Electoral district of Moggill

Moggill
QueenslandLegislative Assembly

Moggill (2008—)
State Queensland
MP Christian Rowan
Party Liberal National
Namesake Moggill
Electors 33,250 (2015)
Area 358 km2 (138.2 sq mi)
Coordinates 27°28′S 152°49′E / 27.467°S 152.817°E / -27.467; 152.817Coordinates: 27°28′S 152°49′E / 27.467°S 152.817°E / -27.467; 152.817

Moggill is an electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in the state of Queensland, Australia. The electorate is held by the former state president of the Australian Medical Association, Dr Christian Rowan, for the Liberal National Party of Queensland.

Moggill encompasses the suburbs on the south-western fringe of Brisbane, and is named for the suburb of Moggill. It also includes Chapel Hill, Pullenvale, Brookfield, Kenmore, Karana Downs, and Mount Crosby. It has long been the most conservative seat in Brisbane, and is presently the safest LNP seat in the capital, with an 8.2 percent swing needed for Labor to win it. During the Labor landslides of 2001 and 2004, it was the only non-Labor seat in Brisbane.

Most of the seat is located within the equally conservative federal seat of Ryan.

History

The electoral district of Moggill was created in the 1986 redistribution combining part of the electoral district of Mount Coot-tha with parts of the electoral district of Ipswich West. In 1991, a small portion east of the Centenary Highway was removed.[1]

Members for Moggill

MemberPartyTerm
  Bill Lickiss Liberal 1986–1989
  David Watson Liberal 1989–2004
  Bruce Flegg Liberal 2004–2008
  Liberal National 2008–2015
  Christian Rowan Liberal National 2015–present

Election results

Queensland state election, 2015: Moggill[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal National Christian Rowan 15,104 50.16 −13.11
Labor Louisa Pink 7,600 25.24 +9.58
Greens Charles Worringham 4,758 15.80 +2.00
Independent Barry Anthony Searle 1,959 6.51 +6.51
Palmer United Dion Van Zyl 692 2.30 +2.30
Total formal votes 30,113 98.51 −0.01
Informal votes 455 1.49 +0.01
Turnout 30,568 91.93 −0.91
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Christian Rowan 16,403 58.21 −15.70
Labor Louisa Pink 11,778 41.79 +15.70
Liberal National hold Swing −15.70

References

  1. "Part 2.21 - Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2015" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2015: The 54th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. 2015 State General Election - Moggill - District Summary, ECQ.

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