It emerged shortly afterwards that D'Arcy was facing charges of child sex offences from his days as a school teacher.
[3] Kaiser's chief opponent was Logan City councillor Russell Lutton, standing as an independent but formerly a member of the Labor Party.
[1] Kaiser won the normally safe seat for the Labor Party, with Lutton polling a strong second.
Labor's retention of Woodridge and Bundamba ensured the government of Peter Beattie retained its one-seat majority in parliament.
[5] He consequently resigned from the Labor Party in January 2001 to sit as an independent and did not contest the 2001 state election.