1980 Queensland state election

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All 82 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
42 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Turnout| 88.93 ( 2.42 pp)
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Leader  | Joh Bjelke-Petersen | Ed Casey
Party  | National–Liberal Coalition | Labor
Leader since  | 8 August 1968  | 28 November 1978 (1978-11-28)
Leader's seat  | Barambah | Mackay
Last election  | 59 seats, 52.37%  | 23 seats, 42.83%
Seats won  | 57 | 25
Seat change  | 2  | 2
Popular vote  | 644,534 | 487,493
Percentage  | 54.86% | 41.49%
Swing  | 2.49  | 1.34

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| Premier before election

Joh Bjelke-Petersen
National/Liberal coalition

| Elected Premier

Joh Bjelke-Petersen
National/Liberal coalition

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Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 November 1980 to elect the 82 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

See also: Results of the Queensland state election, 1980

Queensland state election, 29 November 1980[4][5]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1977–1983 >>

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  |

| Popular vote

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Labor |

| 41.49%
Nationals |

| 27.94%
Liberal |

| 26.92%
Democrats |

| 1.38%
Progress |

| 0.37%
Independents |

| 1.78%
Others |

| 0.12%

| Seats

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Nationals |

| 42.68%
Labor |

| 30.49%
Liberal |

| 26.83%

## Seats changing hands[edit]

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[edit]

National / Liberal seats (57)

Marginal
Ashgrove | John Greenwood | LIB  | 0.4%
Stafford | Terry Gygar | LIB  | 0.7%
Barron River | Martin Tenni | NAT  | 0.8%
Mount Isa | Angelo Bertoni | NAT  | 0.9%
Windsor | Bob Moore | LIB  | 1.3%
Southport | Doug Jennings | NAT  | 2.1% v LIB
Salisbury | Rosemary Kyburz | LIB  | 2.3%
Warrego | Neil Turner | NAT  | 2.6%
Kurilpa | Sam Doumany | LIB  | 2.7%
Mirani | Jim Randell | NAT  | 3.0%
Whitsunday | Geoff Muntz | NAT  | 3.5%
Redlands | John Goleby | NAT  | 4.2%
Merthyr | Don Lane | LIB  | 4.5%
Burdekin | Val Bird | NAT  | 4.5%
Ipswich | Llewellyn Edwards | LIB  | 5.1%
Redcliffe | Terry White | LIB  | 5.3%
Caboolture | Des Frawley | NAT  | 5.3%
Toowoomba North | John Lockwood | LIB  | 5.5%
Fairly safe
Townsville | Norman Scott-Young | LIB  | 6.0%
Flinders | Bob Katter | NAT  | 6.0%
Lockyer | Tony Fitzgerald | NAT  | 6.3% v LIB
Mulgrave | Max Menzel | NAT  | 6.5%
Wavell | Brian Austin | LIB  | 6.9%
Yeronga | Norm Lee | LIB  | 7.0%
Pine Rivers | Rob Akers | LIB  | 7.5%
Surfers Paradise | Rob Borbidge | NAT  | 7.9%
Mansfield | Bill Kaus | LIB  | 8.3%
Isis | Lin Powell | NAT  | 8.7%
Gregory | Bill Glasson | NAT  | 9.2%
Hinchinbrook | Ted Row | NAT  | 9.2%
Fassifern | Selwyn Muller | NAT  | 9.3%
Nundah | William Knox | LIB  | 9.6%
Ithaca | Col Miller | LIB  | 9.9%
Safe
Toowoomba South | John Warner | NAT  | 10.1%
Albert | Ivan Gibbs | NAT  | 10.9%
Carnarvon | Peter McKechnie | NAT  | 11.8%
Peak Downs | Vince Lester | NAT  | 12.1%
Greenslopes | Bill Hewitt | LIB  | 12.3%
Toowong | Ian Prentice | LIB  | 13.1%
Aspley | Beryce Nelson | LIB  | 13.9% v NAT
South Coast | Russ Hinze | NAT  | 14.6%
Somerset | Bill Gunn | NAT  | 15.0%
Roma | Ken Tomkins | NAT  | 15.4%
Mount Gravatt | Guelfi Scassola | LIB  | 15.7%
Callide | Lindsay Hartwig | NAT  | 15.8%
Cooroora | Gordon Simpson | NAT  | 16.4%
Warwick | Des Booth | NAT  | 17.7%
Gympie | Len Stephan | NAT  | 18.3%
Balonne | Don Neal | NAT  | 18.7%
Auburn | Neville Harper | NAT  | 19.1%
Landsborough | Mike Ahern | NAT  | 19.5%
Burnett | Claude Wharton | NAT  | 19.8%
Very safe
Sherwood | Angus Innes | LIB  | 20.9%
Condamine | Vic Sullivan | NAT  | 22.8%
Mount Coot-tha | Bill Lickiss | LIB  | 22.9%
Cunningham | Tony Elliott | NAT  | 30.3%
Barambah | Joh Bjelke-Petersen | NAT  | 31.8%
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[edit]

* Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1980

## References[edit]

1. ^ "A Proclamation". Queensland Government Gazette. 27 October 1980. p. 265:985.
2. ^ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 27 October 1980. p. 265:987.
3. ^ "Untitled". Queensland Government Gazette. 2 February 1981. p. 266:309.
4. ^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of Queensland, Assembly election, 29 November 1980". Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
5. ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1986). A handbook of Australian government and politics, 1975-1984. ANU Press. p. 205\. ISBN 978-0-08-033038-9.

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