2005 Chatsworth state by-election

August 2019 A by-election was held for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland district of Chatsworth on 20 August 2005. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor member and Deputy Premier Terry Mackenroth. The by-election was held to coincide with the Redcliffe by-election on the same day. Both contests resulted in the Labor Party losing the seat to the rival Liberal Party. Michael Caltabiano was elected as the new member for Chatsworth. Background Terry Mackenroth first entered parliament at the 1977 state election and held the seat of Chatsworth at every election thereafter. When Labor came to power in 1989, Mackenroth became a minister under the premiership of Wayne Goss and remained so until the downfall of the Goss government in 1996. When Labor returned to power under the leadership of Peter Beattie in 1998, Mackenroth was once again made a minister. From 2000 onwards he served as Deputy Premier under Beattie, and from 2001 he was Treasurer. On 25 July 2005, Mackenroth announced his retirement from politics. He had been planning to wait until the following month, but the retirement of fellow Labor MP Ray Hollis and the resulting cabinet reshuffle caused him to bring forward his own resignation.After 28 years, Mackenroth bows out 27 July 2005 ABC http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/07/25/1421628.htm https://archive.today/20120721214311/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/07/25/1421628.htm dead 21 July 2012 Candidates Labor chose school teacher Chris Forrester to defend the seat they'd held for the previous 28 years.By-election campaign kicks off ABC 20 July 2005 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/07/30/1426189.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20071123094844/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/07/30/1426189.htm dead 23 November 2007 The Liberal Party chose Brisbane City Councillor—and so-called "factional warrior"Greg Roberts Factional warrior may be the Liberals' Maxine The Australian 5 March 2007 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,21324877-2702,00.html https://archive.today/20121215173552/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,21324877-2702,00.html dead 15 December 2012 —Michael Caltabiano as their candidate. Caltabiano held the council ward of Chandler, which overlapped with the state seat of Chatsworth.Liberal Party claims win in Brisbane by-election ABC 10 September 2005 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/09/10/1457593.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20101122094549/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/09/10/1457593.htm dead 22 November 2010 Results Chatsworth state by-election, 2005 2005 Chatsworth by-election Electoral Commission of Queensland http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/2005/district20.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091002190812/http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/2005/district20.html 2009-10-02 2004 general election: Chatsworth Electoral Commission of Queensland http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/state2004/results/district20.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091007033622/http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/state2004/results/district20.html 2009-10-07 Michael Caltabiano Liberal QLD 12,572 48.28 +13.28 Chris Forrester Labor QLD 11,076 42.54 −13.72 Elissa Jenkins Greens QLD 1,880 7.22 −1.51 Barry Myatt One Nation 510 1.96 +1.96 26,038 98.64 +0.61 358 1.36 −0.61 26,396 86.54 −6.76 Michael Caltabiano Liberal QLD 13,123 52.49 +13.89 Chris Forrester Labor QLD 11,878 47.51 −13.89 Liberal QLD Labor QLD +13.89 Aftermath The by-election win of Michael Caltabiano, along with that of Terry Rogers in Redcliffe, was a flip for the Liberal Party, who increased their numbers in the Legislative Assembly from five to seven. However, the Liberal Party's hold on these two seats did not last long; both returned to the Labor fold at the 2006 state election. Labor's unsuccessful candidate for the Chatsworth by-election, Chris Forrester, had initially been chosen to contest Chatsworth again at the 2006 state election. However, he was dumped in favour of media personality Chris Bombolas closer to the election. It was believed that Forrester would be chosen as Labor's candidate for the seat of Bonner at the 2007 federal election instead. However, he lost party preselection to local councillor Kerry Rea.Jamie Walker Factional tensions boil The Courier-Mail 5 October 2006 https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/factional-tensions-boil/news-story/31fdfaf18ac3db5de7b48f3e612a54d7 Both Bombolas and Rea went on to win their respective election contests. See also List of Queensland state by-elections References Category:2005 elections in Australia Category:Queensland state by-elections Category:2000s in Queensland