Controversially Vievers entered into a preference deal with the One Nation Party which had attracted 21.7% of the Southport vote at the 1998 election, this deal was in defiance of a ban by leader Rob Borbidge.
Controversially Vievers entered into a local preference deal with the One Nation Party. Vievers recommended that Southport voters give the One Nation candidate their second preference ahead of both Lawlor and a independent candidate, this deal was in defiance of a ban on such preference deals by Nationals leader Rob Borbidge.