Division of Longman

Longman Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Longman (green) within Queensland
Created:	1996
MP:	Wyatt Roy
Party:	Liberal National
Namesake:	Irene Longman
Area:	1,239 km² (478 sq mi)
Demographic:	Provincial

The Division of Longman is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was first proclaimed in 1994. The division is named after Irene Longman, the first female Member of the Queensland State Parliament and the third woman elected to a parliament in Australia.

Boundaries

Longman covers much of the Moreton Bay Region, including the former Caboolture Shire and some of the former Pine Rivers.

Its boundaries include Beachmere, Bribie Island, Burpengary, Dakabin, Deception Bay, Donnybrook, Kallangur, Ningi, North Lakes, and Toorbul, and parts of Caboolture, Morayfield, and Narangba.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Mal Brough	Liberal	1996–2007
	Jon Sullivan	Labor	2007-2010
	Wyatt Roy	Liberal National	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Longman

Australian federal election, 2010: Longman
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Wyatt Roy	33,011	43.75	-1.17
	Labor	Jon Sullivan	28,396	37.64	-8.04
	Greens	Rod Blair	6,878	9.12	+4.64
	Family First	Claire McErlane	3,206	4.25	+2.46
	Independent	John Reece	1,042	1.38	+1.38
	Independent	Bob Fox	872	1.16	+1.16
	Independent	Michael van Boeckel	856	1.13	+1.13
	Liberal Democrats	Joshua van Veen	671	0.89	+0.51
	Democratic Labor	Andrew Jackson	518	0.69	+0.69
Total formal votes			75,450	92.71	-3.77
Informal votes			5,929	7.29	+3.77
Turnout			81,379	93.47	+0.19
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal National	Wyatt Roy	39,173	51.92	+3.79
	Labor	Jon Sullivan	36,277	48.08	-3.79
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+3.79

External links

• Division of Longman (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

Coordinates: 27°00′50″S 152°53′42″E / 27.014°S 152.895°E / -27.014; 152.895