A state by-election was held in Queensland on 13 October 2007 [1] to fill the vacancy in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral district of Brisbane Central, formerly held by Labor member and former Premier Peter Beattie, who resigned on 14 September 2007. [2] The Liberal-National coalition failed to stand a candidate in the by-election. [3] [4] A total of six candidates stood in the election. [5]
Grace Grace held the seat for Labor with slightly over 50% of the vote, negating the need for the count to go to preferences. [6] In the absence of a Liberal-National coalition candidate, the party with the largest gains were The Greens, who scored a swing in their favour of 14.83%. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Grace Grace | 11,248 | 50.35 | −0.13 | |
Greens | Anne Boccabella | 7,396 | 33.11 | +14.83 | |
Family First | Mark A. White | 1,738 | 7.78 | +7.78 | |
Independent | Erik Olaf Eriksen | 711 | 3.18 | +3.18 | |
Independent | Ronald Davy | 674 | 3.02 | +3.02 | |
One Nation | Ian Nelson | 574 | 2.57 | +2.57 | |
Total formal votes | 30,111 | 93.21 | −1.16 | ||
Informal votes | 2,193 | 6.79 | +1.16 | ||
Turnout | 32,304 | 84.93 | −6.86 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Grace Grace | 11,594 | 57.85 | −6.92 | |
Greens | Anne Boccabella | 8,449 | 42.15 | +42.15 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
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