Electoral results for the district of Broadsound

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

Members for Broadsound

Member		Party	Term
	Denis Hinton	National	1986–1989
	Jim Pearce	Labor	1989–1992

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: Broadsound

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Pearce	6,170	45.3	+7.9
	National	Denis Hinton	5,434	39.9	-2.3
	Independent	James O'Brien	1,038	7.6	+7.6
	Liberal	Howard Rodda	634	4.6	+4.6
	Citizens Electoral Council	Leslie White	354	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			13,630	97.2	−0.8
Informal votes			397	2.8	+0.8
Turnout			14,027	92.2	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Pearce	7,189	52.7	+4.7
	National	Denis Hinton	6,441	47.3	-4.7
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+4.7

1986 Queensland state election: Broadsound

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Denis Hinton	4,991	42.2
	Labor	Chris Palmer	4,419	37.4
	Independent	Barbara Wildin	1,727	14.6
	Independent	Ros Scott	683	5.8
Total formal votes			11,820	98.0
Informal votes			242	2.0
Turnout			12,062	91.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Denis Hinton	6,142	52.0	-7.3
	Labor	Chris Palmer	5,678	48.0	+7.3
	National hold		Swing	-7.3