GROOM, Qld ==================================================================== 28 November 2020, following the resignation of Dr John McVeigh -------------------------------------------------------------------- South-east Qld: Centenary Heights, Newtown, Oakey, Rangeville, Toowoomba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 two-party majority: LNP over Labor 20.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 108,550 +02.4 Votes cast: 88,645 81.7 -11.4 Informal votes: 2,504 02.8 -00.4 Formal votes: 86,141 97.2 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sandra Jephcott 6,716 07.8 Craig Farquharson LDP 4,391 05.1 Garth HAMILTON + LNP 51,534 59.8 +06.5 Chris Meibusch ALP 23,500 27.3 +08.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 86,141 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Farquharson's 4,391 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jephcott 1,451 33.0 8,167 09.5 HAMILTON + 2,116 48.2 53,650 62.3 Meibusch 824 18.8 24,324 28.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,391 86,141 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Jephcott's 8,167 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HAMILTON + 4,225 51.7 57,875 67.2 Meibusch 3,942 48.3 28,266 32.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,167 86,141 17.2 03.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Garth Russell Hamilton (born 1979): Elected 2020 By Born: 5 March 1979, Southport Qld Career: Educated University of Queensland. Mining engineer, project manager, journalist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamilton sat with the Liberals in the House of Representatives. --------------------------------------------------------------------