Queensland state election, 2001

Queensland state election, 2001

1998 ← 17 February 2001 (2001-02-17) → 2004

All 89 seats in the Queensland Legislative Assembly   First party Second party Third party   Leader Peter Beattie Rob Borbidge Party Labor National/Liberal coalition One Nation Leader since 20 February 1996 (1996-02-20) 10 December 1991 Leader's seat Brisbane Central Surfers Paradise N/A Last election 44 seats 32 seats 11 seats Seats won 66 seats 15 seats 3 seats Seat change 22 17 8 Percentage 48.93% 28.48% 8.69% Swing 10.07 2.79 13.98

Premier before election Peter Beattie Labor Elected Premier Peter Beattie Labor

An election was held in the Australian state of Queensland on 17 February 2001 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

The result of the election was the return of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) government of Premier Peter Beattie, with an increased majority. The result was the most decisive win for the Australian Labor Party in Queensland history, and one of Labor’s best-ever results nation-wide.

Key dates

Date	Event
23 January 2001	Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
29 January 2001	Close of electoral rolls.
30 January 2001	Close of nominations.
17 February 2001	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
22 February 2001	The Beattie Ministry was reconstituted.
2 March 2001	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

Results

Queensland state election, 17 February 2001 Legislative Assembly << 1998 — 2004 >>
Enrolled Voters		2,276,044
Votes Cast		2,107,410		Turnout	92.59	–0.26
Informal Votes		47,849		Informal	2.29	+0.84
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	1,007,737	48.93	+10.07	66	+22
	Liberal	294,968	14.32	–1.77	3	– 6
	National	291,605	14.16	–1.02	12	– 11
	One Nation	179,076	8.69	–13.98	3	– 8
	Greens	51,630	2.51	+0.15	0	± 0
	City Country Alliance	49,263	2.39	+2.39	0	± 0
	Democrats	7,029	0.34	–1.27	0	± 0
	Christian Democrats	919	0.04	–0.07	0	± 0
	Independent	177,334	8.61	+6.44	5	+ 3
Total		2,059,561			89

Subsequent changes

• After losing the election, Opposition Leader Rob Borbidge (Surfers Paradise) resigned his position as Leader of the Nationals and his seat. In the resulting by-election, held on 5 May 2001, Surfers Paradise was won by Lex Bell, an independent former mayor. Borbidge was replaced as Nationals leader by Mike Horan (Toowoomba South), who in turn was replaced by Lawrence Springborg (Southern Downs) in February 2003.

• Dr David Watson (Moggill) resigned as Leader of the Liberal Party in favour of Bob Quinn (Robina) on 28 February 2001.

• Ray Hopper (Darling Downs), after being elected as an Independent, joined the National Party in December 2001.

• On 18 April 2002, Elisa Roberts (Gympie) resigned from the One Nation Party and sat as an Independent, reducing that party's total to two seats.

• On 23 March 2003, John Kingston (Maryborough), a former member of One Nation now sitting as an independent, resigned his seat. Chris Foley, another independent, won the by-election on 8 May.

See also

• Candidates of the Queensland state election, 2001
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1998–2001
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 2001–2004
• Beattie Ministry