A by-election was held for the

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district of Redcliffe on 20 August 2005. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting

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member and Speaker Ray Hollis. The by-election was held to coincide with the Chatsworth by-election on the same day. Both contests resulted in the Labor Party losing the seat to the rival

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was elected as the new member for Redcliffe.

Background

Ray Hollis first entered parliament at the 1989 state election and held the seat of Redcliffe at every election thereafter. When Labor came to power at the 1998 state election, Hollis was appointed

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. On 21 July 2005, Hollis announced his retirement from politics, citing ill health. This followed political controversy over whether Hollis's claimed travel expenses had been authorised, although the Crime and Misconduct Commission did not consider the matter suspicious.

Candidates

At the 2004 state election, Ray Hollis's

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vote was slashed to 57.1%, down from 67.6% at the previous election. The Liberal candidate who achieved that swing of 10.5% was

. Rogers was chosen unopposed as the Liberal candidate for the Redcliffe by-election. The Labor Party chose school teacher

Lillian van Litsenburg Elisabeth Cornelia Maria "Lillian" van Litsenburg (born 22 April 1957) was a Labor Party politician in the Queensland Parliament representing the Electoral district of Redcliffe. She was elected in September 2006 at the state election after sh ...

to defend Redcliffe, a seat they'd held for the past 19 years. Also standing at the by-election was independent candidate Rob McJannett who, as the only non-major party candidate to run for Redcliffe, achieved a hefty 14.3% of the primary vote at the 2004 state election.

Results

Aftermath

The by-election win of

, along with that of

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in Chatsworth, was a flip for the Liberal Party, who increased their numbers in the Legislative Assembly from five to seven. However, the Liberal Party's hold on these two seats did not last long; both returned to the Labor fold at the 2006 state election. Labor's unsuccessful candidate for the Redcliffe by-election, Lillian van Litsenburg, was again the Labor candidate for the seat at the 2006 state election when she was elected the member for Redcliffe.

References

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Background

Candidates

Results

Aftermath

See also

References