Electoral results for the district of Woodridge
# Electoral results for the district of Woodridge

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

## Members for Woodridge

| Member | Party | Term |
| - | - | - |
| Bill D'Arcy | Labor | 1977–2000 |
| Mike Kaiser | Labor | 2000–2001 |
| Mike Kaiser | Independent | 2001 |
| Desley Scott | Labor | 2001–2015 |
| Cameron Dick | Labor | 2015–present |

## Election results

### Elections in the 2020s

2020 Queensland state election: Woodridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Cameron Dick | 18,935 | 66.97 | +1.91 |
| | Liberal National | Russell Bauer | 4,249 | 15.03 | −0.01 |
| | One Nation | Lann Valentine | 3,006 | 10.63 | +10.63 |
| | Greens | Valerie Bennett | 2,084 | 7.37 | −0.19 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 28,274 | 94.54 | +2.40 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,634 | 5.46 | −2.40 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,908 | 81.30 | −0.70 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Cameron Dick | 21,558 | 76.25 | −0.12 |
| | Liberal National | Russell Bauer | 6,716 | 23.75 | +0.12 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | −0.12 | |

### Elections in the 2010s

2017 Queensland state election: Woodridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Cameron Dick | 17,837 | 65.1 | +1.6 |
| | Liberal National | Michael Rooms | 4,122 | 15.0 | −5.0 |
| | Independent | Trevor Palmer | 3,385 | 12.3 | +3.6 |
| | Greens | Jacob Rice | 2,072 | 7.6 | +0.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 27,416 | 92.1 | −4.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,340 | 7.9 | +4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,756 | 82.0 | −2.1 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Cameron Dick | 20,937 | 76.4 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal National | Michael Rooms | 6,479 | 23.6 | −0.6 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +0.6 | |

2015 Queensland state election: Woodridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Cameron Dick | 16,375 | 62.72 | +15.97 |
| | Liberal National | Steve Viliamu | 5,140 | 19.69 | −16.23 |
| | Greens | Scott Thomson | 1,922 | 7.36 | −1.21 |
| | Independent | Trevor Palmer | 1,718 | 6.58 | +6.58 |
| | Independent | Dave Beard | 954 | 3.65 | +3.65 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 26,109 | 96.49 | +0.59 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 951 | 3.51 | −0.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,060 | 86.54 | −1.50 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Cameron Dick | 18,437 | 75.95 | +20.15 |
| | Liberal National | Steve Viliamu | 5,839 | 24.05 | −20.15 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +20.15 | |

2012 Queensland state election: Woodridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Desley Scott | 11,730 | 46.75 | -22.09 |
| | Liberal National | Simon Dorries | 9,012 | 35.92 | +14.35 |
| | Family First | Justin Geange | 2,199 | 8.76 | +8.76 |
| | Greens | John Reddington | 2,150 | 8.57 | -1.01 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 25,091 | 95.89 | -1.15 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,075 | 4.11 | +1.15 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,166 | 88.04 | -0.04 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Desley Scott | 12,787 | 55.80 | -19.57 |
| | Liberal National | Simon Dorries | 10,130 | 44.20 | +19.57 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -19.57 | |

### Elections in the 2000s

2009 Queensland state election: Woodridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Desley Scott | 17,300 | 68.8 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal National | Sarina Patane | 5,421 | 21.6 | +3.5 |
| | Greens | John Reddington | 2,408 | 9.6 | +2.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 25,129 | 96.8 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 767 | 3.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,896 | 88.1 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Desley Scott | 18,047 | 75.4 | -1.8 |
| | Liberal National | Sarina Patane | 5,896 | 24.6 | +1.8 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -1.8 | |

2006 Queensland state election: Woodridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Desley Scott | 14,257 | 69.0 | -1.3 |
| | Liberal | Sarina Patane | 3,354 | 16.2 | -2.1 |
| | Family First | Jamie Pentsa | 1,646 | 8.0 | +8.0 |
| | Greens | John Reddington | 1,393 | 6.7 | -4.6 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,650 | 96.3 | -0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 788 | 3.7 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,438 | 87.5 | -1.8 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Desley Scott | 15,080 | 79.0 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal | Sarina Patane | 4,012 | 21.0 | -1.1 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +1.1 | |

2004 Queensland state election: Woodridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Desley Scott | 14,719 | 70.3 | +13.0 |
| | Liberal | Dilys Bradbury | 3,834 | 18.3 | +12.1 |
| | Greens | James Brown | 2,371 | 11.3 | +11.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,924 | 96.5 | -0.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 761 | 3.5 | +0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,685 | 89.3 | -1.8 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Desley Scott | 15,360 | 77.9 | +6.8 |
| | Liberal | Dilys Bradbury | 4,346 | 22.1 | +22.1 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +6.8 | |

2001 Queensland state election: Woodridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Desley Scott | 11,992 | 57.3 | +5.5 |
| | One Nation | Alice Ngahooro | 4,336 | 20.7 | -8.3 |
| | Independent | John Grant | 2,273 | 10.9 | +10.9 |
| | Liberal | Jane Simon | 1,272 | 6.1 | -2.0 |
| | Independent | Jody Moore | 1,057 | 5.1 | +5.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,930 | 97.3 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 579 | 2.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,509 | 91.1 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Desley Scott | 13,138 | 71.1 | +9.1 |
| | One Nation | Alice Ngahooro | 5,346 | 28.9 | -9.1 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +9.1 | |

