State election results continued:

MUNDINGBURRA: Trevor Elson ran third with 18.43% of the distributed vote. The PHON primary vote in 1998 was 24.56%. ALP won with 39.8% of the PHON preferences. ALP has held this seat since 1912 with a break in 1996-1998.

NICKLIN: Clinton Booth ran second with 26.57% of the distributed vote. 1998 PHON distributed vote was 26.89% so we are holding up well in an area which is dominated by independent Peter Wellington who got 46.31% of primary votes.

NOOSA: Ernie Lake ran third with 17.63% of the primary and distributed vote. 1998 PHON similar vote was 14.3% so we increased our vote in a seat won off the Liberals by the ALP with 49.74% of PHON preferences. Won by 425 votes.

PUMICESTONE: Wayne Whitney ran third with 21.97% of the distributed vote. A redistributed seat where C.C.A. was strong. Interesting 3 way split in conservative vote....C.C.A. 15.49%, PHON 16.09%, Libs 17.83%. Easily won by ALP.

SOUTHPORT: Lesley Millar ran third with 16.17% of the distributed vote.1998 PHON distributed vote was 21.83%. ALP won it off the NATIONALS with 33.16% of PHON preferences although ALP was not forced to use preferences.

TABLELANDS: Rosa Lee Long won with 63.81% of the distributed vote.A huge primary vote of 36% plus a majority of NPA and Shaun Nelson's preferences did it. Retained by One Nation and we booted out that nasty Shaun Nelson. Hooray!

TOOWOOMBA SOUTH: David Hoy ran third with 20.94% of the distributed vote. 1998 PHON distributed vote was 24.1%. Retained by Nationals with 65.49% of PHON preferences. NPA vote has dropped to 44% from 66% in 1995.

WARREGO: Robert Burton ran third with 28.59% of the distributed vote. 1998 PHON distributed vote was 26.41%. Seat won by Nationals with 31.58% of PHON preferences by 96 votes from independent Wally Gleeson.

WATERFORD: June Woodward ran second with 32% of the distributed vote. 1998 PHON distributed vote was 44.79%. One Nation has now outpolled the Liberals twice in this outer southern Brisbane suburb. Won by ALP.

WHITSUNDAY: David Haselgrove ran fourth with 13% of the distributed vote. Won by PHON in 1998 with 51.73% of distributed vote. Conservative vote split 3 ways (PHON 12.36%, CCA 13.48%, NPA 24.18%) to give ALP the seat back.

WOODRIDGE: Alice Ngahooro ran second with 28.92% of the distributed vote. 1998 PHON distributed vote was 36.48%. One Nation has now outpolled the Liberals twice in this outer southern Brisbane suburb. Bill Darcy's old seat.

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If you want to look at the election results in detail you can obtain a free copy of the book "Queensland Election 2001" from the Electoral Commission of Queensland by either visiting them at level 6 ,160 Mary Street Brisbane or contacting them as follows..........telephone (07) 3227 6444..... fax (07) 3229 7391............email: ecq@ecq.qld.gov.au. They will gladly assist you with this book and the 1998 and 1995 books which were still available as of late August 2001. Note that these books contain a foldout map which is very useful if you do not know where an electorate is. You can also visit their website www.ecq.qld.gov.au for a wide variety of information. The national electoral commission's website is at www.aec.gov.au

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Interesting facts about Queensland elections:

Qld had a population of slightly over 3.6 million on 17/02/2001, the election day, but only 2,107,410 votes were lodged. This means that about 1.5 million people were not involved. They cannot all be children and resident foreigners!

If you are wondering why the Labor Party runs ghostly candidates in areas it does not even have local branches every vote obtained results in $1.17267 for them. The ALP got 1,007,737 votes in 2001 so collected $1,181,742 from the state electoral commision. This should pay for a lot of pamphlets and tv ads in the 2001 federal election.

In the 1995 election the Nationals got 473,497 votes. In 1998 they got 293,839 votes. In 2001 they got 291,605 votes. Thus in six years 181,892 National Party voters have voted for other parties.

In the 1995 election the Liberals got 410,083 votes. In 1998 they got 311,514 votes. In 2001 they got 294,968 votes. Thus in six years 115,115 Liberal Party voters have voted for other parties.

The last possible date for the next Queensland election is 15 May 2004. I wonder what reason the Labor Government will use for an early election in 2004? Use your imagination and email me your suggestion.

District enrolments vary from 17,811 in Mount Isa to 29,191 in Burleigh. Mount Isa is 30.36% below the average voter enrolment of 25,574. Interestingly it is held by the POLICE MINISTER, Tony Mcgrady. His primary vote of 8,981 was lower than the second place getter in Burleigh, the Nationals Judy Gamin , who got 10,020 primary votes.

Six independents now sit in Parliament. Two were originally elected as One Nation members. John Kingston in Maryborough and Dorothy Pratt in Nanango were lucky not to have to compete with One Nation candidates in 2001. Next time around we will definitely run One Nation candidates in these two electorates.I wonder if they ever sent a thank you letter to PAULINE HANSON.
Stella Ray of the ALP should be called THE GHOSTLY LADY OF GOONDIWINDI. She stood for the ALP in SOUTHERN DOWNS but never left Brisbane to appear in the electorate. Amazingly 25.46% of the voters voted for her. Once again this was an opportunity for One Nation which was missed as we had no candidate there.

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