Electoral district of Murrumba
| Murrumba Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Murrumba 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Steven Miles | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | An Aboriginal word meaning "good"[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 41,071 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 63 km2 (24.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°12′S 153°2′E / 27.200°S 153.033°E | ||||||||||||||
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Murrumba is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]
The district is based in the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane. It includes the suburbs of Deception Bay, Kippa-Ring, Murrumba Downs and Rothwell. The electorate was first contested in 1912.
Members for Murrumba
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Forsyth | Liberal | 1912–1918 | |
| Richard Warren | Country | 1918–1932 | |
| Frank Nicklin | Country | 1932–1950 | |
| David Nicholson | Country | 1950–1972 | |
| Des Frawley | Country | 1972–1974 | |
| National | 1974–1977 | ||
| Joe Kruger | Labor | 1977–1986 | |
| Dean Wells | Labor | 1986–2012 | |
| Reg Gulley | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
| Chris Whiting | Labor | 2015–2017 | |
| Steven Miles | Labor | 2017–present | |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Steven Miles | 19,076 | 47.7 | −2.9 | |
| Liberal National | Gary Fulton | 12,310 | 30.7 | +1.7 | |
| Greens | Deklan Green | 2,534 | 6.3 | −1.9 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | David Zaloudek | 2,116 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
| One Nation | Duncan Geldenhuys | 1,727 | 4.3 | −3.2 | |
| Independent | Sarah Kropman | 905 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Family First | David Todd | 846 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Independent DLP | Scott Donovan | 314 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Independent | Caleb Wells | 191 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 40,019 | 96.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,560 | 3.8 | |||
| Turnout | 41,579 | ||||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Steven Miles | 23,922 | 59.8 | −1.6 | |
| Liberal National | Gary Fulton | 16,097 | 40.2 | +1.6 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -1.6 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Murrumba - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ^ "Scott Donovan running as Independent DLP candidate in Queensland". Democratic Labour Party. 18 September 2024. Archived from the original on 8 October 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.