Queensland state election, 2004

Queensland state election, 2004
All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland ; 45 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Premier before election; Peter Beattie ; Labor	Elected Premier ; Peter Beattie ; Labor

Last updated May 03, 2019

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.

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Key dates

Date	Event
13 January 2004	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.^[1]
19 January 2004	Close of electoral rolls.
20 January 2004	Close of nominations.
7 February 2004	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
12 February 2004	The Beattie Ministry was reconstituted.
20 February 2004	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

Results

The Nationals regained three seats from Labor — Burdekin, Burnett and Charters Towers — as well as Lockyer from One Nation member Bill Flynn, but lost Keppel to Labor, leaving them with a total gain of three seats. The Liberal Party won Currumbin from Minister Merri Rose, as well as taking Rob Borbidge's former seat of Surfers Paradise from independent Lex Bell, who had won it in the 2001 by-election following Borbidge's resignation.

The National Party, known as the Country Party until 1974, was a political party in Queensland, Australia, for much of the period from 1915 until 2008. Formed by the Queensland Farmers' Union and serving as the state branch of the National Party of Australia, it initially sought to represent the interests of the farmers but over time became a more general conservative political party in the state, leading to much debate about relations with other conservative parties and a string of mergers that were soon undone. From 1957 it held power as part of a coalition with the state Liberal Party until 1983 when the Liberals broke away and the Nationals continued to govern in their own right until defeat in 1989. The party formed another coalition with the Liberals 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.

Electoral district of Burdekin state electoral district of Queensland, Australia

Burdekin is an electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in the state of Queensland, Australia. Centred on the Ayr–Home Hill region, the electorate also includes some of Townsville's southern suburbs as well as the coal-mining town of Collinsville. The Burdekin River flows through part of the electorate.

Burnett is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in central Queensland, Australia.

Queensland state election, 7 February 2004^[2] Legislative Assembly << 2001–2006 >>
Enrolled voters		2,400,977
Votes cast		2,195,400		Turnout	91.44	–1.13
Informal votes		43,657		Informal	1.99	–0.30
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	1,011,630	47.01	–1.92	63	– 3
	Liberal	398,147	18.50	+4.18	5	+ 2
	Nationals	365,005	16.96	+2.80	15	+ 3
	Greens	145,522	6.76	+4.25	0	± 0
	One Nation	104,980	4.88	–3.81	1	– 2
	Democrats	943	0.04	–0.30	0	± 0
	Independent	125,516	5.83	–2.78	5	± 0
Total		2,151,743			89

Seats changing hands

Seat	Pre-2004				Swing	Post-2004
Seat	Party		Member	Margin	Swing	Margin	Member	Party
Burdekin		Labor	Steve Rodgers	5.1	-9.5	4.4	Rosemary Menkens	National
Burnett		Labor	Trevor Strong	1.7	-4.3	2.6	Rob Messenger	National
Charters Towers		Labor	Christine Scott	2.2	-4.9	2.7	Shane Knuth	National
Currumbin		Labor	Merri Rose	14.5	-17.7	3.2	Jann Stuckey	Liberal
Keppel		National	Vince Lester	1.5	-5.3	3.8	Paul Hoolihan	Labor
Lockyer		One Nation	Bill Flynn	7.3	-11.4	4.1	Ian Rickuss	National

