STAFFORD BY-ELECTION OF 16 MAY 2026 ==================================================================== Following the death of Jimmy Sullivan (independent) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main polling places: Chermside, Kedron, Stafford, Willston -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2022 two-party majority: Labor over Lib-Nat 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,397 Total votes counted: 33,719 81.5 Informal votes: 1,202 03.6 Formal votes: 32,517 96.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Richmond + Labor Party 10,018 30.8 -08.0 Jacqueline Verne Leg Cannabis 956 02.9 Damian Smart 610 01.9 Danial Selff Libertrin 368 01.1 Liam Parry 1,243 03.8 Jess Lane Qld Greens 4,768 14.7 -03.4 Lucy O'Brien Animal Justice 679 02.1 Alan Denaro Family First 764 02.4 Fiona Hammond Liberal National 13,111 40.3 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,517 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Two-party preferred result -------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke RICHMOND + Labor Party 16,700 51.4 -03.9 Fiona Hammond Liberal National 15,817 48.6 +03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,517 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Richmond: Elected 2026by Career: Chief of staff to Hon Shannon Fentiman MLA. Deputy chief of staff to Premier, Hon Dr Steven Miles MLA. Assistant state secretary, Queensland Labor. --------------------------------------------------------------------