The byelection was triggered by former Callide MP Colin Boyce resigning in March, so he could run in the Federal Election.
Queensland is set to have a new youngest member of the current state parliament after the LNP claimed victory in its safe central Queensland seat of Callide in the weekend’s byelection.
On Sunday afternoon, with about 40 per cent of the vote counted, Head was out in front on his own with more than 45 per cent, equated to 6269 votes.Former state LNP backbencher and previous Callide MP Colin Boyce resigned in March after he was picked to run for the federal seat of Flynn in the election in May. He won the seat, despite an almost 5 per cent swing against him.
Callide is a historically safe LNP seat and Bryce’s margin after the 2020 State Election was 15.8 per cent.Advertisement
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