Election Results
| Queensland state election, 2012: Barron River | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal National | Michael Trout | 13,652 | 45.71 | +1.88 | |
| Labor | Steve Wettenhall | 8,317 | 27.85 | -15.40 | |
| Katter's Australian Party | Brendan Fitzgerald | 4,732 | 15.84 | +15.84 | |
| Greens | Elaine Harding | 2,736 | 9.16 | -3.76 | |
| Independent | Mike Squire | 431 | 1.44 | +1.44 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,868 | 97.76 | +0.21 | ||
| Informal votes | 685 | 2.24 | -0.21 | ||
| Turnout | 30,553 | 89.47 | -0.17 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Michael Trout | 15,406 | 59.48 | +11.80 | |
| Labor | Steve Wettenhall | 10,494 | 40.52 | -11.80 | |
| Liberal National gain from Labor | Swing | +11.80 | |||
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