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Moreton
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Moreton (green) within QueenslandCreated: 1900 MP: Graham Perrett Party: Labor Namesake: Moreton Bay Area: 111 km² (43 sq mi) Demographic: Inner Metropolitan The Division of Moreton 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 after Moreton Bay. The electorate is a bellwether in elections, having voted for the party winning government at every election since 1990. The seat is also very multicultural, with a significant Asian, South Eastern European and African population living in the electorate.
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Boundaries
Moreton is located in south east Queensland, and is based in the southern suburbs of the City of Brisbane. The division includes Archerfield, Chelmer, Fairfield, Graceville, Karawatha, Kuraby, Macgregor, Moorooka, Nathan, Robertson, Rocklea, Runcorn, Salisbury, Stretton, Sunnybank, Sunnybank Hills, Tennyson, Yeronga, and Yeerongpilly, and parts of Algester, Berrinba, Calamvale, Coopers Plains, Drewvale, Eight Mile Plains, Parkinson, Sherwood, and Tarragindi.
Members
Member Party Term James Wilkinson Independent Labour 1901–1904 Labor 1904–1906 Hugh Sinclair Anti-Socialist 1906–1909 Commonwealth Liberal 1909–1916 Nationalist 1916–1919 Arnold Wienholt Nationalist 1919–1922 Josiah Francis Nationalist 1922–1931 United Australia 1931–1944 Liberal 1944–1955 James Killen Liberal 1955–1983 Donald Milner Cameron Liberal 1983–1990 Garrie Gibson Labor 1990–1996 Gary Hardgrave Liberal 1996–2007 Graham Perrett Labor 2007–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of MoretonAustralian federal election, 2010: Moreton Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal National Malcolm Cole 35,182 43.40 +2.56 Labor Graham Perrett 29,190 36.01 -12.12 Greens Elissa Jenkins 12,882 15.89 +8.74 Family First Steve Christian 2,787 3.44 +1.97 Democratic Labor Lee Nightingale 1,018 1.26 +1.26 Total formal votes 81,059 95.15 -1.69 Informal votes 4,128 4.85 +1.69 Turnout 85,187 91.86 -3.16 Two-candidate preferred result Labor Graham Perrett 41,447 51.13 -4.88 Liberal National Malcolm Cole 39,612 48.87 +4.88 Labor hold Swing -4.88 External links
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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- Australian electorates contested at every election
- Federal politics in Queensland
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