Electoral district of Lytton
Lytton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]
Lytton Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Electoral map of Lytton 2017 | |||||||||||||||
State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
MP | Joan Pease | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Lytton | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 35,693 (2017) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 124 km2 (47.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°24′S 153°11′E | ||||||||||||||
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Electoral map of Lytton 2008
The district is based in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, to the south of the Brisbane River. It is named for the suburb of Lytton and also includes the suburbs of Hemmant, Lota, Manly and Wynnum, as well as the Port of Brisbane. The electorate was first created for the 1972 election.
Lytton is normally a safe Labor Party seat, although it was won in 2012 by the Liberal National Party.
Members for Lytton
Member | Party | Term | |
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Tom Burns | Labor | 1972–1996 | |
Paul Lucas | Labor | 1996–2012 | |
Neil Symes | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
Joan Pease | Labor | 2015–present | |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Joan Pease | 15,416 | 48.9 | −0.3 | |
Liberal National | Karren Strahan | 7,663 | 24.3 | −11.9 | |
One Nation | Suzanne Black | 4,854 | 15.4 | +15.4 | |
Greens | Ken Austin | 3,573 | 11.3 | +2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 31,506 | 96.8 | −1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,057 | 3.2 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 32,563 | 89.9 | +1.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Joan Pease | 19,541 | 62.0 | +2.1 | |
Liberal National | Karren Strahan | 11,965 | 38.0 | −2.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
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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.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- 2017 State General Election - Lytton - District Summary, ECQ.
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