1989 Queensland state election

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1989 Queensland state election

| country = Queensland

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1986 Queensland state election

| previous_year = 1986

| next_election = 1992 Queensland state election

| next_year = 1992

| elected_members = Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1989–1992

| outgoing_members = Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1986–1989

| registered = 1,780,785 {{increase}}{{small|13.9%}}

| seats_for_election = All 89 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
{{small|45 Assembly seats were needed for a majority}}

| election_date = 2 December 1989

| turnout = 1,623,637 (91.18%)
({{decrease}}0.07 pp)

| party1 = Labor

| colour1 = E13940

| image1 = 150x150px

| leader1 = Wayne Goss

| leader_since1 = 2 March 1988

| leaders_seat1 = Logan

| last_election1 = 30 seats, 41.35%

| seats_before1 = 29 seats{{efn|Manly MP Eric Shaw was elected at the previous election as a Labor candidate. However, in September 1988 he lost his party's endorsement and sat in Parliament as an Independent MP.}}

| seats_needed1 =

| seats1 = 54 seats

| seats_after1 =

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 25

| popular_vote1 = 792,466

| percentage1 = 50.32%

| swing1 = {{increase}} 8.97 pp

| image2 = 150x150px

| leader2 = Russell Cooper

| leader_since2 = 25 September 1989

| party2 = National

| leaders_seat2 = Roma

| last_election2 = 49 seats, 39.64%

| seats_before2 = 46 seats{{efn|name=Liberal|At the May 1989 Merthyr by-election, Liberal candidate Santo Santoro won the seat of Merthyr, which had been held by National MP Don Lane. Lane resigned his seat several months earlier following the Fitzgerald Inquiry.}}{{efn|The seat of Isis had been vacated on 31 July 1989 by National-turned-Independent MP Lionel Powell. There was no resulting by-election,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122286069 |title=Mike Ahern 'Dodging' By-Election |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=63 |issue=19654 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=31 July 1989 |accessdate=27 June 2022 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} instead the seat was contested at the state election. The seat was subsequently won by the Labor Party.}}

| seats_needed2 =

| seats2 = 27 seats

| seats_after2 =

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 19

| popular_vote2 = 379,364

| percentage2 = 24.09%

| swing2 = {{decrease}} 15.55 pp

| party3 = Liberal

| colour3 = 1C4F9C

| image3 = 150x150px

| leader3 = Angus Innes

| leader_since3 = 31 January 1988

| leaders_seat3 = Sherwood

| last_election3 = 10 seats, 16.50%

| seats_before3 = 11 seats{{efn|name=Liberal}}

| seats_needed3 =

| seats3 = 8 seats

| seats_after3 =

| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 3

| popular_vote3 = 331,562

| percentage3 = 21.05%

| swing3 = {{increase}} 4.55 pp

| 1blank = TPP

| 2blank = TPP swing

| 1data1 = 53.8%

| 2data1 = {{increase}} 7.80 pp

| 1data2 = 46.2%

| 2data2 = {{decrease}} 7.80 pp

| map_image = 1989 Queensland state election.svg

| map_size = 400px

| map_caption = Winning margin by electorate.

| title = Premier

| before_election = Russell Cooper

| before_party = National Party of Australia – Queensland

| after_election = Wayne Goss

| after_party = Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)

}}

The 1989 Queensland state election was held in the Australian state of Queensland on 2 December 1989 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. This was the first election following the downfall of eight-term premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen at the end of 1987.

The government was led by Premier and leader of the National Party, Russell Cooper; the opposition was led by Opposition Leader and leader of the Labor Party, Wayne Goss, while the Liberal Party was led by Angus Innes.

The National government, which had been in power since the 1957 election and had governed in its own right since the dissolution of the state coalition at the 1983 election, was defeated; the election was a landslide win for the Labor Party, which gained 24 seats. Labor also won more than 50% of the primary vote. Until 2012, it was the worst defeat of a sitting government in Queensland history.

Since this election, Queensland Labor has won 10 of 12 state elections which have been held afterwards, most recently in 2020.

Background

The Nationals' fortunes had dwindled significantly since the 1986 election. Soon after the floundering of his attempt to become Prime Minister in the "Joh for Canberra" campaign, Bjelke-Petersen was deposed in a party room coup led by Health Minister Mike Ahern. After trying to hold onto power for four days, Bjelke-Petersen resigned and Ahern was sworn in as his successor.

