2012 South Brisbane state by-election

2012 South Brisbane state by-election
28 April 2012
  First party Second party Third party
 
LNP
GRN
Candidate Jackie Trad Clem Grehan Jo-Anne Bragg
Party Labor Liberal National Greens
Popular vote 6,720 7,761 3,960
Percentage 32.9% 38.0% 19.4%
Swing Decrease 5.7pp Decrease 0.1pp Increase 1.3pp
TPP 51.7% 48.3%
TPP swing Decrease 3.0pp Increase 3.0pp
MP before election

Anna Bligh
Labor

Elected MP

Jackie Trad
Labor

A by-election was held for the seat of South Brisbane in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland on 28 April 2012, the same day as local government elections, following the decision of former premier Anna Bligh to retire from politics. Jackie Trad retained the seat for the Labor Party.[1][2]

  1. ^ Trad declared South Brisbane winner Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine - By Kim Lyell - Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  2. ^ Bridie Jabour (29 February 2012). "Trad claims narrow victory and sends warning to Newman". Brisbanetimes.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.