Electoral district of Algester
The electoral district of Algester is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in south-west Brisbane.[1] It includes the suburbs of Algester, Parkinson, Hillcrest, Boronia Heights, Forestdale, Larapinta, Heathwood, Forest Lake, Doolandella, and Pallara, as well as the Greenbank Military Range. It borders the electoral districts of Sunnybank, Stretton, Logan, Lockyer, Bundamba, and Inala.[2]
| Algester Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of the electoral district of Algester, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Leeanne Enoch | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Suburb of Algester | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 32,851 (2017) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 60 km2 (23.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°42′S 152°57′E | ||||||||||||||
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The Algester electoral district was created at the 1999 redistribution from the former electoral district of Archerfield, and was contested for the first time at the 2001 election. It had been a safe seat for the Labor Party since its inception, as had Archerfield, but it was won by Anthony Shorten of the Liberal National Party at the 2012 election. Leeanne Enoch won the seat back for Labor at the 2015 election. Enoch is the first Indigenous Australian woman elected to the Queensland parliament.[3]
Members for Algester
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Struthers | Labor | 2001–2012 | |
| Anthony Shorten | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
| Leeanne Enoch | Labor | 2015–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Leeanne Enoch | 14,424 | 51.9 | +0.3 | |
| Liberal National | Clinton Pattison | 6,025 | 21.7 | −15.1 | |
| One Nation | Darryl Lanyon | 5,055 | 18.2 | +18.2 | |
| Greens | Patsy O'Brien | 2,277 | 8.2 | +1.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 27,781 | 94.8 | −2.8 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,537 | 5.2 | +2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 29,318 | 87.1 | −1.2 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Leeanne Enoch | 17,898 | 64.4 | +4.8 | |
| Liberal National | Clinton Pattison | 9,883 | 35.6 | −4.8 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +4.8 | |||
References
- "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- "State District Map of Algester" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
- "Labor's Leeanne Enoch to become one of two Indigenous MPs". ABC News. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- 2017 State General Election - Algester - District Summary, ECQ.