Electoral district of Lockyer

Lockyer is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

The district consists primarily of Gatton and Laidley Shires and northern parts of Beaudesert Shire. It includes the major town of Gatton and a number of smaller centres including Laidley, Helidon and Withcott. The eastern parts of the district are part of the outer southern suburbs of Ipswich and Brisbane in the area of Greenmount.

The district is bounded on the west by Toowoomba North, and Toowoomba South. On the southwest and south by Condamine and Beaudesert. To the north and northwest by Nanango. To the northeast, where it passes south of Ipswich and Brisbane, it is bounded by Ipswich West, Ipswich, Algester. The to east it shares a boundary with the seat of Logan.

The electorate has been represented by Ian Rickuss since the 2004 election.

Members for Lockyer

First incarnation (1888–1932)
Member		Party	Term
	William North	Unaligned	1888–1893
	William Armstrong	Various1	1893–1904
	Michael O'Keeffe	Ministerialist	1904–1907
	William Armstrong	Various1	1907–1918
	Robert Butler	Labor	1918–1920
	George Logan	Country Party/Country and Progressive National	1920–1929
	Charles Jamieson	Independent	1929–1932
Second incarnation (1950–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Sir Gordon Chalk	Liberal	1950–1976
	Tony Bourke	Liberal	1976–1980
	Tony Fitzgerald	National	1980–1998
	Dr Peter Prenzler	One Nation	1998–1999
		City Country Alliance	1999–2001
	Bill Flynn	One Nation	2001–2004
	Ian Rickuss	National	2004–2008
		Liberal National	2008–present

¹ William Armstrong, member for Lockyer 1893-1904 and 1907-1918, alternately listed his party status as Ministerialist (twice), Opposition, and Liberal. The parliamentary members' register does not list dates for these changes.

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lockyer

Queensland state election, 2009: Lockyer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ian Rickuss	13,761	53.6	+7.5
	Labor	John Kelly	9,667	37.6	-2.4
	Greens	Emma Hine	2,267	8.8	+2.9
Total formal votes			25,695	97.5
Informal votes			598	2.5
Turnout			26,293	92.9
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal National	Ian Rickuss	14,193	57.6	+4.2
	Labor	John Kelly	10,444	42.4	-4.2
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+4.2

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)