Division of Moncrieff

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Moncrieff
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: Queensland
Created: 1984
MP: Steven Ciobo
Party: Liberal
Namesake: Gladys Moncrieff
Electors: 91,624
Area: 134 km² (51.7 sq mi)
Demographic: Provincial

The Division of Moncrieff is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Gladys Moncrieff, a famous Australian singer who resided in the area.

Moncrieff is located in south east Queensland, and is based on the central portion of the City of the Gold Coast. The division covers an area of 182 square kilometres in 2005.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Kathy Sullivan Liberal 1984—2001
  Steven Ciobo Liberal 2001—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Moncrieff
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Steven Ciobo 48,594 59.77 -4.03
Labor Sam Miszkowski 24,397 30.01 +5.66
Greens Carla Brandon 5,048 6.21 +1.17
Family First James Tayler 1,440 1.77 -1.26
Democrats Paul Stevenson 731 0.90 -0.29
Independent Paul Shears 562 0.69 +0.69
Socialist Alliance Tim Kirchler 315 0.39 +0.39
Citizens Electoral Council Elisabeth Thompson 214 0.26 -0.62
Total formal votes 81,301 96.23 +2.26
Informal votes 3,186 3.77 -2.26
Turnout 84,487 92.21 -0.56
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Steven Ciobo 52,042 64.01 -5.52
Labor Sam Miszkowski 29,259 35.99 +5.52
Liberal hold Swing -5.52
Australian federal election, 2004: Moncrieff
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Steven Ciobo 46,817 64.38 +10.89
Labor David J Parrish 17,393 23.92 -0.33
Greens Michael Beale 3,620 4.98 +0.72
Family First James Tayler 2,186 3.01 +3.01
One Nation Mark Chapman Smith 1,230 1.69 -3.75
Democrats Ros Roberts 834 1.15 -3.08
Citizens Electoral Council Sandy Sanderson 641 0.88 +0.88
Total formal votes 72,721 94.07 +0.92
Informal votes 4,581 5.93 -0.92
Turnout 77,302 91.69 -2.17
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Steven Ciobo 51,003 70.14 +3.80
Labor David J Parrish 21,718 29.86 -3.80
Liberal hold Swing +3.80

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