Division of McPherson

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McPherson
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: Queensland
Created: 1949
MP: Margaret May
Party: Liberal
Namesake: McPherson Range
Electors: 92,324
Area: 357 km² (137.8 sq mi)
Demographic: Provincial

The Division of McPherson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1948 and is named for the McPherson Range, which forms one of the divisional boundaries. McPherson is located in south east Queensland, and is based on the southern portion of the City of the Gold Coast. The division covers an area of 369 square kilometres in 2005.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Arthur Fadden Country 1949—1958
  Charles Barnes Country 1958—1972
  Eric Robinson Liberal 1972—1981
  Peter White Liberal 1981—1990
  John Bradford Liberal 1990—1998
  Christian Democrats 1998—1998
  Margaret May Liberal 1998—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: McPherson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Margaret May 45,979 54.98 -3.96
Labor Eddy Sarroff 29,798 35.63 +5.55
Greens Ben O'Callaghan 4,986 5.96 +0.79
Family First Kevin Davis 1,282 1.53 -1.30
Democrats Lori Carnwell 791 0.95 -0.13
Independent Tyrone Jackson 666 0.80 +0.80
Citizens Electoral Council Geoff Cornell 127 0.15 +0.10
Total formal votes 83,629 96.84 +2.09
Informal votes 2,727 3.16 -2.09
Turnout 86,356 93.54 -0.55
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Margaret May 49,195 58.83 -5.11
Labor Eddy Sarroff 34,434 41.17 +5.11
Liberal hold Swing -5.11
Australian federal election, 2004: McPherson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Margaret May 43,124 58.95 +4.06
Labor Kellie Trigger 22,037 30.13 +1.37
Greens Ian Latto 3,789 5.18 +0.25
Family First Rob Davey 2,063 2.82 +2.82
One Nation Paul Lewis 1,347 1.84 -4.21
Democrats Russell V White 788 1.08 -3.02
Total formal votes 73,148 94.73 -0.01
Informal votes 4,069 5.27 +0.01
Turnout 77,217 93.16 +1.69
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Margaret May 46,737 63.89 +1.72
Labor Kellie Trigger 26,411 36.11 -1.72
Liberal hold Swing +1.72
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Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Queensland

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