It was first created in 1992, and was represented by Labor from its creation until the 2012 election, in which the LNP won with a 59.5 percent two-party vote.

[2] However, the Palmer United Party candidate for Ferny Grove, Mark Taverner, was revealed to be an undischarged bankrupt and therefore ineligible to run.

However, ABC election analyst Antony Green believed that the Ferny Grove outcome and potential by-election will not affect who forms government.

[3] The Ferny Grove tally later indicated that the Palmer candidate did not have an effect on the outcome of the election, dampening chances of the Court of Disputed Returns ordering a by-election.

[4] The Electoral Commission of Queensland initially indicated it would refer the situation to the Court of Disputed Returns.