Electoral district of Sandgate
Appearance
Sandgate Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
MP | Stirling Hinchliffe | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Sandgate | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 35,528 (2017) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 34 km2 (13.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°19′S 153°3′E / 27.317°S 153.050°E | ||||||||||||||
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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 held by Stirling Hinchliffe of the Labor Party. The seat used to be held by former Labor leader Nev Warburton and former health minister Gordon Nuttall.
Members for Sandgate
Member | Party | Term | |
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Hubert Sizer | United Party/Country and Progressive National | 1923–1935 | |
Roland 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 | |
Harry Dean | Labor | 1960–1977 | |
Nev Warburton | Labor | 1977–1992 | |
Gordon Nuttall | Labor | 1992–2006 | |
Vicky Darling | Labor | 2006–2012 | |
Kerry Millard | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
Stirling Hinchliffe | Labor | 2015–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Stirling Hinchliffe | 15,460 | 49.1 | −0.6 | |
Liberal National | Jessie Van Der Hoek | 7,308 | 23.2 | −13.5 | |
One Nation | Matthew Stephen | 4,703 | 15.0 | +15.0 | |
Greens | Miree Le Roy | 3,985 | 12.7 | +2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 31,456 | 96.5 | −1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 1,150 | 3.5 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 32,606 | 90.3 | +1.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Stirling Hinchliffe | 19,969 | 63.5 | +3.4 | |
Liberal National | Jessie Van Der Hoek | 11,487 | 36.5 | −3.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.4 |
References
External links
- Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)