Electoral district of Mount Ommaney

Mount Ommaney Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Mount Ommaney (2008—)
State or territory:	Queensland
MP:	Julie Attwood
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Mount Ommaney

Mount Ommaney is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1992 redistribution.

It covers the western suburbs of Brisbane south of the Brisbane River. The Western Arterial Road runs through the middle of the seat from north to south. The suburb is split by the industrial suburb of Seventeen Mile Rocks between the older suburbs around Corinda in the east and the more recent and somewhat more up market areas around Mount Ommaney.

A significant population of elderly voters are found in the Sinnamon Village retirement complex in Sinnamon Park.

The electorate is currently represented by Julie Attwood, a backbencher in the Australian Labor Party government of Anna Bligh.

Members for Mount Ommaney

Member		Party	Term
	Peter Pyke	Labor	1992–1995
	Bob Harper	Liberal	1995–1998
	Julie Attwood	Labor	1998–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Mount Ommaney

Queensland state election, 2009: Mount Ommaney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julie Attwood	13,074	47.2	-6.4
	Liberal National	Tamara Foong	11,161	40.3	+5.0
	Greens	Rob Huston	2,763	10.0	-1.1
	DS4SEQ	Evan O'Brien	680	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			27,678	98.4
Informal votes			415	1.6
Turnout			28,093	92.1
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Julie Attwood	14,476	54.8	-6.5
	Liberal National	Tamara Foong	11,944	45.2	+6.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.5

Suburbs in Mount Ommaney

• Corinda
• Jamboree Heights
• Jindalee
• Middle Park
• Mount Ommaney
• Oxley
• Riverhills
• Seventeen Mile Rocks
• Sinnamon Park
• Westlake

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)