Electoral district of Bancroft
| Bancroft Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of Bancroft, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Chris Whiting | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Joseph Bancroft | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 33,210 (2017) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 68 km2 (26.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°11′36″S 153°00′32″E / 27.1932°S 153.009°E | ||||||||||||||
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Bancroft is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution. It is named after pioneer doctor Joseph Bancroft.[1]
Located in the Moreton Bay Region, Bancroft consists of the north and central sections of the existing electorate of Murrumba, including the suburbs of Burpengary East, Deception Bay, North Lakes and parts of the Narangba, Rothwell, Morayfield and Mango Hill suburbs.[1]
Members for Bancroft
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Whiting | Labor | 2017–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Chris Whiting | 12,252 | 43.0 | −7.2 | |
| Liberal National | Kara Thomas | 7,631 | 26.8 | −10.7 | |
| One Nation | Chris Boulis | 5,438 | 19.1 | +19.1 | |
| Greens | Simone Dejun | 1,772 | 6.2 | −0.1 | |
| Independent | Barry Grant | 1,425 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 28,518 | 95.7 | −2.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,270 | 4.3 | +2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 29,788 | 87.5 | +6.4 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Chris Whiting | 16,029 | 56.2 | −2.1 | |
| Liberal National | Kara Thomas | 12,489 | 43.8 | +2.1 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −2.1 | |||
See also
- Electoral districts of Queensland
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
- Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name
References
- ^ a b Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette. p. 193. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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