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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Ferny Grove in Queensland state elections. ... Mark Scofield 467 1.44 ... Mark Taverner 993 3.35 +3. ...
Ferny Grove is one of the 89 electoral districts for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Australia. Located in northwest Brisbane , it is named for the suburb of Ferny Grove . It was first created in 1992, and was represented by Labor from its creation until the 2012 election , in which the LNP won with a 59.5 percent two-party vote.
Green analysed the Ferny Grove tally and concluded that Taverner did not have an effect on the outcome of the election. Specifically, Green concluded that at most, 353 of Taverner's ballot papers had exhausted. However, Furner would have still won even if all of those votes had gone to Shuttleworth had Taverner not been on the ballot.
While counting was underway, the PUP candidate for Ferny Grove, Mark Taverner, was revealed to be an undischarged bankrupt. Under Australian electoral law, Taverner was ineligible to run. This led to speculation that a by-election would be required in the seat; Labor was narrowly ahead on the two-party vote, and Taverner had preferenced Labor. [90]
Mark Boothman: 13,597 43.13 −6.46 ... Ferny Grove [29] Party Candidate ... Mark Taverner 993 3.35 +3.35 Arts: Di Gittins 588 1.98
Mark Lionel Furner (born 11 April 1958) is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of Australian Senate from 2008 to 2014, representing the state of Queensland . [ 1 ] Since the 2015 Queensland state election , he has represented Ferny Grove in the Queensland Legislative Assembly .
The 2015 Queensland state election was held on 31 January 2015.. A total of 433 candidates nominated for the 2015 election, by the close of nominations on 13 January 2015. There were three more candidates than there were at the last election in 2012, and the number of candidates is five short of the record number of 438 candidates at the 1998 state electi
It is written by both Mark Tavener, who also wrote the satirical novel In The Red and the satirical radio series Absolute Power, and Steve Punt. Their writing satirises both the hard-right Conservatism and "caring Conservatism", along with the rest of British politics. Following Tavener's death in October 2007, no new series have been produced.