Division of Brisbane

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Brisbane
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: Queensland
Created: 1901
MP: Arch Bevis
Party: Labor
Namesake: Brisbane
Electors: 91,705
Area: 76 km² (29.3 sq mi)
Demographic: Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Brisbane is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the city of Brisbane.

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[edit] Boundaries

On its original boundaries, Brisbane included all of what is now the northern part of the City of Brisbane, but successive boundary changes cut it back to the inner suburban area.

It now extends from the city centre into the western suburbs, and includes Alderley, Ashgrove, Bowen Hills, Brisbane City, Enoggera, Ferny Grove, Fortitude Valley, Gaythorne, Grange, Herston, Kelvin Grove, Keperra, Milton, Mitchelton, New Farm, Newmarket, Newstead, Red Hill, Spring Hill, Upper Kedron, Wilston, and Windsor, and parts of Bardon, Everton Park, Paddington, and Stafford.

[edit] Members

For most of its history it has been a fairly safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, but the Liberal Party won it in 1975 and 1977. It was Labor's most vulnerable seat at the 2004 election, but the sitting member, Arch Bevis, gained a substantial swing and has made the seat fairly secure[1]. This may have been influenced by the controversy over Family First preferences, where Liberal candidate Ingrid Tall was denied Family First preferences as an out Lesbian[2].

Member Party Term
  Thomas Macdonald-Paterson Independent 1901—1903
  Millice Culpin Labor 1903—1906
  Justin Foxton Anti-Socialist 1906—1909
  Commonwealth Liberal 1909—1910
  William Finlayson Labor 1910—1919
  Donald Cameron Nationalist 1919—1931
  George Lawson Labor 1931—1961
  Manfred Cross Labor 1961—1975
  Peter Johnson Liberal 1975—1980
  Manfred Cross Labor 1980—1990
  Arch Bevis Labor 1990—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arch Bevis 37,715 45.04 +2.58
Liberal Ted O'Brien 32,989 39.40 -0.58
Greens Elizabeth Guthrie 9,882 11.80 +2.47
Democrats Don Sinnamon 1,226 1.51 -0.10
Family First Mark White 1,183 1.41 -0.94
Socialist Alliance Ewan Saunders 556 0.68 +0.28
Citizens Electoral Council Nick Contarino 137 0.16 +0.06
Total formal votes 83,738 97.04 +1.27
Informal votes 2,554 2.96 -1.27
Turnout 86,292 94.10 +0.44
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Arch Bevis 47,526 56.76 +2.82
Liberal Ted O'Brien 36,212 43.24 -2.82
Labor hold Swing +2.82
Australian federal election, 2004: Brisbane
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arch Bevis 33,687 42.47 +4.83
Liberal Ingrid Tall 31,721 39.99 -1.22
Greens Richard Nielsen 7,349 9.26 +2.70
National Nick Withycombe 2,242 2.83 +1.01
Family First Charles Newington 1,899 2.39 +2.39
Democrats Tracy Schrader 1,269 1.60 -7.07
Independent J F Barnes 767 0.97 +0.97
Socialist Alliance Coral Wynter 313 0.39 +0.39
Citizens Electoral Council Nick Contarino 76 0.10 +0.10
Total formal votes 79,323 95.78 -0.48
Informal votes 3,495 4.22 +0.48
Turnout 82,818 92.40 -1.18
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Arch Bevis 42,759 53.90 +2.87
Liberal Ingrid Tall 36,564 46.10 -2.87
Labor hold Swing +2.87

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2004 Federal Election. Brisbane Electorate Profile. Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC)
  2. ^ Family First refuses preference swap with lesbians - Election 2004 - www.theage.com.au

[edit] External links

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