Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1998–2001

Last updated September 11, 2023

This is a list of members of the 49th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1998 to 2001, as elected at the 1998 state election held on 13 June 1998.^[1]

Name	Party	District	Term in office
Julie Attwood	Labor	Mount Ommaney	1998–2012
Hon Tom Barton	Labor	Waterford	1992–2006
Bill Baumann	National	Albert	1995–2001
Denver Beanland	Liberal	Indooroopilly	1986–2001
Hon Peter Beattie	Labor	Brisbane Central	1989–2007
Harry Black	One Nation/CCA ^[4]	Whitsunday	1998–2001
Hon Anna Bligh	Labor	South Brisbane	1995–2012
Hon Rob Borbidge	National	Surfers Paradise	1980–2001
Desley Boyle	Labor	Cairns	1998–2012
Hon Paul Braddy	Labor	Kedron	1985–2001
Hon Steve Bredhauer	Labor	Cook	1989–2004
Darryl Briskey	Labor	Cleveland	1989–2006
Dr Lesley Clark	Labor	Barron River	1989–1995, 1998–2006
Ray Connor	Liberal	Nerang	1989–2001
Hon Russell Cooper	National	Crows Nest	1983–2001
Liz Cunningham	Independent	Gladstone	1995–2015
Nita Cunningham	Labor	Bundaberg	1998–2006
Bill D'Arcy ^[6]	Labor	Woodridge	1972–1974, 1977–2000
David Dalgleish	One Nation/CCA ^[4]	Hervey Bay	1998–2001
Bruce Davidson	Liberal	Noosa	1992–2001
Hon Wendy Edmond	Labor	Mount Coot-tha	1989–2004
Hon Jim Elder	Labor/Independent ^[7]	Capalaba	1989–2001
Tony Elliott	National	Cunningham	1974–2001
Bill Feldman	One Nation/CCA ^[4]	Caboolture	1998–2001
Gary Fenlon	Labor	Greenslopes	1989–1995, 1998–2009
Hon Matt Foley	Labor	Yeronga	1989–2004
Jim Fouras	Labor	Ashgrove	1977–1986, 1989–2006
Judy Gamin	National	Burleigh	1988–1989, 1992–2001
Hon Bob Gibbs ^[5]	Labor	Bundamba	1977–1999
John Goss	Liberal	Aspley	1989–2001
Allan Grice	National	Broadwater	1992–2001
Hon David Hamill	Labor	Ipswich	1983–2001
Hon Ken Hayward	Labor	Kallangur	1986–2009
Graham Healy	National	Toowoomba North	1992–2001
John Hegarty	National	Redlands	1995–2001
Howard Hobbs	National	Warrego	1986–2015
Hon Ray Hollis	Labor	Redcliffe	1989–2005
Mike Horan	National	Toowoomba South	1991–2012
Hon Vaughan Johnson	National	Gregory	1989–2015
Mike Kaiser ^[6]	Labor/Independent ^[6]	Woodridge	2000–2001
Dr John Kingston	One Nation/Independent ^[3]	Maryborough	1998–2003
Jeff Knuth	One Nation/Ind/CPQ/CCA ^[3]^[4]	Burdekin	1998–2001
Bruce Laming	Liberal	Mooloolah	1992–2001
Linda Lavarch	Labor	Kurwongbah	1997–2009
Hon Vince Lester	National	Keppel	1974–2004
Hon Kev Lingard	National	Beaudesert	1983–2009
Hon Brian Littleproud	National	Western Downs	1983–2001
Paul Lucas	Labor	Lytton	1996–2012
Hon Terry Mackenroth	Labor	Chatsworth	1977–2005
Ted Malone	National	Mirani	1994–2015
Hon Tony McGrady	Labor	Mount Isa	1989–2006
John Mickel	Labor	Logan	1998–2012
Jo-Ann Miller ^[5]	Labor	Bundamba	2000–2020
Rob Mitchell	National	Charters Towers	1992–2001
Tim Mulherin	Labor	Mackay	1995–2015
Grant Musgrove	Labor/Independent ^[8]	Springwood	1998–2001
Shaun Nelson	One Nation/Independent ^[2]	Tablelands	1998–2001
Lindy Nelson-Carr	Labor	Mundingburra	1998–2012
Gordon Nuttall	Labor	Sandgate	1992–2006
Jack Paff ^[4]	One Nation/CCA	Ipswich West	1998–2001
Henry Palaszczuk	Labor	Inala	1984–2006
Jim Pearce	Labor	Fitzroy	1989–2009, 2015–2017
Warren Pitt ^[1]	Labor	Mulgrave	1989–1995, 1998–2009
Dorothy Pratt	One Nation/Independent ^[2]	Barambah	1998–2012
Dr Peter Prenzler ^[4]	One Nation/CCA	Lockyer	1998–2001
Pat Purcell	Labor	Bulimba	1992–2009
Hon Bob Quinn	Liberal	Merrimac	1989–2006
Charles Rappolt ^[1]	One Nation	Mulgrave	1998
Phil Reeves	Labor	Mansfield	1998–2012
Mike Reynolds	Labor	Townsville	1998–2009
Neil Roberts	Labor	Nudgee	1995–2012
Stephen Robertson	Labor	Sunnybank	1992–2012
Hon Merri Rose	Labor	Currumbin	1992–2004
Marc Rowell	National	Hinchinbrook	1989–2006
Santo Santoro	Liberal	Clayfield	1989–2001
Hon Robert Schwarten	Labor	Rockhampton	1989–1992, 1995–2012
Jeff Seeney	National	Callide	1998–2017
Joan Sheldon	Liberal	Caloundra	1990–2004
Fiona Simpson	National	Maroochydore	1992–present
Doug Slack	National	Burnett	1986–2001
Hon Judy Spence	Labor	Mount Gravatt	1989–2012
Lawrence Springborg	National	Warwick	1989–2017
Len Stephan	National	Gympie	1979–2001
Karen Struthers	Labor	Archerfield	1998–2012
Terry Sullivan	Labor	Chermside	1991–2006
Ken Turner	One Nation/Independent ^[2]	Thuringowa	1998–2001
Mick Veivers	National	Southport	1987–2001
Dr David Watson	Liberal	Moggill	1989–2004
Hon Rod Welford	Labor	Everton	1989–2009
Peter Wellington	Independent	Nicklin	1998–2017
Hon Dean Wells	Labor	Murrumba	1986–2012
Geoff Wilson	Labor	Ferny Grove	1998–2012

