title: Electoral results for the district of Merrimac
text: # Electoral results for the district of Merrimac
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Merrimac in Queensland state elections.
  
  ## Members for Merrimac
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Bob Quinn | Liberal Party | 1992–2001 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1990s
  
  1998 Queensland state election: Merrimac :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Bob Quinn | 11,093 | 49.11 | -16.32 |
  | | Labor | Robert Poole | 6,405 | 28.36 | -6.21 |
  | | One Nation | John Fairfax | 4,487 | 19.87 | +19.87 |
  | | Democrats | Colin O'Brien | 601 | 2.66 | +2.66 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 22,586 | 98.19 | +0.40 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 417 | 1.81 | -0.40 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,003 | 89.68 | +1.71 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Bob Quinn | 13,424 | 64.69 | -0.74 |
  | | Labor | Robert Poole | 7,327 | 35.31 | +0.74 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -0.74 | |
  
  1995 Queensland state election: Merrimac :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Bob Quinn | 13,200 | 65.43 | +32.32 |
  | | Labor | Matthew Loader | 6,974 | 34.57 | -1.03 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,174 | 97.79 | -0.20 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 456 | 2.21 | +0.20 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,630 | 87.97 | +0.14 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +4.89 | |
  
  1992 Queensland state election: Merrimac :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Mark Whillans | 6,605 | 35.6 | +1.0 |
  | | Liberal | Bob Quinn | 6,143 | 33.1 | +0.9 |
  | | National | Les Mole | 4,953 | 26.7 | -2.7 |
  | | Confederate Action | Colin Smith | 851 | 4.6 | +4.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,552 | 98.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 380 | 2.0 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,932 | 87.8 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Bob Quinn | 10,656 | 60.5 | -1.6 |
  | | Labor | Mark Whillans | 6,945 | 39.5 | +1.6 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -1.6 | |
  