# Electoral results for the district of South Coast (Queensland)

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of South Coast in Queensland state elections.

## Members for South Coast

| Member | Party | Term |
| Eric Gaven | Country | 1960–1966 |
| Russ Hinze | Country / National | 1966–1988 |
| Judy Gamin | National | 1988–1989 |
| Bob Quinn | Liberal | 1989–1992 |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1980s

1989 Queensland state election: South Coast :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Constance Stern | 9,394 | 39.1 | +8.8 |
| | Liberal | Bob Quinn | 6,820 | 28.4 | +8.4 |
| | National | Judy Gamin | 6,799 | 28.3 | -21.4 |
| | Independent | David Champion | 1,017 | 4.2 | +4.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 24,030 | 97.1 | −0.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 728 | 2.9 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,758 | 89.1 | +1.3 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Bob Quinn | 13,877 | 57.7 | +57.7 |
| | Labor | Constance Stern | 10,153 | 42.3 | +6.0 |
| | Liberal gain from National | Liberal gain from National | Swing | N/A | |
1988 South Coast state by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National | Judy Gamin | 5,716 | 30.43 | −19.26 |
| | Liberal | Bob Quinn | 5,426 | 28.89 | +8.86 |
| | Labor | Dallas Watson | 4,293 | 22.85 | −7.42 |
| | Independent | Philip Black | 1,488 | 7.92 | +7.92 |
| | Citizens Electoral Council | Lindsay Hartwig | 589 | 3.14 | +3.14 |
| | Democrats | Anthony William Kennedy | 571 | 2.51 | +2.51 |
| | Australian Independent | Bruce Whiteside | 420 | 2.30 | +2.30 |
| | ASSP | Ennis Groom | 225 | 1.20 | +1.20 |
| | Independent | James Drabsch | 83 | 0.44 | +0.44 |
| | Independent | John Kachel | 61 | 0.32 | +0.32 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,784 | 95.27 | −2.75 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 932 | 4.73 | +2.75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,716 | 77.60 | −10.22 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | National | Judy Gamin | 9,464 | 50.38 | |
| | Liberal | Bob Quinn | 9,320 | 49.62 | |
| | National hold | National hold | Swing | | |
1986 Queensland state election: South Coast :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National | Russ Hinze | 8,459 | 49.7 | +1.1 |
| | Labor | Rupert Granrott | 5,153 | 30.3 | -8.2 |
| | Liberal | John Richardson | 3,410 | 20.0 | +7.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,022 | 98.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 344 | 2.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,366 | 87.8 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | National | Russ Hinze | 10,848 | 63.7 | +3.0 |
| | Labor | Rupert Granrott | 6,174 | 36.3 | -3.0 |
| | National hold | National hold | Swing | +3.0 | |
1983 Queensland state election: South Coast :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National | Russ Hinze | 11,325 | 48.6 | +4.5 |
| | Labor | Noel Elliott | 8,971 | 38.5 | +16.7 |
| | Liberal | Ian Foyster | 3,021 | 13.0 | -10.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 23,317 | 98.7 | +0.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 314 | 1.3 | −0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,631 | 87.1 | +2.4 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | National | Russ Hinze | 13,405 | 57.5 | -7.1 |
| | Labor | Noel Elliott | 9,912 | 42.5 | +7.1 |
| | National hold | National hold | Swing | -7.1 | |
1980 Queensland state election: South Coast :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National | Russ Hinze | 8,049 | 44.1 | -11.3 |
| | Labor | Philip Button | 3,969 | 21.8 | -15.1 |
| | Liberal | Ross Woods | 2,404 | 13.2 | +13.2 |
| | Liberal | Elizabeth Diamond | 1,929 | 10.6 | +10.6 |
| | Independent | Robert Neumann | 1,394 | 7.6 | +7.6 |
| | Coalitionist | Michael Carey | 303 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| | Independent | Julia Freebury | 119 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| | Independent | James Drabsch | 77 | 0.4 | -7.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,244 | 98.3 | +0.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 323 | 1.7 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,567 | 84.7 | −3.8 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | National | Russ Hinze | 11,788 | 64.6 | +5.3 |
| | Labor | Philip Button | 6,456 | 35.4 | -5.3 |
| | National hold | National hold | Swing | +5.3 | |

