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This article is about the Australian federal electorate. For other uses, see Electoral district of Brisbane.
Brisbane
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Brisbane (green) within QueenslandCreated: 1900 MP: Teresa Gambaro Party: Liberal National Namesake: Brisbane Area: 58 km² (22 sq mi) Demographic: Inner Metropolitan The Division of Brisbane is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the city of Brisbane.
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Boundaries
On its original boundaries, Brisbane included all of what is now the northern part of the City of Brisbane, but successive boundary changes cut it back to the inner suburban area.
It now extends from the city centre into the western suburbs, and includes Alderley, Ashgrove, Bowen Hills, Brisbane City, Enoggera, Ferny Grove, Fortitude Valley, Gaythorne, Grange, Herston, Kelvin Grove, Keperra, Milton, Mitchelton, New Farm, Newmarket, Newstead, Red Hill, Spring Hill, Upper Kedron, Wilston, and Windsor, and parts of Bardon, Everton Park, Paddington, and Stafford.
In the 2009 Electoral Boundaries redistribution announced by the Australian Electoral Commission the seat of Brisbane also includes the suburbs of Hendra, Ascot and Hamilton.
Members
Member Party Term Thomas Macdonald-Paterson Protectionist 1901–1903 Independent 1903–1903 Millice Culpin Labor 1903–1906 Justin Foxton Anti-Socialist 1906–1909 Commonwealth Liberal 1909–1910 William Finlayson Labor 1910–1919 Donald Charles Cameron Nationalist 1919–1931 George Lawson Labor 1931–1961 Manfred Cross Labor 1961–1975 Peter Johnson Liberal 1975–1980 Manfred Cross Labor 1980–1990 Arch Bevis Labor 1990–2010 Teresa Gambaro Liberal National 2010–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of BrisbaneAustralian federal election, 2010: Brisbane Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal National Teresa Gambaro 37,191 45.89 +4.08 Labor Arch Bevis 24,623 30.38 -13.22 Greens Andrew Bartlett 17,244 21.28 +10.12 Family First Mark White 1,274 1.57 +0.44 Socialist Alliance Ewan Saunders 717 0.88 +0.36 Total formal votes 81,049 96.24 -0.88 Informal votes 3,169 3.76 +0.88 Turnout 84,218 91.32 -3.89 Two-candidate preferred result Liberal National Teresa Gambaro 41,440 51.13 +5.73 Labor Arch Bevis 39,609 48.87 -5.73 Liberal National gain from Labor Swing +5.73 References
Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Queensland Blair · Bonner · Bowman · Brisbane · Capricornia · Dawson · Dickson · Fadden · Fairfax · Fisher · Flynn · Forde · Griffith · Groom · Herbert · Hinkler · Kennedy · Leichhardt · Lilley · Longman · Maranoa · McPherson · Moncrieff · Moreton · Oxley · Petrie · Rankin · Ryan · Wide Bay · Wright
Abolished: Darling Downs · Oxley (1901-34)
Divisions in: New South Wales · Victoria · Queensland · Western Australia · South Australia · Tasmania · Australian Capital and Northern Territories Categories:- Brisbane
- Electoral divisions of Australia
- Australian electorates contested at every election
- Federal politics in Queensland
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