Electoral district of Redcliffe

The Electoral District of Redcliffe is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral division in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

The division encompasses suburbs to the north and northeast of Brisbane, including Redcliffe, Woody Point, Scarborough, Clontarf and Margate, as well as parts of Kippa-Ring. The electorate's boundary stretches to take in Moreton Island.

The seat was created in 1960 and was first held by Liberal (later National) member Jim Houghton. The seat was contested between the Liberal and National Parties until Houghton's mid-term retirement in 1979, followed by a byelection won by Liberal Terry White. White became the Liberal leader in August 1983, causing a split in the National-dominated coalition at the time. In 1989, he lost the seat to Australian Labor Party member Ray Hollis, who at one point was Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. In 2005, Hollis resigned and the Liberals' Terry Rogers, a local chartered accountant, picked up the seat in an 8.4% by-election upset. However, his tenure in the seat was short, and he lost it to current member Lillian van Litsenburg, a school teacher, in the 2006 election.

Members for Redcliffe

Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationals|	Jim Houghton	Independent	1960-1960
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|		Liberal	1960-1961
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Independent|		Independent	1961-1962
rowspan=2 Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationals|		Country	1963-1974
National		1974-1979
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Terry White	Liberal	1979-1989
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|	Ray Hollis	Labor	1989-2005
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Liberal|	Terry Rogers	Liberal	2005-2006
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor|	Lillian van Litsenburg	Labor	2006-present

External links

• Electoral Commission of Queensland - Electoral profile
• ABC - Antony Green's Electoral profile