The 2001 Queensland state election was held on 17 February 2001 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The result of the election was the return of the Labor Party (ALP) government of Premier Peter Beattie, with an increased majority in a landslide. Labor won 66 seats, easily the most it has ever won in Queensland and one of Labor's best-ever results nationwide. There was a 10.07% swing towards Labor, while One Nation suffered a 13.98% swing against it, losing eight seats (five of which were held by the newly formed City Country Alliance after an internal split in December 1999).
The longstanding coalition between the Nationals and Liberals, led by Nationals leader (and former premier) Rob Borbidge recorded only a 2.39% swing against it. However, its support in Brisbane all but vanished; it was reduced to only one seat in the capital. Largely due to losses in Brisbane, the Coalition suffered an overall 17-seat loss. This included only three seats for the Liberals, easily the worst showing for the urban non-Labor party in Queensland since it adopted the Liberal banner in 1948. The 'Just Vote 1' strategy adopted by the Labor campaign (capitalising on Queensland's optional preferential voting system) was also considered to be effective in reducing preference flows between the Coalition parties, thereby dampening the combined strength of the conservative parties.[1]
Candidates listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
1Candidates Black, Dalgleish, Feldman, Knuth, Paff and Prenzler were all elected as One Nation Party MLAs, but abandoned that party to form the City Country Alliance in December 1999.
2Shaun Nelson was elected as a One Nation Party MLA in 1998, but left that party in February 1999 to sit as an independent.
3Ken Turner was elected as a One Nation Party MLA in 1998, but left that party in 1999 to sit as an independent.
After losing the election, Opposition Leader Rob Borbidge (Surfers Paradise) resigned his position as Leader of the Nationals and his seat. In the resulting by-election, held on 5 May 2001, Surfers Paradise was won by Lex Bell, an independent former mayor. Borbidge was replaced as Nationals leader by Mike Horan (Toowoomba South), who in turn was replaced by Lawrence Springborg (Southern Downs) in February 2003.
Ray Hopper (Darling Downs), after being elected as an Independent, joined the National Party in December 2001.
On 18 April 2002, Elisa Roberts (Gympie) resigned from the One Nation Party and sat as an Independent, reducing that party's total to two seats.
On 23 March 2003, John Kingston (Maryborough), a former member of One Nation now sitting as an independent, resigned his seat. Chris Foley, another independent, won the by-election on 8 May.
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The 2001 Queensland state election was held on 17 February 2001 to elect the 89 members of the state s Legislative Assembly The result of the election was the return of the Labor Party ALP government of Premier Peter Beattie with an increased majority in a landslide Labor won 66 seats easily the most it has ever won in Queensland and one of Labor s best ever results nationwide There was a 10 07 swing towards Labor while One Nation suffered a 13 98 swing against it losing eight seats five of which were held by the newly formed City Country Alliance after an internal split in December 1999 2001 Queensland state election 1998 17 February 2001 2004 outgoing