41.4	−3.7
	National	Jan Rohozinski	10,198	36.9	+1.0
	Family First	Elizabeth Benson-Stott	2,472	8.9	+8.9
	Greens	Matt Stevenson	1,913	6.9	+1.3
	Independent	Peter Schuback	1,607	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			27,628	97.5	−0.6
Informal votes			720	2.5	+0.6
Turnout			28,348	92.3	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew McNamara	12,669	51.8	−2.2
	National	Jan Rohozinski	11,794	48.2	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.2

2004 Queensland state election: Hervey Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew McNamara	11,610	45.1	+2.4
	National	Bernie Martin	9,257	35.9	+18.7
	Independent	David Dalgleish	3,250	12.6	+12.6
	Greens	Jacqueline Goodfellow	1,435	5.6	+5.6
	Independent	Glen Poulton	219	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			25,771	98.1	−0.3
Informal votes			502	1.9	+0.3
Turnout			26,273	92.9	−1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew McNamara	12,395	54.0	−3.6
	National	Bernie Martin	10,575	46.0	+46.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.6

2001 Queensland state election: Hervey Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew McNamara	9,707	42.7	+5.8
	City Country Alliance	David Dalgleish	4,193	18.5	+18.5
	One Nation	Wes Robinson	4,186	18.4	−13.3
	National	Randal McLellan	3,915	17.2	−11.8
	Independent	Wes Donnelly	723	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			22,724	98.4
Informal votes			379	1.6
Turnout			23,103	93.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew McNamara	10,559	57.6	+11.8
	One Nation	Wes Robinson	7,762	42.4	−11.8
	Labor gain from One Nation		Swing	+11.8

1998 Queensland state election: Hervey Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Nunn	9,213	36.3	−12.1
	One Nation	David Dalgleish	8,584	33.8	+33.8
	National	Scott McLay	6,968	27.4	−17.6
	Democrats	Phil Rodhouse	325	1.3	−5.3
	Greens	Bob Borsellino	314	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			25,404	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			266	1.0	−0.2
Turnout			25,670	93.8	+1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	One Nation	David Dalgleish	13,027	55.3	+55.3
	Labor	Bill Nunn	10,540	44.7	−7.2
	One Nation gain from Labor		Swing	+55.3

1995 Queensland state election: Hervey Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Nunn	10,905	48.3	−0.6
	National	Tony Nioa	10,159	45.0	+5.3
	Democrats	Kathy Shilvock	1,493	6.6	+6.6
Total formal votes			22,557	98.8	+0.7
Informal votes			273	1.2	−0.7
Turnout			22,830	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Nunn	11,552	51.9	+1.3
	National	Tony Nioa	10,696	48.1	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

1992 Queensland state election: Hervey Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Nunn	9,345	49.0	+4.0
	National	Tony Nioa	7,580	39.7	+20.6
	Liberal	Doug Wickham	2,159	11.3	−7.6
Total formal votes			19,084	98.1
Informal votes			371	1.9
Turnout			19,455	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Nunn	9,519	50.6	−0.3
	National	Tony Nioa	9,289	49.4	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.3