Division of Dickson
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Dickson Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Created | 1992 |
MP | Peter Dutton |
Party | Liberal National |
Namesake | James Dickson |
Electors | 100,674 (2016) |
Area | 722 km2 (278.8 sq mi) |
Demographic | Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of Dickson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland, Australia. The division was formed in 1992 and is named after Sir James Dickson, a leading advocate in Australian Federation, Premier of Queensland and Minister for Defence in the first Australian Ministry. It is located in the outer north-western suburbs of Brisbane, including Albany Creek, Kallangur and Strathpine. The 2006 redistribution added the Shire of Esk to and removed part of Kallangur from the district. It has historically been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party.
1993 Election
There was an unusual circumstance at the 1993 election. The seat had been carved out of most of the Brisbane portion of the Sunshine Coast-based seat of Fisher, making it a natural choice for that seat's Labor MP, Michael Lavarch, to transfer ahead of the 1993 election.
However, one of the candidates, an independent, died very shortly before the election, making it necessary to hold a standalone 'supplementary election' on 17 April (the rest of the country had already voted on 13 March). Following Labor's reelection, the Prime Minister Paul Keating announced the makeup of the Second Keating Ministry to be sworn in on 24 March, but kept the portfolio of Attorney-General open for Lavarch subject to him winning Dickson on 17 April. He won the seat, and was appointed to the ministry on 27 April.
Members
Member | Party | Term | |
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Michael Lavarch | Labor | 1993–1996 | |
Tony Smith | Liberal | 1996–1998 | |
Independent | 1998 | ||
Cheryl Kernot | Labor | 1998–2001 | |
Peter Dutton | Liberal | 2001–2010 | |
Liberal National | 2010–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal National | Peter Dutton | 40,519 | 44.56 | −3.45 | |
Labor | Linda Lavarch | 31,769 | 34.94 | +3.62 | |
Greens | Michael Berkman | 8,971 | 9.87 | +3.45 | |
Family First | Ray Hutchinson | 3,868 | 4.25 | +2.45 | |
Independent | Thor Prohaska | 3,217 | 3.54 | +3.54 | |
Liberal Democrats | Doug Nicholson | 2,589 | 2.85 | +2.85 | |
Total formal votes | 90,933 | 96.63 | +0.89 | ||
Informal votes | 3,172 | 3.37 | −0.89 | ||
Turnout | 94,105 | 93.47 | −1.42 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Peter Dutton | 46,922 | 51.60 | −5.12 | |
Labor | Linda Lavarch | 44,011 | 48.40 | +5.12 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | −5.12 |
References
- ^ Dickson, QLD, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.