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2007 Brisbane Central state by-election

The 2007 Brisbane Central state by-election was held on 13 October 2007 to elect the member for Brisbane Central in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, following the resignation of Labor Party MP and former premier Peter Beattie.

The 2007 Brisbane Central state by-election was held on 13 October 2007 to elect the member for Brisbane Central in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, following the resignation of Labor Party MP and former premier Peter Beattie.

The National–Liberal coalition failed to stand a candidate in the by-election. A total of six candidates stood in the election.

Grace Grace held the seat for Labor with slightly over 50% of the vote, negating the need for the count to go to preferences. In the absence of a National–Liberal coalition candidate, the party with the largest gains were the Greens, who scored a swing in their favour of 14.83%.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Labor	Grace Grace	11,248	50.35	−0.13
	Greens	Anne Boccabella	7,396	33.11	+14.83
	Family First	Mark A. White	1,738	7.78	+7.78
	Independent	Erik Olaf Eriksen	711	3.18	+3.18
	Independent	Ronald Davy	674	3.02	+3.02
	One Nation	Ian Nelson	574	2.57	+2.57
30,111	93.21	−1.16
2,193	6.79	+1.16
32,304	84.93	−6.86
	Labor	Grace Grace	11,594	57.85	−6.92
	Greens	Anne Boccabella	8,449	42.15	+42.15
	Labor hold

List of Queensland state by-elections
All You Need To Know : 2007 Brisbane Central By-Election from Electoral Commission Queensland

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