### Elections in the 1970s

1977 Queensland state election: South Coast :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National | Russ Hinze | 8,067 | 55.4 | -10.5 |
| | Labor | Ennis Groom | 5,367 | 36.9 | +2.8 |
| | Independent | James Drabsch | 1,123 | 7.7 | +7.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,557 | 98.0 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 289 | 2.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,846 | 88.5 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | National | Russ Hinze | 8,629 | 59.3 | -6.6 |
| | Labor | Ennis Groom | 5,928 | 40.7 | +6.6 |
| | National hold | National hold | Swing | -6.6 | |
1974 Queensland state election: South Coast :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | National | Russ Hinze | 11,544 | 67.7 | +28.5 |
| | Labor | Marion Reid | 5,513 | 32.3 | -1.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,057 | 97.4 | −0.4 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 456 | 2.6 | +0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,513 | 83.9 | −4.4 |
| | National hold | National hold | Swing | +6.0 | |
1972 Queensland state election: South Coast :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Russ Hinze | 5,072 | 39.2 | -1.0 |
| | Labor | Ronald Todd | 4,410 | 34.1 | +12.2 |
| | Liberal | Bruce Bishop | 2,256 | 17.4 | -15.0 |
| | Independent | Douglas Roughton | 694 | 5.4 | +5.4 |
| | Queensland Labor | Victor Kearney | 493 | 3.8 | +0.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 12,925 | 97.8 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 291 | 2.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,216 | 88.3 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Country | Russ Hinze | 7,975 | 61.7 | -9.0 |
| | Labor | Ronald Todd | 4,950 | 38.3 | +9.0 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | -9.0 | |

### Elections in the 1960s

1969 Queensland state election: South Coast :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Russ Hinze | 6,071 | 40.2 | +9.7 |
| | Liberal | Bruce Bishop | 4,883 | 32.4 | -5.5 |
| | Labor | Frank Culell | 3,309 | 21.9 | +1.0 |
| | Queensland Labor | Laurence Kehoe | 553 | 3.7 | +0.2 |
| | Independent | Dino Bertoldo | 164 | 1.1 | +1.1 |
| | Independent | John Lee | 104 | 0.7 | +0.7 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 15,084 | 96.3 | −1.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 577 | 3.7 | +1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 15,661 | 85.4 | −3.9 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Country | Russ Hinze | 9,407 | 62.4 | +9.9 |
| | Liberal | Bruce Bishop | 5,677 | 37.6 | -9.9 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | +9.9 | |
1966 Queensland state election: South Coast :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Herbert Winders | 4,464 | 37.9 | +37.9 |
| | Country | Russ Hinze | 3,588 | 30.5 | -47.0 |
| | Labor | Kevin Cummings | 2,462 | 20.9 | +1.6 |
| | Independent | Bernard Elsey | 844 | 7.2 | +7.2 |
| | Queensland Labor | John McWatters | 415 | 3.5 | +0.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 11,773 | 98.1 | −0.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 225 | 1.9 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,998 | 89.3 | +0.2 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Country | Russ Hinze | 6,175 | 52.5 | -27.6 |
| | Liberal | Herbert Winders | 5,598 | 47.5 | +47.5 |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | -27.6 | |
1963 Queensland state election: South Coast :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Eric Gaven | 7,306 | 77.5 | +1.6 |
| | Labor | Irene Weir | 1,817 | 19.3 | -2.2 |
| | Queensland Labor | Douglas Schwede | 308 | 3.3 | +3.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 9,431 | 98.7 | +0.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 119 | 1.3 | −0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,550 | 89.1 | +1.7 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Country | Eric Gaven | 7,557 | 80.1 | |
| | Labor | Irene Weir | 1,874 | 19.9 | |
| | Country hold | Country hold | Swing | N/A | |
1960 Queensland state election: South Coast :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Country | Eric Gaven | 6,611 | 75.9 | |
| | Labor | William Darveniza | 1,872 | 21.5 | |
| | Independent | John Fitzgerald | 223 | 2.6 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,706 | 98.2 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 163 | 1.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,869 | 87.4 | |
| | Country win | Country win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |