Election Name: | 2001 Queensland state election |
Country: | Queensland |
Type: | parliamentary |
Vote Type: | Popular |
Previous Election: | 1998 Queensland state election |
Previous Year: | 1998 |
Outgoing Members: | Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1998–2001 |
Elected Members: | Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 2001–2004 |
Next Election: | 2004 Queensland state election |
Next Year: | 2004 |
Seats For Election: | All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly |
Election Date: | 17 February 2001 |
Registered: | 2,276,044 |
Turnout: | 2,107,410 (92.59%) (0.26pp) |
Leader1: | Peter Beattie |
Party1: | Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) |
Last Election1: | 44 seats, 38.86% |
Seats1: | 66 |
Seat Change1: | 22 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,007,737 |
Percentage1: | 48.93% |
Swing1: | 10.07 |
Colour2: | 007D44 |
Leader2: | Rob Borbidge |
Party2: | National |
Last Election2: | 23 seats, 15.17% |
Seats2: | 12 |
Seat Change2: | 11 |
Popular Vote2: | 291,605 |
Percentage2: | 14.16% |
Swing2: | 1.02 |
Colour3: | 1C4F9C |
Leader3: | David Watson |
Party3: | Liberal |
Last Election3: | 9 seats, 16.09% |
Seats3: | 3 |
Seat Change3: | 6 |
Popular Vote3: | 294,968 |
Percentage3: | 14.32% |
Swing3: | 1.77 |
Colour4: | F36C22 |
Leader4: | No leader |
Party4: | One Nation |
Last Election4: | 11 seats, 22.68% |
Seats4: | 3 |
Seat Change4: | 3 |
Popular Vote4: | 179,076 |
Percentage4: | 8.69% |
Swing4: | 13.98 |
Colour5: | F5E99A |
Leader5: | Bill Feldman |
Party5: | City Country Alliance |
Last Election5: | New party |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seat Change5: | 6 |
Popular Vote5: | 49,263 |
Percentage5: | 2.39% |
Swing5: | 2.39 |
Leader Since1: | 19 February 1996 |
Leaders Seat1: | Brisbane Central |
Leader Since2: | 10 December 1991 |
Leaders Seat2: | Surfers Paradise |
Leader Since3: | 23 June 1998 |
Leaders Seat3: | Moggill |
Leaders Seat4: | N/A |
Leader Since4: | N/A |
Leaders Seat5: | Caboolture |
Leader Since5: | 13 December 1999 |
Premier | |
Before Election: | Peter Beattie |
Before Party: | Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) |
Posttitle: | Elected Premier |
After Election: | Peter Beattie |
After Party: | Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) |
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; indeed, Labor won every seat in Brisbane except Moggill. 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]
Date | Event | |
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23 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. |
A redistribution of electoral boundaries occurred in 1999.
The electorates of Archerfield, Barambah, Caboolture, Chermside, Crows Nest, Kedron, Merrimac, Mooloolah, Nerang, Sunnybank, Warwick, Western Downs, and Yeronga were abolished.
The electorates of Algester, Darling Downs, Gaven, Glass House, Kawana, Mudgeeraba, Nanango, Pumicestone, Robina, Southern Downs, Stafford, Stretton, and Yeerongpilly were created.
The redistribution merged Chermside with Kedron to create Stafford north of Brisbane, and Crows Nest with Western Downs to create Darling Downs in regional Queensland. Gaven was created on the Gold Coast, and Glass House was created on the Sunshine Coast. Archerfield was renamed Algester, Caboolture was renamed Pumicestone, Merrimac was renamed Robina, Mooloolah was renamed Kawana, Nerang was renamed Mudgeeraba, Sunnybank was renamed Stretton, Warwick was renamed Southern Downs, and Yeronga was renamed Yeerongpilly. Albert notionally became Labor-held, Callide notionally became One Nation-held, while Springwood notionally became Liberal-held.
The changes resulted in 43 notionally Labor-held seats, 10 notionally Liberal-held seats, 21 notionally National-held seats, 13 notionally One Nation-held seats, and 2 notionally Independent-held seats.
