1986 Queensland state election

none June 2020 August 2019 1986 Queensland state election Queensland parliamentary no 1983 Queensland state election 1983 1989 Queensland state election 1989 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1983–1986 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1986–1989 1,563,294 7.2% All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland45 Assembly seats were needed for a majority 1 November 1986 1,426,478 (91.25%) (0.48 pp) National 006946 150x150px Joh Bjelke-Petersen 8 August 1968 Barambah 41 seats, 38.93% 42 seats 49 7 553,197 39.64% 1.82 pp Labor E13940 150x150px Nev Warburton 29 August 1984 Sandgate 32 seats, 43.98% 31 seatsIncludes Independent–Labor MP for Murrumba Joe Kruger, whom was elected as a Labor candidate in the previous election, however ran as an independent candidate. 30 1 577,062 41.35% 5.98 pp Liberal 1C4F9C 150x150px William Knox 3 November 1983 Nundah 8 seats, 14.88% 7 seatsIncludes Independent–Liberal MP Colin Miller for Ithaca. The seat was abolished at the election. 10 3 230,310 16.50% 10.88 pp TPP TPP swing 54.0% 0.60pp 46.0% 0.60pp 1986 Queensland state election.svg 400px Winning margin by electorate. File:Svgfiles 2023-06-01-21-49-01-943427-648573619750620491.svg Legislative Assembly following election. Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen National Party of Australia – Queensland Joh Bjelke-Petersen National Party of Australia – Queensland Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 1 November 1986 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.Rallings Colin 1987-08-01 The Queensland state election 1986 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0261379487900278 Electoral Studies 6 2 173–178 10.1016/0261-3794(87)90027-8 0261-3794 subscription It followed a redistribution which increased the number of seats in the Assembly from 82 to 89. The election resulted in a seventh consecutive term for the National Party under Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It was the 11th consecutive term for the National Party in Queensland since it first came to office in 1957. The Nationals secured a majority in their own right, with 49 seats. It is the only time that the Nationals have ever won enough seats to govern alone in an election at any level. They had come up one seat short of an outright majority in 1983, but picked up a majority after persuading two Liberals to cross the floor. This was the last time that a non-Labor Government was elected at a Queensland state election until 2012, although the Coalition briefly held government from 1996 to 1998 following the Mundingburra by-election. This was the last time that a non-Labor Government was re-elected at a Queensland state election as of 2024. Background All three parties had high hopes for the election. The Nationals knew that they needed to increase their number of seats to hang onto Government (they had held a majority of one in the last Parliament, which had been increased from 82 seats to 89 for the 1986 election). The Liberals desperately needed to win back some of their losses from their disastrous performance in 1983, and Labor hoped to exploit disunity between the conservative parties to make gains. The already malapportioned boundaries (the "Bjelkemander") had been redrawn earlier in the year in a manner which further advantaged the National Party.December 1986 Australian Political Chronicle: January–June 1986 Australian Journal of Politics and History 32 3 468–469 0004-9522 Clive Palmer served as the media spokesman of National Party during its 1986 election campaign.Syvret, Paul http://www.couriermail.com.au/business/calamity-clive-has-queenslands-richest-man-clive-palmer-lost-the-plot/story-fn7kjcme-1226287933790 Calamity Clive: Has Queensland's richest man Clive Palmer lost the plot? The Courier-Mail 3 March 2012 26 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20120404135644/http://www.couriermail.com.au/business/calamity-clive-has-queenslands-richest-man-clive-palmer-lost-the-plot/story-fn7kjcme-1226287933790 4 April 2012 live dmy-all Former Brisbane town clerk Tony Philbrick was the Nationals candidate for Sherwood, but failed to lodge his nomination by the midday deadline on 9 October 1986 and was unable to contest.Coaldrake Peter WORKING THE SYSTEM https://eprints.qut.edu.au/215898/1/9059.pdf Queensland University of Technology 21 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20220520044426/https://eprints.qut.edu.au/215898/1/9059.pdf 20 May 2022 The Bjelke-Petersen Government won a commanding victory, winning an extra eight seats and thus increasing its majority. The Liberals gained two seats, but were still nowhere near making up for their 1983 losses. Labor lost two seats. The 1986 election is significant for a number of reasons. It saw