2001 Queensland state election 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 Labor Party government of Premier Peter Beattie , with an increased majority. Labor won 66 seats, easily the most it has ever won in Queensland and one of Labor's best-ever results nationwide. There was a 10 .07% swing towards Labor, while One Nation suffered a 13 .98% swing against it, losing eight seats.longstanding coalition between the Nationals and Liberals , led by Nationals leader Rob Borbidge recorded only a 2.39% swing against it. However, its support in Brisbane all but vanished; it was reduced to only one seat in the capital. Largely due to losses in Brisbane, the Coalition suffered an overall 17-seat loss. This included only three seats for the Liberals, easily the worst showing for the urban non-Labor party in Queensland since it adopted the Liberal banner in 1948.Key dates Results Seats changing hands Candidates in italics did not contest their seat at this election.1 Candidates Black, Dalgleish, Feldman, Paff, and Prenzler were all elected as One Nation Party MLAs, but abandoned that party to form the City Country Alliance in December 1999 .2 Shaun Nelson was elected as a One Nation Party MLA in 1998, but left that party in February 1999 to sit as an independent.3 Ken Turner was elected as a One Nation Party MLA in 1998, but left that party in 1999 to sit as an independent.Post-election pendulum LABOR SEATS - - - Marginal - - - Noosa Cate Molloy ALP 0.9% Burnett Trevor Strong ALP 1.7% Burleigh Christine Smith ALP 1.8% Toowoomba North Kerry Shine ALP 1.9% Clayfield Liddy Clark ALP 2.0% Charters Towers Christine Scott ALP 2.2% Broadwater Peta-Kaye Croft ALP 2.5% Kawana Chris Cummins ALP 2.6% Indooroopilly Ronan Lee ALP 2.9% Thuringowa Anita Phillips ALP 3.6% v IND Aspley Bonny Barry ALP 4.7% Burdekin Steve Rodgers ALP 5.1% Fairly safe - - - Mudgeeraba Dianne Reilly ALP 6.8% Redlands John English ALP 6.9% Barron River Lesley Clark ALP 7.3% v IND Ipswich WestDon Livingstone ALP 7.3% v ONP Gaven Robert Poole ALP 7.6% Hervey Bay Andrew McNamara ALP 7.6% V ONP Mansfield Phil Reeves ALP 8.6% Mount Ommaney Julie Attwood ALP 8.7% v IND Townsville Mike Reynolds ALP 9.3% Glass House Carolyn Male ALP 9.6% Whitsunday Jan Jarratt ALP 9.6% Safe - - - Springwood Barbara Stone ALP 10.4% Southport Peter Lawlor ALP 10.8% Mulgrave Warren Pitt ALP 11.3% v ONP Mundingburra Peter Lawlor ALP 11.4% Stretton Stephen Robertson ALP 12.7% Albert Margaret Keech ALP 12.7% v ONP Mackay Tim Mulherin ALP 13.5% Greenslopes Gary Fenlon ALP 14.1% Mount Gravatt Judy Spence ALP 14.2% Currumbin Merri Rose ALP 14.6% Capalaba Michael Choi ALP 14.6% v IND Cairns Desley Boyle ALP 14.8% Bundaberg Nita Cunningham ALP 14.9% Ashgrove Jim Fouras ALP 15.0% Chatsworth Terry Mackenroth ALP 15.2% Mount Coot-tha Wendy Edmond ALP 16.1% Pumicestone Carryn Sullivan ALP 16.1% Mount Isa Tony McGrady ALP 16.2% v ONP Cleveland Darryl Briskey ALP 16.7% Ipswich Rachel Nolan ALP 16.8% v ONP Fitzroy Jim Pearce ALP 17.2% Everton Rod Welford ALP 17.5% Redcliffe Ray Hollis ALP 17.6% Waterford Tom Barton ALP 18.0% v ONP Ferny Grove Geoff Wilson ALP 20.5% Murrumba Dean Wells ALP 21.1% Woodridge Desley Scott ALP 21.1% v ONP Kallangur Ken Hayward ALP 21.4% Inala Henry Palaszczuk ALP 21.4% v IND Yeerongpilly Matt Foley ALP 22.2% Logan John Mickel ALP 22.3% Stafford Terry Sullivan ALP 22.4% Algester Karen Struthers ALP 22.6% Kurwongbah Linda Lavarch ALP 22.7% Cook Steve Bredhauer ALP 22.9% v ONP Bulimba Pat Purcell ALP 23.2% Rockhampton Robert Schwarten ALP 24.2% Lytton Paul Lucas ALP 24.4% Sandgate Gordon Nuttall ALP 24.5% South Brisbane Anna Bligh ALP 24.9% Brisbane Central Peter Beattie ALP 25.0% Nudgee Neil Roberts ALP 25.1% Bundamba Jo-Ann Miller ALP 30.9%
Subsequent changes After losing the election, Opposition Leader Rob Borbidge 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 , who in turn was replaced by Lawrence Springborg in February 2003 . Dr David Watson resigned as Leader of the Liberal Party in favour of Bob Quinn on 28 February 2001. Ray Hopper, after being elected as an Independent, joined the National Party in December 2001 . On 18 April 2002, Elisa Roberts 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 , 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.
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