Post-election pendulum

LABOR SEATS (63)
Marginal
Clayfield	Liddy Clark	ALP	1.2%
Kawana	Chris Cummins	ALP	1.5%
Mudgeeraba	Dianne Reilly	ALP	1.9%
Indooroopilly	Ronan Lee	ALP	2.1%
Barron River	Lesley Clark	ALP	3.1%
Keppel	Paul Hoolihan	ALP	3.8%
Cairns	Desley Boyle	ALP	3.9%
Hervey Bay	Andrew McNamara	ALP	4.0%
Broadwater	Peta-Kaye Croft	ALP	4.1%
Aspley	Bonny Barry	ALP	4.3%
Burleigh	Christine Smith	ALP	5.0%
Gaven	Robert Poole	ALP	5.0%
Bundaberg	Nita Cunningham	ALP	5.3%
Townsville	Mike Reynolds	ALP	5.3%
Pumicestone	Carryn Sullivan	ALP	5.4%
Fairly safe
Mundingburra	Lindy Nelson-Carr	ALP	6.2%
Redcliffe	Ray Hollis	ALP	7.1%
Toowoomba North	Kerry Shine	ALP	7.3%
Cook	Jason O'Brien	ALP	7.5%
Mulgrave	Warren Pitt	ALP	7.7%
Thuringowa	Craig Wallace	ALP	7.9%
Redlands	John English	ALP	8.5%
Mansfield	Phil Reeves	ALP	8.6%
Cleveland	Darryl Briskey	ALP	8.7%
Noosa	Cate Molloy	ALP	8.7%
Glass House	Carolyn Male	ALP	8.9%
Ipswich West	Don Livingstone	ALP	9.4%
Springwood	Barbara Stone	ALP	9.7%
Safe
Southport	Peter Lawlor	ALP	10.0%
Mount Gravatt	Judy Spence	ALP	10.3%
Greenslopes	Gary Fenlon	ALP	11.0%
Chatsworth	Terry Mackenroth	ALP	11.4%
Mount Coot-tha	Andrew Fraser	ALP	11.5%
Everton	Rod Welford	ALP	11.6%
Mount Ommaney	Julie Attwood	ALP	11.6%
Fitzroy	Jim Pearce	ALP	12.4%
Kurwongbah	Linda Lavarch	ALP	12.5%
Murrumba	Dean Wells	ALP	12.7%
Ferny Grove	Geoff Wilson	ALP	13.2%
Kallangur	Ken Hayward	ALP	13.7%
Sandgate	Gordon Nuttall	ALP	14.0%
Mount Isa	Tony McGrady	ALP	14.2%
Ashgrove	Jim Fouras	ALP	14.7%
Whitsunday	Jan Jarratt	ALP	14.8% v IND
Stretton	Stephen Robertson	ALP	15.0%
Capalaba	Michael Choi	ALP	15.2%
Mackay	Tim Mulherin	ALP	15.8%
Stafford	Terry Sullivan	ALP	16.3%
Waterford	Tom Barton	ALP	16.5%
Yeerongpilly	Simon Finn	ALP	17.1%
Albert	Margaret Keech	ALP	17.3%
Lytton	Paul Lucas	ALP	17.9%
Algester	Karen Struthers	ALP	18.0%
Bulimba	Pat Purcell	ALP	18.5%
Rockhampton	Robert Schwarten	ALP	19.0%
Nudgee	Neil Roberts	ALP	19.3%
Brisbane Central	Peter Beattie	ALP	19.6%
Ipswich	Rachel Nolan	ALP	21.0%
South Brisbane	Anna Bligh	ALP	21.1%
Logan	John Mickel	ALP	21.3%
Bundamba	Jo-Ann Miller	ALP	24.9%
Woodridge	Desley Scott	ALP	28.0%
Inala	Henry Palaszczuk	ALP	31.0%

NATIONAL/LIBERAL SEATS (20)
Marginal
Caloundra	Mark McArdle	LIB	1.3%
Burnett	Rob Messenger	NAT	2.6%
Charters Towers	Shane Knuth	NAT	2.7%
Currumbin	Jann Stuckey	LIB	3.2%
Lockyer	Ian Rickuss	NAT	4.1%
Maroochydore	Fiona Simpson	NAT	4.1%
Burdekin	Rosemary Menkens	NAT	4.4%
Fairly safe
Moggill	Bruce Flegg	LIB	6.3%
Beaudesert	Kev Lingard	NAT	8.1%
Robina	Bob Quinn	LIB	8.8%
Safe
Mirani	Ted Malone	NAT	10.6%
Hinchinbrook	Marc Rowell	NAT	10.9% v IND
Toowoomba South	Mike Horan	NAT	11.5%
Surfers Paradise	John-Paul Langbroek	LIB	13.9%
Gregory	Vaughan Johnson	NAT	17.4%
Darling Downs	Ray Hopper	NAT	17.8%
Cunningham	Stuart Copeland	NAT	18.9%
Callide	Jeff Seeney	NAT	23.6%
Warrego	Howard Hobbs	NAT	24.8%
Southern Downs	Lawrence Springborg	NAT	25.2%
CROSSBENCH SEATS (6)
Gympie	Elisa Roberts	IND	10.0% v ALP
Gladstone	Liz Cunningham	IND	11.2% v ALP
Tablelands	Rosa Lee Long	ONP	12.4% v NAT
Nanango	Dorothy Pratt	IND	12.7% v NAT
Maryborough	Chris Foley	IND	18.0% v ALP
Nicklin	Peter Wellington	IND	29.6% v ALP

Subsequent changes

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References

↑ Electoral Commission of Queensland (August 2004). Queensland Election 2004: Statistical Returns. p. 6. ISBN 0-7242-6851-0.
↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 7 February 2004" . Retrieved 22 February 2009.

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