1980 Queensland state election

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1980 Queensland state election
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All 82 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
42 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout88.93 (Decrease2.svg 2.42 pp)
 First partySecond party
  Joh Bjelke-Petersen.jpg Labor Placeholder.png
Leader Joh Bjelke-Petersen Ed Casey
Party National–Liberal Coalition Labor
Leader since8 August 196828 November 1978 (1978-11-28)
Leader's seat Barambah Mackay
Last election59 seats, 52.37%23 seats, 42.83%
Seats won5725
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Increase2.svg2
Popular vote644,534487,493
Percentage54.86%41.49%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.49Decrease2.svg1.34
1980 Queensland state election.svg
Winning margin by electorate.
Premier before election

Joh Bjelke-Petersen
National–Liberal Coalition

Elected Premier

Joh Bjelke-Petersen
National–Liberal Coalition

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 November 1980 to elect the 82 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

Contents

The election resulted in a fifth consecutive victory for the National-Liberal Coalition under Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It was the ninth victory of the National Party in Queensland since it first came to office in 1957.

Result

The election saw little change from the 1977 election. The Coalition Government was returned to office, although Labor gained two seats and the Liberals lost two. The Liberal decline continued, and tensions between the Coalition parties increased.

Key dates

DateEvent
27 October 1980The Parliament was dissolved. [1]
27 October 1980Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. [2]
7 November 1980Close of nominations.
29 November 1980Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
23 December 1980The Bjelke-Petersen Ministry was reconstituted.
10 January 1981The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
3 March 1981Parliament resumed for business. [3]

Results

Queensland state election, 29 November 1980 [4] [5]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1977–1983 >>

Enrolled voters1,341,365
Votes cast1,192,893 Turnout 88.93%–2.42%
Informal votes18,008Informal1.51%–0.02%
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 487,49341.49%–1.34%25+ 2
  Nationals 328,26227.94%+0.79%35± 0
  Liberal 316,27226.92%+1.70%22– 2
  Democrats 16,2221.38%–0.23%0± 0
  Progress 4,3840.37%–1.13%0± 0
  Independent 20,8801.78%+0.09%0± 0
 Others1,3720.12%+0.12%0± 0
Total1,174,885  82 
Popular vote
Labor
 
41.49%
Nationals
 
27.94%
Liberal
 
26.92%
Democrats
 
1.38%
Progress
 
0.37%
Independents
 
1.78%
Others
 
0.12%
Seats
Nationals
 
42.68%
Labor
 
30.49%
Liberal
 
26.83%

Seats changing hands

SeatPre-1980SwingPost-1980
PartyMemberMarginMarginMemberParty
Lockyer  Liberal Tony Bourke 22.5-28.86.3 Tony FitzGerald National 
Mourilyan  National Vicky Kippin 0.3-1.61.3 Bill Eaton Labor 
Southport  Liberal Peter White 9.8-11.92.1 Doug Jennings National 
Surfers Paradise  Liberal Bruce Bishop 5.7-13.67.9 Rob Borbidge National 
Townsville West  National Max Hooper 0.9-5.34.4 Geoff Smith Labor 

