It appeared likely to be a political comeback nearly two decades in the making. Pauline Hanson, the controversial former member for Oxley, looked almost certain to gain a Senate spot last night as counting continued. 
Late last night, One Nation was close to having two Queensland Senate spots, which would see both Ms Hanson and Malcolm Roberts elected.
In any case, at least one spot was going to One Nation.
Ms Hanson greeted a small band of supporters at an Ipswich pub on Saturday night, where she predicted her party would claim the two Queensland Senate seats.
"People want Australian values, they want their culture, they want their way of life," she said. "I suppose they see me as a person who really cares about them, who really cares about this country."
Earlier in the day she said she was confident she would finally break her long electoral drought.
"There's a big mood swing on against the major parties and people are fed up," she said after she cast her vote. "[Voters] are saying now, 'What you said years ago is actually happening to our country,' and, quite amazingly, I'm getting a lot of support from those from ethnic backgrounds, different cultural backgrounds.
"I had a Fijian guy come up and give me the biggest hug and he said. 'You know, we need more people like you in Parliament protecting our country.'
"Even people of Chinese, of Asian background, and I know you all think they're against me, but they're not because they have really embraced this country, they love this country, and they don't want to see it changed."
One Nation also did well in lower house seats in Queensland, scoring double digits in some seats.
Ms Hanson has not been in Parliament since 1998, when she lost the contest for the seat of Blair, which she contested, instead of Oxley, after a redistribution.
In Queensland, pundits from both major parties were looking at the sunshine state's results with tilted heads and puzzled expressions on Saturday night as the results rolled in showing swings against incumbents in Herbert, Longman and Dickson, but more confusing movement in what were expected to be Labor gains.
Labor went into polling on Saturday expecting to pick up Capricornia and Flynn - neither of which, at time of publishing, looked definitive either way.
The Coalition was confident it would retain Brisbane - an optimism which was rewarded with Trevor Evans decisively keeping the seat blue, but had expressed a little doubt as voters headed towards the polls.
But Longman, where junior minister Wyatt Roy was entering his third election with a 6.9 per cent margin, rated a raised eyebrow, but dismissal when talk of a viable Labor challenge was raised.
Labor was "cautiously optimistic" it could claim the seat.
Ewen Jones in the north Queensland seat of Herbert also looked like being ousted in another shock for the majors. Labor had thought it was in with a chance before the election, but not confident enough it could outright claim it. The Coalition thought the same thing.
Forde, Petrie and Dickson were all still in play, with both the majors looking to pre-poll votes to decide the Coalition seats. But it was the minor parties again playing havoc with predictions.