Electoral district of Ashgrove
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| Ashgrove Queensland—Legislative Assembly |
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 Ashgrove (2008—) |
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| State or territory: | Queensland |
| MP: | Kate Jones |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Ashgrove |
Ashgrove is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.
It is located in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, encompassing Alderley, Ashgrove, Enoggera, The Gap, and Newmarket. The electorate also contains the Enoggera Army Barracks and the Enoggera Reservoir, a state forest.
Kate Jones of the Australian Labor Party is the current Member for Ashgrove. Jones won the seat in 2006 following the retirement of long-serving member Jim Fouras (ALP), a former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. It will notably be contested by Campbell Newman in 2012, who has to win in order to be successful in his bid to be Premier.
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[edit] Polling
| Date | Poll | 2PP vote | |
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| ALP | LNP | ||
| Nov 2011 | ReachTEL [1] | 46% | 54% |
| Oct 2011 | ReachTEL [1] | 43.5% | 56.5% |
| Sept 2011 | ReachTEL [2] | 48.0% | 52.0% |
| Jul 2011 | Newspoll | 45% | 55% |
| May 2011 | ReachTEL [3] | 50.1% | 49.9% |
| May 2011 | LNP | 47% | 53% |
| 2009 Election | 57.1% | 42.9% | |
| 2006 Election | 58.1% | 41.9% | |
| 2004 Election | 64.7% | 35.3% | |
| 2001 Election | 65.0% | 35.0% | |
[edit] Members for Ashgrove
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Sir Douglas Tooth | Liberal | 1960–1974 | |
| John Greenwood | Liberal | 1974–1983 | |
| Tom Veivers | Labor | 1983–1986 | |
| Alan Sherlock | Liberal | 1986–1989 | |
| Jim Fouras | Labor | 1989–2006 | |
| Kate Jones | Labor | 2006–present | |
[edit] Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Ashgrove
| Queensland state election, 2009: Ashgrove[4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Kate Jones | 12,629 | 45.7 | -1.9 | |
| Liberal National | Scott McConnel | 10,293 | 37.3 | +1.4 | |
| Greens | Robert Hogg | 3,425 | 12.4 | -3.4 | |
| Independent | Ian Saunders | 799 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
| DS4SEQ | Bill Grieve | 355 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Independent | Ruth Spencer | 127 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 27,628 | 98.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 339 | 1.3 | |||
| Turnout | 27,967 | 91.6 | |||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Kate Jones | 14,842 | 57.1 | -1.4 | |
| Liberal National | Scott McConnel | 11,153 | 42.9 | +1.4 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -1.4 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Ashgrove Poll - Kate Jones vs Campbell Newman". Reachtel.com.au. 2011-09-06. http://www.reachtel.com.au/blogs/07/10/2011/the-battle-for-ashgrove-kate-jones-vs-campbell-newman. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ "The battle for Ashgrove - Kate Jones vs Campbell Newman". Reachtel.com.au. http://www.reachtel.com.au/blog/ashgrove-electorate-campbell-newman-kate-jones. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ Geoff Kuehner - General Manager - Broncos Leagues Club. "Ashgrove polling - Campbell Newman vs Kate Jones". Reachtel.com.au. http://www.reachtel.com.au/blog/ashgrove-polling-newman-vs-jones. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
- ^ Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results". ABC Election Unit. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/archive/qld/QLD2009_Results.pdf#page=14. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
[edit] External links
- Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)
