The election resulted in a fifth consecutive victory for the National-Liberal Coalition under Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It was the ninth victory of the National Party in Queensland since it first came to office in 1957.
The election saw little change from the 1977 election. The Coalition Government was returned to office, although Labor gained two seats and the Liberals lost two. The Liberal decline continued, and tensions between the Coalition parties increased.
^Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 29 November 1980". from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
^Hughes, Colin A. (1986). A handbook of Australian government and politics, 1975-1984. ANU Press. p. 205. ISBN978-0-08-033038-9.
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Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 November 1980 to elect the 82 members of the state s Legislative Assembly 1980 Queensland state election 1977 29 November 1980 1980 11 29 1983 All 82 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland42 Assembly seats were needed for a majorityTurnout88 93 2 42 pp First party Second party ALPLeader Joh Bjelke Petersen Ed CaseyParty National LaborLast election 59 seats 23 seatsSeats won 57 seats 25 seatsSeat change 2 2Percentage 54 86 41 49 Swing 2 49 1 34Premier before electionJoh Bjelke PetersenNational Elected Premier Joh Bjelke PetersenNationalThe election resulted in a fifth consecutive victory for the National Liberal Coalition under Joh Bjelke Petersen It was the ninth victory of the National Party in Queensland since it first came to office in 1957 Contents 1 Result 2 Key dates 3 Results 4 Seats changing hands 5 Post election pendulum 6 See also 7 ReferencesResult EditThe election saw little change from the 1977 election The Coalition Government was returned to office although Labor gained two seats and the Liberals lost two The Liberal decline continued and tensions between the Coalition parties increased Key dates EditDate Event27 October 1980 The Parliament was dissolved 1 27 October 1980 Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election 2 7 November 1980 Close of nominations 29 November 1980 Polling day between the hours of 8am and 6pm 23 December 1980 The Bjelke Petersen Ministry was reconstituted 10 January 1981 The writ was returned and the results formally declared 3 March 1981 Parliament resumed for business 3 Results EditSee also Results of the Queensland state election 1980 Queensland state election 29 November 1980 4 5 Legislative Assembly lt lt 1977 1983 gt gt Enrolled voters 1 341 365Votes cast 1 192 893 Turnout 88 93 2 42 Informal votes 18 008 Informal 1 51 0 02 Summary of votes by partyParty Primary votes Swing Seats Change Labor 487 493 41 49 1 34 25 2 Nationals 328 262 27 94 0 79 35 0 Liberal 316 272 26 92 1 70 22 2 Democrats 16 222 1 38 0 23 0 0 Progress 4 384 0 37 1 13 0 0 Independent 20 880 1 78 0 09 0 0 Others 1 372 0 12 0 12 0 0Total 1 174 885 82 Popular voteLabor 41 49 Nationals 27 94 Liberal 26 92 Democrats 1 38 Progress 0 37 Independents 1 78 Others 0 12 SeatsNationals 42 68 Labor 30 49 Liberal 26 83 Seats changing hands EditSeat Pre 1980 Swing Post 1980Party Member Margin Margin Member PartyLockyer Liberal Tony Bourke 22 5 28 8 6 3 Tony FitzGerald National Mourilyan National Vicky Kippin 0 3 1 6 1 3 Bill Eaton Labor Southport Liberal Peter White 9 8 11 9 2 1 Doug Jennings National Surfers Paradise Liberal Bruce Bishop 5 7 13 6 7 9 Rob Borbidge National Townsville West National Max Hooper 0 9 5 3 4 4 Geoff Smith Labor