2005 Chatsworth state by-election

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A by-election was held for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland district of Chatsworth on 20 August 2005. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor member and Deputy Premier Terry Mackenroth.

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Electoral district of Chatsworth state electoral district of Queensland, Australia

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The by-election was held to coincide with the Redcliffe by-election on the same day. Both contests resulted in the Labor Party losing the seat to the rival Liberal Party. Michael Caltabiano was elected as the new member for Chatsworth.

A by-election was held for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland district of Redcliffe on 20 August 2005. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor member and Speaker Ray Hollis.

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Background

Terry Mackenroth first entered parliament at the 1977 state election and held the seat of Chatsworth at every election thereafter. When Labor came to power in 1989, Mackenroth became a minister under the premiership of Wayne Goss and remained so until the downfall of the Goss government in 1996. When Labor returned to power under the leadership of Peter Beattie in 1998, Mackenroth was once again made a minister. From 2000 onwards he served as Deputy Premier under Beattie, and from 2001 he was Treasurer.

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On 25 July 2005, Mackenroth announced his retirement from politics. He had been planning to wait until the following month, but the retirement of fellow Labor MP Ray Hollis and the resulting cabinet reshuffle caused him to bring forward his own resignation. [1]

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Candidates

Labor chose school teacher Chris Forrester to defend the seat they'd held for the previous 28 years. [2]

The Liberal Party chose Brisbane City Councillor—and so-called "factional warrior" [3] —Michael Caltabiano as their candidate. Caltabiano held the council ward of Chandler, which overlapped with the state seat of Chatsworth. [4]

Results

Chatsworth state by-election, 2005 [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Michael Caltabiano 12,57248.28+13.28
Labor Chris Forrester11,07642.54−13.72
Greens Elissa Jenkins1,8807.22−1.51
One Nation Barry Myatt5101.96+1.96
Total formal votes26,03898.64+0.61
Informal votes3581.36−0.61
Turnout 26,39686.54−6.76
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Michael Caltabiano 13,12352.49+13.89
Labor Chris Forrester11,87847.51−13.89
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +13.89

Aftermath

The by-election win of Michael Caltabiano, along with that of Terry Rogers in Redcliffe, was a filip for the Liberal Party, who increased their numbers in the Legislative Assembly from five to seven. However, the Liberal Party's hold on these two seats did not last long; both returned to the Labor fold at the 2006 state election.

Labor's unsuccessful candidate for the Chatsworth by-election, Chris Forrester, had initially been chosen to contest Chatsworth again at the 2006 state election. However, he was dumped in favour of media personality Chris Bombolas closer to the election. It was believed that Forrester would be chosen as Labor's candidate for the seat of Bonner at the 2007 federal election instead. However, he lost party preselection to local councillor Kerry Rea. [7] Both Bombolas and Rea went on to win their respective election contests.

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References

  1. ↑ "After 28 years, Mackenroth bows out". ABC. 27 July 2005.
  2. ↑ "By-election campaign kicks off". ABC. 20 July 2005.
  3. ↑ Greg Roberts (5 March 2007). "Factional warrior may be the Liberals' Maxine". The Australian.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Liberal Party claims win in Brisbane by-election". ABC. 10 September 2005.
  5. ↑ "2005 Chatsworth by-election". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 2 October 2009.
  6. ↑ "2004 general election: Chatsworth". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009.
  7. ↑ Jamie Walker (5 October 2006). "Factional tensions boil". The Courier-Mail.
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