Electoral district of Sandgate

Sandgate Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Sandgate (2008—)
State or territory:	Queensland
MP:	Vicky Darling
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Sandgate

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

It is located in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, covering Sandgate, Shorncliffe, Deagon, Brighton, Bracken Ridge, Fitzgibbon, and Taigum. The whole electorate is located within the local government area of the City of Brisbane.

Sandgate is currently held by Vicky Darling for the Australian Labor Party. It is considered to be a safe Labor seat, and was previously held by former health minister Gordon Nuttall.

Members for Sandgate

Member		Party	Term
	Hubert Sizer	United Party/Country and Progressive National	1923–1935
	Ronald Hislop	Labor	1935–1941
	Eric Decker	Country/Queensland People's/Liberal	1941–1953
	Herbert Robinson	Labor	1953–1957
		Queensland Labor	1957
	Thomas Ahearn	Liberal	1957–1960
	Harold Dean	Labor	1960–1977
	Nev Warburton	Labor	1977–1992
	Gordon Nuttall	Labor	1992–2006
	Vicky Darling	Labor	2006–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Sandgate

Queensland state election, 2009: Sandgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Vicky Darling	14,708	54.0	-2.0
	Liberal National	Lenard Gaffel	8,800	32.3	+4.1
	Greens	Keith Skelton	2,231	8.2	+0.8
	Family First	Mark Grundy	597	2.2	+2.2
	Independent	Kevin Stiller	516	1.9	+1.9
	Independent	Mike Crook	361	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			27,213	98.0
Informal votes			515	2.0
Turnout			27,728	92.9
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Vicky Darling	15,880	62.4	-2.9
	Liberal National	Lenard Gaffel	9,581	37.6	+2.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.9

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)