title: Electoral results for the district of Surfers Paradise
text: # Electoral results for the district of Surfers Paradise
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Surfers Paradise in Queensland state elections.
  
  ## Members for Surfers Paradise
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | (Sir) Bruce Small | Country | 1972–1974 |
  | (Sir) Bruce Small | National | 1974–1977 |
  | Bruce Bishop | Liberal | 1977–1980 |
  | Rob Borbidge | National | 1980–2001 |
  | Lex Bell | Independent | 2001–2004 |
  | John-Paul Langbroek | Liberal | 2004–2008 |
  | John-Paul Langbroek | Liberal National | 2008–present |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 2020s
  
  2020 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal National | John-Paul Langbroek | 16,470 | 57.73 | −5.50 |
  | | Labor | Brianna Bailey | 7,265 | 25.47 | +3.06 |
  | | Greens | Nelson Quinn | 2,324 | 8.15 | −0.96 |
  | | One Nation | Leeanne Schultz | 1,785 | 6.26 | +6.26 |
  | | United Australia | Roger McKay | 684 | 2.40 | +2.40 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 28,528 | 96.51 | +2.06 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,031 | 3.49 | −2.06 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,559 | 84.30 | +3.34 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal National | John-Paul Langbroek | 18,890 | 66.22 | −3.57 |
  | | Labor | Brianna Bailey | 9,638 | 33.78 | +3.57 |
  | | Liberal National hold | Liberal National hold | Swing | −3.57 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 2010s
  
  2017 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal National | John-Paul Langbroek | 16,127 | 63.2 | +1.2 |
  | | Labor | Tony Walker | 5,715 | 22.4 | +1.3 |
  | | Greens | Scott Turner | 2,323 | 9.1 | +1.5 |
  | | Independent | Chris Manley | 785 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
  | | Independent | Tylere Baker-Pearce | 556 | 2.2 | +2.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 25,506 | 94.5 | −3.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,497 | 5.5 | +3.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,003 | 81.0 | −0.5 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal National | John-Paul Langbroek | 17,799 | 69.8 | −0.6 |
  | | Labor | Tony Walker | 7,707 | 30.2 | +0.6 |
  | | Liberal National hold | Liberal National hold | Swing | −0.6 | |
  
  2015 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal National | John-Paul Langbroek | 17,569 | 61.06 | −11.57 |
  | | Labor | Josh Blundell-Thornton | 6,544 | 22.74 | +6.20 |
  | | Greens | Helen Hunt | 2,221 | 7.72 | +0.60 |
  | | Palmer United | Stephen Gardner | 1,749 | 6.08 | +6.08 |
  | | Family First | Jonathon Scoones | 692 | 2.40 | −1.31 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 28,775 | 97.94 | +0.18 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 605 | 2.06 | −0.18 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,380 | 84.12 | −2.57 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal National | John-Paul Langbroek | 18,405 | 69.21 | −10.29 |
  | | Labor | Josh Blundell-Thornton | 8,188 | 30.79 | +10.29 |
  | | Liberal National hold | Liberal National hold | Swing | −10.29 | |
  
  2012 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal National | John-Paul Langbroek | 18,993 | 72.63 | +13.61 |
  | | Labor | Matthew Donovan | 4,325 | 16.54 | -10.93 |
  | | Greens | Helen Wainwright | 1,861 | 7.12 | +0.58 |
  | | Family First | Andrea Raymond | 971 | 3.71 | +3.71 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 26,150 | 97.76 | -0.11 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 600 | 2.24 | +0.11 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,750 | 86.70 | +0.90 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal National | John-Paul Langbroek | 19,688 | 79.50 | +12.98 |
  | | Labor | Matthew Donovan | 5,078 | 20.50 | -12.98 |
  | | Liberal National hold | Liberal National hold | Swing | +12.98 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  2009 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal National | John-Paul Langbroek | 15,075 | 59.0 | +1.6 |
  | | Labor | Caleb Rook | 7,017 | 27.5 | -6.2 |
  | | Greens | Bridget Maizey | 1,671 | 6.5 | -2.3 |
  | | DS4SEQ | Wendy Coe | 1,166 | 4.6 | +4.6 |
  | | Independent | Don Magin | 613 | 2.4 | +2.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 25,542 | 97.7 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 556 | 2.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 26,098 | 85.8 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal National | John-Paul Langbroek | 15,808 | 66.5 | +4.4 |
  | | Labor | Caleb Rook | 7,958 | 33.5 | -4.4 |
  | | Liberal National hold | Liberal National hold | Swing | +4.4 | |
  
