Electoral district of Lockyer

Lockyer is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]

Lockyer Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Lockyer, 2017
State	Queensland
MP	Jim McDonald
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Lockyer Valley
Electors	32,961 (2017)
Area	2,344 km^2 (905.0 sq mi)
Coordinates	27°41′S 152°28′E
Electorates around Lockyer: Condamine Nanango Moggill Toowoomba North Toowoomba South Lockyer Ipswich West Condamine Southern Downs Scenic Rim

2008 map

The district consists primarily of Gatton and Laidley Shires and northern parts of Beaudesert Shire. It includes the major town of Gatton and a number of smaller centres including Laidley, Helidon and Withcott. The eastern parts of the district are part of the outer southern suburbs of Ipswich and Brisbane in the area of Greenmount.

The district is bounded on the west by Toowoomba North, and Toowoomba South. On the southwest and south by Condamine, Southern Downs and Beaudesert. To the north and northwest by Nanango. To the northeast, where it passes south of Ipswich and Brisbane, it is bounded by Ipswich West, Ipswich, Moggill. To the east it shares a boundary with the seat of Logan.

The electorate has been represented by Jim McDonald since the 2017 election. Pauline Hanson came within just 114 votes of being elected at the 2015 election with a 49.78 percent two-candidate vote.

Members for Lockyer

First incarnation (1888–1932)
Member		Party	Term
	William North	Unaligned	1888–1893
	William Drayton Armstrong	Various^1	1893–1904
	Michael O'Keefe	Ministerialist	1904–1907
	William Drayton Armstrong	Various^1	1907–1918
	Cuthbert Butler	Labor	1918–1920
	George Logan	Country	1920–1929
	Charles Jamieson	Independent	1929–1932
Second incarnation (1950–present)
Member		Party	Term
	(Sir) Gordon Chalk	Liberal	1950–1976
	Tony Bourke	Liberal	1976–1980
	Tony Fitzgerald	National	1980–1998
	Peter Prenzler	One Nation	1998–1999
		City Country Alliance	1999–2001
	Bill Flynn	One Nation	2001–2004
	Ian Rickuss	National	2004–2008
		Liberal National	2008–2017
	Jim McDonald	Liberal National	2017–present

¹ William Drayton Armstrong alternately listed his party alignment as Liberal, Opposition, and Ministeralist (twice). The parliamentary members' register does not list dates for these changes.

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lockyer

2017 Queensland state election: Lockyer[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Jim McDonald	10,377	35.8	+0.8
	One Nation	Jim Savage	9,960	34.4	+8.5
	Labor	Nicole Lincoln	6,635	22.9	−2.6
	Greens	Ian Simons	1,317	4.5	+0.9
	Independent	Tony Parr	683	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			28,972	96.1	−2.3
Informal votes			1,176	3.9	+2.3
Turnout			30,148	89.8	+1.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal National	Jim McDonald	15,666	54.1	+2.5
	One Nation	Jim Savage	13,306	45.9	−2.5
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+2.5

References

1. "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)
2. 2017 State General Election - Lockyer - District Summary, ECQ.

External links

• Green, Antony. "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.