This table shows the composition of the Queensland Legislative Assembly over the past three elections.
The Goss Labor government was elected in 1989 and re-elected in 1992 and 1995. It was defeated in parliament in February 1996 and replaced by a Coalition government led by Rob Borbidge.
In 1998, Peter Beattie formed a minority Labor government following the election. He won a landslide re-election in 2001.
| Queensland Legislative Assembly (Note: The Queensland Legislative Council was abolished in 1922) |
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| Party | 1995 | 1998 | 2001 |
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| ALP Government, sworn in 26 June 1998 Premier: Peter Beattie |
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Notes on Changes Since 2001:
- The National Party lost Rob Borbidge’s seat of Surfers Paradise in a by-election in May 2001, reducing their numbers to 11.
- The One Nation member for Gympie, Elisa Roberts, resigned on April 17, 2002, to sit as an independent, reducing One Nation to 2 members.