See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 2001. |}
Seat | 1999 Redistribution | Swing | 2001 Election | ||||||||
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Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||||
Aspley | Liberal | John Goss | 2.00 | -6.69 | 4.69 | Bonny Barry | Labor | ||||
Broadwater | National | Allan Grice | 10.70 | -13.15 | 2.45 | Peta-Kaye Croft | Labor | ||||
Burdekin | One Nation | Jeff Knuth¹ | 8.90 | -14.03 | 5.13 | Steve Rodgers | Labor | ||||
Burleigh | National | Judy Gamin | 8.50 | -10.28 | 1.78 | Christine Smith | Labor | ||||
Burnett | National | Doug Slack | 1.40 | -3.10 | 1.70 | Trevor Strong | Labor | ||||
Callide | One Nation | notional | 0.60 | -2.92 | 2.32 | Jeff Seeney | National | ||||
Charters Towers | National | Rob Mitchell | 3.20 | -5.37 | 2.17 | Christine Scott | Labor | ||||
Clayfield | Liberal | Santo Santoro | 4.50 | -6.48 | 1.98 | Liddy Clark | Labor | ||||
Darling Downs | National | Russell Cooper | 5.10 | -6.23 | 1.13 | Ray Hopper | Independent | ||||
Gaven | National | Bill Baumann | 7.30 | -14.90 | 7.60 | Robert Poole | Labor | ||||
Glass House | One Nation | notional | 4.30 | -13.88 | 9.58 | Carolyn Male | Labor | ||||
Gympie | National | Len Stephan | 3.50 | -6.76 | 3.26 | Elisa Roberts | One Nation | ||||
Hervey Bay | One Nation | David Dalgleish¹ | 4.20 | -11.83 | 7.63 | Andrew McNamara | Labor | ||||
Indooroopilly | Liberal | Denver Beanland | 0.40 | -3.28 | 2.88 | Ronan Lee | Labor | ||||
Ipswich West | One Nation | Jack Paff¹ | 4.30 | -11.60 | 7.30 | Don Livingstone | Labor | ||||
Kawana | Liberal | Bruce Laming | 16.10 | -18.72 | 2.62 | Chris Cummins | Labor | ||||
Maryborough | One Nation | John Kingston² | 8.50 | -9.00 | 0.50 | John Kingston | Independent | ||||
Mudgeeraba | Liberal | Ray Connor | 11.60 | -18.37 | 6.77 | Dianne Reilly | Labor | ||||
Mulgrave | One Nation | notional³ | 2.70 | -13.99 | 11.29 | Warren Pitt | Labor | ||||
Nanango | One Nation | Dorothy Pratt² | 2.20 | -19.27 | 17.07 | Dorothy Pratt | Independent | ||||
Noosa | Liberal | Bruce Davidson | 10.40 | -11.30 | 0.90 | Cate Molloy | Labor | ||||
Pumicestone | One Nation | Bill Feldman¹ | 0.80 | -16.90 | 16.10 | Carryn Sullivan | Labor | ||||
Redlands | National | John Hegarty | 0.60 | -7.46 | 6.86 | John English | Labor | ||||
Southport | National | Mick Veivers | 3.10 | -13.94 | 10.84 | Peter Lawlor | Labor | ||||
Springwood | Liberal | notional | 0.30 | -10.67 | 10.37 | Barbara Stone | Labor | ||||
Thuringowa | One Nation | Ken Turner² | 5.60 | -9.16 | 3.56 | Anita Phillips | Labor | ||||
Toowoomba North | National | Graham Healy | 10.0 | -11.87 | 1.87 | Kerry Shine | Labor | ||||
Whitsunday | One Nation | Harry Black¹ | 3.20 | -12.78 | 9.58 | Jan Jarratt | Labor | ||||
COLSPAN=4 align="center" | National/Liberal seats (15) | ||
COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="Green" | Marginal | ||
Warrego | Howard Hobbs | NAT | 0.30% v IND |
Maroochydore | Fiona Simpson | NAT | 0.79% |
Moggill | David Watson | LIB | 0.88% |
Caloundra | Joan Sheldon | LIB | 0.97% |
Keppel | Vince Lester | NAT | 1.46% |
Callide | Jeff Seeney | NAT | 2.32% v ONP |
Hinchinbrook | Marc Rowell | NAT | 2.77% v ONP |
Mirani | Ted Malone | NAT | 3.80% |
Robina | Bob Quinn | LIB | 4.03% |
Beaudesert | Kev Lingard | NAT | 5.09% |
Surfers Paradise | Rob Borbidge | NAT | 5.29% |
COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="green" | Fairly Safe | ||
Toowoomba South | Mike Horan | NAT | 7.94% |
Cunningham | Stuart Copeland | NAT | 8.63% |
Gregory | Vaughan Johnson | NAT | 9.30% |
COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="green" | Safe | ||
Southern Downs | Lawrence Springborg | NAT | 16.77% |
COLSPAN=4 align="center" | Crossbench seats (8) | ||
Maryborough | John Kingston | IND | 0.50% v ALP |
Darling Downs | Ray Hopper | IND | 1.13% v NAT |
Gympie | Elisa Roberts | ONP | 3.26% v ALP |
Gladstone | Liz Cunningham | IND | 3.50% v ALP |
Lockyer | Bill Flynn | ONP | 7.30% v ALP |
Tablelands | Rosa Lee Long | ONP | 13.81% v ALP |
Nanango | Dorothy Pratt | IND | 17.07% v ALP |
Nicklin | Peter Wellington | IND | 23.43% v ONP |