¹ On 4 November 1998, the One Nation member for Mulgrave, Charles Rappolt, resigned. Labor candidate Warren Pitt, who had represented Mulgrave between 1989 and 1995, won the resulting by-election on 5 December 1998.

² One Nation members Shaun Nelson, Dorothy Pratt and Ken Turner left the party on 2 February 1999, and served out the remainder of their terms as independents.

³ One Nation members John Kingston and Jeff Knuth left the party on 23 February 1999. Kingston served out his term as an independent. Knuth sat as an independent until 5 August 1999, when he attempted to found his own party, the Country Party QLD.

⁴ The five remaining One Nation members, Harry Black, David Dalgleish, Bill Feldman, Jack Paff and Peter Prenzler, abandoned the party on 14 December 1999, founding their own alternative, the City Country Alliance. The five were later joined by prior colleague Knuth on 18 February 2000, once his own new party began to founder.

⁵ On 14 December 1999, the Labor member for Bundamba, Bob Gibbs, resigned. Labor candidate Jo-Ann Miller won the resulting by-election on 5 February 2000.

⁶ On 9 January 2000, the Labor member for Woodridge, Bill D'Arcy, resigned. Labor candidate Mike Kaiser won the resulting by-election on 5 February 2000. Kaiser left the Labor Party on 10 January 2001 as a consequence of the Shepherdson Inquiry's investigation of his role in an electoral rorting scandal. He served out his term as an independent and did not contest the 2001 election.

⁷ The member for Capalaba, Jim Elder, was elected as a Labor member and served as Deputy Premier under Peter Beattie, but left the party on 30 November 2000 following revelations from the Shepherdson Inquiry about his alleged behaviour. He served out the final months of his term as an independent and did not contest the 2001 election.

⁸ The member for Springwood, Grant Musgrove, was elected as a Labor member, but was forced to leave the party on 4 December 2000. He also served out the remainder of his term as an independent and did not contest the 2001 election.

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↑ "Table 1. Precis of results of Queensland state elections 1932 to 2012" (PDF). Queensland Parliament . Retrieved 16 December 2013.

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