2000 Woodridge state by-election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Mike Kaiser | 7,635 | 50.79 | −0.87 |
| | Independent | Russell Lutton | 5,012 | 33.34 | +33.34 |
| | Liberal | Irene Allan | 1,340 | 8.91 | −5.08 |
| | Independent | Nigel Freemarijuana | 386 | 2.57 | +2.57 |
| | Democrats | Robert Hernandez | 337 | 2.24 | −3.71 |
| | Independent | Gary Wilkins | 275 | 1.83 | +1.83 |
| | Independent | John McKenna | 47 | 0.31 | +0.31 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,032 | 97.56 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 376 | 2.44 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,408 | 85.21 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Mike Kaiser | 7,955 | 56.49 | −7.0 |
| | Independent | Russell Lutton | 6,126 | 43.51 | +43.51 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |

### Elections in the 1990s

1998 Queensland state election: Woodridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | 8,009 | 51.7 | -9.9 |
| | One Nation | Leonce Kealy | 4,401 | 28.4 | +28.4 |
| | Liberal | Adam Young | 2,169 | 14.0 | -11.5 |
| | Democrats | Robert Hernandez | 923 | 6.0 | +6.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,502 | 97.4 | +0.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 410 | 2.6 | -0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,912 | 90.5 | +3.2 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | 8,791 | 63.5 | -4.6 |
| | One Nation | Leonce Kealy | 5,048 | 36.5 | +36.5 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -4.6 | |

1995 Queensland state election: Woodridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | 9,730 | 61.6 | -4.6 |
| | Liberal | Matthew Cavanagh | 4,026 | 25.5 | +9.3 |
| | Independent | Anthony Davis | 2,042 | 12.9 | +12.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,798 | 96.9 | +1.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 499 | 3.1 | -1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,297 | 87.3 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | 10,390 | 68.1 | -7.0 |
| | Liberal | Matthew Cavanagh | 4,858 | 31.9 | +7.0 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -7.0 | |

1992 Queensland state election: Woodridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | 11,117 | 66.2 | -4.4 |
| | Liberal | Debbie Planincic | 2,719 | 16.2 | -2.5 |
| | Independent | Graeme Collins | 1,821 | 10.8 | +10.8 |
| | Indigenous Peoples | Col Smith | 572 | 3.4 | +3.4 |
| | Indigenous Peoples | Linette Van Issum | 570 | 3.4 | +3.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,799 | 95.6 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 771 | 4.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,570 | 88.1 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | 11,824 | 75.2 | +3.9 |
| | Liberal | Debbie Planincic | 3,905 | 24.8 | -3.9 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +3.9 | |

### Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Woodridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | 13,504 | 68.7 | +16.4 |
| | Liberal | Graeme Collins | 3,935 | 20.0 | +7.4 |
| | National | Tom Trethewey | 2,208 | 11.2 | -11.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 19,647 | 95.4 | -1.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 953 | 4.6 | +1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,600 | 88.0 | -0.1 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | 13,655 | 69.5 | +8.5 |
| | Liberal | Graeme Collins | 5,992 | 30.5 | +30.5 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +8.5 | |

1986 Queensland state election: Woodridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | 8,977 | 52.3 | +3.4 |
| | National | Jon Cooper | 3,888 | 22.7 | -10.9 |
| | Liberal | Graeme Collins | 2,170 | 12.6 | +3.2 |
| | Independent | Graham Able | 1,992 | 11.6 | +11.6 |
| | Socialist Labour | Kenneth Mantell | 138 | 0.8 | +0.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,165 | 97.1 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 511 | 2.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,676 | 88.1 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | 10,471 | 61.0 | -1.9 |
| | National | Jon Cooper | 6,694 | 39.0 | +1.9 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -1.9 | |

1983 Queensland state election: Woodridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | 11,131 | 48.9 | +2.6 |
| | National | Selma Elson | 7,648 | 33.6 | +33.6 |
| | Liberal | Derek Richards | 2,133 | 9.4 | -25.6 |
| | Democrats | Michael van de Velde | 1,616 | 7.1 | -0.5 |
| | Socialist | Ray Ferguson | 132 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
| | Socialist Labour | Katherine Gillick | 121 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 22,781 | 98.5 | +0.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 354 | 1.5 | -0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,135 | 91.2 | +4.6 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | 12,556 | 55.1 | -1.3 |
| | National | Selma Elson | 10,225 | 44.9 | +1.3 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -1.3 | |

1980 Queensland state election: Woodridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | 8,531 | 46.3 | -3.1 |
| | Liberal | Douglas Dagleish | 6,449 | 35.0 | +2.1 |
| | Democrats | Robert Webb | 1,404 | 7.6 | +7.6 |
| | Independent | Anne Glew | 921 | 5.0 | +5.0 |
| | Independent | Jack Davis | 737 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| | Independent | Robert Bartlett | 378 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,420 | 97.9 | -0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 397 | 2.1 | +0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,817 | 86.6 | -4.0 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | 10,395 | 56.4 | +2.3 |
| | Liberal | Douglas Dagleish | 8,025 | 43.6 | -2.3 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +2.3 | |

### Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: Woodridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | 7,654 | 49.4 | |
| | Liberal | Colin Lamont | 5,093 | 32.9 | |
| | National | Douglas Ralston | 2,066 | 13.3 | |
| | Independent | Albert Guest | 671 | 4.3 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,484 | 98.1 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 306 | 1.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,790 | 90.6 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Bill D'Arcy | 8,371 | 54.1 | +11.9 |
| | Liberal | Colin Lamont | 7,113 | 45.9 | -11.9 |
| | Labor gain from Liberal | Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.9 | |