memberselected members All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly45 seats are needed for a majorityRegistered2 276 044 7 56 Turnout2 107 410 92 59 0 26pp First party Second party Third party NPQ LPQLeader Peter Beattie Rob Borbidge David WatsonParty Labor National LiberalLeader since 19 February 1996 10 December 1991 23 June 1998Leader s seat Brisbane Central Surfers Paradise MoggillLast election 44 seats 38 86 23 seats 15 17 9 seats 16 09 Seats won 66 12 3Seat change 22 11 6Popular vote 1 007 737 291 605 294 968Percentage 48 93 14 16 14 32 Swing 10 07 1 02 1 77 Fourth party Fifth party ON CCALeader No leader Bill FeldmanParty One Nation City Country AllianceLeader since N A 13 December 1999Leader s seat N A CabooltureLast election 11 seats 22 68 New partySeats won 3 0 a Seat change 3 6Popular vote 179 076 49 263Percentage 8 69 2 39 Swing 13 98 2 39Premier before electionPeter BeattieLabor Elected Premier Peter BeattieLaborThe longstanding coalition between the Nationals and Liberals led by Nationals leader and former premier Rob Borbidge recorded only a 2 39 swing against it However its support in Brisbane all but vanished it was reduced to only one seat in the capital Largely due to losses in Brisbane the Coalition suffered an overall 17 seat loss This included only three seats for the Liberals easily the worst showing for the urban non Labor party in Queensland since it adopted the Liberal banner in 1948 The Just Vote 1 strategy adopted by the Labor campaign capitalising on Queensland s optional preferential voting system was also considered to be effective in reducing preference flows between the Coalition parties thereby dampening the combined strength of the conservative parties 1 Contents 1 Key dates 2 Results 3 Seats changing hands 4 Post election pendulum 5 Subsequent changes 6 Notes 7 References 8 See alsoKey dates editDate Event23 January 2001 Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election 2 29 January 2001 Close of electoral rolls 30 January 2001 Close of nominations 17 February 2001 Polling day between the hours of 8am and 6pm 22 February 2001 The Beattie Ministry was reconstituted 2 March 2001 The writ was returned and the results formally declared Results editSee also Results of the Queensland state election 2001 nbsp Winning party by electorate Queensland state election 17 February 2001 3 Legislative Assembly lt lt 1998 2004 gt gt Enrolled voters 2 276 044Votes cast 2 107 410 Turnout 92 59 0 26Informal votes 47 849 Informal 2 29 0 84Summary of votes by partyParty Primary votes Swing Seats Change Labor 1 007 737 48 93 10 07 66 22 Liberal 294 968 14 32 1 77 3 6 Nationals 291 605 14 16 1 02 12 11 One Nation 179 076 8 69 13 98 3 8 Greens 51 630 2 51 0 15 0 0 City Country Alliance 49 263 2 39 2 39 0 0 Democrats 7 029 0 34 1 27 0 0 Christian Democrats 919 0 04 0 07 0 0 Independent 177 334 8 61 6 44 5 3Total 2 059 561 89 Popular voteLabor 48 93 Liberal 14 32 Nationals 14 16 One Nation 8 69 Greens 2 51 City Country Alliance 2 39 Democrats 0 34 Christian Democrats 0 04 Independents 8 61 SeatsLabor 74 16 Nationals 13 48 Liberal 3 37 One Nation 3 37 Independents 5 62 Seats changing hands editSeat Pre 2001 Swing Post 2001Party Member Margin Margin Member PartyAlbert National Bill Baumann 0 3 12 9 12 6 Margaret Keech Labor Aspley Liberal John Goss 2 0 6 7 4 7 Bonny Barry Labor Broadwater National Allan Grice 10 7 13 1 2 4 Peta Kaye Croft Labor Burdekin City Country Alliance1 