Division of Dickson

Dickson Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Dickson (green) within Queensland
Created:	1992
MP:	Peter Dutton
Party:	Liberal National
Namesake:	James Dickson
Area:	722 km² (279 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Dickson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland, Australia. The division was formed in 1992 and is named after Sir James Dickson, a leading advocate in Australian Federation, Queensland Premier and Minister for Defence in first Australian Ministry. It is located in the outer north-western suburbs of Brisbane, including Albany Creek, Kallangur and Strathpine. The 2006 redistribution added Shire of Esk to and removed part of Kallangur from the district. It has historically been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party.

1993 Election

There was an unusual circumstance at the 1993 election. One of the candidates, an independent, died very shortly before the election, making it necessary to hold a standalone 'supplementary election' on 17 April (the rest of the country had already voted on 13 March). Following the return of the Labor Party to government, the Prime Minister Paul Keating announced the makeup of the Second Keating Ministry to be sworn in on 24 March, but kept the portfolio of Attorney-General open for Michael Lavarch subject to him winning Dickson on 17 April. He won the seat, and was appointed to the ministry on 27 April.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Michael Lavarch	Labor	1993–1996
	Tony Smith	Liberal	1996–1998
		Independent	1998–1998
	Cheryl Kernot	Labor	1998–2001
	Peter Dutton	Liberal	2001–2010
		Liberal National	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Dickson

Australian federal election, 2010: Dickson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Peter Dutton	39,880	48.96	+3.62
	Labor	Fiona McNamara	27,264	33.47	-10.95
	Greens	David Colbert	8,888	10.91	+4.84
	Independent	Rebecca Jenkinson	2,558	3.14	+3.14
	Family First	Alan Revie	2,340	2.87	+0.35
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Hunter	521	0.64	+0.34
Total formal votes			81,451	95.59	-1.62
Informal votes			3,755	4.41	+1.62
Turnout			85,206	94.56	-0.81
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal National	Peter Dutton	44,902	55.13	+5.89
	Labor	Fiona McNamara	36,549	44.87	-5.89
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+5.89

External links

• Division of Dickson (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission