2012 South Brisbane state by-election

none November 2025 November 2025 Queensland parliamentary Primary no 28 April 2012 Electoral district of South Brisbane in the Queensland Legislative Assembly 2012 Queensland state election Mar. 2012 2012 Queensland state election 2012 JackieTrad2.jpg 160 120 160 0 27 Jackie Trad Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) 6,720 32.9% 5.7pp LNP Placeholder.png 120 120 160 0 0 Clem Grehan Liberal National Party of Queensland 7,761 38.0% 0.1pp Jo-Anne Bragg.jpg 130 120 160 15 0 Jo-Anne Bragg Queensland Greens 3,960 19.4% 1.3pp TPP TPP swing 51.7% 3.0pp 48.3% 3.0pp MP Anna Bligh Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) Jackie Trad Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) The 2012 South Brisbane state by-election was held on 28 April 2012 to elect the member for South Brisbane in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, following the resignation of Labor Party MP and former premier Anna Bligh. It was held on the same day as the statewide local government elections. Jackie Trad retained the seat for Labor.Trad declared South Brisbane winner https://web.archive.org/web/20170202055251/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-10/trad-declared-south-brisbane-winner/4003146?section=qld 2 February 2017 - By Kim Lyell - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Retrieved 10 May 2012.Bridie Jabour http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/trad-claims-narrow-victory-and-sends-warning-to-newman-20120428-1xs8f.html Trad claims narrow victory and sends warning to Newman Brisbanetimes.com.au 2012-02-29 2012-07-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20120430205340/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/trad-claims-narrow-victory-and-sends-warning-to-newman-20120428-1xs8f.html 30 April 2012 live Background Anna Bligh first entered the Parliament of Queensland as the Labor member for the seat of South Brisbane at the 1995 state election. She became leader of the party and Premier of Queensland following the resignation of Peter Beattie in 2007. Bligh retained her seat at the 2012 state election with a 38.6 percent primary vote, a reduction of 9.8 points, and 55.0 percent of the two-party preferred vote, a reduction of 10.0 points. Statewide, Labor suffered a landslide defeat retaining only seven of 89 seats. Bligh immediately resigned as both premier and party leader, and on 30 March 2012 resigned from Parliament.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-25/anna-bligh-resigns-from-parliament/3911416 Bligh resigns after election wipe-out ABC News 25 March 2012 25 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120325133947/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-25/anna-bligh-resigns-from-parliament/3911416 25 March 2012 live http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2012/guide/sbri.htm South Brisbane - Queensland Votes 2012 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Australian Broadcasting Corporation 26 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120511185329/http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2012/guide/sbri.htm 11 May 2012 live Dates Bligh intended the resignation to be timed so as to allow a by-election to be held on 28 April 2012, the same day as local government elections, but said she would understand if the new government chose a different day. Later, a question emerged over whether her resignation could be effective on 30 March as she was not formally in possession of the seat.http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/former-premier-anna-bligh-may-have-to-resign-for-second-time-due-to-electoral-commission-technicality/story-fnbt5t29-1226312928352 Former Premier Anna Bligh may have to resign for second time due to electoral commission technicality 29 March 2012 Courier Mail 2 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120407090026/http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/former-premier-anna-bligh-may-have-to-resign-for-second-time-due-to-electoral-commission-technicality/story-fnbt5t29-1226312928352 7 April 2012 live But on 2 April, she was declared the winner,http://virtualtallyroom.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/district73.html 2012 State General Election: South Brisbane District Summary 2 April 2012 Electoral Commission of Queensland dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120326173259/http://virtualtallyroom.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2012/results/district73.html 26 March 2012 dmy-all and a writ was subsequently issued for the by-election.http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2012/04/qld2012-update-on-close-contests-3-april.html Antony Green's Election Blog ABC News QLD2012 – Update on Close Contests – 3 April 3 April 2012 3 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120408062642/http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2012/04/qld2012-update-on-close-contests-3-april.html 8 April 2012 live Date Event 3 April 2012 Writ of election issued by the governor 7 April 2012 Close of electoral rolls 11 April 2012 Close of nominations 28 April 2012 Polling day, between the hours of 8 am and 6 pm 28 May 2012 Last day for writ to be returned and results formally declared Candidates The declared candidates, in ballot paper order, were as follows:http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2012/southbrisbane/ 2012 South Brisbane by-election Antony Green ABC News 12 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120508033939/http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2012/southbrisbane/ 8 May 2012 live Candidate nominations  Independent Jason McKenzie Employed with an accounting and consulting firm. Former employee with News Limited.  Daylight Saving for South East Queensland Penny Panorea Owns a design studio and art house cafe.  Family First Party Penny McCreery Business and law student.  Queensland Greens Jo-Anne Bragg* Environmental and resources non-profit legal centre Director. Contested 2008 Brisbane Lord Mayoralty.  Liberal National Party of Queensland Clem Grehan* Infrastructure project manager.  Independent Liam Flenady* Endorsed candidate of the unregistered Socialist Alliance. Musician and political activist.  Labor Party Jackie Trad Former adviser to the Beattie and Bligh governments and Queensland Labor's Assistant State Secretary.  Katter's Australian Party Robert Wardrop* Owns a concrete formworks manufacturing company. * Candidate contested South Brisbane at the 2012 state election. The LNP candidate was Clem Grehan who stood against Bligh at the general election when he substantially slashed her majority. Grehan gained further ground in the by-election but was not enough to win the seat. Despite coming close to winning South Brisbane in this by-election he did not run again for the LNP in the seat at the 2015 election. Results The results of the election were:http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2012/southbrisbane/result.htm Results: 2012 South Brisbane by-election ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation live https://web.archive.org/web/20120430213125/http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2012/southbrisbane/result.htm 30 April 2012 2020-04-10http://virtualtallyroom.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/SouthBris2012/results/district73.html 2012 South Brisbane by-election results: ECQ 10 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20170330043625/http://virtualtallyroom.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/SouthBris2012/results/district73.html 30 March 2017 dead South Brisbane state by-election, 28 April 2012 Liberal National Clem Grehan 7,761 38.0 –0.1 Labor QLD Jackie Trad 6,720 32.9 –5.7 Greens QLD Jo-Anne Bragg 3,960 19.4 +1.3 DS4SEQ Penny Panorea 751 3.7 +3.7 Katter's Australian Party Robert Wardrop 435 2.1 –1.3 Independent Jason McKenzie 349 1.7 +1.7 Family First Party Penny McCreery 261 1.3 +1.3 Ind. Socialist Alliance Socialist Alliance Liam Flenady 189 0.9 –1.0 20,426 98.2 +0.2 383 1.8 –0.2 20,809 67.5 –19.6 Labor QLD Jackie Trad 8,963 51.7 –3.0 Liberal National Clem Grehan 8,388 48.3 +3.0 Labor QLD –3.0 See also List of Queensland state by-elections References 2 Category:2012 elections in Australia Category:Queensland state by-elections Category:2012 in Brisbane