2001 Queensland state election

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2001 Queensland state election
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All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
45 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout92.59 (Decrease 0.26 pp)
  First party Second party
  Peter Beattie August 2013 (cropped).jpg Coalition placeholder-01.png
Leader Peter Beattie Rob Borbidge
Party Labor National
Leader since 20 February 1996 (1996-02-20) 10 December 1991 (1991-12-10)
Leader's seat Brisbane Central Surfers Paradise
Last election 44 seats 32 seats
Seats won 66 seats 15 seats
Seat change Increase22 Decrease17
Popular vote 1,007,737 586,573
Percentage 48.93% 28.48%
Swing Increase10.07 Decrease2.79
  Third party Fourth party
 
ON
CCA
Leader none Bill Feldman
Party One Nation (Australia) City Country Alliance
Leader since N/A 22 December 1999 (1999-12-22)
Leader's seat N/A Caboolture (lost seat)
Last election 11 seats N/A
Seats won 3 seats 0 seats
Seat change Decrease8 Decrease5
Popular vote 179,076 49,263
Percentage 8.69% 2.39%
Swing Decrease13.98 N/A
2001 Queensland election - Vote Strength.svg
The top map shows the first party preference by electorate. The bottom map shows the final two-party preferred vote result by electorate.
Premier before election

Peter Beattie
Labor

Elected Premier

Peter Beattie
Labor

An election was held in the Australian state of Queensland on 17 February 2001 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The result of the election was the return of the Labor Party (ALP) government of Premier Peter Beattie, with an increased majority. Labor won 66 seats, easily the most it has ever won in Queensland and one of Labor's best-ever results nationwide. There was a 10.07% swing towards Labor, while One Nation suffered a 13.98% swing against it, losing eight seats (five of which were held by the newly formed City Country Alliance after an internal split in December 1999).

The longstanding coalition between the Nationals and Liberals, led by Nationals leader (and former premier) Rob Borbidge recorded only a 2.39% swing against it. However, its support in Brisbane all but vanished; it was reduced to only one seat in the capital. Largely due to losses in Brisbane, the Coalition suffered an overall 17-seat loss. This included only three seats for the Liberals, easily the worst showing for the urban non-Labor party in Queensland since it adopted the Liberal banner in 1948. The 'Just Vote 1' strategy adopted by the Labor campaign (capitalising on Queensland's optional preferential voting system) was also considered to be effective in reducing preference flows between the Coalition parties, thereby dampening the combined strength of the conservative parties.[1]

Key dates[]

Date Event
23 January 2001 Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[2]
29 January 2001 Close of electoral rolls.
30 January 2001 Close of nominations.
17 February 2001 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
22 February 2001 The Beattie Ministry was reconstituted.
2 March 2001 The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

Results[]

See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 2001
Winning party by electorate.

Queensland state election, 17 February 2001[3]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 2,276,044
Votes cast 2,107,410 Turnout 92.59 –0.26
Informal votes 47,849 Informal 2.29 +0.84
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 1,007,737 48.93 +10.07 66 +22
  Liberal 294,968 14.32 –1.77 3 – 6
  Nationals 291,605 14.16 –1.02 12 – 11
  One Nation 179,076 8.69 –13.98 3 – 8
  Greens 51,630 2.51 +0.15 0 ± 0
  City Country Alliance 49,263 2.39 +2.39 0 ± 0
  Democrats 7,029 0.34 –1.27 0 ± 0
  Christian Democrats 919 0.04 –0.07 0 ± 0
  Independent 177,334 8.61 +6.44 5 + 3
Total 2,059,561     89  
Popular vote
Labor
 
 48.93%
Liberal
 
 14.32%
Nationals
 
 14.16%
One Nation
 
 8.69%
Greens
 
 2.51%
City Country Alliance
 
 2.39%
Democrats
 
 0.34%
Christian Democrats
 
 0.04%
Independents
 
 8.61%
Seats
Labor
 
 74.16%
Nationals
 
 13.48%
Liberal
 
 3.37%
One Nation
 
 3.37%
Independents
 
 5.62%

Seats changing hands[]

