- Queensland state election, 1998
Elections were held in the
Australia n state ofQueensland on13 June ,1998 to elect the 89 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.The result of the election was a second consecutive
hung parliament , with theAustralian Labor Party formingminority government after receiving the support of independentPeter Wellington . This election was the first in whichOne Nation Party supporters were elected into state Parliament, with the controversial party winning 11 seats.A few months after the election, the One Nation Party member for Mulgrave resigned, and the Australian Labor Party candidate won the subsequent by-election, resulting in the ALP holding a majority in the Legislative Assembly.
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Overall result
=Seats won by the ALP (44)=*Archerfield
*Ashgrove
*Barron River (from Libs)
*Brisbane Central
*Bulimba
*Bundaberg
*Bundamba
*Cairns
*Capalaba
*Chatsworth
*Chermside
*Cleveland
*Cook
*Currumbin
*Everton
*Ferny Grove
*Fitzroy
*Greenslopes (from Libs)
*Inala
*Ipswich
*Kallangur
*Kedron
*Kurwongbah
*Logan
*Lytton
*Mackay
*Mansfield (from Libs)
*Mount Coot-tha
*Mount Gravatt
*Mount Isa
*Mount Ommaney (from Libs)
*Mundingburra (from Libs)
*Murrumba
*Nudgee
*Redcliffe
*Rockhampton
*Sandgate
*South Brisbane
*Springwood (from Libs)
*Sunnybank
*Townsville
*Waterford
*Woodridge
*Yeronga
=Seats won by the Nationals (23)=*Albert
*Beaudesert
*Broadwater
*Burleigh
*Burnett
*Callide
*Charters Towers
*Cunningham
*Crows Nest
*Gregory
*Gympie
*Hinchinbrook
*Keppel
*Maroochydore
*Mirani
*Redlands
*Southport
*Surfers Paradise
*Toowoomba North
*Toowoomba South
*Warrego
*Warwick
*Western Downs
=Seats won by the Liberal Party (9)=*Aspley
*Caloundra
*Clayfield
*Indooroopilly
*Merrimac
*Moggill
*Mooloolah
*Nerang
*NoosaSeats won by Pauline Hanson's One Nation (11)
*Barambah (from Nats)
*Burdekin (from Nats)
*Caboolture (from ALP)
*Hervey Bay (from ALP)
*Ipswich West (from ALP)
*Lockyer (from Nats)
*Maryborough (from ALP)
*Mulgrave (from Nats)
*Tablelands (from Nats)
*Thuringowa (from ALP)
*Whitsunday (from ALP)eats won by Independents (2)
*Gladstone (retained by
Liz Cunningham )
*Nicklin (from Nats)ee also
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Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1998-2001
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