In addition the Liberal party retained Redcliffe which was won from the National Party at the 1979 by election Post election pendulum EditNational Liberal seats 57 MarginalAshgrove John Greenwood LIB 0 4 Stafford Terry Gygar LIB 0 7 Barron River Martin Tenni NAT 0 8 Mount Isa Angelo Bertoni NAT 0 9 Windsor Bob Moore LIB 1 3 Southport Doug Jennings NAT 2 1 v LIBSalisbury Rosemary Kyburz LIB 2 3 Warrego Neil Turner NAT 2 6 Kurilpa Sam Doumany LIB 2 7 Mirani Jim Randell NAT 3 0 Whitsunday Geoff Muntz NAT 3 5 Redlands John Goleby NAT 4 2 Merthyr Don Lane LIB 4 5 Burdekin Val Bird NAT 4 5 Ipswich Llewellyn Edwards LIB 5 1 Redcliffe Terry White LIB 5 3 Caboolture Des Frawley NAT 5 3 Toowoomba North John Lockwood LIB 5 5 Fairly safeTownsville Norman Scott Young LIB 6 0 Flinders Bob Katter NAT 6 0 Lockyer Tony Fitzgerald NAT 6 3 v LIBMulgrave Max Menzel NAT 6 5 Wavell Brian Austin LIB 6 9 Yeronga Norm Lee LIB 7 0 Pine Rivers Rob Akers LIB 7 5 Surfers Paradise Rob Borbidge NAT 7 9 Mansfield Bill Kaus LIB 8 3 Isis Lin Powell NAT 8 7 Gregory Bill Glasson NAT 9 2 Hinchinbrook Ted Row NAT 9 2 Fassifern Selwyn Muller NAT 9 3 Nundah William Knox LIB 9 6 Ithaca Col Miller LIB 9 9 SafeToowoomba South John Warner NAT 10 1 Albert Ivan Gibbs NAT 10 9 Carnarvon Peter McKechnie NAT 11 8 Peak Downs Vince Lester NAT 12 1 Greenslopes Bill Hewitt LIB 12 3 Toowong Ian Prentice LIB 13 1 Aspley Beryce Nelson LIB 13 9 v NATSouth Coast Russ Hinze NAT 14 6 Somerset Bill Gunn NAT 15 0 Roma Ken Tomkins NAT 15 4 Mount Gravatt Guelfi Scassola LIB 15 7 Callide Lindsay Hartwig NAT 15 8 Cooroora Gordon Simpson NAT 16 4 Warwick Des Booth NAT 17 7 Gympie Len Stephan NAT 18 3 Balonne Don Neal NAT 18 7 Auburn Neville Harper NAT 19 1 Landsborough Mike Ahern NAT 19 5 Burnett Claude Wharton NAT 19 8 Very safeSherwood Angus Innes LIB 20 9 Condamine Vic Sullivan NAT 22 8 Mount Coot tha Bill Lickiss LIB 22 9 Cunningham Tony Elliott NAT 30 3 Barambah Joh Bjelke Petersen NAT 31 8 Labor seats 25 MarginalMaryborough Brendan Hansen ALP 0 6 v LIBEverton Glen Milliner ALP 0 7 v LIBMourilyan Bill Eaton ALP 1 3 South Brisbane Jim Fouras ALP 4 0 v LIBIpswich West David Underwood ALP 4 1 v LIBTownsville West Geoff Smith ALP 4 4 Bulimba Ron McLean ALP 4 6 v LIBMurrumba Joe Kruger ALP 5 4 Fairly safeWoodridge Bill D Arcy ALP 6 4 v LIBWynnum Eric Shaw ALP 7 3 Port Curtis Bill Prest ALP 7 6 Townsville South Alex Wilson ALP 7 6 Brisbane Central Brian Davis ALP 7 7 v LIBChatsworth Terry Mackenroth ALP 8 2 v LIBBundaberg Jim Blake ALP 8 3 SafeNudgee Ken Vaughan ALP 10 9 v LIBWolston Bob Gibbs ALP 11 2 v LIBMackay Ed Casey ALP 11 6 Rockhampton North Les Yewdale ALP 12 2 Cook Bob Scott ALP 12 4 Cairns Ray Jones ALP 13 9 Sandgate Nev Warburton ALP 14 6 v LIBRockhampton Keith Wright ALP 17 3 Very safeArcherfield Kevin Hooper ALP 21 1 Lytton Tom Burns ALP 23 6 v LIBSee also EditCandidates of the Queensland state election 1980References Edit A Proclamation Queensland Government Gazette 27 October 1980 p 265 985 Untitled Queensland Government Gazette 27 October 1980 p 265 987 Untitled Queensland Government Gazette 2 February 1981 p 266 309 Australian Government and Politics Database Parliament of Queensland Assembly election 29 November 1980 Archived from the original on 12 March 2017 Retrieved 22 February 2009 Hughes Colin A 1986 A handbook of Australian government and politics 1975 1984 ANU Press p 205 ISBN 978 0 08 033038 9 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1980 Queensland state election amp oldid 1107292746, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