  2006 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | John-Paul Langbroek | 14,483 | 57.3 | +12.6 |
  | | Labor | Guy Jones | 8,563 | 33.9 | +8.4 |
  | | Greens | Dean Hepburn | 2,220 | 8.8 | +1.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 25,266 | 97.8 | +0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 560 | 2.2 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,826 | 85.5 | -1.1 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | John-Paul Langbroek | 14,926 | 62.0 | -1.9 |
  | | Labor | Guy Jones | 9,157 | 38.0 | +1.9 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -1.9 | |
  
  2004 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | John-Paul Langbroek | 11,348 | 44.7 | +44.7 |
  | | Labor | David Parrish | 6,462 | 25.5 | -12.8 |
  | | Independent | Lex Bell | 5,810 | 22.9 | +22.9 |
  | | Greens | Graham Lapthorne | 1,760 | 6.9 | -5.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 25,380 | 97.7 | +0.8 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 602 | 2.3 | -0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,982 | 86.6 | -1.6 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | John-Paul Langbroek | 13,014 | 63.9 | +63.9 |
  | | Labor | David Parrish | 7,350 | 36.1 | -8.6 |
  | | Liberal gain from Independent | Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |
  
  2001 Surfers Paradise state by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Lex Bell | 7,966 | 35.91 | +35.91 |
  | | Liberal | John-Paul Langbroek | 4,708 | 21.22 | +21.22 |
  | | Labor | Richard Alcorn | 4,441 | 20.02 | −18.25 |
  | | National | Susie Douglas | 1,784 | 8.04 | −41.70 |
  | | One Nation | Lesley Millar | 1,055 | 4.76 | +4.76 |
  | | Greens | Dean Hepburn | 926 | 4.26 | −7.72 |
  | | Independent | Perry Cross | 751 | 3.39 | +3.39 |
  | | Independent | Tony Horkings | 218 | 0.98 | +0.98 |
  | | Independent | Linda McGill | 179 | 0.76 | +0.76 |
  | | Independent | Fred Fraser | 77 | 0.35 | +0.35 |
  | | Independent | Arthur Coghlan | 52 | 0.24 | +0.24 |
  | | Independent | Rob McJannett | 15 | 0.07 | +0.07 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 22,183 | 98.11 | +1.25 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 428 | 1.89 | −1.25 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,611 | 77.70 | −10.49 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Independent | Lex Bell | 8,811 | 58.12 | +58.12 |
  | | Liberal | John-Paul Langbroek | 6,350 | 41.88 | +41.88 |
  | | Independent gain from National | Independent gain from National | Swing | N/A | |
  
  2001 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Rob Borbidge | 12,033 | 49.7 | -2.6 |
  | | Labor | Richard Alcorn | 9,259 | 38.3 | +13.9 |
  | | Greens | Dean Hepburn | 2,899 | 12.0 | +8.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 24,191 | 96.9 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 784 | 3.1 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,975 | 88.2 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | National | Rob Borbidge | 12,546 | 55.3 | -13.6 |
  | | Labor | Richard Alcorn | 10,147 | 44.7 | +13.6 |
  | | National hold | National hold | Swing | -13.6 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1990s
  
  1998 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Rob Borbidge | 10,880 | 56.4 | -10.9 |
  | | Labor | Steve Axe | 4,167 | 21.6 | -3.5 |
  | | One Nation | Phil Connolly | 3,354 | 17.4 | +17.4 |
  | | Greens | Ray Schearer | 894 | 4.6 | +4.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 19,295 | 98.3 | -0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 325 | 1.7 | +0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,620 | 88.4 | +2.0 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | National | Rob Borbidge | 12,907 | 72.3 | +0.5 |
  | | Labor | Steve Axe | 4,955 | 27.7 | -0.5 |
  | | National hold | National hold | Swing | +0.5 | |
  
  1995 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Rob Borbidge | 12,051 | 67.3 | +22.2 |
  | | Labor | Peter Burke | 4,502 | 25.1 | +25.1 |
  | | Democrats | Brad Farmer | 982 | 5.5 | +5.5 |
  | | Independent | Christian Jocumsen | 369 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,904 | 98.5 | +1.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 274 | 1.5 | -1.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,178 | 86.4 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | National | Rob Borbidge | 12,581 | 71.8 | +18.8 |
  | | Labor | Peter Burke | 4,951 | 28.2 | +28.2 |
  | | National hold | National hold | Swing | +18.8 | |
  
  1992 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Rob Borbidge | 7,983 | 45.2 | +11.0 |
  | | Liberal | Trevor Coomber | 4,976 | 28.1 | -5.1 |
  | | Independent | Murray Andrew | 3,227 | 18.3 | +18.3 |
  | | Confederate Action | Jeanie O'Kane | 1,492 | 8.4 | +8.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,678 | 97.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 547 | 3.0 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,225 | 86.1 | |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | National | Rob Borbidge | 8,668 | 52.9 | -11.9 |
  | | Liberal | Trevor Coomber | 7,708 | 47.1 | +47.1 |
  | | National hold | National hold | Swing | -11.9 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1980s
  
