2004 Queensland state election

For the local government elections held in March, see 2004 Queensland local elections.

2004 Queensland state election

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All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 45 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Registered	2,400,977 5.49%
Turnout	2,195,400 (91.44%) [1] (1.2 pp)
First party Second party Third party   ON Leader Peter Beattie Lawrence Springborg Bill Flynn Party Labor National/Liberal coalition One Nation Leader since 20 February 1996 (1996-02-20) 4 February 2003 6 March 2001 Leader's seat Brisbane Central Southern Downs Lockyer (lost seat) Last election 66 seats, 48.93% 15 seats, 28.48% 3 seats, 8.69% Seats won 63 20 1 Seat change 3 5 2 Popular vote 1,011,630 763,152 104,980 Percentage 47.01% 35.46% 4.88% Swing 1.92 6.98 3.81
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

The 2004 Queensland state election was held on 7 February 2004 to elect all 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

The Labor Party (ALP) government of premier Peter Beattie won a third term in office, with its large majority almost untouched.

Key dates

Date	Event
13 January 2004	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. [2]
19 January 2004	Close of electoral rolls.
20 January 2004	Close of nominations.
7 February 2004	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
12 February 2004	The Beattie Ministry was reconstituted.
20 February 2004	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

Retiring members

Labor

• Steve Bredhauer (Cook)
• Wendy Edmond (Mount Coot-tha)
• Matt Foley (Yeerongpilly)
• Anita Phillips (Thuringowa)

Liberal

• Joan Sheldon (Caloundra)
• David Watson (Moggill)

National

• Vince Lester (Keppel)

Results

See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 2004

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Labor	1,011,630	47.01	1.92	63	3
	Liberal	398,147	18.50	4.18	5	2
	National	365,005	16.96	2.80	15	3
	Greens	145,522	6.76	4.35	0	0
	Independents	125,516	5.83	2.78	5	0
	One Nation	104,980	4.88	3.81	1	2
	Democrats	943	0.04	0.30	0	0
Total		2,151,743	100.00	–	89	–
Valid votes		2,151,743	98.01
Invalid/blank votes		43,657	1.99	0.30
Total votes		2,195,400	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		2,400,977	91.44	1.13
Source: [3]

Popular vote Labor   47.01% Liberal   18.50% Nationals   16.96% Greens   6.76% One Nation   4.88% Democrats   0.04% Independents   5.83%

Seats Labor   70.79% Nationals   16.85% Liberal   5.62% One Nation   1.12% Independents   5.62%

Seats changing hands

Seat	2001 Election				Swing	2004 Election
	Party		Member	Margin		Margin	Member	Party
Burdekin		Labor	Steve Rodgers	5.13	-9.51	4.39	Rosemary Menkens	National
Burnett		Labor	Trevor Strong	1.70	-4.26	2.56	Rob Messenger	National
Charters Towers		Labor	Christine Scott	2.17	-4.89	2.7	Shane Knuth	National
Currumbin		Labor	Merri Rose	14.55	-17.78	3.23	Jann Stuckey	Liberal
Gympie		One Nation	Elisa Roberts¹	3.26	-13.32	10.05	Elisa Roberts	Independent
Keppel		National	Vince Lester	1.46	-5.23	3.78	Paul Hoolihan	Labor
Lockyer		One Nation	Bill Flynn	7.30	-11.42	4.12	Ian Rickuss	National
Surfers Paradise		Independent	Lex Bell²	8.12	-22.02	13.91	John-Paul Langbroek	Liberal

• Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
• ¹ Elisa Roberts resigned from the One Nation Party and contested the election as an Independent.
• ² Lex Bell won Surfers Paradise as an Independent at the 2001 by-election. The National Party had retained the seat at the 2001 election.

