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A state by-election was held in Queensland on 13 October 2007^[1] to fill the vacancy in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral district of Brisbane Central, formerly held by Labor member and former Premier Peter Beattie, who resigned on 14 September 2007.^[2] The Liberal-National coalition failed to stand a candidate in the by-election.^[3]^[4] A total of six candidates stood in the election.^[5]

Grace Grace held the seat for Labor with slightly over 50% of the vote, negating the need for the count to go to preferences.^[6] In the absence of a Liberal-National coalition candidate, the party with the largest gains were The Greens, who scored a swing in their favour of 14.83%.^[7]

Results

Brisbane Central state by-election, 13 October 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Grace Grace	11,248	50.35	−0.13
	Greens	Anne Boccabella	7,396	33.11	+14.83
	Family First	Mark A. White	1,738	7.78	+7.78
	Independent	Erik Olaf Eriksen	711	3.18	+3.18
	Independent	Ronald Davy	674	3.02	+3.02
	One Nation	Ian Nelson	574	2.57	+2.57
Total formal votes			30,111	93.21	−1.16
Informal votes			2,193	6.79	+1.16
Turnout			32,304	84.93	−6.86
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Grace Grace	11,594	57.85	−6.92
	Greens	Anne Boccabella	8,449	42.15	+42.15
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A