Electoral district of Sandgate
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| Sandgate Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Sandgate 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Bisma Asif | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Sandgate | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 36,858 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 35 km2 (13.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°19′S 153°3′E / 27.317°S 153.050°E | ||||||||||||||
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Sandgate is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.[1]
It is located in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, covering Sandgate, Shorncliffe, Deagon, Brighton, Bracken Ridge, Fitzgibbon and Taigum. The whole electorate is located within the local government area of the City of Brisbane.
Until 2024, Sandgate was held by Stirling Hinchliffe of the Labor Party. The seat was held by former Labor leader Nev Warburton and former health minister Gordon Nuttall.
Members for Sandgate
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hubert Sizer | United/Country and Progressive National | 1923–1935 | |
| Roland Hislop | Labor | 1935–1941 | |
| Eric Decker | Country/Queensland People's/Liberal | 1941–1953 | |
| Herbert Robinson | Labor | 1953–1957 | |
| Queensland Labor | 1957 | ||
| Thomas Ahearn | Liberal | 1957–1960 | |
| Harry Dean | Labor | 1960–1977 | |
| Nev Warburton | Labor | 1977–1992 | |
| Gordon Nuttall | Labor | 1992–2006 | |
| Vicky Darling | Labor | 2006–2012 | |
| Kerry Millard | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
| Stirling Hinchliffe | Labor | 2015–2024 | |
| Bisma Asif | Labor | 2024–present | |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Stirling Hinchliffe | 17,777 | 54.59 | +5.44 | |
| Liberal National | Clark Siemsen | 8,712 | 26.75 | +3.52 | |
| Greens | Miree Le Roy | 3,825 | 11.75 | −0.92 | |
| One Nation | Rodney Miles | 1,693 | 5.20 | −9.75 | |
| Independent | Todd Milham | 558 | 1.71 | +1.71 | |
| Total formal votes | 32,565 | 97.29 | +0.81 | ||
| Informal votes | 908 | 2.71 | −0.81 | ||
| Turnout | 33,473 | 90.82 | +0.55 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Stirling Hinchliffe | 21,916 | 67.30 | +3.82 | |
| Liberal National | Clark Siemsen | 10,649 | 32.70 | −3.82 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +3.82 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
- ^ 2020 State General Election – Sandgate – District Summary, ECQ.