The 1992 Queensland state election was held on 19 September 1992.
Redistribution
A redistribution of electoral boundaries occurred in 1991. The zonal system was abolished, with a weighting added for remote electorates over 100,000km2.
The electorates of Auburn, Balonne, Bowen, Broadsound, Carnarvon, Condamine, Cooroora, Fassifern, Flinders, Glass House, Isis, Landsborough, Manly, Merthyr, Mourilyan, Nundah, Peak Downs, Pine Rivers, Port Curtis, Rockhampton North, Roma, Salisbury, Sherwood, Somerset, South Coast, Stafford, Toowong, Townsville East, Windsor, and Wolston were abolished.
The electorates of Beaudesert, Broadwater, Bundamba, Burleigh, Caloundra, Capalaba, Charters Towers, Chermside, Clayfield, Cleveland, Crows Nest, Ferny Grove, Fitzroy, Gladstone, Hervey Bay, Inala, Indooroopilly, Kallangur, Kedron, Keppel, Kurwongbah, Maroochydore, Merrimac, Mooloolah, Mount Ommaney, Mundingburra, Noosa, Sunnybank, Waterford, and Western Downs were created.
The redistribution added 7 more electorates to Greater Brisbane, the Gold Coast, and Sunshine Coast, while leaving 7 less electorates in regional Queensland. Aspley, Clayfield, and Hinchinbrook became notionally Labor-held.
The changes resulted in 59 notionally Labor-held seats, 10 notionally Liberal-held seats, and 20 notionally National-held seats.
- The member for Archerfield, Henry Palaszczuk (Labor), contested Inala.
- The member for Bowen, Ken Smyth (Labor), contested Charters Towers.
- The member for Broadsound, Jim Pearce (Labor), contested Fitzroy.
- The member for Caboolture, Ken Hayward (Labor), contested Kallangur.
- The member for Canarvon, Lawrence Springborg (National), contested Warwick.
- The member for Condamine, Brian Littleproud (National), contested Western Downs.
- The member for Cooroora, Ray Barber (Labor), contested Noosa.
- The member for Currumbin, Trevor Coomber (Liberal), contested Surfers Paradise.
- The member for Everton, Glen Milliner (Labor), contested Ferny Grove.
- The member for Fassifern, Kev Lingard (National), contested Beaudesert.
- The member for Glass House, Jon Sullivan (Labor), contested Caboolture.
- The member for Isis, Bill Nunn (Labor), contested Hervey Bay.
- The member for Landsborough, Joan Sheldon (Liberal), contested Caloundra.
- The member for Manly, Jim Elder (Labor), contested Capalaba.
- The member for Merthyr, Santo Santoro (Liberal), contested Clayfield.
- The member for Mourilyan, Bill Eaton (Labor), contested Hinchinbrook.
- The member for Nundah, Terry Sullivan (Labor), contested Chermside.
- The member for Peak Downs, Vince Lester (National), contested Keppel.
- The member for Pine Rivers, Margaret Woodgate (Labor), contested Kurwongbah.
- The member for Redlands, Darryl Briskey (Labor), contested Cleveland.
- The member for Rockhampton North, Robert Schwarten (Labor), contested Keppel.
- The member for Roma, Russell Cooper (National), contested Crows Nest.
- The member for Salisbury, Len Ardill (Labor), contested Archerfield.
- The member for Sherwood, David Dunworth (Liberal), contested Mount Ommaney.
- The member for South Coast, Bob Quinn (Liberal), contested Merrimac.
- The member for Stafford, Rod Welford (Labor), contested Everton.
- The member for Toowong, Denver Beanland (Liberal), contested Indooroopilly.
- The member for Townsville, Ken Davies (Labor), contested Mundingburra.
- The member for Townsville East, Geoff Smith (Labor), contested Townsville.
- The member for Windsor, Pat Comben (Labor), contested Kedron.
- The member for Wolston, Bob Gibbs (Labor), contested Bundamba.
By-elections
- On 28 July 1990, Joan Sheldon (Liberal) was elected to succeed Mike Ahern (National), who had resigned on 6 May 1990, as the member for Landsborough.
- On 28 July 1990, David Dunworth (Liberal) was elected to succeed Angus Innes (Liberal), who had resigned on 13 May 1990, as the member for Sherwood.
- On 21 November 1990, the election of Bob King (Liberal) was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns, who declared National candidate Neil Turner elected rather than ordering a by-election for the seat.
- On 18 May 1991, Terry Sullivan (Labor) was elected to succeed Phil Heath (Labor), who had resigned on 5 April 1991, as the member for Nundah.
- On 18 May 1991, Mike Horan (National) was elected to succeed Clive Berghofer (National), who had vacated his seat on 23 March 1991, as the member for Toowoomba South.
Retiring Members
Labor
National
Legislative Assembly
Sitting members are shown in bold text.
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