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Some Stats from Qld Election ‘09

by Paul on April 21, 2009

Election Stats

  1. 1st female elected as Premier in any state in Australia.
  2. Over 2.4 million votes cast.
  3. 397 candidates competed for 89 seats.
  4. ALP retained government with 51 seats (down from 59 in 2006).
  5. LNP won 34 seats (up from the coalition’s 25 in 2006).
  6. Other parties won 4 seats.

QldVoice.org Stats

  1. 3 hours to build the site.
  2. 5 contributing writers (thanks for your efforts!).
  3. 36 blog posts in 3 weeks.
  4. 221 votes cast in our own polls.
  5. 1300 visitors.
  6. 99 Twitter updates.

See you next election!

Apparently, It’s about time…

March 9, 2009

The Daylight Savings for South East Queensland party is starting to make waves in the 2009 Election. Their campaign launch was yesterday, and a pretty good one at that (report from GoldCoast.com.au here). The only problem I see – once you got over the gag, that’s all there is.
The DS4SEQ’s whole platform is to bring [...]

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Daylight Saving for South East Queensland Party candidates announced

March 4, 2009

Following the close of nominations for election candidates on Tuesday 3 March 2009, the Daylight Saving for South East Queensland Party (DS4SEQ) has announced that it will field 32 candidates at the election on March 21.
In a media release [link to .pdf], DS4SEQ expresses delight at the number of candidates who nominated. From the media [...]

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Capper fails to register (interest)

March 4, 2009

Sadly, it’s official. Warwick Capper failed to register with the ECQ as a nominee for the Qld seat of Beaudesert, invalidating is attempt at running for parliament in the 2009 election. The Courier Mail covers it here.
His campaign launch in the streets of Beaudesert was the expected media circus. Kissing shop dummies, letting ladies grope [...]

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Pauline Hanson Vs Warwick Capper?

March 2, 2009

Late last week Queensland’s (and possibly Australia’s) most divisive politician Pauline Hanson announced that she would be throwing her hat in the ring of this year’s state election, contesting the seat of Beaudesert.
This morning, at her official campaign launch, she was asked if she had become a serial campaigner, a fairly legitimate question after a [...]

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