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Lilley
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Lilley (green) within QueenslandCreated: 1913 MP: Wayne Swan Party: Labor Namesake: Charles Lilley Area: 147 km² (57 sq mi) Demographic: Inner Metropolitan The Division of Lilley is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was first proclaimed in 1913. The division is named after Sir Charles Lilley, a former Premier of Queensland and a former Chief Justice in the Supreme Court of Queensland.
The Division of Lilley includes sparsely populated areas of Brisbane Airport, tidal wetlands around Boondall and industrial areas around Pinkenba.
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Boundaries
Lilley stretches from the upper-class riverside suburbs of Ascot, Hamilton and Clayfield in the south to the bayside suburbs of Sandgate and Brighton in the north, and as far west as Chermside and Kedron.
Lilley currently covers the north-eastern part of the City of Brisbane local government area, and includes Ascot, Banyo, Boondall, Brighton, Chermside, Clayfield, Deagon, Geebung, Gordon Park, Hamilton, Hendra, Kedron, Northgate, Nudgee, Nundah, Pinkenba, Sandgate, Shorncliffe, Taigum, Virginia, Wavell Heights, Wooloowin, and Zillmere, and parts of Albion, Aspley, and Lutwyche.
Members
The Division of Lilley tends to be a Labor marginal seat, and is currently represented by Treasurer and Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party, Deputy Prime Minister, Wayne Swan.
Member Party Term Jacob Stumm Commonwealth Liberal 1913–1917 George Mackay Nationalist 1917–1931 United Australia 1931–1934 Donald Charles Cameron United Australia 1934–1937 William Jolly United Australia 1937–1943 James Hadley Labor 1943–1949 Bruce Wight Liberal 1949–1961 Donald James Cameron Labor 1961–1963 Kevin Cairns Liberal 1963–1972 Frank Doyle Labor 1972–1974 Kevin Cairns Liberal 1974–1980 Elaine Darling Labor 1980–1993 Wayne Swan Labor 1993–1996 Elizabeth Grace Liberal 1996–1998 Wayne Swan Labor 1998–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of LilleyAustralian federal election, 2010: Lilley Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal National Rod McGarvie 35,835 41.22 +2.39 Labor Wayne Swan 35,724 41.09 -10.19 Greens Andrew Jeremijenko 10,579 12.17 +5.81 Family First Andrew Herschell 2,696 3.10 +1.32 Independent Douglas Crowhurst 2,111 2.43 +2.43 Total formal votes 86,945 95.44 -1.61 Informal votes 4,153 4.56 +1.61 Turnout 91,098 93.52 -2.33 Two-candidate preferred result Labor Wayne Swan 46,234 53.18 -4.77 Liberal National Rod McGarvie 40,711 46.82 +4.77 Labor hold Swing -4.77 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)
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- Federal politics in Queensland
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