Electoral district of Brisbane Central

Brisbane Central Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Brisbane Central (2008—)
State or territory:	Queensland
MP:	Grace Grace
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Brisbane CBD

Brisbane Central is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.

As its name suggests, the electorate covers the central portion of Brisbane. It includes the Brisbane central business district as well as the inner suburbs of Bowen Hills, Fortitude Valley, Herston, Kelvin Grove, Spring Hill, New Farm, Newmarket and Windsor. It is bordered on the east and south by the Brisbane River.

The Town of Brisbane was one of the original electorates established by Order-in-Council in 1859. Since then, the name of the electorate covering what is now the CBD of Brisbane has been variously known as Brisbane City, North Brisbane, Brisbane North, and Brisbane (from 1912). Brisbane Central was created in 1977 and was held from 1989 to 2007 by Labor's Peter Beattie, who was Premier of Queensland from 1998. Beattie resigned as both Premier and Member for Brisbane Central, and a by-election was held in 2007, and the seat was won by Labor candidate Grace Grace.

Members for Brisbane Central

Member		Party	Term
	Brian Davis	Labor	1977–1989
	Peter Beattie	Labor	1989–2007
	Grace Grace	Labor	2007–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Brisbane Central

Queensland state election, 2009: Brisbane Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Grace Grace	10,238	42.2	-7.7
	Liberal National	Mark Wood	9,042	37.2	+8.1
	Greens	Anne Boccabella	4,129	17.0	-1.5
	DS4SEQ	Adrian Miller	873	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			24,282	98.3
Informal votes			371	1.7
Turnout			24,653	86.4
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Grace Grace	12,548	56.0	-8.4
	Liberal National	Mark Wood	9,870	44.0	+8.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.4

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)