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| Queensland state election, 2009 | ||||
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| All 89 seats in the Queensland Legislative Assembly | ||||
| 21 March 2009 | ||||
| First party | Second party | |||
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| Leader | Anna Bligh | Lawrence Springborg | ||
| Party | Labor | Liberal National | ||
| Leader since | 13 September 2007 | 21 January 2008 | ||
| Leader's seat | South Brisbane | Southern Downs | ||
| Last election | 59 seats | 25 seats | ||
| Seats won | 51 | 34 | ||
| Seat change | –8 | +9 | ||
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Incumbent Premier Premier-elect |
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The Queensland state election was held to elect members to the unicameral Parliament of Queensland on 21 March 2009. The election saw the incumbent Labor government led by Premier Anna Bligh defeat the Liberal National Party led by Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg, and gain a fifth consecutive term in office. Bligh thus became the first female Premier of any Australian State elected in her own right.[1]
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Results
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Queensland state election, 21 March 2009[2] |
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| Enrolled Voters | 2,660,940 | |||||
| Votes Cast | 2,419,559 | Turnout | 90.93% | +0.46% | ||
| Informal Votes | 46,908 | Informal | 1.94% | –0.14% | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary Votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Labor | 1,002,415 | 42.25% | –4.67% | 51 | –8 | |
| Liberal National | 987,018 | 41.60% | +3.68% | 34 | +9 | |
| Greens | 198,475 | 8.37% | +0.38% | 0 | ±0 | |
| DS4SEQ | 22,170 | 0.93% | +0.93% | 0 | ±0 | |
| Family First | 19,379 | 0.82% | –1.07% | 0 | ±0 | |
| One Nation | 9,038 | 0.38% | –0.22% | 0 | –1 | |
| Independent | 134,156 | 5.65% | +0.97% | 4 | ±0 | |
| Total | 2,372,651 | 89 | ||||
Seats changing hands
The Liberal National Party gained the following seats:[3]
- Aspley
- Burdekin (notional gain)
- Clayfield (notional gain)
- Cleveland
- Coomera (new seat, but notionally Labor on 2006 figures)
- Gaven
- Hervey Bay
- Indooroopilly
- Mirani (notional gain)
- Mudgeeraba
- Redlands
One of the gains by the Liberal Nationals was the defeat of the Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation Andrew McNamara (Hervey Bay). The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Training and the Arts, Bonny Barry (Aspley), was also defeated.
Date
The previous state election was held on 9 September 2006 to elect the 89 members of the Legislative Assembly. In Queensland, for the government to serve a full-term, an election will be held approximately three years following the previous election. In Queensland, Section 80 of the Electoral Act 1992 states that an election must be held on a Saturday; and that the election campaign must run for a minimum of 26 or a maximum of 56 days following the issue of the writs. Five to seven days following the issue of the writs, the electoral roll is closed, which gives voters a final opportunity to enrol or to notify the Electoral Commission of Queensland of any changes in their place of residence.[4] The key dates for election were as follows:[5]
- 23 February 2009: Dissolution of the 52nd Parliament and writs of election lodged
- 28 February 2009: Close of rolls
- 3 March 2009: Close of nominations
- 21 March 2009: Election day
- 20 April 2009: Return of the writ
Legislative Assembly
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The Labor Party, led by Premier Anna Bligh, and the Liberal National Party, led by Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg, were the two main parties in Queensland at the election. It was the first election contested by the Liberal National Party following its creation with the merger of the National and Liberal parties. At the previous election, Labor won 59 seats, the Nationals won 17 seats, the Liberals won eight seats, One Nation won one seat, and independents won four seats.
A redistribution saw Labor notionally pick up three seats. Therefore, the LNP notionally needed to pick up 22 seats rather than 20 seats to form a majority government, which equated to an unchanged uniform 8.3 percent two party preferred swing.[6]
Former Premier Peter Beattie resigned in September 2007, which triggered the October 2007 Brisbane Central by-election.
