Electoral results for the Division of Wright

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Wright in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 2009 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Scott Buchholz	Liberal National	2010–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2022

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Queensland § Wright.[edit]

2022 Australian federal election: Wright

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Scott Buchholz	45,753	43.19	−1.73
	Labor	Pam McCreadie	22,643	21.37	+2.63
	One Nation	Keith Hicks	15,095	14.25	+0.24
	Greens	Nicole Thompson	12,107	11.43	+4.26
	United Australia	Cassandra Duffill	8,703	8.22	+3.32
	Federation	Shonna-Lee Banasiak	1,632	1.54	+1.54
Total formal votes			105,933	96.60	+2.68
Informal votes			3,733	3.40	−2.68
Turnout			109,666	88.59	−3.42
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Scott Buchholz	64,506	60.89	−3.69
	Labor	Pam McCreadie	41,427	39.11	+3.69
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−3.69

Elections in the 2010s

2019

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Queensland § Wright.[edit]

2019 Australian federal election: Wright

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Scott Buchholz	43,522	44.92	+3.10
	Labor	Pam McCreadie	18,155	18.74	−4.03
	One Nation	Chris O'Callaghan	13,576	14.01	−6.89
	Greens	Shannon Girard	6,951	7.17	−0.49
	Independent	Innes Larkin	5,165	5.33	+5.33
	United Australia	David Wright	4,747	4.90	+4.90
	Katter's Australian	Matthew Tomlinson	2,613	2.70	+2.70
	Conservative National	Rod Smith	2,164	2.23	+2.23
Total formal votes			96,893	93.92	−1.77
Informal votes			6,269	6.08	+1.77
Turnout			103,162	92.01	−0.23
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Scott Buchholz	62,571	64.58	+4.96
	Labor	Pam McCreadie	34,322	35.42	−4.96
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+4.96

2016

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2016 Australian federal election in Queensland § Wright.[edit]

2016 Australian federal election: Wright

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Scott Buchholz	36,935	41.82	−6.02
	Labor	Allistair Smith	20,110	22.77	+1.38
	One Nation	Rod Smith	18,461	20.90	+20.90
	Greens	Pietro Agnoletto	6,768	7.66	+2.26
	Family First	Barry Austin	3,163	3.58	+1.00
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Stone	1,979	2.24	+2.24
	Mature Australia	John Cox	902	1.02	+1.02
Total formal votes			88,318	95.69	+0.72
Informal votes			3,980	4.31	−0.72
Turnout			92,298	92.33	−1.74
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Scott Buchholz	52,651	59.62	−2.22
	Labor	Allistair Smith	35,667	40.38	+2.22
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−2.22

2013

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2013 Australian federal election in Queensland § Wright.[edit]

2013 Australian federal election: Wright

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Scott Buchholz	38,630	47.84	−5.25
	Labor	Sharon Murakami	17,267	21.39	−6.39
	Palmer United	Angie Ison	11,691	14.48	+14.48
	Greens	Judith Summers	4,358	5.40	−6.55
	Katter's Australian	David Neuendorf	4,332	5.37	+5.37
	Family First	Stephen Lynch	2,087	2.58	−1.30
	Independent	Matthew Wright	1,810	2.24	+2.24
	Rise Up Australia	Tony Maunder	565	0.70	+0.70
Total formal votes			80,740	94.97	+0.60
Informal votes			4,276	5.03	−0.60
Turnout			85,016	94.13	+0.45
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Scott Buchholz	49,930	61.84	+1.69
	Labor	Sharon Murakami	30,810	38.16	−1.69
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+1.69

2010

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2010 Australian federal election in Queensland § Wright.[edit]

2010 Australian federal election: Wright

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Scott Buchholz	40,031	53.09	+1.47
	Labor	Andrew Ramsay	20,946	27.78	−10.74
	Greens	Anna Bridle	9,010	11.95	+6.99
	Family First	Jeremy Fredericks	2,923	3.88	+1.78
	Independent	Ken Degen	2,497	3.31	+3.31
Total formal votes			75,407	94.37	−1.85
Informal votes			4,497	5.63	+1.85
Turnout			79,904	93.67	+0.09
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Scott Buchholz	45,358	60.15	+6.36
	Labor	Andrew Ramsay	30,049	39.85	−6.36
	Liberal National notional hold		Swing	+6.36

References

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos