With counting still under way, it was certain almost one-third of Queensland's 30 federal lower house seats would have new members, be it through retirement or political defeat, while five seats – Herbert, Capricornia, Forde, Flynn and Petrie – remained too close to call.

Arguably Labor's biggest nationwide scalp was Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy, who was defeated by Susan Lamb in Longman.

Ms Lamb was understandably jubilant on Sunday morning as she thanked voters outside the Caboolture markets.

But she said she was not surprised by the outcome.

"I felt really confident," Ms Lamb said.

"We'd been running a really strong grassroots campaign out here for a long time and it felt good."

While the result seemed to be in the bag, one thing Ms Lamb was still waiting for was a concession from Mr Roy.

"I haven't heard from him at all," she said.

"I think he's waiting for the postal votes to be counted, so maybe he'll call after that.

"But my phone's on and I'll be ready when he wants to give me a call."

Comment has been sought from Mr Roy.

There were some big celebrations for Brisbane's new MP-elect, the LNP's Trevor Evans, on Saturday night, having achieved one of few swings towards the Coalition in Queensland.

At the height of festivities, his brothers wrapped his car in campaign material.

Member-elect for Brisbane Trevor Evans's brothers wrapped his car in election material at the height of Saturday night's celebrations. Photo: Supplied

Mr Evans was too exhausted to speak with Fairfax Media on Sunday, but provided a short statement in the wake of his victory.

"I feel honoured and excited at the prospect of working hard for Brisbane for the next three years, to repay the faith put in me by Brisbane voters," he said.

Mr Evans made some history on Saturday night when he won the first contest between two openly gay major party candidates, having defeated Labor's Pat O'Neill.

Across town, Queensland Labor heavyweight Milton Dick, a former party state secretary, was celebrating his new status as member-elect for the south-west Brisbane/Ipswich electorate of Oxley.

Labor retained the seat, vacated by the retiring Bernie Ripoll, at the same time gaining a swing of 5.7 per cent, as of counting on Sunday.

Milton Dick enjoyed a swing towards Labor as he claimed the seat of Oxley Photo: Michelle Smith

Mr Dick, who was until March the leader of the Brisbane City Council opposition, said Labor had run a very effective campaign across Queensland and Australia, which was reflected in the nationwide swing against the Turnbull government.

"The Labor campaign about education and affordable health care has clearly resonated and connected with voters, not only in Oxley but just about every electorate in Queensland," he said.

"I think Bill Shorten's style of campaigning, of real engagement and being comfortable and relaxed, but determined to set a policy agenda has really shown that people are ready to support Labor."

But as for whether he would go to Canberra as a government or opposition MP, Mr Dick said it was now a waiting game.

"There are a number of seats in play and we have to allow every vote to be counted and I'll be eagerly anticipating being sworn in as the federal member and I'd like to hope it's a Labor government," he said.

"But we've still got a long way to go and it's a tough fight for us, with the amount of seats still in play."

Queensland Senator-elect Murray Watt, who led the Labor ticket on Saturday, said the party could pick up as many as five Queensland seats – Longman, Herbert, Capricornia, Flynn and Forde.

"We've claimed Longman and we're very confident about Herbert," he said.

"We are fairly confident about Capricornia – not as much as Herbert – and then I think Flynn's about the same.

"Forde is probably more a hopeful than a confident."

The party was less optimistic about Petrie, which Luke Howarth looked to have retained, although neither party was ready to claim the northern Brisbane seat.

Senator-elect Watt said he expected Queensland's 12-seat Senate allocation to include at least five LNP senators, four from Labor, one Green and Pauline Hanson.

The final Senate spot would likely come down to a contest between One Nation, the LNP and Katter's Australian Party, Senator-elect Watt said.

Queensland's confirmed new federal MPs were Trevor Evans (Brisbane, LNP), Andrew Wallace (Fisher, LNP), John McVeigh (Groom, LNP), David Littleproud (Maranoa, LNP), Milton Dick (Oxley, ALP), Ted O'Brien (Fairfax, LNP), Susan Lamb (Longman, ALP) and Llew O'Brien (Wide Bay, LNP).

New Queensland Senators will include Murray Watt and former state secretary Anthony Chisholm (ALP), along with Pauline Hanson, with the 12th position still undecided.

The Australian Electoral Commission expected House of Representatives counting to resume on Tuesday, after pre-poll ballots for the Senate were counted on Monday.