Electoral district of Redcliffe

The Electoral District of Redcliffe is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral division in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

The division encompasses suburbs to the north and northeast of Brisbane, including Redcliffe, Woody Point, Scarborough, Clontarf and Margate, as well as parts of Kippa-Ring. The electorate's boundary stretches to take in Moreton Island.

The seat was created in 1960 and was first held by Liberal (later National) member Jim Houghton. The seat was contested between the Liberal and National Parties until Houghton's mid-term retirement in 1979, followed by a byelection won by Liberal Terry White. White became the Liberal leader in August 1983, causing a split in the National-dominated coalition at the time. In 1989, he lost the seat to Australian Labor Party member Ray Hollis, who at one point was Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. In 2005, Hollis resigned and the Liberals' Terry Rogers, a local chartered accountant, picked up the seat in an 8.4% landslide. However, his tenure in the seat was short, and he lost it to current member Lillian van Litsenburg, a school teacher, in the 2006 election.

Members for Redcliffe

External links

* [http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/state2006/Redcliffe/districtProfile.html Electoral Commission of Queensland - Electoral profile]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2006/guide/redc.htm ABC - Antony Green's Electoral profile]