Grace Grace held the seat for Labor with slightly over 50% of the vote, negating the need for the count to go to preferences.[6] In the absence of a Liberal-National coalition candidate, the party with the largest gains were The Greens, who scored a swing in their favour of 14.83%.[7]
2007, brisbane, central, state, election, state, election, held, queensland, october, 2007, fill, vacancy, legislative, assembly, queensland, electoral, district, brisbane, central, formerly, held, labor, member, former, premier, peter, beattie, resigned, sept. A state by election was held in Queensland on 13 October 2007 1 to fill the vacancy in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral district of Brisbane Central formerly held by Labor member and former Premier Peter Beattie who resigned on 14 September 2007 2 The Liberal National coalition failed to stand a candidate in the by election 3 4 A total of six candidates stood in the election 5 Grace Grace held the seat for Labor with slightly over 50 of the vote negating the need for the count to go to preferences 6 In the absence of a Liberal National coalition candidate the party with the largest gains were The Greens who scored a swing in their favour of 14 83 7 Contents 1 Results 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksResults editBrisbane Central state by election 13 October 2007 Party Candidate Votes Labor Grace Grace 11 248 50 35 0 13 Greens Anne Boccabella 7 396 33 11 14 83 Family First Mark A White 1 738 7 78 7 78 Independent Erik Olaf Eriksen 711 3 18 3 18 Independent Ronald Davy 674 3 02 3 02 One Nation Ian Nelson 574 2 57 2 57 Total formal votes 30 111 93 21 1 16 Informal votes 2 193 6 79 1 16 Turnout 32 304 84 93 6 86 Two candidate preferred result Labor Grace Grace 11 594 57 85 6 92 Greens Anne Boccabella 8 449 42 15 42 15 Labor hold Swing N ASee also editList of Queensland state by electionsReferences edit Bligh hits Brisbane streets ABC News 16 September 2007 Bligh Lucas team firms for Qld ABC News 11 September 2007 Coalition a no show in Beattie electorate The Australian 26 September 2007 Coalition split over state poll The Australian 25 September 2007 Candidates in Ballot Paper Order 2007 Brisbane Central By Election Archived July 28 2008 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission Queensland Strong win for Labor in Qld by election The Herald Sun 13 October 2007 Greens take heart from Brisbane by election showing ABC News 14 October 2007External links editAll You Need To Know 2007 Brisbane Central By Election from Electoral Commission Queensland nbsp nbsp This Australian elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about Brisbane is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2007 Brisbane Central state by election amp oldid 1219492870, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
