Election Results
| Queensland state election, 2012: Gladstone | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Liz Cunningham | 14,020 | 48.96 | -5.68 | |
| Labor | Glenn Butcher | 8,359 | 29.19 | -13.45 | |
| Liberal National | Russell Schroter | 3,109 | 10.86 | +10.86 | |
| Katter's Australian Party | Anthony Beezley | 2,545 | 8.89 | +8.89 | |
| Greens | Andrew Blake | 602 | 2.10 | -0.62 | |
| Total formal votes | 28,635 | 98.36 | -0.31 | ||
| Informal votes | 477 | 1.64 | +0.31 | ||
| Turnout | 29,112 | 90.92 | -1.19 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Independent | Liz Cunningham | 15,890 | 64.03 | +7.90 | |
| Labor | Glenn Butcher | 8,925 | 35.97 | -7.90 | |
| Independent hold | Swing | +7.90 | |||
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