2004 Queensland state election

2004 Queensland state election

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All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 45 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Registered	2,400,977 5.49%
Turnout	2,195,400 (91.44%)[1] (1.2 pp)
First party Second party Third party   ON Leader Peter Beattie Lawrence Springborg Bill Flynn Party Labor National/Liberal coalition One Nation Leader since 20 February 1996 (1996-02-20) 4 February 2003 6 March 2001 Leader's seat Brisbane Central Southern Downs Lockyer (lost seat) Last election 66 seats, 48.93% 15 seats, 28.48% 3 seats, 8.69% Seats won 63 20 1 Seat change 3 5 2 Popular vote 1,011,630 763,152 104,980 Percentage 47.01% 35.46% 4.88% Swing 1.92 6.98 3.81
The top map shows the first party preference by electorate. The bottom map shows the final two-party preferred vote result by electorate.
Premier before election Peter Beattie Labor Elected Premier Peter Beattie Labor

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.

• Steve Bredhauer (Cook)
• Wendy Edmond (Mount Coot-tha)
• Matt Foley (Yeerongpilly)
• Anita Phillips (Thuringowa)

• Joan Sheldon (Caloundra)
• David Watson (Moggill)

• Vince Lester (Keppel)

Party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Labor	1,011,630	47.01	1.92	63	3
	Liberal	398,147	18.50	4.18	5	2
	National	365,005	16.96	2.80	15	3
	Greens	145,522	6.76	4.35	0	0
	Independents	125,516	5.83	2.78	5	0
	One Nation	104,980	4.88	3.81	1	2
	Democrats	943	0.04	0.30	0	0
Total		2,151,743	100.00	–	89	–
Valid votes		2,151,743	98.01
Invalid/blank votes		43,657	1.99	0.30
Total votes		2,195,400	100.00	–
Registered voters/turnout		2,400,977	91.44	1.13
Source: [3]

• Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.
• ¹ Elisa Roberts resigned from the One Nation Party and contested the election as an Independent.
• ² Lex Bell won Surfers Paradise as an Independent at the 2001 by-election. The National Party had retained the seat at the 2001 election.

• On 21 July 2005, Labor Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Ray Hollis (Redcliffe) resigned. At the by-election on 20 August 2005, Terry Rogers gained the seat for the Liberal Party.
• On 25 July 2005, Labor Deputy Premier Terry Mackenroth (Chatsworth) resigned. At the by-election on 20 August 2005, Michael Caltabiano gained the seat for the Liberal Party.
• On 28 February 2006, Labor Party member Robert Poole (Gaven) resigned. At the by-election on 1 April 2006, Alex Douglas gained the seat for the National Party.
• On 21 August 2006, Cate Molloy (Noosa) resigned from the Labor Party and sat as an Independent.

• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 2004
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 2001–2004
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 2004–2006
• Beattie Ministry