Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 November 1980 to elect the 82 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.
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All 82 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 42 Assembly seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 88.93 ( 2.42 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election resulted in a fifth consecutive victory for the National-Liberal Coalition under Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It was the ninth victory of the National Party in Queensland since it first came to office in 1957.
Result
The election saw little change from the 1977 election. The Coalition Government was returned to office, although Labor gained two seats and the Liberals lost two. The Liberal decline continued, and tensions between the Coalition parties increased.
Key dates
Date | Event |
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27 October 1980 | The Parliament was dissolved.[1] |
27 October 1980 | Writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[2] |
7 November 1980 | Close of nominations. |
29 November 1980 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. |
23 December 1980 | The Bjelke-Petersen Ministry was reconstituted. |
10 January 1981 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared. |
3 March 1981 | Parliament resumed for business.[3] |
Results
Queensland state election, 29 November 1980[4][5] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,341,365 | |||||
Votes cast | 1,192,893 | Turnout | 88.93% | –2.42% | ||
Informal votes | 18,008 | Informal | 1.51% | –0.02% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 487,493 | 41.49% | –1.34% | 25 | + 2 | |
Nationals | 328,262 | 27.94% | +0.79% | 35 | ± 0 | |
Liberal | 316,272 | 26.92% | +1.70% | 22 | – 2 | |
Democrats | 16,222 | 1.38% | –0.23% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Progress | 4,384 | 0.37% | –1.13% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Independent | 20,880 | 1.78% | +0.09% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Others | 1,372 | 0.12% | +0.12% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Total | 1,174,885 | 82 |
Seats changing hands
Seat | Pre-1980 | Swing | Post-1980 | ||||||
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Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
Lockyer | Liberal | Tony Bourke | 22.5 | -28.8 | 6.3 | Tony FitzGerald | National | ||
Mourilyan | National | Vicky Kippin | 0.3 | -1.6 | 1.3 | Bill Eaton | Labor | ||
Southport | Liberal | Peter White | 9.8 | -11.9 | 2.1 | Doug Jennings | National | ||
Surfers Paradise | Liberal | Bruce Bishop | 5.7 | -13.6 | 7.9 | Rob Borbidge | National | ||
Townsville West | National | Max Hooper | 0.9 | -5.3 | 4.4 | Geoff Smith | Labor |
- In addition, the Liberal party retained Redcliffe, which was won from the National Party at the 1979 by-election.
Post-election pendulum
Labor seats (25) | |||
Marginal | |||
Maryborough | Brendan Hansen | ALP | 0.6% v LIB |
Everton | Glen Milliner | ALP | 0.7% v LIB |
Mourilyan | Bill Eaton | ALP | 1.3% |
South Brisbane | Jim Fouras | ALP | 4.0% v LIB |
Ipswich West | David Underwood | ALP | 4.1% v LIB |
Townsville West | Geoff Smith | ALP | 4.4% |
Bulimba | Ron McLean | ALP | 4.6% v LIB |
Murrumba | Joe Kruger | ALP | 5.4% |
Fairly safe | |||
Woodridge | Bill D'Arcy | ALP | 6.4% v LIB |
Wynnum | Eric Shaw | ALP | 7.3% |
Port Curtis | Bill Prest | ALP | 7.6% |
Townsville South | Alex Wilson | ALP | 7.6% |
Brisbane Central | Brian Davis | ALP | 7.7% v LIB |
Chatsworth | Terry Mackenroth | ALP | 8.2% v LIB |
Bundaberg | Jim Blake | ALP | 8.3% |
Safe | |||
Nudgee | Ken Vaughan | ALP | 10.9% v LIB |
Wolston | Bob Gibbs | ALP | 11.2% v LIB |
Mackay | Ed Casey | ALP | 11.6% |
Rockhampton North | Les Yewdale | ALP | 12.2% |
Cook | Bob Scott | ALP | 12.4% |
Cairns | Ray Jones | ALP | 13.9% |
Sandgate | Nev Warburton | ALP | 14.6% v LIB |
Rockhampton | Keith Wright | ALP | 17.3% |
Very safe | |||
Archerfield | Kevin Hooper | ALP | 21.1% |
Lytton | Tom Burns | ALP | 23.6% v LIB |
See also
References
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