In 2005, Deputy Premier Terry Mackenroth and Speaker Ray Hollis resigned from parliament, forcing by-elections in their former seats of Chatsworth and Redcliffe on 20 August 2005. The Liberal Party won both seats, with Michael Caltabiano successful in Chatsworth and Terry Rogers in Redcliffe. ALP member Robert Poole resigned from his seat of Gaven on 28 February 2006. National Party candidate Dr Alex Douglas won the Gaven by-election held on 1 April 2006.
The results of the three by-elections left Labor with 60 seats and lift National and Liberal Party representation to 16 and seven seats respectively.
References
^Electoral Commission of Queensland (August 2004). Queensland Election 2004: Statistical Returns. p. 6. ISBN0-7242-6851-0.
^Australian Government and Politics Database. . Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
2004, queensland, state, election, election, held, australian, state, queensland, february, 2004, elect, members, state, legislative, assembly, 2001, february, 2004, 2004, 2006, seats, legislative, assembly, queensland45, assembly, seats, were, needed, majorit. 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 2004 Queensland state election 2001 7 February 2004 2004 02 07 2006 All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland45 Assembly seats were needed for a majorityTurnout91 44 1 13 pp First party Second party Third party Leader Peter Beattie Lawrence Springborg Bill FlynnParty Labor National One Nation Australia Last election 66 seats 15 seats 3 seatsSeats won 63 seats 20 seats 1 seatsSeat change 3 5 2Popular vote 1 011 630 763 152 104 980Percentage 47 01 35 46 4 88 Swing 1 92 6 98 3 81The top map shows the first party preference by electorate The bottom map shows the final two party preferred vote result by electorate Premier before electionPeter BeattieLabor Elected Premier Peter BeattieLaborThe Labor Party ALP government of Premier Peter Beattie won a third term in office with its large majority almost untouched Contents 1 Key dates 2 Results 3 Seats changing hands 4 Post election pendulum 5 Subsequent changes 6 References 7 See alsoKey dates EditDate Event13 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 EditSee also Results of the Queensland state election 2004 Winning party by electorate 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 Queensland state election 7 February 2004 2 Legislative Assembly lt lt 2001 2006 gt gt Enrolled voters 2 400 977Votes cast 2 195 400 Turnout 91 44 1 13Informal votes 43 657 Informal 1 99 0 30Summary of votes by partyParty 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 0Total 2 151 743 89 Popular voteLabor 47 01 Liberal 18 50 Nationals 16 96 Greens 6 76 One Nation 4 88 Democrats 0 04 Independents 5 83 SeatsLabor 70 79 Nationals 16 85 Liberal 5 62 One Nation 1 12 Independents 5 62 Seats changing hands EditSeat Pre 2004 Swing Post 2004Party Member Margin Margin Member PartyBurdekin 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 EditLabor seats 63 MarginalClayfield 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 safeMundingburra 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 SafeSouthport 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 INDStretton 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 Very safeIpswich 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 MarginalCaloundra 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 safeMoggill Bruce Flegg LIB 6 3 Beaudesert Kev Lingard NAT 8 1 Robina Bob Quinn LIB 8 8 SafeMirani Ted Malone NAT 10 6 Hinchinbrook Marc Rowell NAT 10 9 v INDToowoomba 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 Very safeCallide 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 ALPGladstone Liz Cunningham IND 11 2 v ALPTablelands Rosa Lee Long ONP 12 4 v NATNanango Dorothy Pratt IND 12 7 v NATMaryborough Chris Foley IND 18 0 v ALPNicklin Peter Wellington IND 29 6 v ALPSubsequent changes EditIn 2005 Deputy Premier Terry Mackenroth and Speaker Ray Hollis resigned from parliament forcing by elections in their former seats of Chatsworth and Redcliffe on 20 August 2005 The Liberal Party won both seats with Michael Caltabiano successful in Chatsworth and Terry Rogers in Redcliffe ALP member Robert Poole resigned from his seat of Gaven on 28 February 2006 National Party candidate Dr Alex Douglas won the Gaven by election held on 1 April 2006 The results of the three by elections left Labor with 60 seats and lift National and Liberal Party representation to 16 and seven seats respectively References Edit 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 Archived from the original on 18 January 2015 Retrieved 22 February 2009 See also EditCandidates of the Queensland state election 2004 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 2001 2004 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 2004 2006 Beattie Ministry Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2004 Queensland state election amp oldid 1107442119, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