Post-election pendulum

National / Liberal seats (57)
Marginal
Ashgrove John Greenwood LIB0.4%
Stafford Terry Gygar LIB0.7%
Barron River Martin Tenni NAT0.8%
Mount Isa Angelo Bertoni NAT0.9%
Windsor Bob Moore LIB1.3%
Southport Doug Jennings NAT2.1% v LIB
Salisbury Rosemary Kyburz LIB2.3%
Warrego Neil Turner NAT2.6%
Kurilpa Sam Doumany LIB2.7%
Mirani Jim Randell NAT3.0%
Whitsunday Geoff Muntz NAT3.5%
Redlands John Goleby NAT4.2%
Merthyr Don Lane LIB4.5%
Burdekin Val Bird NAT4.5%
Ipswich Llewellyn Edwards LIB5.1%
Redcliffe Terry White LIB5.3%
Caboolture Des Frawley NAT5.3%
Toowoomba North John Lockwood LIB5.5%
Fairly safe
Townsville Norman Scott-Young LIB6.0%
Flinders Bob Katter NAT6.0%
Lockyer Tony Fitzgerald NAT6.3% v LIB
Mulgrave Max Menzel NAT6.5%
Wavell Brian Austin LIB6.9%
Yeronga Norm Lee LIB7.0%
Pine Rivers Rob Akers LIB7.5%
Surfers Paradise Rob Borbidge NAT7.9% v LIB
Mansfield Bill Kaus LIB8.3%
Isis Lin Powell NAT8.7%
Gregory Bill Glasson NAT9.2%
Hinchinbrook Ted Row NAT9.2%
Fassifern Selwyn Muller NAT9.3%
Nundah William Knox LIB9.6%
Ithaca Col Miller LIB9.9%
Safe
Toowoomba South John Warner NAT10.1%
Albert Ivan Gibbs NAT10.9%
Carnarvon Peter McKechnie NAT11.8%
Peak Downs Vince Lester NAT12.1%
Greenslopes Bill Hewitt LIB12.3%
Toowong Ian Prentice LIB13.1%
Aspley Beryce Nelson LIB13.9% v NAT
South Coast Russ Hinze NAT14.6%
Somerset Bill Gunn NAT15.0%
Roma Ken Tomkins NAT15.4%
Mount Gravatt Guelfi Scassola LIB15.7%
Callide Lindsay Hartwig NAT15.8%
Cooroora Gordon Simpson NAT16.4%
Warwick Des Booth NAT17.7%
Gympie Len Stephan NAT18.3%
Balonne Don Neal NAT18.7%
Auburn Neville Harper NAT19.1%
Landsborough Mike Ahern NAT19.5%
Burnett Claude Wharton NAT19.8%
Very safe
Sherwood Angus Innes LIB20.9%
Condamine Vic Sullivan NAT22.8%
Mount Coot-tha Bill Lickiss LIB22.9%
Cunningham Tony Elliott NAT30.3%
Barambah Joh Bjelke-Petersen NAT31.8%
Labor seats (25)
Marginal
Maryborough Brendan Hansen ALP0.6% v LIB
Everton Glen Milliner ALP0.7% v LIB
Mourilyan Bill Eaton ALP1.3%
South Brisbane Jim Fouras ALP4.0% v LIB
Ipswich West David Underwood ALP4.1% v LIB
Townsville West Geoff Smith ALP4.4%
Bulimba Ron McLean ALP4.6% v LIB
Murrumba Joe Kruger ALP5.4%
Fairly safe
Woodridge Bill D'Arcy ALP6.4% v LIB
Wynnum Eric Shaw ALP7.3%
Port Curtis Bill Prest ALP7.6%
Townsville South Alex Wilson ALP7.6%
Brisbane Central Brian Davis ALP7.7% v LIB
Chatsworth Terry Mackenroth ALP8.2% v LIB
Bundaberg Jim Blake ALP8.3%
Safe
Nudgee Ken Vaughan ALP10.9% v LIB
Wolston Bob Gibbs ALP11.2% v LIB
Mackay Ed Casey ALP11.6%
Rockhampton North Les Yewdale ALP12.2%
Cook Bob Scott ALP12.4%
Cairns Ray Jones ALP13.9%
Sandgate Nev Warburton ALP14.6% v LIB
Rockhampton Keith Wright ALP17.3%
Very safe
Archerfield Kevin Hooper ALP21.1%
Lytton Tom Burns ALP23.6% v LIB

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette . 27 October 1980. p. 265:985.
  2. ↑ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 27 October 1980. p. 265:987.
  3. ↑ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette . 2 February 1981. p. 266:309.
  4. ↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 29 November 1980". Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  5. ↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1986). A handbook of Australian government and politics, 1975-1984. ANU Press. p. 205. ISBN   978-0-08-033038-9.
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