# % Swing 2PP (proj.) Swing McKenzie (IND) 318 1.8% Panorea (DSP) 662 3.7% McCreery (FFP) 237 1.3% Bragg (GRN) 3,602 20.3% 2.3% Grehan (LNP) 6,549 36.9% -1.2% 48.1% 2.7% Flenady (IND) 171 1.0% -1.0% Trad (ALP) 5,860 33.0% -5.9% 51.9% -2.7% Wardrop (KAP) 368 2.1% -1.2% TOTAL 17,767 Booths counted 18 out of 18 [...]

Vote Swing 2PP Grace Grace (Labor) 50.7 0.2 61.1 Anna Boccabella (Greens) 33.2 14.9 38.9 Mark A. White (Family First) 7.9 Ian Nelson (One Nation) 2.1 Erik Olaf Eriksen 3.2 Ronald Davy 2.8 COUNT 76 % 7.54pm. Wilston added. Labor wins. That’s me done for the evening. 7.43pm. Kelvin Grove added, leaving only Wilston. 7.30pm. [...]

The by-election to fill Peter Beattie’s vacancy in the state seat of Brisbane Central will be held tomorrow. With the Liberals sensibly declining to field a candidate, it is unlikely to be terribly exciting, despite inevitable wild talk about the Greens’ chances. The Nationals were at one point making noises about filling the void with [...]

Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has announced his intention to retire as of Thursday. He will hand the reins to long-established heir presumptive Anna Bligh, who will follow Carmen Lawrence and Joan Kirner to become Australia’s third female premier. This means a by-election looms in Beattie’s seat of Brisbane Central. While this is hard to get [...]

. Primary Swing 2PP Swing LABOR 36.8 -10.8 46.6 -8.4 NATIONALS* 42.5 3.7 53.4 8.4 Greens 7.8 -0.1 Others 12.9 7.1 95% COUNTED * Nationals swings compared with Liberal in 2004 Monday 4.00am. A slightly puzzling article from Jamie Walker and Emma Chalmers in the Courier-Mail (join in the fun and suggest your own alternative [...]

Just one more sleep until the April Fools’ Day by-election for the Queensland state seat of Gaven, which as usual will be covered live on this site shortly after polls close at 6pm local time. The campaign period has been well-served for opinion polls, with today’s effort in the Gold Coast Bulletin adding to an [...]

Voters in the Queensland seat of Gaven will head to the polls next Saturday to replace Labor member Robert Poole, who embarrassed his party when he indulged in a non-business trip to Thailand and informed Premier Peter Beattie he would not be back until June. When Beattie demanded he return immediately, Poole instead chose to [...]

The Poll Bludger has been a bit preoccupied lately, and failed to notice that a Queensland state by-election now looms in the Gold Coast seat of Gaven after Labor MP Robert Poole "chose to resign rather than do as Premier Peter Beattie demanded and return early from a trip to Thailand". The seat would naturally [...]

In conclusion then, the Poll Bludger’s reputation as a person who gets things right sometimes has taken a hit with what would appear to be dual victories for the Liberals in today’s Queensland by-elections. My defence is that the margin in each case looks to be below 2 per cent, which I have always used [...]