1992 Queensland state election
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Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 19 September 1992 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
The Labor Party led by Wayne Goss was reelected for a second term with a strong majority government. The election effectively confirmed the status quo, although the ALP lost a small percentage of votes and four seats. Three of those were new seats which were nominally Labor following the redistribution.
This was the first election in many decades in which a zonal system of electoral representation did not exist. The previous parliament had legislated for a "one vote one value" electoral redistribution, in which almost all the 89 electoral districts were to have similar numbers of electors (within a 10% margin of the mean). The only exceptions were electorates that had areas of at least 100,000 square kilometres. The number of electors in each of those electorates was increased by 2% of the total area of the electorate expressed in square kilometres, to ensure that the number of electors in the affected electorates was within 10% of the mean enrolment. This election also saw the introduction of optional preferential voting (replacing compulsory full-preferential voting) in Queensland elections, which would remain in place until the 2016 electoral reforms of the Palaszczuk government.[2][3]
Although Labor suffered a small swing against it in north Queensland, that was slightly masked by the abolition of the zonal system.[4]
Key dates[]
Date | Event |
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25 August 1992 | Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[5] |
29 August 1992 | Close of electoral rolls. |
1 September 1992 | Close of nominations. |
19 September 1992 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. |
24 September 1992 | The Goss Ministry was reconstituted. |
31 October 1992 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared. |
Results[]
Queensland state election, 19 September 1992[6] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,951,675 | |||||
Votes cast | 1,785,403 | Turnout | 91.48% | +0.30% | ||
Informal votes | 40,242 | Informal | 2.25% | –0.75% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 850,480 | 48.73% | –1.59% | 54 | ± 0 | |
Nationals | 413,772 | 23.71% | –0.38% | 26 | – 1 | |
Liberal | 356,640 | 20.44% | –0.62% | 9 | + 1 | |
Confederate Action | 23,510 | 1.35% | +1.35% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Greens | 11,463 | 0.66% | +0.33% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Indigenous Peoples | 6,431 | 0.37% | +0.37% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Democrats | 5,774 | 0.33% | –0.09% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 77,091 | 4.42% | +1.20% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Total | 1,745,161 | 89 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Labor | 53.7% | -0.1% | ||||
National/Liberal | 46.3% | +0.1% |
Seats changing hands[]
Seat | Pre-1992 | Swing | Post-1992 | ||||||
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Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
Broadwater | Liberal | notional - new seat | 4.8 | -11.7 | 6.9 | Allan Grice | National | ||
Burleigh | Liberal | notional - new seat | 3.6 | -4.7 | 1.1 | Judy Gamin | National | ||
Caloundra | National | notional - new seat | 6.2 | -8.5 | 2.3 | Joan Sheldon | Liberal | ||
Charters Towers | Labor | notional - new seat | 1.6 | -2.0 | 0.4 | Rob Mitchell | National | ||
Currumbin | Liberal | Trevor Coomber | 0.1 | -5.9 | 5.8 | Merri Rose | Labor | ||
Hinchinbrook ** | Labor | Bill Eaton | 3.0 | -5.3 | 2.3 | Marc Rowell | National | ||
Keppel | Labor | notional - new seat | 3.3 | -4.7 | 1.4 | Vince Lester | National | ||
Maroochydore | Liberal | notional - new seat | 4.1 | -8.1 | 4.0 | Fiona Simpson | National | ||
Mooloolah | National | notional - new seat | 6.5 | -19.4 | 12.9 | Bruce Laming | Liberal | ||
Mount Ommaney | Liberal | notional - new seat | 3.7 | -4.9 | 1.2 | Peter Pyke | Labor | ||
Noosa | Labor | notional - new seat | 2.4 | -4.9 | 2.5 | Bruce Davidson | Liberal | ||
Toowoomba North | Labor | John Flynn | 0.9 | -1.4 | 0.5 | Graham Healy | National |
- Most seats that changed hands were newly created by the extensive electoral redistribution before the election.
- Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
- ** The 1991 redistribution combined the fairly safe Labor held electorate of Mourilyan with marginal National held electorate of Hinchinbrook. Based on 1989 results, Hinchinbrook has a notional seat margin of 3.0%.[7]
Post-election pendulum[]
Labor seats (54) | |||
Marginal | |||
Hervey Bay | Bill Nunn | ALP | 0.6% |
Mount Ommaney | Peter Pyke | ALP | 1.2% |
Albert | John Szczerbanik | ALP | 1.6% |
Gladstone | Neil Bennett | ALP | 2.0% v IND |
Whitsunday | Lorraine Bird | ALP | 2.2% |
Mansfield | Laurel Power | ALP | 2.6% |
Mulgrave | Warren Pitt | ALP | 3.2% |
Maryborough | Bob Dollin | ALP | 3.3% |
Barron River | Lesley Clark | ALP | 4.2% |
Redlands | John Budd | ALP | 5.2% |
Sunnybank | Stephen Robertson | ALP | 5.5% |
Currumbin | Merri Rose | ALP | 5.8% |
Fairly safe | |||
Thuringowa | Ken McElligott | ALP | 7.1% |
Greenslopes | Gary Fenlon | ALP | 7.2% |
Cleveland | Darryl Briskey | ALP | 7.5% |
Caboolture | Jon Sullivan | ALP | 7.9% |
Redcliffe | Ray Hollis | ALP | 8.6% |
Bundaberg | Clem Campbell | ALP | 8.7% |
Springwood | Molly Robson | ALP | 8.7% |
Mount Gravatt | Judy Spence | ALP | 9.2% |
Ashgrove | Jim Fouras | ALP | 9.3% |
Mundingburra | Ken Davies | ALP | 9.4% |
Safe | |||
Waterford | Tom Barton | ALP | 10.8% |
Cairns | Keith De Lacy | ALP | 11.1% |
Chatsworth | Terry Mackenroth | ALP | 11.1% |
Townsville | Geoff Smith | ALP | 11.2% |
Chermside | Terry Sullivan | ALP | 11.7% |
Everton | Rod Welford | ALP | 11.7% |
Fitzroy | Jim Pearce | ALP | 12.0% |
Kallangur | Ken Hayward | ALP | 12.1% |
Cook | Steve Bredhauer | ALP | 12.2% |
Mount Coot-tha | Wendy Edmond | ALP | 12.4% |
Ipswich West | Don Livingstone | ALP | 12.7% |
Kurwongbah | Margaret Woodgate | ALP | 13.1% |
Rockhampton | Paul Braddy | ALP | 13.1% |
Yeronga | Matt Foley | ALP | 13.5% |
Ferny Grove | Glen Milliner | ALP | 13.8% |
Mackay | Ed Casey | ALP | 14.2% |
Capalaba | Jim Elder | ALP | 14.7% |
Brisbane Central | Peter Beattie | ALP | 14.8% |
Archerfield | Len Ardill | ALP | 15.2% |
Kedron | Paul Braddy | ALP | 16.3% |
Murrumba | Dean Wells | ALP | 16.3% |
Sandgate | Gordon Nuttall | ALP | 16.4% |
Mount Isa | Tony McGrady | ALP | 17.6% |
Ipswich | David Hamill | ALP | 17.8% |
South Brisbane | Anne Warner | ALP | 18.5% |
Nudgee | Ken Vaughan | ALP | 18.7% |
Bundamba | Bob Gibbs | ALP | 19.8% v IND |
Lytton | Tom Burns | ALP | 19.8% |
Bulimba | Pat Purcell | ALP | 20.4% |
Woodridge | Bill D'Arcy | ALP | 25.2% |
Logan | Wayne Goss | ALP | 25.3% |
Inala | Henry Palaszczuk | ALP | 26.4% |
National/Liberal seats (35) | |||
Marginal | |||
Charters Towers | Rob Mitchell | NAT | 0.4% |
Toowoomba North | Graham Healy | NAT | 0.5% |
Aspley | John Goss | LIB | 0.9% |
Burleigh | Judy Gamin | NAT | 1.1% |
Keppel | Vince Lester | NAT | 1.4% |
Burdekin | Mark Stoneman | NAT | 2.0% |
Caloundra | Joan Sheldon | LIB | 2.3% |
Hinchinbrook | Marc Rowell | NAT | 2.3% |
Southport | Mick Veivers | NAT | 2.3% |
Noosa | Bruce Davidson | LIB | 2.5% |
Surfers Paradise | Rob Borbidge | NAT | 2.9% v LIB |
Beaudesert | Kev Lingard | NAT | 3.2% |
Maroochydore | Fiona Simpson | NAT | 4.0% |
Clayfield | Santo Santoro | LIB | 4.1% |
Mirani | Jim Randell | NAT | 4.3% |
Nerang | Ray Connor | LIB | 4.8% |
Fairly safe | |||
Indooroopilly | Denver Beanland | LIB | 6.4% |
Broadwater | Allan Grice | NAT | 6.9% |
Gympie | Len Stephan | NAT | 7.6% |
Nicklin | Neil Turner | NAT | 7.9% |
Moggill | David Watson | LIB | 9.1% |
Burnett | Doug Slack | NAT | 9.5% |
Safe | |||
Gregory | Vaughan Johnson | NAT | 10.2% |
Merrimac | Bob Quinn | LIB | 10.5% |
Toowoomba South | Mike Horan | NAT | 11.2% |
Warwick | Lawrence Springborg | NAT | 11.4% |
Mooloolah | Bruce Laming | LIB | 12.9% |
Warrego | Howard Hobbs | NAT | 13.6% |
Tablelands | Tom Gilmore | NAT | 14.4% |
Lockyer | Tony Fitzgerald | NAT | 15.1% |
Cunningham | Tony Elliott | NAT | 16.4% |
Crows Nest | Russell Cooper | NAT | 18.6% |
Barambah | Trevor Perrett | NAT | 19.4% |
Callide | Di McCauley | NAT | 25.9% v IND |
Western Downs | Brian Littleproud | NAT | 26.6% |
See also[]
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1989–1992
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1992–1995
- Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1992
- Goss Ministry
References[]
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- ^ "Why Campbell Newman Advocates 'Just Vote 1'". ABC News. 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Antony Green - ABC News". Archived from the original on 2 June 2016.
- ^ "Election Preview - Queensland Votes 2012". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ Electoral Commission of Queensland (1993). Queensland Election 1992: Statistical Returns. p. 5. ISBN 0-7242-5000-X.
- ^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 19 September 1992". Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
- ^ Green, Antony (May 1996). "Queensland elections 1986 to1995: a comparative analysis" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Library. p. 75. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- Elections in Queensland
- 1992 elections in Australia
- 1990s in Queensland