Direct answer
Llew O'Brien was elected.
After preferences, Llew O'Brien received 60,546 votes (57.63%). Elliott Chalmers received 44,512 votes (42.37%).
- Winning party
- Liberal National Party of Queensland
- Runner-up party
- Australian Labor Party
- TCP majority
- 16,034
- Turnout
- 89.29%
- Votes cast
- 109,966
- Enrolment
- 123,153
Complete candidate result
All 7 candidates.
Ranked here by first-preference votes. The elected member is determined by the full preferential count, not necessarily the primary-vote order.
| Primary rank | Candidate | Party | Ballot | First preferences | Primary share | Final TCP |
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| 1 | Llew O'BrienElectedAEC historical incumbent marker | Liberal National Party of Queensland | 4 | 41,055 | 39.08% | 60,546 · 57.63% · -3.71 pp swing |
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| 2 | Elliott Chalmers | Australian Labor Party | 2 | 27,271 | 25.96% | 44,512 · 42.37% · +3.71 pp swing |
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| 3 | Chad Burgess | Pauline Hanson's One Nation | 3 | 12,646 | 12.04% | Not a TCP finalist |
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| 4 | Emma Buhse | The Greens | 6 | 9,080 | 8.64% | Not a TCP finalist |
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| 5 | Kirsti Kenningale | Family First | 1 | 5,394 | 5.13% | Not a TCP finalist |
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| 6 | Casey Iddon | Independent | 5 | 5,090 | 4.84% | Not a TCP finalist |
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| 7 | Gabrial Pennicott | Trumpet of Patriots | 7 | 4,522 | 4.30% | Not a TCP finalist |
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Permanent division record
Wide Bay, Queensland
- Election.org ID
- eop-result-au-2025-house-178
- AEC division ID
- 178
- State or territory
- Queensland
- Polling date
- 3 May 2025
- Enrolment
- 123,153
- Formal votes
- 105,058
- Informal votes
- 4,908 (4.46%)
- Total turnout
- 109,966
Coverage boundary
Official results are not a current roster.
These are official final results for the 3 May 2025 federal election. They are historical election records, not a claim about the current House membership or future candidacies.
Candidate biographies, policy positions, political finance, current tenure, and future candidacy remain separate sourced layers.