Formal votes
499Denominator for candidate and preferred-vote shares.
All polling places in Wide Bay
2022 federal House election · Official AEC results
Rainbow Beach
Wide Bay, QLD · Election-day booth · AEC polling-place ID 6618
Rainbow Beach Community Hall, 32 Rainbow Beach Rd, RAINBOW BEACH, QLD, 4581
Votes recorded at this polling place are not the views of all local residents. People can vote away from home; pre-poll and mobile services cover wider populations. These results are separate from Australian Poll participant sentiment.
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Informal votes
437.93% of 542 total ballots.
First preferences
| Candidate / party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Llew O'BRIEN Liberal National Party of Queensland | 228 | 45.69% |
| Geoff WILLIAMS Australian Labor Party | 108 | 21.64% |
| Nathan BUCKLEY Pauline Hanson's One Nation | 55 | 11.02% |
| Craig ARMSTRONG Queensland Greens | 38 | 7.62% |
| Tracy BENNETT United Australia Party | 25 | 5.01% |
| Kelli JACOBI Independent | 19 | 3.81% |
| Tim JEROME Independent | 11 | 2.20% |
| Andrea NEWLAND Informed Medical Options Party | 11 | 2.20% |
| John WOODWARD Australian Federation Party | 2 | 0.40% |
| Daniel WILLIAMS Australian Values Party | 2 | 0.40% |
First preferences count the candidate marked first on each formal ballot.
Two-candidate preferred (TCP)
| Candidate / party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Llew O'BRIEN Liberal National Party of Queensland | 314 | 62.93% |
| Geoff WILLIAMS Australian Labor Party | 185 | 37.07% |
TCP distributes preferences to the final two candidates in this electorate. The pair can include independents or minor parties.
Two-party preferred (TPP)
| Side | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 185 | 37.07% |
| Liberal/National Coalition | 314 | 62.93% |
TPP is the AEC’s Labor–Coalition measure even where those parties were not the final two candidates. It must not be substituted for TCP.
Compare with 2025
Rainbow Beach in 2025 has the same AEC polling-place ID.
No continuous trend is shown because:
- Location changed or cannot be confirmed
Nearby election-day booths
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Geographic overview
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Nearby booths by distance
- Rainbow Beach — selected polling place
- Tin Can Bay, Wide Bay · 9.8 km · 962 formal votes · Labor TPP 36.59%
- Cooloola Cove, Wide Bay · 12.8 km · 1,013 formal votes · Labor TPP 41.56%
- Boonooroo, Wide Bay · 32.8 km · 267 formal votes · Labor TPP 41.20%
- Goomboorian, Wide Bay · 36.5 km · 412 formal votes · Labor TPP 35.68%
- Wolvi, Wide Bay · 38.6 km · 153 formal votes · Labor TPP 39.22%
- Boreen Point, Wide Bay · 43.4 km · 408 formal votes · Labor TPP 52.70%
AEC 2022 final-results CSV downloads · generated 2022-07-19T10:31:27 (source timestamp) · retrieved 7 September 2026. © Commonwealth of Australia 2022, CC BY 4.0. Percentages calculated from AEC counts; no endorsement by AEC.
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