Division of Forde

For the Canberra suburb, see Forde, Australian Capital Territory.

Forde Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Forde in Queensland, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1984
MP	Bert Van Manen
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Frank Forde
Electors	99,091 (2016)
Area	419 km² (161.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Forde is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1984 and is named after Frank Forde, who was briefly Prime Minister of Australia in 1945. When it was created it was a marginal seat in the southern suburbs of Brisbane, but it now has no territory in common with the original seat and is located in exurban and semi-rural areas south of the city, including Beenleigh and Loganlea.

It was a fairly safe seat for the Liberal Party after the 2004 election. Kay Elson announced that she would not re-contest her seat in the 2007 election. Wendy Creighton, a Boonah resident and editor of the local newspaper, the Fassifern Guardian, contested Forde as the Liberal candidate instead. She was defeated at the Federal election by Brett Raguse, the opposing Labor Party candidate, making Forde the safest Liberal Party seat to be claimed by the Labor Party at the 2007 election.

Ahead of the 2016 federal election, ABC psephologist Antony Green listed the seat in his election guide as one of eleven which he classed as "bellwether" electorates.^[1]

Members

	Party	Term
David Watson	Liberal	1984–1987
Mary Crawford	Labor	1987–1996
Kay Elson	Liberal	1996–2007
Brett Raguse	Labor	2007–2010
Bert van Manen	Liberal National	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Forde

Australian federal election, 2016: Forde^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Bert van Manen	34,096	40.63	−1.91
	Labor	Des Hardman	31,587	37.64	+3.64
	Greens	Sally Spain	5,393	6.43	+2.26
	Independent	David Wilks	5,242	6.25	+6.25
	Family First	Annelise Hellberg	4,687	5.59	+3.35
	Liberty Alliance	Shaun Spain	2,905	3.46	+3.46
Total formal votes			83,910	94.93	+2.20
Informal votes			4,486	5.07	−2.20
Turnout			88,396	89.21	−3.39
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Bert van Manen	42,486	50.63	−3.75
	Labor	Des Hardman	41,424	49.37	+3.75
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−3.75

References

↑ The Bellwether Contests: Antony Green ABC
↑ Forde, QLD, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

Division of Forde (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Queensland

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Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

Coordinates: 27°45′43″S 153°10′52″E / 27.762°S 153.181°E / -27.762; 153.181

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