Michelle Landry wins Capricornia for LNP for the fifth-straight time

Capricornia LNP MP Michelle Landry held her seat for the fifth-straight election, but Labor is optimistic for the future after increasing its vote share in Central Qld.

LNP Capricornia MP Michelle Landry votes during the 2025 federal election at Frenchville State School on May 3, 2025.

As the LNP retains Capricornia, Labor’s unsuccessful candidate believes it’s ‘just the beginning’ for the party’s Central Queensland ambitions, with less than four per cent separating the first preference count.

Labor candidate Emily Mawson managed to increase the party’s vote by 4.55 per cent on first preferences and and was upbeat despite her loss.

“While it’s not the result we wanted in Capricornia...we have shown the Labor movement is alive and well in Central Queensland and this is just the beginning for us.”

The LNP’s Michelle Landry has won her fifth-straight election in the Central Queensland seat of Capricornia, but this time it’s a bittersweet victory as Labor narrowed the two-party preferred gap by 1.24 per cent, and her Coalition colleagues smashed nationally.

As of Tuesday Ms Landry will hold her seat with 36.52 per cent of the primary vote, a fall of 2.92 per cent, and 55.35 on a two-party preferred basis.

Speaking after the election, Ms Landry was of mixed emotions.

“It’s very exciting for me obviously, but I’m devastated about the losses that happened to the Coalition last night in the Liberal Party,” she said.

“It was gut-wrenching to watch.”

Labor’s Ms Mawson was upbeat despite her loss.

“While it’s not the result we wanted in Capricornia...we have shown the Labor movement is alive and well in Central Queensland and this is just the beginning for us.”

Ms Landry said there were “a number of reasons” why the LNP weren’t successful in this election.

“I think we probably did announce our policies a bit late and we didn’t have enough time to be selling that,” she said.

Ms Landry also said “lies” by the Labor Party and the Greens confused people.

“Our message got lost in the lies,” she said.

Despite the devastating national losses suffered by the LNP, Ms Landry vowed to continue fighting the Labor Party.

“It’s actually gut-wrenching that they won again,” she said.

“They’ve cut all the regional programs, they tried to cut the Rocky Ring Rd, it’s just been devastating what they have done to this area.

“Their candidate (Emily Mawson) only made one commitment to one sporting club, so they have got no commitments to the area, and we’re just going to have to keep up fighting with them to make sure we get our fair share up in regional Queensland.”

Ms Landry predicts some hard times ahead for Capricornia following the election.

“The only thing I think is a bit of a blessing is that Labor are there in their own right and we are not governed by the Greens and the Teals, because that would have been absolutely horrific,” she said.

“It’s going to be hard slog for us in the regions, but I’ve fought the mighty fight for nearly 12 years now and I’ll continue to do that to make sure we get our share up here in the regions.”

Ms Landry said she was “thankful” to all her voters.

“Thank you very much everyone for the amazing support,” she said.

“Thank you for putting your trust in me again and I won’t let you down.”

With Ms Landry and Ms Mawson coming first and second respectively, third place went to Pauline Hanson’s One Nation’s Cheryl Kempton, followed by The Greens Mick Jones in fourth.

In fifth place stands former Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Mirani MP Stephen Andrew, who ran at the recent state election for the Katter party and now at the federal election for Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots while Kerri Hislop of Family First came last of the six candidates.

Originally published as Michelle Landry wins Capricornia for LNP for the fifth-straight time