Election Name: | 2004 Queensland state election |
Country: | Queensland |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2001 Queensland state election |
Previous Year: | 2001 |
Next Election: | 2006 Queensland state election |
Next Year: | 2006 |
Seats For Election: | All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 45 Assembly seats were needed for a majority |
Registered: | 2,400,977 |
Turnout: | 2,195,400 (91.44%)[1] (1.2 pp) |
Leader1: | Peter Beattie |
Party1: | Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) |
Leaders Seat1: | Brisbane Central |
Popular Vote1: | 1,011,630 |
Percentage1: | 47.01% |
Swing1: | 1.92 |
Last Election1: | 66 seats, 48.93% |
Seats1: | 63 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Leader2: | Lawrence Springborg |
Leader Since2: | 4 February 2003 |
Colour2: | 006946 |
Party2: | National/Liberal coalition |
Leaders Seat2: | Southern Downs |
Popular Vote2: | 763,152 |
Percentage2: | 35.46% |
Swing2: | 6.98 |
Last Election2: | 15 seats, 28.48% |
Seats2: | 20 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Leader3: | Bill Flynn |
Leader Since3: | 6 March 2001 |
Party3: | One Nation |
Leaders Seat3: | Lockyer (lost seat) |
Popular Vote3: | 104,980 |
Percentage3: | 4.88% |
Swing3: | 3.81 |
Last Election3: | 3 seats, 8.69% |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seat Change3: | 2 |
Map Size: | 450px |
Premier | |
Before Election: | Peter Beattie |
Before Party: | Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) |
After Election: | Peter Beattie |
After Party: | Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) |
The 2004 Queensland state election was held on 7 February 2004 to elect all 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
The Labor Party (ALP) government of premier Peter Beattie won a third term in office, with its large majority almost untouched.
Date | Event | |
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13 January 2004 | Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[2] | |
19 January 2004 | Close of electoral rolls. | |
20 January 2004 | Close of nominations. | |
7 February 2004 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. | |
12 February 2004 | The Beattie Ministry was reconstituted. | |
20 February 2004 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared. |
See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 2004. |}
Seat | 2001 Election | Swing | 2004 Election | |||||||||
Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | |||||||
Burdekin | Labor | Steve Rodgers | 5.13 | -9.51 | 4.39 | Rosemary Menkens | National | |||||
Burnett | Labor | Trevor Strong | 1.70 | -4.26 | 2.56 | Rob Messenger | National | |||||
Charters Towers | Labor | Christine Scott | 2.17 | -4.89 | 2.7 | Shane Knuth | National | |||||
Currumbin | Labor | Merri Rose | 14.55 | -17.78 | 3.23 | Jann Stuckey | Liberal | |||||
Gympie | One Nation | Elisa Roberts¹ | 3.26 | -13.32 | 10.05 | Elisa Roberts | Independent | |||||
Keppel | National | Vince Lester | 1.46 | -5.23 | 3.78 | Paul Hoolihan | Labor | |||||
Lockyer | One Nation | Bill Flynn | 7.30 | -11.42 | 4.12 | Ian Rickuss | National | |||||
Surfers Paradise | Independent | Lex Bell² | 8.12 | -22.02 | 13.91 | John-Paul Langbroek | Liberal |