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2009 Queensland state election

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2009 Queensland state election
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The 2009 Queensland state election was held on 21 March 2009 to elect all 89 members of the Legislative Assembly, a unicameral parliament.

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The election saw the incumbent Labor government led by Premier Anna Bligh defeat the Liberal National Party of Queensland led by Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg, and gain a fifth consecutive term in office for her party. Bligh thus became the first female Premier of any Australian State elected in her own right.[1]

This was the first election contested by the LNP following its creation with the merger of the National and Liberal parties.

The 2009 election marked the eighth consecutive victory of Labor in a general election since 1989, although it was out of office between 1996 and 1998 as a direct result of the 1996 Mundingburra by-election.

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Background

The Labor Party, led by Premier Anna Bligh, and the LNP, led by Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg, were the two main parties in Queensland at the election. It was the first election contested by the LNP following its creation with the merger of the National and Liberal parties. At the previous election, Labor won 59 seats, the Nationals won 17 seats, the Liberals won eight seats, One Nation won one seat, and independents won four seats. Former Labor MP Ronan Lee joined the Greens in 2008, thus becoming their parliamentary leader. Lee lost his seat at the election.[2]

A redistribution saw Labor notionally pick up three seats. Therefore, the LNP notionally needed to pick up 22 seats rather than 20 seats to form a majority government, which equated to an unchanged uniform 8.3 percent two party preferred swing.[3]

Former Premier Peter Beattie resigned in September 2007, which triggered the October 2007 Brisbane Central by-election.

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Key dates

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Electoral redistribution

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A redistribution of electoral boundaries occurred in 2008.

The electorates of Charters Towers, Cunningham, Darling Downs, Fitzroy, Kurwongbah, Mount Gravatt, Robina, and Tablelands were abolished.

The electorates of Buderim, Condamine, Coomera, Dalrymple, Mermaid Beach, Morayfield, Pine Rivers, and Sunnybank were created.

The redistribution merged Charters Towers with Tablelands to create the notionally National-held Dalrymple, Fitzroy into Mirani, and Cunningham with Darling Downs to create the notionally National-held Condamine, all in regional Queensland. Notionally Liberal-held Buderim was created on the Sunshine Coast, notionally Labor-held Morayfield in the corridor north of Brisbane, and notionally Labor-held Coomera was created on the Gold Coast. Kurwongbah was renamed Pine Rivers, Mount Gravatt was renamed Sunnybank, and Robina was renamed Mermaid Beach. Burdekin, Clayfield, and Mirani became notionally Labor-held, while Glass House became notionally National-held.

The changes resulted in 62 notionally Labor-held seats, 8 notionally Liberal-held seats, 15 notionally National-held seats, and 4 notionally Independent-held seats. All Liberal-held and National-held seats became Liberal National-held seats.


Retiring members

Labor

Liberal National

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Results

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Winning party by electorate.
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The Gallagher Index result: 12.47
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Seats changing hands

Seat 2008 Redistribution Swing 2009 Election
Party Member Margin Margin Member Party
Aspley   Labor Bonny Barry 3.0 -7.46 4.46 Tracy Davis Liberal National  
Burdekin Labor notional 0.9 -4.05 3.15 Rosemary Menkens Liberal National
Clayfield Labor notional 0.3 -6.14 5.84 Tim Nicholls Liberal National
Cleveland Labor Phil Weightman 1.2 -1.48 0.28 Mark Robinson Liberal National
Coomera Labor notional 8.3 -10.21 1.91 Michael Crandon Liberal National
Gaven Labor Phil Gray 3.2 -3.92 0.72 Alex Douglas Liberal National
Hervey Bay Labor Andrew McNamara 2.1 -8.60 6.50 Ted Sorensen Liberal National
Indooroopilly Labor Ronan Lee¹ 2.7 -8.57 5.87 Scott Emerson Liberal National
Mirani Labor Jim Pearce 1.2 -1.79 0.59 Ted Malone Liberal National
Mudgeeraba Labor Dianne Reilly 2.7 -6.62 3.92 Ros Bates Liberal National
Redlands Labor John English 6.7 -6.77 0.07 Peter Dowling Liberal National
  • Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
  • ¹ Ronan Lee was elected as a member of the Labor Party, but resigned and joined the Greens.
  • The Liberal National Party retained the seat of Glass House which had a notional Liberal National margin.
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Post-election pendulum

