Ten Bligh ministers lose seats in election

Anna Bligh’s cabinet has been almost entirely wiped out, with 10 ministers losing their seats to Liberal National Party candidates, analysts say.

And the four cabinet members still hanging in there are not assured of keeping their seats.

The biggest loss is Deputy Premier and Treasurer Andrew Fraser, whose lost Mt Coot-tha to the LNP’s Saxon Rice.

Education minister Cameron Dick – another leadership frontrunner – has lost his Brisbane seat of Greenslopes to the LNP’s Ian Kaye.

Infrastructure Minister Stirling Hinchliffe has lost Stafford to the LNP’s Chris Davis.

Minister for Women Karen Struthers is out in Algester, to the LNP’s Anthony Shorten.

And Health Minister Geoff Wilson has lost Ferny Grove to the LNP’s Dale Shuttleworth.

In Whitsunday, Tourism Minister Jan Jarratt has lost to the LNP’s Jason Costigan.

Sports Minister Phil Reeves lost his seat of Mansfield to the LNP’s Ian Walker.

Main Roads, Fisheries and Marine Infrastructure Minister Craig Wallace has lost Thuringowa in north Queensland to the LNP’s Sam Cox.

Disabilities, Mental Health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Minister Curtis Pitt has lost the far north Queensland seat of Mulgrave to the LNP’s Robyn Quick.

And Environment Minister Vicki Darling lost her seat of Sandgate to the LNP’s Kerry Millard.

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