Electoral district of Stretton

Stretton Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Stretton 2017
State	Queensland
MP	James Martin
Party	Labor
Namesake	Stretton
Electors	33,961 (2021)
Area	41 km2 (15.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Coordinates	27°37′S 153°4′E
Electorates around Stretton: Algester Toohey Waterford Algester Stretton Woodridge Algester Woodridge Woodridge

Electoral map of Stretton 2008

Stretton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

The district is based in the southern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for the suburb of Stretton and also includes the suburbs of Calamvale, Eight Mile Plains, Kuraby, Sunnybank Hills and Underwood. It was first contested at the 2001 state election.

Members for Stretton

Member		Party	Term
	Stephen Robertson	Labor	2001–2012
	Freya Ostapovitch	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Duncan Pegg	Labor	2015–2021
	James Martin	Labor	2021–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Stretton

This section is an excerpt from 2021 Stretton state by-election § Results.[edit]

2021 Stretton state by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Martin	14,314	56.39	−0.20
	Liberal National	Jim Bellos	8,322	32.78	+2.58
	Greens	Andrea Wildin	1,654	6.52	−2.20
	Informed Medical Options	Jasmine Melhop	616	2.43	+2.43
	Animal Justice	Suzanne Clarke	478	1.88	+1.88
Total formal votes			25,384	96.61	+0.03
Informal votes			891	3.39	−0.03
Turnout			26,275	77.37	−10.43
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Martin	16,244	63.94	−0.87
	Liberal National	Jim Bellos	9,160	36.06	+0.87
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.87

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Stretton.[edit]

2020 Queensland state election: Stretton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Duncan Pegg	16,128	56.59	+5.98
	Liberal National	Peter Zhuang	8,609	30.21	+1.83
	Greens	Andrea Wildin	2,483	8.71	+1.30
	One Nation	Alexey Chekhunov	1,280	4.49	−7.38
Total formal votes			28,500	96.58	+1.55
Informal votes			1,010	3.42	−1.55
Turnout			29,510	87.80	+0.64
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Duncan Pegg	18,473	64.82	+4.93
	Liberal National	Peter Zhuang	10,027	35.18	−4.93
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.93

Primary vote results in Stretton (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Labor

  Liberal/Liberal National

  Greens

  One Nation

  Independent

Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Stretton

External links

• Green, Antony. "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.