GLADSTONE voters flipped the bird to the two major parties on Saturday, stripping them of almost 10% of their usual votes, and placed them in the hot hands of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party.



One in six people that walked into a polling booth across the Flynn electorate marked a one next to the One Nation party.



It was the unexpected result of the election, and a surprise too for the party that hasn't been on the ballot paper since 2007.



People in the streets say they voted for One Nation because Ms Hanson says what they are thinking, and they are fed-up with the 'infighting' and 'lies' from the major parties:

Whether it's policies or protest, the major parties will hear how Gladstone and the rest of Flynn voted for the next three years with Ms Hanson back in Canberra.

The re-emergence of Ms Hanson into the political sphere has left both major parties scratching their heads.

And with strong support among voters, particularly in Queensland, southerners are even calling for a British-style "Quexit", which would have the rest of Australia breakaway from the Sunshine State.

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Graphics are even being shared on social media that show Queensland cut from the country.

Just as Ms Hanson stuck her middle finger up at the major parties, it would appear the rest of Australia has stuck theirs up right back.

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Although One Nation is unlikely to win a seat in the lower house, the party secured 16%, 20%, 15% and 18% of the primary vote in Flynn, Hinkler (Bundaberg), Wide Bay and Maranoa respectively.

While 16% of the vote in Flynn won't translate into a win for One Nation candidate Phil Baker, he has made life extremely difficult for sitting member and LNP faithful, Ken O'Dowd.

In places like Agnes Water, Ambrose, Benaraby, Bororen, Boyne Island, Calliope, Clinton and Kin Kora, Mr Baker easily rivalled Mr O'Dowd and Labor's Zac Beers for votes.

Kim Vuga, who started the Facebook group Stop the Mosque Gladstone, her own party Love Australia or Leave and appeared in the SBS documentary Go Back To Where You Came From, said she wasn't surprised by the strong show of support for One Nation.

She said traditionally conservative or LNP voters had made the switch to One Nation because they didn't like Malcolm Turnbull, preferring Tony Abbott instead, and were concerned about immigration, jobs and border security.

"The whole talk of Islam has been enough to affect voters," Ms Vuga said.

"But you're not going to win on one issue."

Having been thrust by national media into having an opinion on Ms Hanson's success in Flynn, mayor Matt Burnett said

Ms Hanson's honesty was probably what won voters over.

"It was a surprise but I think you'll find a lot of the voters in Flynn were disenfranchised with the current government and were sending a message," he said.

"People I know personally who voted that way didn't necessarily agree with her policies but voted for her because she is honest.

"Whether they agreed with her or not they knew that she stood up for (what) she believed in," he said.