1998 Mulgrave state by-election

1998 Mulgrave state by-election
5 December 1998
Electoral district of Mulgrave in the Queensland Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Warren Pitt Naomi Wilson Peter Boniface
Party Labor National One Nation
Primary vote 9,446 8,550 3,470
Percentage 42.35% 38.33% 15.56%
Swing 5.33 8.38 15.48
TPP 50.63% 49.37%
TPP swing 4.80 49.37
MP before election

Charles Rappolt
One Nation

Elected MP

Warren Pitt
Labor

The 1998 Mulgrave state by-election was held on 5 December 1998 to elect the member for Mulgrave in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, following the resignation of One Nation MP Charles Rappolt.

Labor Party candidate and former member Warren Pitt won the by-election with 50.6% of the two-party-preferred vote against the National Party.

Pitt's victory meant Mulgrave was held by three separate political parties with three different members in 1998. It was also the last time that a sitting Queensland government gained a seat in a by-election until Hinchinbrook in 2025.

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