Parties contesting the election
| Party | Seats Contested (2009) |
Seats Contested (2006) |
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| Australian Labor Party | 89 | 89 |
| Liberal National Party | 88 | 89† |
| The Greens | 89 | 75 |
| DS4SEQ | 32 | N/A |
| Family First | 25 | 26 |
| One Nation | 2 | 4 |
| Independents & Others | 72 | 46 |
† Contested 2006 elections as Liberal Party (49 seats) and National Party (40) seats.
Both the Australian Labor Party and the Greens contested all 89 seats. This was the first Queensland state election in which the Greens contested every seat. The LNP contested every seat except Gladstone (held by an Independent), which they avoided for strategic reasons. A total of 397 candidates contested the election—the largest number of candidates to contest a Queensland election since 1998.
Polling
Newspoll polling was conducted via random telephone number selection in city and country areas. Sampling sizes usually consist of around 1000 electors, with the declared margin of error at around ±3 percent.
| Date | Labor Bligh |
Coalition/LNP Springborg |
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| 18 – 19 Mar 2009 | 53% | 33% |
| 27 Feb – 8 Mar 2009 | 48% | 34% |
| Jan – Feb 2009 | 48% | 31% |
| Oct – Dec 2008 | 49% | 30% |
| Jul – Sep 2008 | 53% | 27% |
| Apr – Jun 2008 | 60% | 24% |
| Jan – Mar 2008 | 64% | 18% |
| Oct – Dec 2007 | 66% | 11%2 |
| Jul – Sep 2007 | 54%1 | 25%2 |
| Apr – Jun 2007 | 54%1 | 19%2 |
| Pre 2006 election | 58%1 | 28% |
| Pre 2004 election | 62%1 | 22% |
| Polling conducted by Newspoll and published in The Australian. ^ Remainder were "uncommitted" to either leader. 1 Peter Beattie, 2 Jeff Seeney |
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| ALP | Lib | Nat | Coa/LNP | Grn | FFP | Oth | ALP | Coa/LNP | ||
| 18 – 19 Mar 2009 | 42% | 42% | 7% | 0.5% | 8% | 50% | 50% | |||
| 27 Feb – 8 Mar 2009 | 41% | 43% | 8% | <0.5% | 8% | 49% | 51% | |||
| Jan – Feb 2009 | 42% | 41% | 7% | <0.5% | 10% | 53% | 47% | |||
| Oct – Dec 2008 | 45% | 37% | 8% | <0.5% | 10% | 57% | 43% | |||
| Jul – Sep 2008 | 38% | 41% | 9% | 1% | 11% | 51% | 49% | |||
| Apr – Jun 2008 | 43% | 26% | 12% | 38% | 10% | <0.5% | 9% | 55% | 45% | |
| Jan – Mar 2008 | 50% | 22% | 10% | 32% | 8% | <0.5% | 10% | 60% | 40% | |
| Oct – Dec 2007 | 50% | 26% | 9% | 35% | 6% | 1% | 8% | 59% | 41% | |
| Jul – Sep 2007 | 50% | 21% | 12% | 33% | 5% | 2% | 10% | 59% | 41% | |
| Apr – Jun 2007 | 51% | 20% | 11% | 31% | 6% | 1% | 11% | 61% | 39% | |
| 2006 Election | 46.9% | 20.1% | 17.8% | 37.9% | 8.0% | 1.9% | 5.3% | 54.9% | 45.1% | |
| 6 – 7 Sep 2006 | 48% | 21% | 17% | 38% | 4% | 1% | 9% | 55% | 45% | |
| 2004 Election | 47% | 18.5% | 17% | 35.5% | 6.7% | 4.9% | 5.9% | 55.5% | 44.5% | |
| Polling conducted by Newspoll and published in The Australian. |
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See also
References
- ^ "Queensland elects female premier". BBC News Online. 21 March 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7956440.stm.
- ^ ECQ. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 21 March 2009". http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/state2009/results/summary.html.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Changing Seats - 2009". ABC. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2009/guide/changingseats.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
- ^ Electoral Act 1992
- ^ Election Timetable : 2009 State General Election, Electoral Commission of Queensland
- ^ 2008 QLD redistribution: ABC
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