The shadow campaign began in late 1988 with television advertisements depicting Labor and its leader, Wayne Goss, as "The Only Change for the Better". A string of policy papers were released on a range of themes emphasising responsible economic management and efficient, honest administration. While they maintained a positive and professional public opinion and consistently led opinion polls, neither the media nor the electorate appeared to believe they could win.{{cite journal |last= Coaldrake |first= Peter |date=December 1989 |title= Australian Political Chronicle: January–June 1989 |journal= Australian Journal of Politics and History |volume= 35 |issue= 3 |pages= 452–455 |issn=0004-9522}}

The Liberals, who had been on the crossbenches since the collapse of the Coalition in 1983, launched a series of newspaper advertisements in March 1988 under the banner "Let's Put It Right". They were in a curious position, however, because a collapse in National support in urban South East Queensland would mean that seats the Liberal Party might hope to win would be more likely to go to Labor.

File:1989 Queensland state election - Enrolment.svg

On 1 April 1989, a non-partisan group called "Citizens for Democracy" gained some publicity by cutting a birthday cake to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Electoral Districts Act 1949, which had established electoral malapportionment in Queensland, which was seen as unfairly benefiting the Nationals. Both the Labor and Liberal parties favoured "one vote one value" electoral reform.

On 3 July 1989, the Commission of Inquiry into Possible Illegal Activities and Associated Police Misconduct (more commonly known as the Fitzgerald Inquiry after its chair, Tony Fitzgerald QC) handed down its report. It found links between criminal and political networks, and that corruption in Queensland's public life was widespread, commonplace and organised. It made numerous recommendations aimed at reforming the police and criminal justice system and at establishing independent institutions to monitor, report and act on reforms in the short term, and their operation on an ongoing basis. Ahern committed to implement the Report in its entirety.

Ahern sought to govern in a more consultative manner than Bjelke-Petersen, and worked to blunt the edges of what had long been one of the most unyieldingly conservative state governments in Australia. It was to no avail; by September, opinion polls were suggesting the Nationals had about half the support they had achieved at the 1986 election.

A Newspoll taken after the inquiry's release showed that the Nationals had tumbled to only 22% support, the lowest ever recorded for a sitting government in Australian history.{{cite news |last=Salusinszky |first=Imre |url=http://www.news.com.au/national/kristina-keneally-leading-the-most-unpopular-labor-government-in-australia/story-e6frfkvr-1225944944807#ixzz1E6CpYEvh |title=Kristina Keneally leading the most unpopular Labor government in history |publisher=News.com.au |date=29 October 2010 |access-date=26 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629171703/http://www.news.com.au/national/kristina-keneally-leading-the-most-unpopular-labor-government-in-australia/story-e6frfkvr-1225944944807#ixzz1E6CpYEvh |archive-date=29 June 2011 |url-status=live }} Additionally, the Nationals suffered large swings at three by-elections, most recently in Merthyr, where the Liberals had won the seat from the Nationals despite the latter putting forward a high-profile candidate and an expensive campaign. On 22 September, Police Minister Russell Cooper toppled Ahern in a party room coup, and was sworn in as premier three days later. Cooper billed himself as a traditionalist in Bjelke-Petersen's mould, and his supporters believed he could shore up National support in its rural heartland.

Accordingly, Cooper campaigned on traditional National focuses (law and order, social conservatism, and attacks on the federal Labor government, in particular related to interest rates) and produced a number of controversial advertisements, one of which alleged that the Labor Opposition's plan to decriminalise homosexuality would lead to a flood of gays from southern states moving to Queensland. Labor responded by satirising these ads, depicting Cooper as a wild-eyed reactionary and a clone of Bjelke-Petersen and/or a puppet of party president Sir Robert Sparkes.{{cite journal |last= Coaldrake |first= Peter |date=August 1990 |title= Australian Political Chronicle: July–December 1989 |journal= Australian Journal of Politics and History |volume= 36 |issue= 2 |pages= 243–248 |issn=0004-9522}}