Seat Pre-2001 Swing Post-2001
Party Member Margin Margin Member Party
Albert   National Bill Baumann 0.3 -12.9 12.6 Margaret Keech Labor  
Aspley   Liberal John Goss 2.0 -6.7 4.7 Bonny Barry Labor  
Broadwater   National Allan Grice 10.7 -13.1 2.4 Peta-Kaye Croft Labor  
Burdekin   City Country Alliance1 Jeff Knuth 8.9 -14.0 5.1 Steve Rodgers Labor  
Burleigh   National Judy Gamin 8.5 -10.3 1.8 Christine Smith Labor  
Burnett   National Doug Slack 9.3 -11.0 1.7 Trevor Strong Labor  
Charters Towers   National Rob Mitchell 3.2 -5.4 2.2 Christine Scott Labor  
Clayfield   Liberal Santo Santoro 4.5 -6.5 2.0 Liddy Clark Labor  
Darling Downs   National notional 5.3 -6.4 1.1 Ray Hopper Independent  
Gaven   National notional 7.0 -14.6 7.6 Robert Poole Labor  
Glass House   National notional 4.3 -13.9 9.6 Carolyn Male Labor  
Gympie   National Len Stephan 3.5 -6.8 3.3 Elisa Roberts One Nation  
Hervey Bay   City Country Alliance1 David Dalgleish 4.2 -11.8 7.6 Andrew McNamara Labor  
Indooroopilly   Liberal Denver Beanland 0.4 -3.3 2.9 Ronan Lee Labor  
Ipswich West   City Country Alliance1 Jack Paff 4.2 -11.5 7.3 Don Livingstone Labor  
Kawana   Liberal Bruce Laming 16.1 -18.7 2.6 Chris Cummins Labor  
Mudgeeraba   Liberal Ray Connor 11.6 -18.4 6.8 Dianne Reilly Labor  
Noosa   Liberal Bruce Davidson 10.4 -11.3 0.9 Cate Molloy Labor  
Pumicestone   City Country Alliance1 Bill Feldman 0.8 -16.9 16.1 Carryn Sullivan Labor  
Redlands   National John Hegarty 0.6 -7.5 6.9 John English Labor  
Southport   National Mick Veivers 3.1 -13.9 10.8 Peter Lawlor Labor  
Tablelands   Independent2 Shaun Nelson 0.2 N/A 13.6 Rosa Lee Long One Nation  
Thuringowa   Independent3 Ken Turner 5.6 -9.2 3.6 Anita Phillips Labor  
Toowoomba North   National Graham Healy 10.0 -11.9 1.9 Kerry Shine Labor  
Whitsunday   City Country Alliance1 Harry Black 3.2 -12.8 9.6 Jan Jarratt Labor  

Candidates listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.

1Candidates Black, Dalgleish, Feldman, Paff and Prenzler were all elected as One Nation Party MLAs, but abandoned that party to form the City Country Alliance in December 1999.

2 Shaun Nelson was elected as a One Nation Party MLA in 1998, but left that party in February 1999 to sit as an independent.

3 Ken Turner was elected as a One Nation Party MLA in 1998, but left that party in 1999 to sit as an independent.

Post-election pendulum[]