  1989 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Rob Borbidge | 4,962 | 33.2 | -21.0 |
  | | Labor | Bruce Farrell | 4,771 | 31.9 | +11.2 |
  | | Liberal | John Bradford | 4,707 | 31.5 | +9.7 |
  | | Independent | Selwyn Tully | 512 | 3.4 | +3.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,952 | 96.8 | -0.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 487 | 3.2 | +0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,439 | 83.7 | -1.6 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | National | Rob Borbidge | 9,292 | 62.2 | -9.1 |
  | | Labor | Bruce Farrell | 5,660 | 37.8 | +9.1 |
  | | National hold | National hold | Swing | -9.1 | |
  
  1986 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Rob Borbidge | 8,221 | 54.2 | -2.7 |
  | | Liberal | Laurence Wade | 3,306 | 21.8 | +8.3 |
  | | Labor | Bruce Farrell | 3,130 | 20.7 | -8.8 |
  | | Democrats | Ken Petersen | 370 | 2.4 | +2.4 |
  | | Vigilance | Warren Fenton | 134 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,161 | 97.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 421 | 2.7 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,582 | 85.3 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | National | Rob Borbidge | 10,810 | 71.3 | +0.8 |
  | | Labor | Bruce Farrell | 4,351 | 28.7 | -0.8 |
  | | National hold | National hold | Swing | +0.8 | |
  
  1983 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Rob Borbidge | 11,994 | 56.9 | +15.0 |
  | | Labor | Khalil Salem | 6,219 | 29.5 | +8.6 |
  | | Liberal | Theodore Greenland | 2,847 | 13.5 | -19.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,060 | 98.3 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 356 | 1.7 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,416 | 87.8 | +3.1 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | National | Rob Borbidge | 14,205 | 67.4 | -1.3 |
  | | Labor | Khalil Salem | 6,855 | 32.6 | +1.3 |
  | | National hold | National hold | Swing | -1.3 | |
  
  1980 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Rob Borbidge | 7,459 | 41.9 | +3.2 |
  | | Liberal | Bruce Bishop | 5,842 | 32.8 | +6.9 |
  | | Labor | Khalil Salem | 3,725 | 20.9 | -1.1 |
  | | Independent | Eileen Peters | 768 | 4.3 | +4.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,794 | 98.3 | +0.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 304 | 1.7 | -0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,098 | 84.7 | -2.9 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | National | Rob Borbidge | 10,305 | 57.9 | +13.6 |
  | | Liberal | Bruce Bishop | 7,489 | 42.1 | -13.6 |
  | | National gain from Liberal | National gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.6 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  1977 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Bruce Small | 5,216 | 38.7 | -20.0 |
  | | Liberal | Bruce Bishop | 3,482 | 25.9 | +25.9 |
  | | Labor | Philip Button | 2,960 | 22.0 | -2.1 |
  | | Democrats | Ronald Holland | 1,643 | 12.2 | +12.2 |
  | | Progress | Donald Wright | 164 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 13,465 | 97.7 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 318 | 2.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,783 | 87.6 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Bruce Bishop | 8,636 | 64.1 | -8.1 |
  | | Labor | Philip Button | 4,829 | 35.9 | +8.1 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Bruce Bishop | 7,506 | 55.7 | +55.7 |
  | | National | Bruce Small | 5,959 | 44.3 | -28.7 |
  | | Liberal gain from National | Liberal gain from National | Swing | N/A | |
  
  1974 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Bruce Small | 10,277 | 58.7 | +29.3 |
  | | Labor | Maurice Marsden | 4,215 | 24.1 | -6.0 |
  | | Independent | John Duncan | 2,631 | 15.0 | +15.0 |
  | | Queensland Labor | John Perrett | 376 | 2.2 | -1.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,499 | 97.9 | +0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 373 | 2.1 | -0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,872 | 85.4 | -2.4 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | National | Bruce Small | 12,694 | 72.5 | +12.9 |
  | | Labor | Maurice Marsden | 4,805 | 27.5 | -12.9 |
  | | National hold | National hold | Swing | +12.9 | |
  
  1972 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Keith Hunt | 4,223 | 30.1 | |
  | | Liberal | John McIlwain | 4,202 | 29.9 | |
  | | Country | Bruce Small | 4,122 | 29.4 | |
  | | Independent | Eileen Peters | 655 | 4.7 | |
  | | Queensland Labor | Frederick Bassani | 536 | 3.8 | |
  | | Independent | William Daniel | 303 | 2.2 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,041 | 97.2 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 398 | 2.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,439 | 87.8 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Country | Bruce Small | 8,368 | 59.6 | -11.4 |
  | | Labor | Keith Hunt | 5,673 | 40.4 | +11.4 |
  | | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | -11.4 | |
  