Logos Foundation, a fundamentalist Christian group in Toowoomba, led by Howard Carter, controversially involved itself in the election, running a campaign of surveys and full-page newspaper advertisements promoting the view that candidates' adherence to Christian principles and biblical ethics was more important than the widespread corruption in the Queensland government that had been revealed by the Fitzgerald Inquiry. Advertisements published in the Brisbane Courier-Mail promoted strongly-conservative positions in opposition to pornography, homosexuality and Abortion, and a return to the Death penalty. Some supporters controversially advocated Old Testament laws and penalties.Roberts, G., Sex Scandal Divides the Bible Belt, Sydney Morning Herald, 13 October 1990 That action backfired sensationally, with many mainstream Churches, community leaders and religious organisations distancing themselves from the Logos Foundation after making public statements denouncing them.{{cite web | author1=Harrison, John | title=The Logos Foundation: The Rise and Fall of Christian Reconstructionism in Australia | publication-date=2006-08-01 | url=https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:8027/HARRISON_eprint_.pdf | access-date=10 April 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601223424/http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:8027/HARRISON_eprint_.pdf | archive-date=1 June 2016 | url-status=live }} At times, the death penalty for homosexuals was advocated, in accordance with Old Testament Law.Harrison, 2006, p.3 A Sydney Morning Herald article summarised the campaign's thrust as follows: "Homosexuality and censorship should determine your vote, the electorate was told; corruption was not the major concern." The same article quoted from a letter Carter he had written to supporters at the time: "The greenies, the gays and the greedy are marching. Now the Christians, the conservatives and the concerned must march also". Those views were not new. In reference to the call for the Death penalty for homosexuals to rid Queensland of such people, an earlier article published in the Herald quoted a Logos spokesman as saying: "the fact a law is on the statutes is the best safeguard for society".Lyons, J., God Remains an Issue in Queensland, Sydney Morning Herald, 18 November 1989

Key dates

class="wikitable"
Date ! Event
2 November 1989 \| The Parliament was dissolved.{{Gazette QLD\|volume=292\|page=1635\|title=A Proclamation\|date=2 November 1989}}
2 November 1989 \| Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.{{Gazette QLD\|volume=292\|page=1637\|date=2 November 1989}}
9 November 1989 \| Close of nominations.
2 December 1989 \| Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
7 December 1989 \| The Cooper Ministry resigned and the Goss Ministry was sworn in.
13 February 1990 \| The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

class="wikitable"

Date

! Event

2 November 1989

| The Parliament was dissolved.{{Gazette QLD|volume=292|page=1635|title=A Proclamation|date=2 November 1989}}

2 November 1989

| Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.{{Gazette QLD|volume=292|page=1637|date=2 November 1989}}

9 November 1989

| Close of nominations.

2 December 1989

| Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.

7 December 1989

| The Cooper Ministry resigned and the Goss Ministry was sworn in.

13 February 1990

| The writ was returned and the results formally declared.

Retiring members

= Labor =

= Liberal =

Norm Lee (Yeronga)
Bill Lickiss (Moggill)

= National =

= Independent =

Eric Shaw (Manly) — elected for the Labor Party

Results

The result was a landslide win for the Labor Party. Brisbane swung over dramatically to support Labor, which took all but five seats in the capital.

Initially, it appeared that the Liberal Party had won the traditionally National hinterland seat of Nicklin, however, the Court of Disputed Returns overturned that result and awarded the seat to the National Party.

{{Australian elections/Title row

| title = Queensland state election, 2 December 1989{{cite web|url=http://elections.uwa.edu.au|title=Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 2 December 1989|author=Australian Government and Politics Database|access-date=22 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118085343/http://elections.uwa.edu.au/|archive-date=18 January 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite book|title=A handbook of Australian government and politics, 1985-1999|last=Hughes|first=Colin A.|year=2002|publisher=Federation Press|isbn=978-1-86287-434-3|page=325}}

| house = Legislative Assembly

| series = Queensland state election

| back = 1986

| forward = 1992

| enrolled = 1,780,785

| total_votes = 1,623,637

| turnout % = 91.18%

| turnout chg = –0.07%

| informal = 48,764

| informal % = 3.00%

| informal chg = +0.83%

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|government = yes

|party_id = Labor QLD |party=Labor

|votes = 792,466

|votes % = 50.32%

|votes chg = +8.97%

|seats = 54

|seats chg = +24

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Nationals QLD |party=Nationals

