Electoral results for the district of Charters Towers

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

Members for Charters Towers

First incarnation (1888–1912, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Robert Sayers	Unaligned	1888–1893		Sir Arthur Rutledge	Ministerialist	1888–1893
	Anderson Dawson	Labor	1893–1901		John Dunsford	Labor	1893–1905
	John Burrows	Labor	1901–1907
					William Paull	Opposition	1905–1908
	Joe Millican	Opposition	1907–1908
	Vernon Winstanley	Labor	1908–1912		John Mullan	Labor	1908–1912

Second incarnation (1912–1960, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Williams	Ministerialist	1912–1915
	William Wellington	Labor	1915–1939
	Arthur Jones	Labor	1939–1957
		Queensland Labor	1957–1960

Third incarnation (1992–2009, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Rob Mitchell	National	1992–2001
	Christine Scott	Labor	2001–2004
	Shane Knuth	National	2004–2008
		Liberal National	2008–2009

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

The results for the 2006 election were:[1]

2006 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Shane Knuth	10,136	61.05	+14.28
	Labor	Bruce Scott	6,468	38.95	-4.62
Total formal votes			16,604	98.58	-0.18
Informal votes			240	1.42	+0.18
Turnout			16,844	90.96	-1.32
	National hold		Swing	+8.34

2004 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Shane Knuth	7,910	46.77	+12.19
	Labor	Christine Scott	7,369	43.57	-0.21
	One Nation	Jerry Burnett	1,635	9.67	-11.97
Total formal votes			16,914	98.76	-0.30
Informal votes			212	1.24	+0.30
Turnout			17,126	92.28	-1.41
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Shane Knuth	8,481	52.71	+4.88
	Labor	Christine Scott	7,608	47.29	-4.88
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+4.88

2001 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Christine Scott	7,575	43.8	+6.1
	National	Rob Mitchell	5,984	34.6	-0.4
	One Nation	Mark Ree	3,745	21.6	-3.8
Total formal votes			17,304	99.1
Informal votes			165	0.9
Turnout			17,469	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Christine Scott	8,138	52.2	+5.4
	National	Rob Mitchell	7,460	47.8	-5.4
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+5.4

Elections in the 1990s

1998 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Christine Scott	5,758	37.1	-2.5
	National	Rob Mitchell	5,454	35.2	-20.0
	One Nation	Richard O'Pray	4,066	26.2	+26.2
	Shooters	Peter Salisbury	116	0.8	+0.8
	Reform	Ben Dyball	114	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			15,508	99.2	+0.3
Informal votes			128	0.8	-0.3
Turnout			15,636	93.2	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Rob Mitchell	7,706	53.7	-4.3
	Labor	Christine Scott	6,641	46.3	+4.3
	National hold		Swing	-4.3

1995 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Rob Mitchell	8,562	55.2	+11.1
	Labor	John White	6,151	39.6	-6.0
	Independent	Jo Cronin	513	3.3	-2.2
	Democrats	Kevin Paine	290	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			15,516	98.9	+0.9
Informal votes			169	1.1	-0.9
Turnout			15,685	92.7	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Rob Mitchell	8,902	58.0	+7.6
	Labor	John White	4,668	42.0	-7.6
	National hold		Swing	+7.6

1992 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Smyth	7,475	45.7	-3.0
	National	Rob Mitchell	7,209	44.1	+0.3
	Independent	Jo Cronin	901	5.5	+5.5
	Liberal	Joseph Kirk	526	3.2	+1.0
	Independent	Harrison Duncan	229	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			16,340	98.0
Informal votes			326	2.0
Turnout			16,666	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Rob Mitchell	7,966	50.4	+2.0
	Labor	Ken Smyth	7,853	49.6	-2.0
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 1950s