Jeff Knuth 8 9 14 0 5 1 Steve Rodgers Labor Burleigh National Judy Gamin 8 5 10 3 1 8 Christine Smith Labor Burnett National Doug Slack 9 3 11 0 1 7 Trevor Strong Labor Charters Towers National Rob Mitchell 3 2 5 4 2 2 Christine Scott Labor Clayfield Liberal Santo Santoro 4 5 6 5 2 0 Liddy Clark Labor Darling Downs National notional 5 3 6 4 1 1 Ray Hopper Independent Gaven National notional 7 0 14 6 7 6 Robert Poole Labor Glass House National notional 4 3 13 9 9 6 Carolyn Male Labor Gympie National Len Stephan 3 5 6 8 3 3 Elisa Roberts One Nation Hervey Bay City Country Alliance1 David Dalgleish 4 2 11 8 7 6 Andrew McNamara Labor Indooroopilly Liberal Denver Beanland 0 4 3 3 2 9 Ronan Lee Labor Ipswich West City Country Alliance1 Jack Paff 4 2 11 5 7 3 Don Livingstone Labor Kawana Liberal Bruce Laming 16 1 18 7 2 6 Chris Cummins Labor Lockyer City Country Alliance1 Peter Prenzler 3 7 N A 7 3 Bill Flynn One Nation Mudgeeraba Liberal Ray Connor 11 6 18 4 6 8 Dianne Reilly Labor Noosa Liberal Bruce Davidson 10 4 11 3 0 9 Cate Molloy Labor Pumicestone City Country Alliance1 Bill Feldman 0 8 16 9 16 1 Carryn Sullivan Labor Redlands National John Hegarty 0 6 7 5 6 9 John English Labor Southport National Mick Veivers 3 1 13 9 10 8 Peter Lawlor Labor Tablelands Independent2 Shaun Nelson 0 2 N A 13 6 Rosa Lee Long One Nation Thuringowa Independent3 Ken Turner 5 6 9 2 3 6 Anita Phillips Labor Toowoomba North National Graham Healy 10 0 11 9 1 9 Kerry Shine Labor Whitsunday City Country Alliance1 Harry Black 3 2 12 8 9 6 Jan Jarratt Labor Candidates listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election 1Candidates Black Dalgleish Feldman Knuth Paff and Prenzler were all elected as One Nation Party MLAs but abandoned that party to form the City Country Alliance in December 1999 2 Shaun Nelson was elected as a One Nation Party MLA in 1998 but left that party in February 1999 to sit as an independent 3 Ken Turner was elected as a One Nation Party MLA in 1998 but left that party in 1999 to sit as an independent Post election pendulum editLabor seats 66 MarginalNoosa Cate Molloy ALP 0 9 Burnett Trevor Strong ALP 1 7 Burleigh Christine Smith ALP 1 8 Toowoomba North Kerry Shine ALP 1 9 Clayfield Liddy Clark ALP 2 0 Charters Towers Christine Scott ALP 2 2 Broadwater Peta Kaye Croft ALP 2 5 Kawana Chris Cummins ALP 2 6 Indooroopilly Ronan Lee ALP 2 9 Thuringowa Anita Phillips ALP 3 6 v INDAspley Bonny Barry ALP 4 7 Burdekin Steve Rodgers ALP 5 1 Fairly safeMudgeeraba Dianne Reilly ALP 6 8 Redlands John English ALP 6 9 Barron River Lesley Clark ALP 7 3 v INDIpswich West Don Livingstone ALP 7 3 v ONPGaven Robert Poole ALP 7 6 Hervey Bay Andrew McNamara ALP 7 6 v ONPMansfield Phil Reeves ALP 8 6 Mount Ommaney Julie Attwood ALP 8 7 v INDTownsville Mike Reynolds ALP 9 3 Glass House Carolyn Male ALP 9 6 Whitsunday Jan Jarratt ALP 9 6 SafeSpringwood Barbara Stone ALP 10 4 Southport Peter Lawlor ALP 10 8 Mulgrave Warren Pitt ALP 11 3 v ONPMundingburra Peter Lawlor ALP 11 4 Stretton Stephen Robertson ALP 12 7 Albert Margaret Keech ALP 12 7 v ONPMackay Tim Mulherin ALP 13 5 Greenslopes Gary Fenlon ALP 14 1 Mount Gravatt Judy Spence ALP 14 2 Currumbin Merri Rose ALP 14 6 Capalaba Michael Choi ALP 14 6 v INDCairns Desley Boyle ALP 14 8 Bundaberg Nita Cunningham ALP 14 9 Ashgrove Jim Fouras ALP 15 0 Chatsworth Terry Mackenroth ALP 15 2 Mount Coot tha Wendy Edmond ALP 16 1 Pumicestone Carryn Sullivan ALP 16 1 Mount Isa Tony