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2001 Queensland state election

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Field	Value
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
45 seats are needed for a majority
election_date	17 February 2001
registered	2,276,044 7.56%
turnout	2,107,410 (92.59%)
(0.26pp)
image1	[[File:Peter Beattie & Kevin Rudd, August 2013 (cropped) (cropped).jpg	150x150px]]
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
image2	[[File:Nationals Placeholder.png	150x150px]]
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
image3	[[File:Liberal Party of Australia placeholder portrait.svg	150x150px]]
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
image4
colour4	F36C22
leader4	No leader
party4	One Nation
last_election4	11 seats, 22.68%
seats4	3
seat_change4	8
popular_vote4	179,076
percentage4	8.69%
swing4	13.98
image5
colour5	F5E99A
leader5	Bill Feldman
party5	City Country Alliance
last_election5	Did not exist
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
map_image	File:2001 Queensland election - Vote Strength.svg
title	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)

45 seats are needed for a majority (0.26pp)

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.

Key dates

Date	Event
23 January 2001	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
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.

Electoral redistribution

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 the notionally Labor-held Stafford north of Brisbane, and Crows Nest with Western Downs to create the notionally National-held Darling Downs in regional Queensland. Notionally National-held Gaven was created on the Gold Coast, and notionally One Nation-held 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.

Retiring members

Labor

Paul Braddy MLA (Kedron)
David Hamill MLA (Ipswich)

National

Russell Cooper MLA (Crows Nest)
Tony Elliott MLA (Cunningham)
Brian Littleproud MLA (Western Downs)
Len Stephan MLA (Gympie)

Independent

Jim Elder MLA (Capalaba) – Elected for the Labor Party
Mike Kaiser MLA (Woodridge) – Elected for the Labor Party
Grant Musgrove MLA (Springwood) – Elected for the Labor Party

Results

Winning party by electorate.

Seats changing hands

Seat	2001 Election	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

Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
1 Jeff Knuth, David Dalgleish, Jack Paff, Bill Feldman, and Harry Black were elected as members of the One Nation Party, but resigned in 1999 and formed the City Country Alliance, and contested the 2001 election for that party.
2 John Kingston, Dorothy Pratt, and Ken Turner were elected as members of the One Nation Party, but resigned in 1999, and contested the 2001 election as Independents.
3 Warren Pitt gained Mulgrave for the Labor Party in the 1998 by-election. The One Nation Party had won the seat at the 1998 election.
The Labor Party also retained the seat of Albert which had a notional Labor margin, and the seats of Capalaba and Woodridge, where sitting Labor members had resigned to become Independents.
The One Nation Party also retained the seat of Lockyer, where the sitting member contested the 2001 election as a member of the City Country Alliance, and Tablelands, where the sitting member contested the 2001 election as an Independent.

Post-election pendulum

Subsequent changes

On 20 March 2001, former National Premier Rob Borbidge (Surfers Paradise) resigned. At the by-election on 5 May 2001, Independent Lex Bell won the seat.
On 22 December 2001, Ray Hopper (Darling Downs) joined the National Party.
On 18 April 2002, Elisa Roberts (Gympie) resigned from the One Nation Party and sat as an Independent.
On 24 March 2003, Independent John Kingston (Maryborough) resigned. At the by-election on 26 April 2003, Independent Chris Foley won the seat.

Notes

References

(17 January 2015). "Why Campbell Newman Advocates 'Just Vote 1'". ABC News.
Electoral Commission of Queensland. (June 2001). "Queensland Election 2001: Statistical Returns". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 17 February 2001".

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