QLD state election 2024: Voting results for Gympie

Two of the safest seats in Queensland today are Gympie and Nanango, held for many years by Liberal National Party MPs Tony Perrett and Deb Frecklington. But nothing is certain. Read our rolling coverage of election day as it unfolds:

Nanango MP Deb Frecklington and Gympie MP Tony Perrett are tipped to retain their seats for the LNP.

Two of the safest seats in Queensland today are Gympie and Nanango, held for many years by Liberal National Party MPs Tony Perrett and Deb Frecklington, and expected to stay that way after Queensland votes.

Mr Perrett has held Gympie since 2015, and won the 2020 election with a 8.5 percent margin. His entry into state politics followed many years in local government, serving as deputy mayor and councillor with the Gympie and Kilkivan councils.

Mr Perrett owns and runs a cattle property near Kilkivan, and has been opposition spokesperson for agriculture, fisheries and forestry since 2020.

He must be considered a chance at a ministerial appointment if the LNP succeeds in routing Labor.

Up against him on Saturday is Labor candidate and Gympie son Lachlan Anderson, who goes into the election with the recent devastating loss of his grandmother.

The state electorate of Gympie.

Also contesting the seat is another well known local identity Emma Buhse for the Greens, and Katy McCallum for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.

The electorate is centred on the city of Gympie and stretches north to Rainbow Beach and as far south to Pomona. The district’s most famous former member is Andrew Fisher, who became Prime Minister of Australia.

Ms Frecklington has held Nanango since 2012, a term that included a stint as the leader of the opposition, challenging former premier Annastacia Palaszczuk for the top job at the 2020 election.

She holds the seat with a 12.2 percent margin and is expected to be safely returned. Her supporters will be getting together at the Carollee Hotel in Kingaroy tonight, but Ms Frecklington herself will be heading to Brisbane after sho votes to appear on the Channel Nine panel.

A map of the state electorate of Nanango.

In early 2024 Ms Frecklington was appointed the Opposition spokesman for energy, a portfolio that emerged as a major battleground in the lead-up to the election.

On election day, she is up again Labor candidate Vel Heward, Adam Maslen from Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, young Angus Ryan for the Greens, Anthony Hopkins from the Legalise Cannabis Queensland party and Independents Jason Miles and Nathan Hope.

Ms Heward is a South Burnett local having been born in Nanango and lived in Kilcoy for 40 years.

Ms Heward has been a Minister with the Wamuran Spiritualist Church, and has spent her life listening to and advocating for the region and its residents.

Her election platform is built on Labor’s policies for better access to health services closer to home and delivering well paid secure jobs for the regions.

Originally published as QLD state election 2024: Voting results for Gympie