the National Party retain a majority of seats in the Parliament, and it was only the second election in Australian history (the other being the 1983 Queensland election) in which the National Party won enough seats to form Government in its own right. More importantly, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen's victory gave him the confidence to launch the 'Joh for Canberra' campaign, which would play a major part in the 1987 federal election, and would later be a major factor in his undoing. Key dates Date Event 30 September 1986 Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.Details of polling at general election held on 1 November 1986 Queensland Legislative Assembly 17 March 1987 8 9 October 1986 Close of nominations. 1 November 1986 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. 1 December 1986 The Bjelke-Petersen Ministry was reconstituted. 8 January 1987 The writ was returned and the results formally declared. Electoral redistribution A redistribution of electoral boundaries occurred in 1985. The electorates of Ithaca, Kurilpa, Townsville North, Townsville South, Wavell, and Wynnum were abolished The electorates of Bowen, Broadsound, Currumbin, Glass House, Logan, Manly, Moggill, Nerang, Nicklin, Springwood, Tablelands, Thuringowa, and Townsville East were created. The redistribution increased the Legislative Assembly from 82 to 89 seats, adding 4 more in the South-East zone, 2 more in the Country zone, and 1 more in the Western and Far-Northern zone. +ZoneElectoratesCountry (17)Auburn, Barambah, Bowen, Broadsound, Burdekin, Burnett, Callide, Carnarvon, Condamine, Cunningham, Gympie, Hinchinbrook, Mirani, Mourilyan, Mulgrave, Tablelands, WarwickProvincial Cities (13)Barron River, Bundaberg, Cairns, Isis, Mackay, Maryborough, Port Curtis, Rockhampton, Rockhampton North, Thuringowa, Townsville, Townsville East, WhitsundaySouth-East (51)Albert, Archerfield, Ashgrove, Aspley, Brisbane Central, Bulimba, Caboolture, Chatsworth, Cooroora, Currumbin, Everton, Fassifern, Glass House, Greenslopes, Ipswich, Ipswich West, Landsborough, Lockyer, Logan, Lytton, Manly, Mansfield, Merthyr, Moggill, Mount Coot-tha, Mount Gravatt, Murrumba, Nerang, Nicklin, Nudgee, Nundah, Pine Rivers, Redcliffe, Redlands, Salisbury, Sandgate, Sherwood, Somerset, South Brisbane, South Coast, Southport, Springwood, Stafford, Surfers Paradise, Toowong, Toowoomba North, Toowoomba South, Windsor, Wolston, Woodridge, YerongaWestern and Far-Northern (8)Balonne, Cook, Flinders, Gregory, Mount Isa, Peak Downs, Roma, Warrego Caboolture notionally became Labor-held, while Townsville notionally became National-held. The changes resulted in 33 notionally Labor seats, 7 notionally Liberal seats, 48 notionally National seats, and 1 notionally Independent seat. Retiring members Labor Jim Fouras (South Brisbane) – Lost preselection National Brian Cahill (Aspley) – Lost preselection Bill Kaus (Mansfield) Neil Turner (Warrego) John Warner (Toowoomba South) Claude Wharton (Burnett) Independent Lindsay Hartwig (Callide) Col Miller (Ithaca) – Elected for the Liberal Party Result Results of the Queensland state election, 1986 Queensland state election, 1 November 1986http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=801 Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 1 November 1986 Australian Government and Politics Database 22 February 2009 12 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170312175630/http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=801 deadA handbook of Australian government and politics, 1985-1999 Hughes Colin A. 2002 Federation Press 978-1-86287-434-3 324 Legislative Assembly Queensland state election 1983 1989 1,563,294 1,426,478 91.25% –0.44% 30,903 2.17% +0.70% Labor QLD Labor 577,062 41.35% –2.63% 30 –2 yes Nationals QLD Nationals 553,197 39.64% +0.71% 49 +8 Liberal QLD Liberals 230,310 16.50% +1.62% 10 +2 Democrats 8,747 0.63% –0.20% 0 ±0 Independent 26,259 1.88% +0.59% 0 –1 1,395,575 89 Labor QLD 46.0% –0.6% Nationals QLD National/Liberal 54.0% +0.6% |} Popular vote var(--background-color-interactive) 600px 410px Labor Australian Labor Party 41.35 Nationals National Party of Australia 39.64 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 16.50 Democrats Australian Democrats 0.63 Independents Independent 1.88 Seats var(--background-color-interactive) 600px 410px Nationals National Party of Australia 55.06 Labor Australian Labor Party 33.71 Liberal Liberal Party of Australia 11.24 Seats changing hands Seat 1985 Redistribution Swing 1986 Election Party Member Margin Margin Member PartyAshgrove  LaborTom Veivers 2.60 –4.64 2.04Alan Sherlock Liberal Callide  IndependentLindsay Hartwig 9.30 –2.50 13.20Di McCauley National Merthyr  LiberalDon Lane¹ 9.80 –15.84 6.04Don Lane National Mount Isa  LaborBill Price 1.70 –4.44 