1957 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Queensland Labor	Arthur Jones	1,837	43.8	+43.8
	Liberal	Kieth Siemon	1,294	30.9	-1.5
	Labor	Robert Davies	1,060	25.3	-42.3
Total formal votes			4,191	98.4	-0.6
Informal votes			68	1.6	+0.6
Turnout			4,259	95.4	+0.7
	Queensland Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

1956 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Jones	2,766	67.6	-32.4
	Liberal	Jan Karlik	1,329	32.4	+32.4
Total formal votes			4,095	99.0
Informal votes			40	1.0
Turnout			4,135	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1953 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Jones	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1950 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Jones	2,675	59.2
	Liberal	George Ellis	1,643	36.4
	NQ Labor	Victor Hay	201	4.4
Total formal votes			4,519	97.3
Informal votes			124	2.7
Turnout			4,643	96.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Jones	3,947	63.2	-4.3
	Country	Reg Smith	1,459	23.3	+23.3
	Independent	George Carbis	843	13.5	+13.5
Total formal votes			6,249	99.1	+0.9
Informal votes			55	0.9	-0.9
Turnout			6,304	91.0	+9.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1944 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Jones	4,241	67.5	+4.3
	Independent Labor	Syd Williams	2,344	32.5	-4.3
Total formal votes			6,285	98.2	-0.4
Informal votes			115	1.8	+0.4
Turnout			6,400	81.8	-1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.3

1941 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Jones	4,023	63.2	-36.8
	Protestant Labor	Syd Williams	2,344	36.8	+36.8
Total formal votes			6,367	98.6
Informal votes			89	1.4
Turnout			6,456	82.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1930s

1938 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Wellington	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1935 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Wellington	4,443	64.5
	Independent	Frederick Thornleigh	2,020	29.3
	Independent	Alexander Hunter	425	6.2
Total formal votes			6,888	99.0
Informal votes			70	1.0
Turnout			6,958	90.7
	Labor hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

1932 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Wellington	4,580	63.6
	CPNP	Herbert Poole	2,621	36.4
Total formal votes			7,201	98.9
Informal votes			81	1.1
Turnout			7,282	91.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1929 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Wellington	1,976	54.0	-8.3
	CPNP	Herbert Poole	1,682	46.0	+8.3
Total formal votes			3,658	98.9	+0.1
Informal votes			40	1.1	-0.1
Turnout			3,698	85.6	-3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.3

1926 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Wellington	2,251	62.3	+0.6
	CPNP	William Clark	1,365	37.7	-0.6
Total formal votes			3,616	98.8	-0.1
Informal votes			42	1.2	+0.1
Turnout			3,658	88.6	+2.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

1923 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Wellington	2,487	61.7	+7.0
	United	Frank Wood	1,545	38.3	+38.3
Total formal votes			4,032	98.9	-0.6
Informal votes			44	1.1	+0.6
Turnout			4,076	85.7	+8.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.0

1920 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Wellington	1,392	54.7	-2.0
	Northern Country	David Guthrie	1,152	45.3	+45.3
Total formal votes			2,544	99.5	+1.7
Informal votes			13	0.5	-1.7
Turnout			2,557	77.3	-2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.0

Elections in the 1910s

1918 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Wellington	1,583	56.7	-1.6
	National	Robert Williams	1,209	43.3	+1.6
Total formal votes			2,792	97.8	+0.9
Informal votes			64	2.2	-0.9
Turnout			2,856	79.4	-10.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.6

1915 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Wellington	1,663	58.3	+11.6
	Liberal	Robert Williams	1,192	41.7	-11.6
Total formal votes			2,855	96.9	-1.7
Informal votes			90	3.1	+1.7
Turnout			2,945	90.3	+7.4
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+11.6

1912 Queensland state election: Charters Towers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Williams	1,569	53.3
	Labor	John Mullan	1,374	46.7
Total formal votes			2,943	98.6
Informal votes			42	1.4
Turnout			2,985	82.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing

References

1. "Charters Towers - 2006 - Election Archive". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2020.