Government seats
Marginal
Chatsworth Steve Kilburn ALP 0.14%
Everton Murray Watt ALP 1.39%
Broadwater Peta-Kaye Croft ALP 2.03%
Cook Jason O'Brien ALP 2.24%
Barron River Steve Wettenhall ALP 2.32%
Toowoomba North Kerry Shine ALP 3.22%
Whitsunday Jan Jarratt ALP 3.24%
Southport Peter Lawlor ALP 3.48%
Townsville Mandy Johnstone ALP 4.02%
Springwood Barbara Stone ALP 4.08%
Cairns Desley Boyle ALP 4.15%
Mansfield Phil Reeves ALP 4.39%
Ferny Grove Geoff Wilson ALP 4.49%
Pine Rivers Carolyn Male ALP 4.61%
Kallangur Mary-Anne O'Neill ALP 4.63%
Mount Ommaney Julie Attwood ALP 4.79%
Burleigh Christine Smith ALP 4.90%
Pumicestone Carryn Sullivan ALP 4.99%
Mount Coot-tha Andrew Fraser ALP 5.25%
Redcliffe Lillian van Litsenburg ALP 5.57%
Mount Isa Betty Kiernan ALP 5.72%
Brisbane Central Grace Grace ALP 5.97%
Fairly Safe
Albert Margaret Keech ALP 6.47%
Mundingburra Lindy Nelson-Carr ALP 6.59%
Greenslopes Cameron Dick ALP 6.94%
Ashgrove Kate Jones ALP 7.10%
Murrumba Dean Wells ALP 7.21%
Stafford Stirling Hinchliffe ALP 7.29%
Keppel Paul Hoolihan ALP 7.62%
Bulimba Di Farmer ALP 7.77%
Mulgrave Curtis Pitt ALP 8.08%
Thuringowa Craig Wallace ALP 8.47%
Yeerongpilly Simon Finn ALP 8.73%
Morayfield Mark Ryan ALP 9.13%
Algester Karen Struthers ALP 9.21%
Stretton Stephen Robertson ALP 9.48%
Ipswich West Wayne Wendt ALP 9.55%
Capalaba Michael Choi ALP 9.67%
Safe
Sunnybank Judy Spence ALP 10.79%
Lytton Paul Lucas ALP 12.21%
Sandgate Vicky Darling ALP 12.37%
Logan John Mickel ALP 13.93%
Nudgee Neil Roberts ALP 14.26%
South Brisbane Anna Bligh ALP 15.01%
Waterford Evan Moorhead ALP 16.46%
Ipswich Rachel Nolan ALP 16.71%
Mackay Tim Mulherin ALP 16.72%
Rockhampton Robert Schwarten ALP 17.92%
Very Safe
Bundamba Jo-Ann Miller ALP 21.23%
Inala Annastacia Palaszczuk ALP 21.53%
Woodridge Desley Scott ALP 25.37%
Non-government seats
Marginal
Redlands Peter Dowling LNP 0.07%
Cleveland Mark Robinson LNP 0.28%
Mirani Ted Malone LNP 0.59%
Gaven Alex Douglas LNP 0.72%
Coomera Michael Crandon LNP 1.91%
Burdekin Rosemary Menkens LNP 3.15%
Mudgeeraba Ros Bates LNP 3.92%
Aspley Tracy Davis LNP 4.46%
Dalrymple Shane Knuth LNP 5.18% v ONP
Glass House Andrew Powell LNP 5.81%
Clayfield Tim Nicholls LNP 5.84%
Indooroopilly Scott Emerson LNP 5.87%
Fairly Safe
Bundaberg Jack Dempsey LNP 6.02%
Caloundra Mark McArdle LNP 6.20%
Hervey Bay Ted Sorensen LNP 6.50%
Currumbin Jann Stuckey LNP 6.89%
Kawana Jarrod Bleijie LNP 6.93%
Lockyer Ian Rickuss LNP 7.61%
Toowoomba South Mike Horan LNP 8.22%
Beaudesert Aidan McLindon LNP 8.31%
Safe
Mermaid Beach Ray Stevens LNP 10.81%
Burnett Rob Messenger LNP 11.10%
Moggill Bruce Flegg LNP 11.28%
Condamine Ray Hopper LNP 11.56% v IND
Maroochydore Fiona Simpson LNP 12.80%
Gregory Vaughan Johnson LNP 14.26%
Buderim Steve Dickson LNP 14.28%
Hinchinbrook Andrew Cripps LNP 14.69%
Surfers Paradise John-Paul Langbroek LNP 16.52%
Callide Jeff Seeney LNP 19.36%
Noosa Glen Elmes LNP 19.85%
Very Safe
Southern Downs Lawrence Springborg LNP 21.08%
Warrego Howard Hobbs LNP 24.38%
Gympie David Gibson LNP 27.21%
Crossbench seats
Nanango Dorothy Pratt IND 2.90% v LNP
Gladstone Liz Cunningham IND 6.13% v ALP
Nicklin Peter Wellington IND 16.31% v LNP
Maryborough Chris Foley IND 16.83% v LNP
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Subsequent changes

Polling

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Newspoll polling was conducted via random telephone number selection in city and country areas. Sampling sizes usually consist of around 1000 electors, with the declared margin of error at around ±3 percent.

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Notes

  1. Of the combined totals of the National and Liberal parties.

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