Division of Lilley

Lilley Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Lilley (green) within Queensland
Created:	1913
MP:	Wayne Swan
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Charles Lilley
Area:	147 km² (57 sq mi)
Demographic:	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Lilley is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was first proclaimed in 1913. The division is named after Sir Charles Lilley, a former Premier of Queensland and a former Chief Justice in the Supreme Court of Queensland.

The Division of Lilley includes sparsely populated areas of Brisbane Airport, tidal wetlands around Boondall and industrial areas around Pinkenba.

Boundaries

Lilley stretches from the upper-class riverside suburbs of Ascot, Hamilton and Clayfield in the south to the bayside suburbs of Sandgate and Brighton in the north, and as far west as Chermside and Kedron.

Lilley currently covers the north-eastern part of the City of Brisbane local government area, and includes Ascot, Banyo, Boondall, Brighton, Chermside, Clayfield, Deagon, Geebung, Gordon Park, Hamilton, Hendra, Kedron, Northgate, Nudgee, Nundah, Pinkenba, Sandgate, Shorncliffe, Taigum, Virginia, Wavell Heights, Wooloowin, and Zillmere, and parts of Albion, Aspley, and Lutwyche.

Members

The Division of Lilley tends to be a Labor marginal seat, and is currently represented by Treasurer and Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party, Deputy Prime Minister, Wayne Swan.

Member		Party	Term
	Jacob Stumm	Commonwealth Liberal	1913–1917
	George Mackay	Nationalist	1917–1931
		United Australia	1931–1934
	Donald Charles Cameron	United Australia	1934–1937
	William Jolly	United Australia	1937–1943
	James Hadley	Labor	1943–1949
	Bruce Wight	Liberal	1949–1961
	Donald James Cameron	Labor	1961–1963
	Kevin Cairns	Liberal	1963–1972
	Frank Doyle	Labor	1972–1974
	Kevin Cairns	Liberal	1974–1980
	Elaine Darling	Labor	1980–1993
	Wayne Swan	Labor	1993–1996
	Elizabeth Grace	Liberal	1996–1998
	Wayne Swan	Labor	1998–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Lilley

Australian federal election, 2010: Lilley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Rod McGarvie	35,835	41.22	+2.39
	Labor	Wayne Swan	35,724	41.09	-10.19
	Greens	Andrew Jeremijenko	10,579	12.17	+5.81
	Family First	Andrew Herschell	2,696	3.10	+1.32
	Independent	Douglas Crowhurst	2,111	2.43	+2.43
Total formal votes			86,945	95.44	-1.61
Informal votes			4,153	4.56	+1.61
Turnout			91,098	93.52	-2.33
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Wayne Swan	46,234	53.18	-4.77
	Liberal National	Rod McGarvie	40,711	46.82	+4.77
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.77

References

• Division of Lilley (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission