Division of Rankin

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Rankin
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: Queensland
Created: 1984
MP: Craig Emerson
Party: Labor
Namesake: Annabelle Rankin
Electors: 89,650
Area: 196 km² (75.7 sq mi)
Demographic: Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Rankin is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Annabelle Rankin, the first Queensland woman elected to the Senate.

In its original form, Rankin covered the Gold Coast hinterland including Lamington National Park and the major town of Beaudesert as well as some outer metropolitan areas of Brisbane. In this situation it was a marginal seat which the Labor party managed to hold. However, with the transfer of the rural hinterland to Forde, Rankin became a much safer Labor seat, being one of only two Queensland seats the ALP retained in the 1996 election.

Today Rankin is based on the outer southern suburbs of the City of the Brisbane, in addition to portions of the City of Logan. The division covers an area of 151 square kilometres in 2005.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  David Beddall Labor 1984—1998
  Craig Emerson Labor 1998—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Rankin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Craig Emerson 44,858 56.01 +12.22
Liberal Peter Coulson 27,299 34.09 -3.01
Greens Neil Cotter 3,773 4.71 +1.50
Family First Bert Van Manen 2,827 3.53 -1.59
Democrats Salam El-Merebi 590 0.74 -0.11
Liberty and Democracy Liam Tjia 463 0.58 +0.58
Citizens Electoral Council Robert Meyers 273 0.34 +0.13
Total formal votes 80,083 95.51 +2.68
Informal votes 3,764 4.49 -2.68
Turnout 83,847 93.53 -0.56
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Craig Emerson 49,440 61.74 +8.76
Liberal Peter Coulson 30,643 38.26 -8.76
Labor hold Swing +8.76
Australian federal election, 2004: Rankin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Craig Emerson 34,471 43.92 -1.04
Liberal Wendy Creighton 28,819 36.72 -4.05
Independent Darren Power 5,134 6.54 +6.54
Family First Ross Wilson 4,036 5.14 +5.14
Greens Julian Hinton 2,422 3.09 +0.34
One Nation Margaret Hands 1,601 2.04 -4.57
National Mike Boyd 1,187 1.51 +1.51
Democrats Catherine Sporle 653 0.83 -3.97
Citizens Electoral Council Robert David Meyers 158 0.20 +0.20
Total formal votes 78,481 92.81 -0.82
Informal votes 6,078 7.19 +0.82
Turnout 84,559 92.89 -1.06
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Craig Emerson 41,774 53.23 +0.81
Liberal Wendy Creighton 36,707 46.77 -0.81
Labor hold Swing +0.81
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Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Queensland

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