Oodgeroo outcome revealed: What it means for you
Five-term MP Mark Robinson had a battle on his hands after a threatening challenge from independent candidate Claire Richardson in the bayside seat of Oodgeroo.
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The LNP’s Mark Robinson is likely to retain his seat for a fifth time after the rise of independent Claire Richardson, who was defeated at the local government elections when she went head to head with conservative mayor Karen Williams in March.
CANDIDATES FOR STATE SEAT OF LOGAN
Ms Richardson, an engineer, polled 54 per cent of the vote in the local election in booths within Oodgeroo, an ominous sign for Mr Robinson who has held the seat since 2017 and its previous iteration of Cleveland since 2009.
With 22.4 per cent of the state vote counted, Mr Robinson was confident of keeping the seat comfortably scoring 58 per cent of the two-party preferred vote, well in front of Labor’s Irene Henley on 42 per cent.
Ms Richards had 20.5 per cent of the primary vote and in early counting it was still likely she could make gains depending on the Greens’ and Labor’s preference flows.
Mr Robinson went into the election with a 7.2 per cent margin but a longstanding campaign against the redevelopment of the Toondah Harbour ferry terminal has started to take its toll.
Early poll results put Ms Richardson narrowly in front.
ALP candidate Irene Henley scored a large slice of the primary votes but two-party preferred the race was between LNP and the independent.
Preferences from One Nation candidate Douglas Chapman were predicted to flow to Mr Robinson with Labor, the Greens and independents going to Ms Richardson.
Mr Robinson promised greater spending on road and hospital funding and to promote marine and fishing activities.
He said he would spend $1 million upgrading the indoor auditorium at Wellington Point State High School.
Ms Richardson has promised a renewable energy plan for a self-sufficient Minjerribah/North Stradbroke Island. She also said she would instigate plans to boost Cleveland’s economy by starting shared government workspaces for local state workers.
She also promised to create 500 jobs at the Redlands Technology Park and revisit Toondah Harbour plans.
CANDIDATES
Mark Robinson (Liberal National)
Irene Henley (Labor)
Douglas Chapman (One Nation)
Kirstyn Marriott (Informed Medical Options)
Ian Mazlin (Greens)
Claire Richardson (independent)