2005 Redcliffe state by-election

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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.

The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held every four years. Voting is by the full-preferential voting form of the alternative vote system. The Assembly has 93 members, who have used the letters MP after their names since 2000.

Electoral district of Redcliffe state electoral district of Queensland, Australia

Redcliffe is a Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral division in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

The Australian Labor Party , commonly known as Queensland Labor is the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party.

The Liberal Party, originally the Queensland People's Party, was a political party in Queensland, Australia, from the Second World War until 2008. Initially formed as independent body in 1943, it became the Queensland division of the Liberal Party of Australia in 1949. Based predominantly in Brisbane and other cities in Queensland, from 1957 it held power as the junior party in a coalition with the state Country Party, later the National Party, until 1983 when the Liberals broke away and went into opposition. The party formed another coalition with the Nationals that took power in 1996 but was defeated in 1998. After a further decade in opposition the two parties merged to form the Liberal National Party of Queensland.

Background

Ray Hollis first entered parliament at the 1989 state election and held the seat of Redcliffe at every election thereafter. When Labor came to power at the 1998 state election, Hollis was appointed Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 2 December 1989 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. This was the first election following the downfall of seven-term premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen at the end of 1987.

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 13 June 1998 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland parliamentary office in Queensland

The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland is a member of the Legislative Assembly, elected by his or her fellow members to preside over sittings of the Assembly and to maintain orderly proceedings. The position is currently held by Curtis Pitt, a former Treasurer of Queensland who was elected to the post on 13 February 2018.

On 21 July 2005, Hollis announced his retirement from politics, citing ill health.^[1] This followed political controversy over whether Hollis's claimed travel expenses had been authorised, although the Crime and Misconduct Commission did not consider the matter suspicious.^[2]

Candidates

At the 2004 state election, Ray Hollis's two party preferred vote was slashed to 57.1%, down from 67.6% at the previous election. The Liberal candidate who achieved that swing of 10.5% was Terry Rogers. Rogers was chosen unopposed as the Liberal candidate for the Redcliffe by-election.^[3]

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

The Labor Party chose school teacher Lillian van Litsenburg to defend Redcliffe, a seat they'd held for the past 19 years.^[3]

Elisabeth Cornelia Maria "Lillian" van Litsenburg was a Labor Party politician in the Queensland Parliament representing the Electoral district of Redcliffe.

Also standing at the by-election was independent candidate Rob McJannett who, as the only non-major party candidate to run for Redcliffe, achieved a hefty 14.3% of the primary vote at the 2004 state election.

Results

Redcliffe state by-election, 2005^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Terry Rogers	9,425	41.17	+5.54
	Labor	Lillian van Litsenburg	9,076	39.65	−10.43
	Greens	Pete Johnson	1,467	6.41	+6.41
		Terry Shaw	1,171	5.12	+5.12
		Rob McJannett	869	3.80	−10.49
	One Nation	Susan Meredith	762	3.33	+3.33
		Rod McDonough	121	0.53	+0.53
Total formal votes			22,891	97.65	−0.01
Informal votes			550	2.35	+0.01
Turnout			23,441	87.78	−4.93
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Terry Rogers	10,466	51.25	+8.35
	Labor	Lillian van Litsenburg	9,955	48.75	−8.35
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.35

Aftermath

The by-election win of Terry Rogers, along with that of Michael Caltabiano in Chatsworth, 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 Redcliffe by-election, Lillian van Litsenburg, was again the Labor candidate for the seat at the 2006 state election when she was elected the member for Redcliffe.

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References

↑ "Qld Speaker Hollis quits". ABC. 21 July 2005.
↑ "Speaker Background". Stateline Queensland. 6 May 2005.
1 2 "By-election campaign kicks off". ABC. 20 July 2005.
↑ "2005 Redcliffe by-election". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011.
↑ "2004 general election: Redcliffe". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012.

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[1] "Qld Speaker Hollis quits". ABC. 21 July 2005.

[2] "Speaker Background". Stateline Queensland. 6 May 2005.

[candidates-3] 1 2 "By-election campaign kicks off". ABC. 20 July 2005.

[4] "2005 Redcliffe by-election". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011.

[5] "2004 general election: Redcliffe". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012.