Labor seats (66)
Marginal
Noosa Cate Molloy ALP 0.9%
Burnett Trevor Strong ALP 1.7%
Burleigh Christine Smith ALP 1.8%
Toowoomba North Kerry Shine ALP 1.9%
Clayfield Liddy Clark ALP 2.0%
Charters Towers Christine Scott ALP 2.2%
Broadwater Peta-Kaye Croft ALP 2.5%
Kawana Chris Cummins ALP 2.6%
Indooroopilly Ronan Lee ALP 2.9%
Thuringowa Anita Phillips ALP 3.6% v IND
Aspley Bonny Barry ALP 4.7%
Burdekin Steve Rodgers ALP 5.1%
Fairly safe
Mudgeeraba Dianne Reilly ALP 6.8%
Redlands John English ALP 6.9%
Barron River Lesley Clark ALP 7.3% v IND
Ipswich West Don Livingstone ALP 7.3% v ONP
Gaven Robert Poole ALP 7.6%
Hervey Bay Andrew McNamara ALP 7.6% v ONP
Mansfield Phil Reeves ALP 8.6%
Mount Ommaney Julie Attwood ALP 8.7% v IND
Townsville Mike Reynolds ALP 9.3%
Glass House Carolyn Male ALP 9.6%
Whitsunday Jan Jarratt ALP 9.6%
Safe
Springwood Barbara Stone ALP 10.4%
Southport Peter Lawlor ALP 10.8%
Mulgrave Warren Pitt ALP 11.3% v ONP
Mundingburra Peter Lawlor ALP 11.4%
Stretton Stephen Robertson ALP 12.7%
Albert Margaret Keech ALP 12.7% v ONP
Mackay Tim Mulherin ALP 13.5%
Greenslopes Gary Fenlon ALP 14.1%
Mount Gravatt Judy Spence ALP 14.2%
Currumbin Merri Rose ALP 14.6%
Capalaba Michael Choi ALP 14.6% v IND
Cairns Desley Boyle ALP 14.8%
Bundaberg Nita Cunningham ALP 14.9%
Ashgrove Jim Fouras ALP 15.0%
Chatsworth Terry Mackenroth ALP 15.2%
Mount Coot-tha Wendy Edmond ALP 16.1%
Pumicestone Carryn Sullivan ALP 16.1%
Mount Isa Tony McGrady ALP 16.2% v ONP
Cleveland Darryl Briskey ALP 16.7%
Ipswich Rachel Nolan ALP 16.8% v ONP
Fitzroy Jim Pearce ALP 17.2%
Everton Rod Welford ALP 17.5%
Redcliffe Ray Hollis ALP 17.6%
Waterford Tom Barton ALP 18.0% v ONP
Ferny Grove Geoff Wilson ALP 20.5%
Murrumba Dean Wells ALP 21.1%
Woodridge Desley Scott ALP 21.1% v ONP
Kallangur Ken Hayward ALP 21.4%
Inala Henry Palaszczuk ALP 21.4% v IND
Yeerongpilly Matt Foley ALP 22.2%
Logan John Mickel ALP 22.3%
Stafford Terry Sullivan ALP 22.4%
Algester Karen Struthers ALP 22.6%
Kurwongbah Linda Lavarch ALP 22.7%
Cook Steve Bredhauer ALP 22.9% v ONP
Bulimba Pat Purcell ALP 23.2%
Rockhampton Robert Schwarten ALP 24.2%
Lytton Paul Lucas ALP 24.4%
Sandgate Gordon Nuttall ALP 24.5%
South Brisbane Anna Bligh ALP 24.9%
Brisbane Central Peter Beattie ALP 25.0%
Nudgee Neil Roberts ALP 25.1%
Bundamba Jo-Ann Miller ALP 30.9%
National/Liberal seats (15)
Marginal
Warrego Howard Hobbs NAT 0.3% v IND
Maroochydore Fiona Simpson NAT 0.8%
Moggill David Watson LIB 0.9%
Caloundra Joan Sheldon LIB 1.0%
Keppel Vince Lester NAT 1.5%
Beaudesert Kev Lingard NAT 2.0%
Callide Jeff Seeney NAT 2.3% v ONP
Hinchinbrook Marc Rowell NAT 2.8% v ONP
Mirani Ted Malone NAT 3.8%
Robina Bob Quinn LIB 4.0%
Surfers Paradise Rob Borbidge NAT 5.3%
Fairly safe
Toowoomba South Mike Horan NAT 7.9%
Cunningham Stuart Copeland NAT 8.6%
Gregory Vaughan Johnson NAT 9.3%
Safe
Southern Downs Lawrence Springborg NAT 16.8%
Crossbench seats (8)
Maryborough John Kingston IND 0.5% v ALP
Darling Downs Ray Hopper IND 1.1% v NAT
Gympie Elisa Roberts ONP 3.3% v ALP
Gladstone Liz Cunningham IND 3.5% v ALP
Lockyer Bill Flynn ONP 7.3% v ALP
Tablelands Rosa Lee Long ONP 13.8% v ALP
Nanango Dorothy Pratt IND 17.1% v ALP
Nicklin Peter Wellington IND 23.4% v ONP

Subsequent changes[]

  • After losing the election, Opposition Leader Rob Borbidge (Surfers Paradise) resigned his position as Leader of the Nationals and his seat. In the resulting by-election, held on 5 May 2001, Surfers Paradise was won by Lex Bell, an independent former mayor. Borbidge was replaced as Nationals leader by Mike Horan (Toowoomba South), who in turn was replaced by Lawrence Springborg (Southern Downs) in February 2003.
  • Dr David Watson (Moggill) resigned as Leader of the Liberal Party in favour of Bob Quinn (Robina) on 28 February 2001.
  • Ray Hopper (Darling Downs), after being elected as an Independent, joined the National Party in December 2001.
  • On 18 April 2002, Elisa Roberts (Gympie) resigned from the One Nation Party and sat as an Independent, reducing that party's total to two seats.
  • On 23 March 2003, John Kingston (Maryborough), a former member of One Nation now sitting as an independent, resigned his seat. Chris Foley, another independent, won the by-election on 8 May.

References[]

  1. ^ "Why Campbell Newman Advocates 'Just Vote 1'". ABC News. 17 January 2015.
  2. ^ Electoral Commission of Queensland (June 2001). Queensland Election 2001: Statistical Returns. p. 6. ISBN 0-7242-6838-3.
  3. ^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 17 February 2001". Retrieved 22 February 2009.

See also[]

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