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Electoral district of Ipswich West in the Queensland Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 39,136 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 31,579 (80.7% 6.1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A by-election for the electoral district of Ipswich West in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland was held on 16 March 2024 following the resignation of Labor MP Jim Madden. The by-election was held on the same day as the Inala by-election and the statewide local government elections. [1]
Madden resigned on 26 January 2024 to contest Division 4 of Ipswich City Council at the March local government elections. [2]
The seat was considered safe for the Labor Party; however, Liberal National candidate Darren Zanow won the seat following a massive swing against the incumbent Labor government. [3]
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor MP Jim Madden, who had served as a member for Ipswich West since 2015 after he defeated sitting Liberal National MP Sean Choat, the first major party non-Labor MP to represent the seat since Nationals MP Albert Hales (who served between 1974 and 1977).
Madden previously announced that he would not contest the 2024 state election, but resigned whilst still in office shortly after the resignation of former Premier and Inala MP Annastacia Palaszczuk.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jim Madden | 15,033 | 50.15 | +2.88 | |
Liberal National | Chris Green | 6,328 | 21.11 | +4.57 | |
One Nation | Gary Duffy | 4,412 | 14.72 | −13.44 | |
Greens | Raven Wolf | 1,957 | 6.53 | −1.50 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Anthony Hopkins | 1,361 | 4.54 | +4.54 | |
Civil Liberties & Motorists | Clem Grieger | 565 | 1.88 | +1.88 | |
Independent | Karakan Kochardy | 321 | 1.07 | +1.07 | |
Total formal votes | 29,977 | 95.99 | +0.73 | ||
Informal votes | 1,252 | 4.01 | −0.73 | ||
Turnout | 31,229 | 86.76 | −2.08 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jim Madden | 19,289 | 64.35 | +2.70 | |
Liberal National | Chris Green | 10,688 | 35.65 | −2.70 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.70 |
Party | Candidate | Background | |
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Legalise Cannabis | Melody Lindsay | ||
Liberal National | Darren Zanow | Businessman in the construction industry [6] | |
One Nation | Mark Bone | ||
Labor | Wendy Bourne | Former President of the Rosewood & District Kindergarten and member of the party's right faction. [7] [8] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal National | Darren Zanow | 11,676 | 39.53 | +18.42 | |
Labor | Wendy Bourne | 10,349 | 35.04 | −15.11 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Melody Lindsay | 4,302 | 14.57 | +10.03 | |
One Nation | Mark Bone | 3,206 | 10.86 | −3.86 | |
Total formal votes | 29,533 | 93.52 | −2.47 | ||
Informal votes | 2,046 | 6.48 | +2.47 | ||
Turnout | 31,579 | 80.69 | −6.07 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Darren Zanow | 15,801 | 53.50 | +17.85 | |
Labor | Wendy Bourne | 13,732 | 46.50 | −17.85 | |
Liberal National gain from Labor | Swing | +17.85 | |||
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