2.74Peter Beard Liberal Stafford Labornotional² 3.20 –7.66 4.46Terry GygarLiberal Toowong  NationalEarle Bailey 2.80 –21.17 18.37Denver Beanland Liberal  Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats. ¹ Don Lane was elected for the Liberal Party in 1983, but immediately resigned and joined the National Party to enter the ministry. ² Terry Gygar gained Stafford for the Liberal Party at the 1984 by-election. The Labor Party won the seat at the 1983 election. Post-election pendulum National seats (49)MarginalMaryboroughGilbert AlisonNAT0.74%BroadsoundDenis HintonNAT1.96%Pine RiversYvonne ChapmanNAT3.55%MulgraveMax MenzelNAT3.71%WarregoHoward HobbsNAT3.74%RedlandsPaul ClausonNAT3.83%Barron RiverMartin TenniNAT4.04%AspleyBeryce NelsonNAT4.11%GreenslopesLeisha HarveyNAT4.23%TownsvilleTony BurreketNAT4.43%MansfieldCraig SherrinNAT5.49%Fairly SafeMerthyrDon LaneNAT6.04%SpringwoodHuan FraserNAT6.18%Mount GravattIan HendersonNAT6.69%Glass HouseBill NewtonNAT6.93%HinchinbrookTed RowNAT6.95%IsisLin PowellNAT7.40%Toowoomba NorthSandy McPhieNAT7.62%MiraniJim RandellNAT8.29%TablelandsTom GilmoreNAT8.70%CurrumbinLeo GatelyNAT8.88%WhitsundayGeoff MuntzNAT9.00%NerangTom HyndNAT9.98%SafeCoorooraGordon SimpsonNAT10.64%FlindersBob KatterNAT10.85%NicklinBrian AustinNAT10.93%LandsboroughMike AhernNAT11.56%BurdekinMark StonemanNAT11.96%AlbertIvan GibbsNAT13.13%FassifernKev LingardNAT13.14%CallideDi McCauleyNAT13.20%GregoryBill GlassonNAT13.48%SouthportDoug JenningsNAT13.70%South CoastRuss HinzeNAT13.73%SomersetBill GunnNAT13.99%AuburnNeville HarperNAT14.04%GympieLen StephanNAT14.80%BurnettDoug SlackNAT15.10%Toowoomba SouthClive BerghoferNAT15.80%Peak DownsVince LesterNAT17.00%CarnarvonPeter McKechnieNAT17.41%RomaRussell CooperNAT19.55%Very SafeSurfers ParadiseRob BorbidgeNAT21.30%WarwickDes BoothNAT22.14%BalonneDon NealNAT24.08%LockyerTony FitzgeraldNAT25.10%BarambahJoh Bjelke-PetersenNAT27.47%CondamineBrian LittleproudNAT28.49%CunninghamTony ElliottNAT29.95% Labor seats (30)Marginal ThuringowaKen McElligottALP0.74% SalisburyLen ArdillALP1.36% EvertonGlen MillinerALP1.46% v LIB MackayEd CaseyALP3.60% CabooltureKen HaywardALP3.73% MourilyanBill EatonALP4.10% South BrisbaneAnne WarnerALP4.22% MurrumbaDean WellsALP5.46% Port CurtisBill PrestALP5.90%Fairly Safe CairnsKeith De LacyALP6.23% BundabergClem CampbellALP6.60% ManlyEric ShawALP6.70% LoganWayne GossALP6.80% ChatsworthTerry MackenrothALP7.27% Townsville EastGeoff SmithALP7.50% WolstonBob GibbsALP7.70% WindsorPat CombenALP7.70% RockhamptonPaul BraddyALP8.20% Brisbane CentralBrian DavisALP9.10%Safe Rockhampton NorthLes YewdaleALP10.23% WoodridgeBill D'ArcyALP11.00% Ipswich WestDavid UnderwoodALP11.20% BowenKen SmythALP12.47% BulimbaRon McLeanALP13.00% NudgeeKen VaughanALP13.10% IpswichDavid HamillALP13.70% SandgateNev WarburtonALP13.70% LyttonTom BurnsALP16.30% CookBob ScottALP16.65% ArcherfieldHenry PalaszczukALP16.90% Liberal seats (10)MarginalAshgroveAlan SherlockLIB2.04%Mount IsaPeter BeardLIB2.74%StaffordTerry GygarLIB4.46%NundahWilliam KnoxLIB5.39%YerongaNorm LeeLIB5.70%Fairly SafeMount Coot-thaLyle SchuntnerLIB6.20%RedcliffeTerry WhiteLIB7.71%SafeSherwoodAngus InnesLIB17.74%MoggillBill LickissLIB18.08% v NATToowongDenver BeanlandLIB18.37% Subsequent changes On 9 April 1987, National Party member Doug Jennings (Southport) died. At the by-election on 20 Jun 1987, Mick Veivers retained the seat for the National Party. On 1 December 1987, former National Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen (Barambah) resigned after losing the leadership. At the by-election on 16 April 1988, Trevor Perrett gained the seat for the Citizens Electoral Council. Then on 16 December 1988, Trevor Perrett resigned and joined the National Party. On 24 May 1988, National Party member Russ Hinze (South Coast) resigned. At the by-election on 28 August 1988, Judy Gamin retained the seat for the National Party. On 27 September 1988, Eric Shaw (Manly) resigned from the Labor Party and sat as an independent. On 25 November 1988, Don Lane (Merthyr) resigned from the National Party and sat as an independent. On 20 January 1989, he resigned. At the by-election on 13 May 1989, Santo Santoro gained the seat for the Liberal Party. On 3 May 1989, Lin Powell (Isis) resigned from the National Party and sat as an independent. On 31 July 1989, he resigned. No by-election took place due to the proximity of the 1989 election. On 9 November 1989, Geoff Muntz (Whitsunday) resigned from the National Party and sat as an independent. See also Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1983–1986 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1986–1989 Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1986 Notes References 30em Category:Elections in Queensland Queensland state election Dtate election, 1986 Queensland state election