The Queensland State Election, held on February 17, 2001, resulted in a landslide win to the incumbent Labor government led by Premier Peter Beattie. The ALP won 66 seats in the 89-seat Legislative Assembly.
After the provision of a Speaker, the government will have a majority of 42 on the floor of the Parliament.
The election has reduced the National Party to 12 seats and decimated the Liberal Party to a mere 3 seats.
The former National Party leader, Rob Borbidge, resigned from his seat of Surfers Paradise, causing a by-election that the National Party lost to an independent, reducing their numbers to 11.
After the election the National Party formally ended the coalition arrangement with the Liberal Party.
The final seat count in the Queensland Legislative Assembly:
| Queensland State Election February 17, 2001 |
|
|---|---|
| Party | No. Seats |
|
Australian Labor Party
|
66
|
|
National Party
|
12 11 12
|
|
Liberal Party
|
3
|
|
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation
|
3
|
|
Independents
|
5 6 5
|
|
Total
|
89
|
Note: At a by-election on May 6, 2001, the National Party lost the seat of Surfers Paradise to an independent, following the retirement of the party’s former leader, Rob Borbidge.
The Beattie Labor Government will have a majority in the Legislative Assembly of 42 seats after the provision of a Speaker. This is the largest majority the ALP has ever had in Queensland.
The ALP’s victory is built on a significant increase in its primary vote:
| Queensland State Election February 17, 2001 |
||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Formal Votes | % Primary Vote |
|
Australian Labor Party
|
1,007,231
|
48.93%
|
|
Liberal Party
|
294,922
|
14.33%
|
|
National Party
|
291,330
|
14.15%
|
|
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation
|
178,950
|
8.69%
|
|
The Greens
|
51,623
|
2.51%
|
|
City Country Alliance
|
49.258
|
2.39%
|
|
Australian Democrats
|
7,027
|
0.34%
|
|
Christian Democratic Party
|
919
|
0.04%
|
|
Other Candidates
|
177,250
|
8.61%
|
|
Total Formal Votes
|
2,058,510
|
|
|
Informal Votes
|
47,840
|
2.27%
|
|
Total Votes
|
2,106,350
|
92.54%
|
|
Total Enrolment
|
2,276,044
|
|
The Liberal Party went into the election holding 9 seats, but retained only 3. They are:
| Queensland State Election February 17, 2001 | |
|---|---|
| Liberal Party Seats | |
| Name | Member |
|
Caloundra
|
Joan Sheldon
|
|
Moggill
|
David Watson
|
|
Robina
|
Bob Quinn
|
The National Party went into the election holding 23 seats. It retained 12 of them.
Note: At a by-election on May 6, 2001, the National Party lost the seat of Surfers Paradise to an independent, following the retirement of the party’s former leader, Rob Borbidge.
In December 2001, Ray Hopper (Darling Downs) joined the National Party, returning its numbers to 12.
| Queensland State Election February 17, 2001 |
|
|---|---|
| National Party Seats | |
| Name | Member |
|
Beaudesert
|
Kev Lingard
|
|
Callide
|
Jeff Seeney
|
|
Cunningham
|
Stuart Copeland
|
|
Gregory
|
Vaughan Johnson
|
|
Hinchinbrook
|
Marc Rowell
|
|
Keppell
|
Vince Lester
|
|
Maroochydore
|
Fiona Simpson
|
|
Mirani
|
Ted Malone
|
|
Southern Downs
|
Lawrence Springborg
|
|
Surfers Paradise
(lost in by-election) |
Rob Borbidge
|
|
Toowoomba South
|
Mike Horan
|
|
Warrego
|
Howard Hobbs
|
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party won 3 seats. The City Country Alliance, formed by 6 former members elected as One Nation representatives in 1998, failed to win a seat:
| Queensland State Election February 17, 2001 |
|
|---|---|
| One Nation Seats | |
| Name | Member |
|
Gympie
|
Elisa Roberts
|
|
Lockyer
|
Bill Flynn
|
|
Tablelands
|
Rosa Lee Long
|
There were 5 independent members elected to the new house. Following the by-election on May 6, 2001, the National Party lost the seat of Surfers Paradise to an independent, increasing the total to 6.
Note: Ray Hopper (Darling Downs) rejoined the National Party in December 2001, reducing the number of independents to 5.
| Queensland State Election February 17, 2001 |
|
|---|---|
| Independent Seats | |
| Name | Member |
|
Darling Downs
|
Ray Hopper
|
|
Gladstone
|
Liz Cunningham
|
|
Maryborough
|
John Kingston
|
|
Nanango
|
Dorothy Pratt
|
|
Nicklin
|
Peter Wellington
|
|
Surfers Paradise
|
Lex Bell
|
