South Burnett voters have ignored Katter’s Australian Party’s advice and have elected bank manager and LNP candidate David Littleproud in the safe seat of Maranoa
July 2, 2016
After the longest Federal Election anyone can remember, the status quo seems to have been maintained in the three electorates that criss-cross the South Burnett.
LNP candidates David Littleproud (Maranoa), Llew O’Brien (Wide Bay) and Ken O’Dowd (Flynn) were all ahead on the projected two-party preferred vote at 8:00pm on Saturday after two hours of counting.
Mr Littleproud, the successor to Bruce Scott in the safest Coalition seat in Queensland, had a strong lead and looks to have been elected as expected.
However, the swing against the LNP was more than 8 per cent.
The big winner was Pauline Hanson’s One Nation candidate Lynette Keehn who was ahead of Labor candidate Dave Kerrigan on first preferences.
Former Kilkivan police officer Llew O’Brien was also leading in Wide Bay – formerly held by ex-Deputy PM Warren Truss – more than 4000 votes ahead of Labor’s Lucy Stanton.
In Flynn, sitting member Ken O’Dowd was in a much tighter race, leading on first preferences by less than 1000 votes from Labor candidate Zac Beers.
Pre-poll votes will be counted after 9:00pm on Saturday.
South Burnett Mayor Keith Campbell cast his vote at Taabinbga State School, and stopped for a chat with ALP booth worker Ted Guy, 82, from BlackbuttRosemary Pratt from the Kingaroy Knitting Nannas used the opportunity of a Federal election to voice her opposition to a proposed new coal mine in KingaroyJohn Lindh and Bonnie Oliver were having fun manning the booth at the Murgon PCYC for ALP’s Wide Bay candidate Lucy StantonTrevor Sanderson was barracking for the LNP’s Llew O’Brien at Murgon, while Jyri Lehtonen was campaigning for the Australian Liberty AllianceThere was a queue of voters at Nanango High School, and they were supplied with election material by Ray Patroni (LNP), Silvio Villani (Nick Xenophon), Denis Newton (KAP) and Bruce Webb (ALP)Rowena Dionysius, from Kingaroy, cast her vote at the Taabinga State School boothSuzanne Stallard and Roger Miles were out to support the Greens candidate for Flynn at Wondai Town Hall, while Rem Vandenberg was handing out voting material for the ALP
