Palmer takes seat, looks set to be joined by Howarth Queensland might have a second new conservative MP to join Clive Palmer in federal parliament, according to the Australian Electoral Commission. Clive Palmer has won Fairfax, with the Australian Electoral Commission removing the seat from its list of "in doubt" seats on Monday afternoon. Clive Palmer leads by 2985 votes. The seat has been removed from the AEC's "in doubt" listings on Monday after 77 per cent of the votes have been counted. Mr Palmer, Queensland's richest man, has won 52.93 per cent of the two-party preferred votes over the LNP's Ted O'Brien who has won 47.03 per cent of the vote. And the Coalition's Luke Howarth, looks set to win the Redcliffe-based seat of Petrie from Labor's Yvette D'Ath. Just before 5pm on Monday, LNP candidate Luke Howarth has widened his gap over Ms D'Ath and is now 786 votes ahead. On Sunday afternoon he was 600 votes ahead. On a two-party preferred count, Mr Howarth hold 50.59 per cent of the vote, just over one per cent ahead of Ms D'Ath, who has received 49.41 per cent of the vote. Luke Howarth is a 41-year-old local businessman, who has three children and is a volunteer with the Redcliffe Police and Citizens Youth Club. In Fairfax, Labor's Elaine Hughes has 18.02 per cent of the vote, a drop on first preferences of 9.3 per cent of the vote. The Greens vote also collapsed in Fairfax, as a result of the Palmer surge, dropping by 9.76 per cent and causing Ms Hughes to poll third. Labor is losing Yvette D'Ath's Redcliffe-based seat of Petrie. Near Rockhampton, it appears there has been little further counting in this Labor-held seat. With 80 per cent of the vote finished, Labor's Peter Freeleagus is still 141 votes ahead of the LNP's Michelle Landry. On a two-party preferred basis, Mr Freeleagus has 50.1 per cent of the vorte and Ms Landy has 49.9 per cent.