Electoral district of Morayfield
Electorates around Morayfield: | ||
Glass House | Pumicestone | Pumicestone |
Glass House | Morayfield | Bancroft |
Kurwongbah | Kurwongbah | Kurwongbah |
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Morayfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It is located in the northern outskirts of Brisbane, south of the Sunshine Coast.[1]
Geography
An outer suburban electorate, Morayfield lies west of the Bruce Highway and south of the Caboolture River. The northern end of the district takes in the suburb of Morayfield and the southern part of Caboolture. At its southern end, the district includes parts of the suburbs of Burpengary and Narangba.
History
A new district created for the 2009 state election, it was constructed mostly from the northern part of the district of Kallangur and the western part of the district of Pumicestone. It also took a section of territory previously belonging to the district of Kurwongbah.[2] Its inaugural member was Mark Ryan of the Labor Party, who was defeated by Darren Grimwade of the Liberal National Party in 2012.
Members for Morayfield
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Mark Ryan | Labor | 2009–2012 | |
Darren Grimwade | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
Mark Ryan | Labor | 2015–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mark Ryan | 16,386 | 54.38 | +8.62 | |
Liberal National | Theresa Craig | 6,549 | 21.73 | +1.67 | |
One Nation | Rodney Hansen | 3,582 | 11.89 | −13.34 | |
Greens | Amy Smith | 2,393 | 7.94 | +1.91 | |
Independent | Jason Snow | 631 | 2.09 | +2.09 | |
Informed Medical Options | Grant Matthews | 594 | 1.97 | +1.97 | |
Total formal votes | 30,135 | 95.47 | −0.07 | ||
Informal votes | 1,429 | 4.53 | +0.07 | ||
Turnout | 31,564 | 85.33 | −1.24 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Mark Ryan | 20,109 | 66.73 | +7.40 | |
Liberal National | Theresa Craig | 10,026 | 33.27 | −7.40 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +7.40 |
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
References
- ^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
- ^ "2008 Queensland State Redistribution: Morayfield". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009.
- ^ 2020 State General Election – Morayfield – District Summary, ECQ.
- ^ https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/qld/2020/guide/mora [bare URL]
External links
- Green, Antony (9 June 2023). "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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