Queensland legislative election, 2004

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2004 Queensland state election major party leaders
Labor		Nationals

Peter Beattie Premier of Queensland		Lawrence Springborg Opposition Leader
Parliament	15 years	Parliament	15 years
Leader since	1996	Leader since	2003
District	Brisbane Central	District	Southern Downs

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.

The result of the election was the return of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) government of Premier Peter Beattie, with its large majority substantially intact.

1 Overall result
2 Results summary
3 Seats won by the ALP
4 Seats won by the Nationals
5 Seats won by the Liberal Party
6 Seats won by the One Nation Party (ONP)
7 Seats won by Independents
8 Subsequent changes
9 See also

[edit] Overall result

Party	Seats	Legislative Assembly
Australian Labor Party	63
National Party of Australia	15
Liberal Party of Australia	5
Independents	5
One Nation Party	1

[edit] Results summary

Legislative Assembly
Registered Voters		2,400,977
Votes Cast		2,195,400		Turnout	91.44%
Informal Votes		43,657		Informal %	1.99%
Party		Primary Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Australian Labor Party	1,011,630	47.01	-1.92	63	-3
	Liberal Party of Australia	398,147	18.50	+4.18	5	+2
	The Nationals	365,005	16.96	+2.8	15	+3
	Australian Greens	145,522	6.76	+4.25	0	none
	One Nation Party	104,980	4.88	-3.81	1	-1
	Australian Democrats	943	0.04	-0.30	0	none
	Other	125,516	5.83	-5.21	5	-1
Total		2,151,743			89

The Nationals regained three seats from the ALP, Burdekin, Burnett and Charters Towers , as well as Lockyer from One Nation member Bill Flynn, but lost Keppel to the ALP, 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 indepedent Lex Bell, who had won it in the 2001 by-election following Borbidge's resignation.

[edit] Seats won by the ALP

Albert (retain)
Algester (retain)
Ashgrove (retain)
Aspley (retain)
Barron River (retain)
Brisbane Central (retain)
Broadwater (retain)
Bulimba (retain)
Bundaberg (retain)
Bundamba (retain)
Burleigh (retain)
Cairns (retain)
Capalaba (retain)
Chatsworth (retain)
Clayfield (retain)
Cleveland (retain)
Cook (retain)
Everton (retain)
Ferny Grove (retain)
Fitzroy (retain)
Gaven (retain)
Glasshouse (retain)
Greenslopes (retain)
Hervey Bay (retain)
Inala (retain)
Indooroopilly (retain)
Ipswich (retain)
Ipswich West (retain)
Kallangur (retain)
Kawana (retain)
Keppel (gain from Nats)
Kurwongbah (retain)
Logan (retain)
Lytton (retain)
Mackay (retain)
Mount Coot-tha (retain)
Mount Gravatt (retain)
Mount Isa (retain)
Mount Ommaney (retain)
Mudgeereba (retain)
Mulgrave (retain)
Mundingburra (retain)
Murrumba (retain)
Noosa (retain)
Nudgee (retain)
Pumicestone (retain)
Redcliffe (retain)
Redlands (retain)
Rockhampton (retain)
Sandgate (retain)
South Brisbane (retain)
Southport (retain)
Springwood (retain)
Stafford (retain)
Stretton (retain)
Thuringowa (retain)
Toowoomba North (retain)
Townsville (retain)
Waterford (retain)
Whitsunday (retain)
Woodridge (retain)
Yeerongpilly (retain)

[edit] Seats won by the Nationals

Beaudesert (retain)
Burdekin (gain from ALP)
Burnett (gain from ALP)
Callide (retain)
Charters Towers (gain from ALP)
Cunningham (retain)
Darling Downs (retain*)
Gregory (retain)
Hinchinbrook (retain)
Lockyer (gain from One Nation)
Maroochydore (retain)
Mirani (retain)
Southern Downs (retain)
Toowoomba South (retain)
Warrego (retain)

*Ray Hopper won the seat of Darling Downs as an independent, but joined the National Party in December 2001.

[edit] Seats won by the Liberal Party

Caloundra (retain)
Currumbin (gain from ALP)
Moggill (retain)
Robina (retain)
Surfers Paradise (gain from Lex Bell)

[edit] Seats won by the One Nation Party (ONP)

Tablelands (retain)

[edit] Seats won by Independents

Gladstone (retain by Liz Cunningham)
Gympie (retain by Elisa Roberts*)
Maryborough (retain by Chris Foley)
Nanango (retain by Dorothy Pratt)
Nicklin (retain by Peter Wellington)

*Roberts was originally elected as a One Nation member, but left the party in 2001 and retained her seat as an Independent.

[edit] Subsequent changes

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 leave the ALP with 60 seats and lift National and Liberal Party representation to 16 and seven seats respectively.