2000 Woodridge state by-election

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A by-election was held in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Woodridge on 5 February 2000. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor member Bill D'Arcy. It was held concurrently with the Bundamba state by-election.

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Electoral district of Woodridge state electoral district of Queensland, Australia

Woodridge is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

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The seat was retained by Labor Party with the election of candidate Mike Kaiser.

Michael Hans Kaiser is a former Australian politician with degrees in Electrical Engineering and Economics from the University of Queensland. He was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2000 to 2001, representing the electorate of Woodridge. A former state secretary of the Queensland division of the Labor Party, he resigned as an MP after an inquiry found that he was used in a 1986 Labor Party branch stacking exercise. Editorializing on his resignation, The Brisbane Courier Mail wrote: "It was a penalty this newspaper has stated was disproportionate to the offence he committed." 19 August 2003.

Background

Bill D'Arcy was first elected to state parliament as the Labor member for Albert at the 1972 state election. He lost his seat at the 1974 state election, a landslide defeat for Labor, but returned to parliament as the Labor member for the new seat of Woodridge at the 1977 state election and held the seat continuously thereafter.

William Theodore D'Arcy is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Albert (1972–74) and Woodridge (1977–2000) in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

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D'Arcy resigned from parliament on 9 January 2000. It emerged shortly afterwards that D'Arcy was facing charges of child sex offences from his days as a school teacher. [1] D'Arcy was later convicted and spent seven years in jail as a result. [2]

Candidates

To defend the seat, Labor preselected Mike Kaiser, then state secretary of the Queensland branch of the Labor Party. [3] Kaiser's chief opponent was Logan City councillor Russell Lutton, standing as an independent but formerly a member of the Labor Party. [1]

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Results

Kaiser won the normally safe seat for the Labor Party, with Lutton polling a strong second.

Woodridge state by-election, 2000 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Mike Kaiser 7,63550.79−0.87
Independent Russell Lutton5,01233.34+33.34
Liberal Irene Allan1,3408.91−5.08
Nigel Freemarijuana3862.57+2.57
Democrats Robert Hernandez3372.24−3.71
Independent Gary Wilkins2751.83+1.83
Independent John McKenna470.31+0.31
Total formal votes15,03297.56
Informal votes3762.44
Turnout 15,40885.21
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Mike Kaiser 7,95556.49−7.0
Independent Russell Lutton6,12643.51+43.51
Labor hold Swing N/A

Aftermath

Labor's retention of Woodridge and Bundamba ensured the government of Peter Beattie retained its one-seat majority in parliament.

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References

  1. 1 2 Graham Young (31 January 2000). "Labor stumbles in by-elections". Online Opinion.
  2. ↑ Nadine McGrath (16 December 2007). "Child rapist D'Arcy free after seven years in jail". Sydney Morning Herald.
  3. ↑ "Biography: Mike Kaiser". Queensland Parliament House.
  4. ↑ "Bundamba and Woodridge statistical returns" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-13. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  5. ↑ "Qld reflects on Kaiser's downfall". The 7.30 Report. 11 January 2001.
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