2000 Bundamba state by-election

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A by-election was held in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Bundamba on 5 February 2000. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor member Bob Gibbs. It was held concurrently with the Woodridge state by-election.

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Electoral district of Bundamba state electoral district of Queensland, Australia

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The seat was retained by Labor Party with the election of candidate Jo-Ann Miller.

Jo-Ann Roslyn Miller is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland since February 2000, representing the electorate of Bundamba.

Background

Bob Gibbs first entered parliament at the 1977 state election when he was elected as the Labor member for the seat of Wolston. Wolston was abolished at the 1992 state election, partly replaced by the new seat of Bundamba which Gibbs won and held thereafter. Typically a safe Labor seat, the rise of One Nation at the 1998 state election made the contest for Bundamba closer than usual; Gibbs prevailed with 56.2% of the two party preferred vote. [1]

Robert James Gibbs is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1977 to 1999, representing Wolston until 1992 and Bundamba thereafter.

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 12 November 1977 to elect the 82 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

Wolston was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1972 to 1992.

On 14 December 2000, Gibbs announced his resignation from parliament in order to become Queensland's North American Trade Commissioner. [2]

Results

In the absence of a One Nation candidate—Heather Hill represented the One Nation breakaway faction that would later be registered as the City Country Alliance [3] —the major parties' share of the vote increased. Consequently, the seat reverted to its typical safe Labor status.

The City Country Alliance was a short-lived Australian political party, operating exclusively in Queensland, that briefly held six Queensland state parliamentary seats. It was founded in the wake of Pauline Hanson's One Nation experiencing severe ructions in Queensland, the home state of founder Pauline Hanson.

Bundamba state by-election, 2000 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labor Jo-Ann Miller 11,21757.25+9.09
Liberal Michele Cole2,90914.85+2.98
Heather Hill 2,72313.90+13.90
Greens Sean Curley1,1345.79+2.84
Independent Colene Hughes8704.44+4.44
Independent Bill Heck5642.88+2.88
Independent Martin Poole1770.90+0.90
Total formal votes19,59497.04
Informal votes5972.96
Turnout 20,19184.74
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jo-Ann Miller 12,38371.07+14.9
Liberal Michele Cole5,04128.93+28.93
Labor hold Swing N/A

Aftermath

Labor's retention of Bundamba and Woodridge meant that the government of Peter Beattie retained its one-seat majority in parliament.

A by-election was held in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Woodridge on 5 February 2000. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor member Bill D'Arcy. It was held concurrently with the Bundamba state by-election.

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References

  1. ↑ "1998 Queensland election". Psephos.
  2. ↑ "Showdown ahead for One Nation in Queensland". AM. 15 December 1999.
  3. ↑ Graham Young (12 January 2000). "Back where it started - Queensland by-elections, One Nation and the Libs". Online Opinion.
  4. ↑ "Bundamba and Woodridge statistical returns" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2009.
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