2004 Queensland state election

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2004 Queensland state election
Flag of Queensland.svg
  2001 7 February 2004 (2004-02-07) 2006  

All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
45 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Registered2,400,977 Increase2.svg5.49%
Turnout2,195,400 (91.44%) [1]
(Decrease2.svg1.2 pp)
 First partySecond partyThird party
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ON
Leader Peter Beattie Lawrence Springborg Bill Flynn
Party Labor National–Liberal Coalition One Nation
Leader since20 February 1996 (1996-02-20)4 February 20036 March 2001
Leader's seat Brisbane Central Southern Downs Lockyer
(lost seat)
Last election66 seats, 48.93%15 seats, 28.48%3 seats, 8.69%
Seats won63201
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 5Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote1,011,630763,152104,980
Percentage47.01%35.46%4.88%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.92Increase2.svg 6.98Decrease2.svg 3.81

2004 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

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

Contents

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

Key dates

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

Results

Queensland state election, 7 February 2004 [3]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters2,400,977
Votes cast2,195,400 Turnout 91.44–1.13
Informal votes43,657Informal1.99–0.30
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 1,011,63047.01–1.9263– 3
  Liberal 398,14718.50+4.185+ 2
  Nationals 365,00516.96+2.8015+ 3
  Greens 145,5226.76+4.250± 0
  One Nation 104,9804.88–3.811– 2
  Democrats 9430.04–0.300± 0
  Independent 125,5165.83–2.785± 0
Total2,151,743  89 
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

Seat2001 ElectionSwing2004 Election
PartyMemberMarginMarginMemberParty
Burdekin  Labor Steve Rodgers 5.13-9.514.39 Rosemary Menkens National 
Burnett  Labor Trevor Strong 1.70-4.262.56 Rob Messenger National 
Charters Towers  Labor Christine Scott 2.17-4.892.7 Shane Knuth National 
Currumbin  Labor Merri Rose 14.55-17.783.23 Jann Stuckey Liberal 
Gympie  One Nation Elisa Roberts¹3.26-13.3210.05 Elisa Roberts Independent 
Keppel  National Vince Lester 1.46-5.233.78 Paul Hoolihan Labor 
Lockyer  One Nation Bill Flynn 7.30-11.424.12 Ian Rickuss National 
Surfers Paradise  Independent Lex Bell²8.12-22.0213.91 John-Paul Langbroek Liberal 

Post-election pendulum

Labor seats (63)
Marginal
Clayfield Liddy Clark ALP1.17%
Kawana Chris Cummins ALP1.48%
Mudgeeraba Dianne Reilly ALP1.85%
Indooroopilly Ronan Lee ALP2.08%
Barron River Lesley Clark ALP3.12%
Keppel Paul Hoolihan ALP3.78%
Cairns Desley Boyle ALP3.90%
Hervey Bay Andrew McNamara ALP3.96%
Broadwater Peta-Kaye Croft ALP4.06%
Aspley Bonny Barry ALP4.69%
Gaven Robert Poole ALP4.96%
Burleigh Christine Smith ALP5.04%
Bundaberg Nita Cunningham ALP5.29%
Townsville Mike Reynolds ALP5.33%
Pumicestone Carryn Sullivan ALP5.43%
Fairly Safe
Mundingburra Lindy Nelson-Carr ALP6.22%
Redcliffe Ray Hollis ALP7.10%
Toowoomba North Kerry Shine ALP7.29%
Cook Jason O'Brien ALP7.45%
Mulgrave Warren Pitt ALP7.72%
Thuringowa Craig Wallace ALP7.90%
Redlands John English ALP8.46%
Mansfield Phil Reeves ALP8.56%
Noosa Cate Molloy ALP8.66%
Cleveland Darryl Briskey ALP8.66%
Glass House Carolyn Male ALP8.94%
Ipswich West Don Livingstone ALP9.41%
Springwood Barbara Stone ALP9.72%
Southport Peter Lawlor ALP9.99%
Safe
Mount Gravatt Judy Spence ALP10.32%
Greenslopes Gary Fenlon ALP11.03%
Mount Coot-tha Andrew Fraser ALP11.54%
Everton Rod Welford ALP11.60%
Mount Ommaney Julie Attwood ALP11.63%
Fitzroy Jim Pearce ALP12.35%
Kurwongbah Linda Lavarch ALP12.45%
Murrumba Dean Wells ALP12.69%
Chatsworth Terry Mackenroth ALP12.84%
Ferny Grove Geoff Wilson ALP13.16%
Kallangur Ken Hayward ALP13.66%
Sandgate Gordon Nuttall ALP13.99%
Mount Isa Tony McGrady ALP14.15%
Ashgrove Jim Fouras ALP14.69%
Whitsunday Jan Jarratt ALP14.77% v IND
Stretton Stephen Robertson ALP15.04%
Capalaba Michael Choi ALP15.16%
Mackay Tim Mulherin ALP15.79%
Stafford Terry Sullivan ALP16.34%
Waterford Tom Barton ALP16.52%
Yeerongpilly Simon Finn ALP17.09%
Albert Margaret Keech ALP17.27%
Lytton Paul Lucas ALP17.87%
Algester Karen Struthers ALP17.97%
Bulimba Pat Purcell ALP18.45%
Rockhampton Robert Schwarten ALP18.95%
Nudgee Neil Roberts ALP19.33%
Brisbane Central Peter Beattie ALP19.58%
Very Safe
Ipswich Rachel Nolan ALP21.00%
South Brisbane Anna Bligh ALP21.06%
Logan John Mickel ALP21.25%
Bundamba Jo-Ann Miller ALP24.89%
Woodridge Desley Scott ALP27.95%
Inala Henry Palaszczuk ALP31.02%
National/Liberal seats (20)
Marginal
Caloundra Mark McArdle LIB1.26%
Burnett Rob Messenger NAT2.56%
Charters Towers Shane Knuth NAT2.71%
Currumbin Jann Stuckey LIB3.23%
Maroochydore Fiona Simpson NAT4.06%
Lockyer Ian Rickuss NAT4.12%
Burdekin Rosemary Menkens NAT4.39%
Fairly Safe
Moggill Bruce Flegg LIB6.33%
Beaudesert Kev Lingard NAT8.06%
Robina Bob Quinn LIB8.78%
Safe
Mirani Ted Malone NAT10.64%
Hinchinbrook Marc Rowell NAT10.88% v IND
Toowoomba South Mike Horan NAT11.49%
Surfers Paradise John-Paul Langbroek LIB13.91%
Gregory Vaughan Johnson NAT17.37%
Darling Downs Ray Hopper NAT17.77%
Cunningham Stuart Copeland NAT18.93%
Very Safe
Callide Jeff Seeney NAT23.60%
Warrego Howard Hobbs NAT24.76%
Southern Downs Lawrence Springborg NAT25.22%
Crossbench seats (6)
Gympie Elisa Roberts IND10.05% v ALP
Gladstone Liz Cunningham IND11.25% v ALP
Tablelands Rosa Lee Long ONP12.41% v NAT
Nanango Dorothy Pratt IND12.73% v NAT
Maryborough Chris Foley IND17.98% v ALP
Nicklin Peter Wellington IND29.55% v ALP

Subsequent changes

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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.

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