By JOLENE OGLE
LABOR candidate Mark Denham helped turn Noosa into a sea of red in the lead-up to the election, but it wasn’t enough to unseat long-time LNP leadership.
Mr Denham won 20.42 per cent of the votes, which is a drastic improvement on ALP’s result in the 2012 election that saw only 12.44 per cent of the votes for candidate Kurt Hopkins.
In a post on his Facebook page, Mr Denham said he had been praised by his team and other parties for his campaign, and said he would continue to fight for the Noosa community.
“From my point of view, we ran hard right up to the line and the voters swung towards Queensland Labor in Noosa,” the post read.
This was my first time in the race and will not be my last. I am here to fight for Noosa and will continue to do so even if I am not the MP.”
