When Labor came to power at the 1998 state election, Hollis was appointed Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.
[1] This followed political controversy over whether Hollis's claimed travel expenses had been authorised, although the Crime and Misconduct Commission did not consider the matter suspicious.
[3] The Labor Party chose school teacher Lillian van Litsenburg to defend Redcliffe, a seat they'd held for the past 19 years.
The by-election win of Terry Rogers, along with that of Michael Caltabiano in Chatsworth, was a flip for the Liberal Party, who increased their numbers in the Legislative Assembly from five to seven.
However, the Liberal Party's hold on these two seats did not last long; both returned to the Labor fold at the 2006 state election.