Post-election pendulum

Labor seats (63)
Marginal
Clayfield	Liddy Clark	ALP	1.17%
Kawana	Chris Cummins	ALP	1.48%
Mudgeeraba	Dianne Reilly	ALP	1.85%
Indooroopilly	Ronan Lee	ALP	2.08%
Barron River	Lesley Clark	ALP	3.12%
Keppel	Paul Hoolihan	ALP	3.78%
Cairns	Desley Boyle	ALP	3.90%
Hervey Bay	Andrew McNamara	ALP	3.96%
Broadwater	Peta-Kaye Croft	ALP	4.06%
Aspley	Bonny Barry	ALP	4.69%
Gaven	Robert Poole	ALP	4.96%
Burleigh	Christine Smith	ALP	5.04%
Bundaberg	Nita Cunningham	ALP	5.29%
Townsville	Mike Reynolds	ALP	5.33%
Pumicestone	Carryn Sullivan	ALP	5.43%
Fairly Safe
Mundingburra	Lindy Nelson-Carr	ALP	6.22%
Redcliffe	Ray Hollis	ALP	7.10%
Toowoomba North	Kerry Shine	ALP	7.29%
Cook	Jason O'Brien	ALP	7.45%
Mulgrave	Warren Pitt	ALP	7.72%
Thuringowa	Craig Wallace	ALP	7.90%
Redlands	John English	ALP	8.46%
Mansfield	Phil Reeves	ALP	8.56%
Noosa	Cate Molloy	ALP	8.66%
Cleveland	Darryl Briskey	ALP	8.66%
Glass House	Carolyn Male	ALP	8.94%
Ipswich West	Don Livingstone	ALP	9.41%
Springwood	Barbara Stone	ALP	9.72%
Southport	Peter Lawlor	ALP	9.99%
Safe
Mount Gravatt	Judy Spence	ALP	10.32%
Greenslopes	Gary Fenlon	ALP	11.03%
Mount Coot-tha	Andrew Fraser	ALP	11.54%
Everton	Rod Welford	ALP	11.60%
Mount Ommaney	Julie Attwood	ALP	11.63%
Fitzroy	Jim Pearce	ALP	12.35%
Kurwongbah	Linda Lavarch	ALP	12.45%
Murrumba	Dean Wells	ALP	12.69%
Chatsworth	Terry Mackenroth	ALP	12.84%
Ferny Grove	Geoff Wilson	ALP	13.16%
Kallangur	Ken Hayward	ALP	13.66%
Sandgate	Gordon Nuttall	ALP	13.99%
Mount Isa	Tony McGrady	ALP	14.15%
Ashgrove	Jim Fouras	ALP	14.69%
Whitsunday	Jan Jarratt	ALP	14.77% v IND
Stretton	Stephen Robertson	ALP	15.04%
Capalaba	Michael Choi	ALP	15.16%
Mackay	Tim Mulherin	ALP	15.79%
Stafford	Terry Sullivan	ALP	16.34%
Waterford	Tom Barton	ALP	16.52%
Yeerongpilly	Simon Finn	ALP	17.09%
Albert	Margaret Keech	ALP	17.27%
Lytton	Paul Lucas	ALP	17.87%
Algester	Karen Struthers	ALP	17.97%
Bulimba	Pat Purcell	ALP	18.45%
Rockhampton	Robert Schwarten	ALP	18.95%
Nudgee	Neil Roberts	ALP	19.33%
Brisbane Central	Peter Beattie	ALP	19.58%
Very Safe
Ipswich	Rachel Nolan	ALP	21.00%
South Brisbane	Anna Bligh	ALP	21.06%
Logan	John Mickel	ALP	21.25%
Bundamba	Jo-Ann Miller	ALP	24.89%
Woodridge	Desley Scott	ALP	27.95%
Inala	Henry Palaszczuk	ALP	31.02%

National/Liberal seats (20)
Marginal
Caloundra	Mark McArdle	LIB	1.26%
Burnett	Rob Messenger	NAT	2.56%
Charters Towers	Shane Knuth	NAT	2.71%
Currumbin	Jann Stuckey	LIB	3.23%
Maroochydore	Fiona Simpson	NAT	4.06%
Lockyer	Ian Rickuss	NAT	4.12%
Burdekin	Rosemary Menkens	NAT	4.39%
Fairly Safe
Moggill	Bruce Flegg	LIB	6.33%
Beaudesert	Kev Lingard	NAT	8.06%
Robina	Bob Quinn	LIB	8.78%
Safe
Mirani	Ted Malone	NAT	10.64%
Hinchinbrook	Marc Rowell	NAT	10.88% v IND
Toowoomba South	Mike Horan	NAT	11.49%
Surfers Paradise	John-Paul Langbroek	LIB	13.91%
Gregory	Vaughan Johnson	NAT	17.37%
Darling Downs	Ray Hopper	NAT	17.77%
Cunningham	Stuart Copeland	NAT	18.93%
Very Safe
Callide	Jeff Seeney	NAT	23.60%
Warrego	Howard Hobbs	NAT	24.76%
Southern Downs	Lawrence Springborg	NAT	25.22%
Crossbench seats (6)
Gympie	Elisa Roberts	IND	10.05% v ALP
Gladstone	Liz Cunningham	IND	11.25% v ALP
Tablelands	Rosa Lee Long	ONP	12.41% v NAT
Nanango	Dorothy Pratt	IND	12.73% v NAT
Maryborough	Chris Foley	IND	17.98% v ALP
Nicklin	Peter Wellington	IND	29.55% v ALP

Subsequent changes

• On 21 July 2005, Labor Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Ray Hollis (Redcliffe) resigned. At the by-election on 20 August 2005, Terry Rogers gained the seat for the Liberal Party.
• On 25 July 2005, Labor Deputy Premier Terry Mackenroth (Chatsworth) resigned. At the by-election on 20 August 2005, Michael Caltabiano gained the seat for the Liberal Party.
• On 28 February 2006, Labor Party member Robert Poole (Gaven) resigned. At the by-election on 1 April 2006, Alex Douglas gained the seat for the National Party.
• On 21 August 2006, Cate Molloy (Noosa) resigned from the Labor Party and sat as an Independent.

References

1. "2004 State General Election: Statistical Returns" (PDF). ecq.qld.gov.au. Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ). August 2004.
2. Electoral Commission of Queensland (August 2004). Queensland Election 2004: Statistical Returns. Electoral Commission Queensland. p. 6. ISBN   0-7242-6851-0.
3. Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 7 February 2004". Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2009.

See also

• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 2004
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 2001–2004
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 2004–2006
• Beattie Ministry