GROOM, Qld 96,916 enrolled, 91,659 (94.6%) voted ==================================================================== South-east Qld: Blue Mountain Heights, Middle Ridge, Oakey, Toowoomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 two-party majority: Liberal 18.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Thies 743 00.8 Troy Murray ALP 19,451 22.1 -00.6 Chris Whitty KAP 3,243 03.7 Hon Ian MACFARLANE * LNP 48,966 55.6 -05.6 Trevor Smith Grn 3,823 04.3 -03.0 Rick Armitage 1,210 01.4 Ewen Mathieson PUP 8,225 09.4 Alex Todd FF 2,342 02.7 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3,656 (04.0%) informal 88,003 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Thies's 743 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murray 324 43.6 19,775 22.5 Whitty 126 17.0 3,369 03.8 MACFARLANE * 76 10.2 49,042 55.7 Smith 41 05.5 3,864 04.4 Armitage 54 07.3 1,264 01.4 Mathieson 58 07.8 8,283 09.4 Todd 64 08.6 2,406 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 743 88,003 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Armitage's 1,264 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murray 75 05.9 19,850 22.6 Whitty 100 07.9 3,469 03.9 MACFARLANE * 282 22.3 49,324 56.1 Smith 67 05.3 3,931 04.5 Mathieson 176 13.9 8,459 09.6 Todd 564 44.6 2,970 03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1,264 88,003 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Todd's 2,970 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murray 313 10.5 20,163 22.9 Whitty 429 14.4 3,898 04.4 MACFARLANE * 1,139 38.4 50,463 57.3 Smith 329 11.1 4,260 04.8 Mathieson 760 25.6 9,219 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 2,970 88,003 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Whitty's 3,898 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murray 828 21.2 20,991 23.9 MACFARLANE * 938 24.1 51,401 58.4 Smith 390 10.0 4,650 05.3 Mathieson 1,742 44.7 10,961 12.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 3,898 88,003 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Smith's 4,650 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murray 2,570 55.3 23,561 26.8 MACFARLANE * 802 17.3 52,203 59.3 Mathieson 1,278 27.5 12,239 13.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 4,650 88,003 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Mathieson's 12,239 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murray 5,949 48.6 29,510 33.5 MACFARLANE * 6,290 51.4 58,493 66.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 12,239 88,003 16.5 02.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Elgin Macfarlane (born 1955): Elected 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013 Minister for Industry 18 September 2013 to 23 December 2014 Minister for Industry and Science 23 December 2014 to 21 September 2015 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Macfarlane sat with the Liberal Party in the House of Representatives. He will retire at the 2016 election. --------------------------------------------------------------------