Electoral district of Capalaba
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| Capalaba Queensland—Legislative Assembly |
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 Capalaba (2008—) |
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| State or territory: | Queensland |
| MP: | Michael Choi |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Capalaba |
Capalaba is an electoral division of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia. The electorate is centred on the suburb of Capalaba, in Redlands Shire east of Brisbane, and includes parts of the adjoining suburbs of Alexandra Hills and Birkdale.
Capalaba is currently held by Michael Choi of the Australian Labor Party.
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[edit] Members for Capalaba
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Jim Elder | Labor | 1992–2000 | |
| Independent | 2000–2001 | ||
| Michael Choi | Labor | 2001–present | |
[edit] Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Capalaba
| Queensland state election, 2009: Capalaba[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Michael Choi | 15,286 | 53.3 | -4.2 | |
| Liberal National | Paul Gleeson | 10,591 | 36.9 | +6.5 | |
| Greens | Chad Kirby | 2,817 | 9.8 | -1.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 28,694 | 97.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 605 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 29,299 | 92.69 | |||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Michael Choi | 16,354 | 59.7 | -5.1 | |
| Liberal National | Paul Gleeson | 11,055 | 40.3 | +5.1 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -5.1 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results". ABC Election Unit. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/archive/qld/QLD2009_Results.pdf#page=17. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
[edit] External links
- Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)
