[1] Prior to the 2009 Queensland state election, the electorate of Tablelands was abolished, and much of its territory was merged with neighbouring Charters Towers to form the new seat of Dalrymple.
Lee Long contested the new electorate against Shane Knuth, the Liberal National member for Charters Towers.
[2] Lee Long is a widow, and her late husband was of Chinese descent,[3] a fact that aroused considerable interest given One Nation's strong anti-immigration stance.
Nelson subsequently left the party in 1999 amid internal tensions, and recontested the seat at the 2001 election as an independent, losing out to Lee Long.
In her inaugural address to parliament, Lee Long attacked globalisation and the Government's policy of privatisation, blaming them for a decline in the agricultural and mining industries in her electorate.