Divisions · Queensland · 130,658 enrolled
Fairfax
Ted O'Brien (LNP) won Fairfax in 2025 with 53.23% of the final two-candidate vote against Naomi McQueen (Labor), a marginal margin of 3.23 points.
Member now Ted O'Brien Liberal · in Parliament since 2 July 2016
- Turnout
- 89.72%
- Informal
- 5.27%
- Labor TPP
- 46.77%
- TPP swing to Labor
- +5.72
- Formal votes
- 111,048
- 2022 winner
- Ted O'Brien (LNP)
2025 · first preferences
8 candidates
- Ted O'BrienLNP · sitting member · elected 42,075 37.89% −7.02
- Naomi McQueenLabor 27,607 24.86% +3.00
- Francine WiigIndependent 13,085 11.78% +11.78
- Sue EtheridgeGreens 11,351 10.22% −3.15
- Beatrice MarshOne Nation 8,232 7.41% +0.85
- Rhys SandersonFamily First 3,816 3.44% +3.44
- Gregory RyzyTrumpet of Patriots 3,063 2.76% +2.76
- Paul McKeownIndependent 1,819 1.64% +1.64
Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).
After preferences
The final two
Ted O'Brien · LNP 53.23% 59,110
Naomi McQueen · Labor 46.77% 51,938
Lead: 7,172 of 111,048 votes.
Distribution of preferences · 7 counts
| Candidate | First | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beatrice Marsh · One Nation | 8,232 | 8,431 | 9,764 | 12,172 | 12,805 | excl. | |
| Francine Wiig · Independent | 13,085 | 13,803 | 14,311 | 15,121 | 20,160 | 26,002 | excl. |
| Rhys Sanderson · Family First | 3,816 | 3,991 | 4,401 | excl. | |||
| Sue Etheridge · Greens | 11,351 | 11,494 | 11,651 | 11,978 | excl. | ||
| Naomi McQueen · Labor | 27,607 | 27,774 | 27,968 | 28,195 | 33,688 | 34,701 | 51,938 |
| Paul McKeown · Independent | 1,819 | excl. | |||||
| Ted O'Brien · LNP | 42,075 | 42,333 | 42,953 | 43,582 | 44,395 | 50,345 | 59,110 |
| Gregory Ryzy · Trumpet of Patriots | 3,063 | 3,222 | excl. |
Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.
Photos: Ted O'Brien — Commonwealth of Australia (Regional Development Australia, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts, CC BY 4.0 . Via Wikimedia Commons.