McGrady ALP 16 2 v ONPCleveland Darryl Briskey ALP 16 7 Ipswich Rachel Nolan ALP 16 8 v ONPFitzroy Jim Pearce ALP 17 2 Everton Rod Welford ALP 17 5 Redcliffe Ray Hollis ALP 17 6 Waterford Tom Barton ALP 18 0 v ONPVery safeFerny Grove Geoff Wilson ALP 20 5 Murrumba Dean Wells ALP 21 1 Woodridge Desley Scott ALP 21 1 v ONPKallangur Ken Hayward ALP 21 4 Inala Henry Palaszczuk ALP 21 4 v INDYeerongpilly Matt Foley ALP 22 2 Logan John Mickel ALP 22 3 Stafford Terry Sullivan ALP 22 4 Algester Karen Struthers ALP 22 6 Kurwongbah Linda Lavarch ALP 22 7 Cook Steve Bredhauer ALP 22 9 v ONPBulimba Pat Purcell ALP 23 2 Rockhampton Robert Schwarten ALP 24 2 Lytton Paul Lucas ALP 24 4 Sandgate Gordon Nuttall ALP 24 5 South Brisbane Anna Bligh ALP 24 9 Brisbane Central Peter Beattie ALP 25 0 Nudgee Neil Roberts ALP 25 1 Bundamba Jo Ann Miller ALP 30 9 National Liberal seats 15 MarginalWarrego Howard Hobbs NAT 0 3 v INDMaroochydore Fiona Simpson NAT 0 8 Moggill David Watson LIB 0 9 Caloundra Joan Sheldon LIB 1 0 Keppel Vince Lester NAT 1 5 Beaudesert Kev Lingard NAT 2 0 Callide Jeff Seeney NAT 2 3 v ONPHinchinbrook Marc Rowell NAT 2 8 v ONPMirani Ted Malone NAT 3 8 Robina Bob Quinn LIB 4 0 Surfers Paradise Rob Borbidge NAT 5 3 Fairly safeToowoomba South Mike Horan NAT 7 9 Cunningham Stuart Copeland NAT 8 6 Gregory Vaughan Johnson NAT 9 3 SafeSouthern Downs Lawrence Springborg NAT 16 8 Crossbench seats 8 Maryborough John Kingston IND 0 5 v ALPDarling Downs Ray Hopper IND 1 1 v NATGympie Elisa Roberts ONP 3 3 v ALPGladstone Liz Cunningham IND 3 5 v ALPLockyer Bill Flynn ONP 7 3 v ALPTablelands Rosa Lee Long ONP 13 8 v ALPNanango Dorothy Pratt IND 17 1 v ALPNicklin Peter Wellington IND 23 4 v ONPSubsequent changes editAfter losing the election Opposition Leader Rob Borbidge Surfers Paradise resigned his position as Leader of the Nationals and his seat In the resulting by election held on 5 May 2001 Surfers Paradise was won by Lex Bell an independent former mayor Borbidge was replaced as Nationals leader by Mike Horan Toowoomba South who in turn was replaced by Lawrence Springborg Southern Downs in February 2003 Dr David Watson Moggill resigned as Leader of the Liberal Party in favour of Bob Quinn Robina on 28 February 2001 Ray Hopper Darling Downs after being elected as an Independent joined the National Party in December 2001 On 18 April 2002 Elisa Roberts Gympie resigned from the One Nation Party and sat as an Independent reducing that party s total to two seats On 23 March 2003 John Kingston Maryborough a former member of One Nation now sitting as an independent resigned his seat Chris Foley another independent won the by election on 8 May Notes edit The six City Country Alliance MLAs represented in the Queensland Parliament broke away from the One Nation party post 1998 state election References edit Why Campbell Newman Advocates Just Vote 1 ABC News 17 January 2015 Electoral Commission of Queensland June 2001 Queensland Election 2001 Statistical Returns p 6 ISBN 0 7242 6838 3 Australian Government and Politics Database Parliament of Queensland Assembly election 17 February 2001 Archived from the original on 18 January 2015 Retrieved 22 February 2009 See also editCandidates of the Queensland state election 2001 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1998 2001 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 2001 2004 Beattie Ministry Retrieved from 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