Electoral district of Logan

Electoral district of Logan
Logan
QueenslandLegislative Assembly
QLD - Logan 2008.png
Logan (2008—)
State or territory: Queensland
MP: John Mickel
Party: Labor
Namesake: Logan River

The district of Logan is an electoral division in southern Queensland, Australia.

Logan encompasses urban and semi-rural environments on the southern outskirts of the Brisbane metropolitan area. Major locations within the electoral district include Browns Plains, Crestmead, Park Ridge and North Maclean.

John Mickel of the Australian Labor Party - currently Speaker of the Legislative Assembly - holds the seat. Logan is considered a safe Labor seat.

Members for Logan

First incarnation (1873-1950)
Member Party Term
  Phillip Nind Unaligned 1873-1875
  Adam Black Unaligned 1875
  Frederick Shaw Unaligned 1875-1876
  Peter McLean Unaligned 1876-1883
  Ernest Stevens Independent 1883-1896
  John Donaldson Independent/Ministerialist 1896
  James Stodart Ministerialist/Opposition 1896-1918
  Alfred James Labor 1918-1920
  Reginald King Nationalist/United Party/
Country and Progressive National
1920-1935
  John Brown Labor 1935-1944
  Sir Thomas Hiley Queensland People's/
Liberal
1944-1950
Second incarnation (1960-1972)
Member Party Term
  Robert Harrison Country 1960-1966
  Dick Wood Country 1966-1969
  Edgar Baldwin Labor 1969-1972
Third incarnation (1986-present)
Member Party Term
  Wayne Goss Labor 1986-1998
  John Mickel Labor 1998-present

Election results

Queensland state election, 2009: Logan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Mickel 14,184 56.7 -4.8
Liberal National Tristan McLindon 7,917 31.7 +8.1
Greens James Brown 2,124 8.5 -0.8
DS4SEQ Jenny Gear 777 3.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 25,002 96.5
Informal votes 790 3.5
Turnout 25,792 91.4
Two-candidate preferred result
Labor John Mickel 14,982 63.9 -7.2
Liberal National Tristan McLindon 8,453 36.1 +7.2
Labor hold Swing -7.2

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