|votes = 379,364

|votes % = 24.09%

|votes chg = –15.55%

|seats = 27

|seats chg = –22

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Liberal QLD

|votes = 331,562

|votes % = 21.05%

|votes chg = +4.55%

|seats = 8

|seats chg = – 2

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Democrats

|votes = 6,669

|votes % = 0.42%

|votes chg = –0.21%

|seats = 0

|seats chg = ± 0

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = CEC

|votes = 6,610

|votes % = 0.42%

|votes chg = +0.42%

|seats = 0

|seats chg = ± 0

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Greens QLD

|party = Greens

|votes = 5,206

|votes % = 0.33%

|votes chg = +0.33%

|seats = 0

|seats chg = ± 0

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Call to Australia

|votes = 2,007

|votes % = 0.13%

|votes chg = +0.13%

|seats = 0

|seats chg = ± 0

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Grey Power

|votes = 300

|votes % = 0.02%

|votes chg = +0.02%

|seats = 0

|seats chg = ± 0

}}

{{Australian elections/Party summary|

|party_id = Independent

|votes = 50,689

|votes % = 3.22%

|votes chg = +1.34%

|seats = 0

|seats chg = ± 0

}}

{{Australian elections/Total row |

|total_votes = 1,574,873

|total_seats = 89

}}

{{Australian elections/2PP summary |

|party id 1 = Labor QLD

|2pp votes 1 =

|2pp % 1 = 53.8%

|2pp chg 1 = +7.8%

|party id 2 = Nationals QLD

|party 2 = National/Liberal

|2pp votes 2 =

|2pp % 2 = 46.2%

|2pp chg 2 = -7.8%

}}

{{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars=

{{bar percent|Labor|{{party color|Australian Labor Party}}|50.32}}

{{bar percent|Nationals|{{party color|National Party of Australia}}|24.09}}

{{bar percent|Liberal|{{party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}|21.05}}

{{bar percent|Democrats|{{party color|Australian Democrats}}|0.42}}

{{bar percent|Greens|{{party color|Australian Greens}}|0.33}}

{{bar percent|Call to Australia|{{party color|Christian Democratic Party (Australia)}}|0.13}}

{{bar percent|Independents|{{party color|Independent}}|3.22}}

}}

{{bar box|title=Seats|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars=

{{bar percent|Labor|{{party color|Australian Labor Party}}|60.67}}

{{bar percent|Nationals|{{party color|National Party of Australia}}|30.34}}

{{bar percent|Liberal|{{party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}|8.99}}

}}

Seats changing hands

class="wikitable"

rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Seat

| colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| 1986 Election

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Swing

| colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| 1989 Election

colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Party

| style="text-align:center"| Member

| style="text-align:center"| Margin

| style="text-align:center"| Member

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Party

Albert

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Ivan Gibbs

| style="text-align:right;"| 13.13

| style="text-align:right;"| -22.82

| style="text-align:right;"| 9.69

| John Szczerbanik

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Ashgrove

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

| Liberal

| Alan Sherlock

| style="text-align:right;"| 0.98

| style="text-align:right;"| -7.58

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.60

| Jim Fouras

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Aspley

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Beryce Nelson

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.11

| style="text-align:right;"| -5.29

| style="text-align:right;"| 1.18

| John Goss

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

| Liberal

Barron River

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Martin Tenni

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.04

| style="text-align:right;"| -11.54

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.50

| Dr Lesley Clark

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Broadsound

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Denis Hinton

| style="text-align:right;"| 1.96

| style="text-align:right;"| -4.71

| style="text-align:right;"| 2.74

| Jim Pearce

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Cooroora

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Gordon Simpson

| style="text-align:right;"| 10.64

| style="text-align:right;"| -11.67

| style="text-align:right;"| 1.03

| Ray Barber

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Currumbin

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Leo Gately

| style="text-align:right;"| 8.88

| style="text-align:right;"| -9.79

| style="text-align:right;"| 0.91

| Trevor Coomber

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

| Liberal

Glass House

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Bill Newton

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.93

| style="text-align:right;"| -8.55

| style="text-align:right;"| 1.63

| Jon Sullivan

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Greenslopes

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Leisha Harvey

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.23

| style="text-align:right;"| -9.83

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.60

| Gary Fenlon

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Isis

| {{Australian party style|Nationals}}|

| National

| Lin Powell¹

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.40

| style="text-align:right;"| -7.47

| style="text-align:right;"| 0.08

| Bill Nunn

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Mansfield

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Craig Sherrin

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.49

| style="text-align:right;"| -7.85

| style="text-align:right;"| 2.35

| Laurel Power

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Maryborough

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Gilbert Alison

| style="text-align:right;"| 0.74

| style="text-align:right;"| -2.14

| style="text-align:right;"| 1.40

| Bob Dollin

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Mount Coot-tha

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

| Liberal

| Lyle Schuntner

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.20

| style="text-align:right;"| -13.21

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.00

| Wendy Edmond

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Mount Gravatt

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Ian Henderson

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.69

| style="text-align:right;"| -8.40

| style="text-align:right;"| 1.70

| Judy Spence

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Mount Isa

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

| Liberal

| Peter Beard

| style="text-align:right;"| 2.74

| style="text-align:right;"| -12.84

| style="text-align:right;"| 10.10

| Tony McGrady

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Mulgrave

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Max Menzel

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.71

| style="text-align:right;"| -5.38

| style="text-align:right;"| 1.67

| Warren Pitt

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Nerang

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Tom Hynd

| style="text-align:right;"| 9.88

| style="text-align:right;"| -11.30

| style="text-align:right;"| 1.42

| Ray Connor

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

| Liberal

Nicklin

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Brian Austin

| style="text-align:right;"| 10.93

| style="text-align:right;"| -19.22

| style="text-align:right;"| 8.29

| Bob King

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

| Liberal

Nundah

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

| Liberal

| Sir William Knox

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.39

| style="text-align:right;"| -13.38

| style="text-align:right;"| 8.00

| Phil Heath

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Pine Rivers

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Yvonne Chapman

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.55

| style="text-align:right;"| -9.15

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.60

| Margaret Woodgate

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Redcliffe

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

| Liberal

| Terry White

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.71

| style="text-align:right;"| -9.70

| style="text-align:right;"| 2.00

| Ray Hollis

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Redlands

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Paul Clauson

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.83

| style="text-align:right;"| -10.03

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.20

| Darryl Briskey

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

South Coast

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Judy Gamin

| style="text-align:right;"| 0.38

| style="text-align:right;"| -8.13

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.75

| Bob Quinn

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

| Liberal

Springwood

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Huan Fraser

| style="text-align:right;"| 6.18

| style="text-align:right;"| -9.28

| style="text-align:right;"| 3.10

| Molly Robson

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Stafford

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

| Liberal

| Terry Gygar

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.46

| style="text-align:right;"| -12.06

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.60

| Rod Welford

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Toowoomba North

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Sandy McPhie

| style="text-align:right;"| 7.62

| style="text-align:right;"| -8.54

| style="text-align:right;"| 0.92

| Dr John Flynn

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Townsville

| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|

| National

| Tony Burreket

| style="text-align:right;"| 4.43

| style="text-align:right;"| -9.53

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.10

| Ken Davies

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Whitsunday

| {{Australian party style|National}}|

| National

| Geoff Muntz¹

| style="text-align:right;"| 9.00

| style="text-align:right;"| -9.03

| style="text-align:right;"| 0.03

| Lorraine Bird

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Yeronga

| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

| Liberal

| Norm Lee

| style="text-align:right;"| 5.70

| style="text-align:right;"| -14.80

| style="text-align:right;"| 9.10

| Matt Foley

| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|

| Labor

Members listed in italics did not contest their seat at this election.

¹ Lin Powell and Geoff Muntz were elected as members of the National Party, but resigned from the party, and contested the election as Independents.
The Labor Party also retained the electorate of Manly, where the sitting Labor member had resigned and contested the election as an Independent.

Post-election pendulum

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COLSPAN=4 align="center" |Labor seats (54)

COLSPAN=4 align="center" bgcolor="red" |Marginal

align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Whitsunday

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Lorraine Bird

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP

| align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |0.03%

align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Isis

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Bill Nunn

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP

| align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |0.08%

align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Toowoomba North

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |John Flynn

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP

| align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |0.92%

align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Cooroora

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Ray Barber

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP

| align="center" bgcolor="FFCACA" |1.03%

align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" | Maryborough

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |Bob Dollin

| align="left" bgcolor="FFCACA" |ALP

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