Division of Moncrieff

For the Canberra suburb of Moncrieff, see Moncrieff, Australian Capital Territory.

Moncrieff Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Moncrieff in Queensland, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created	1984
MP	Angie Bell
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Gladys Moncrieff
Electors	111,340 (2019)
Area	100 km2 (38.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial

The Division of Moncrieff is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. ^[1]

History

Gladys Moncrieff, the division's namesake

The division was created in 1984 and is named after Gladys Moncrieff, an Australian singer who resided in the Gold Coast.

Moncrieff is based on Surfers Paradise and the central portion of the Gold Coast. While the Gold Coast has always been a rather conservative area, Surfers Paradise is considered particularly conservative even by Gold Coast standards. As a result, Moncrieff has been a comfortably safe Liberal seat for its entire existence. Indeed, most of the area has been represented by centre-right MPs without interruption since 1906; the Surfers Paradise area was part of Moreton before 1949, and then part of McPherson from 1949 to 1984. The Liberals have never won less than 59 percent of the two-party vote, and since 1993 have usually won enough primary votes to retain the seat without the need for preferences.

It is currently the ninth-safest Coalition seat in Australia and the third-safest for either side of politics in Queensland, with a 17-point swing needed for Labor to win it.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Kathy Sullivan (1942–)	Liberal	1 December 1984 – 8 October 2001	Previously a member of the Senate. Retired
		Steven Ciobo (1974–)	Liberal	10 November 2001 – 19 July 2010	Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Retired
			Liberal Nationals	19 July 2010 – 11 April 2019
		Angie Bell (1968–)	Liberal Nationals	18 May 2019 – present	Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Moncrieff

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Queensland § Moncrieff.[ edit ]

2019 Australian federal election: Moncrieff ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Angie Bell	47,356	51.52	−6.84
	Labor	Tracey Bell	19,822	21.56	−3.02
	Greens	Sally Spain	8,900	9.68	−0.42
	One Nation	Vanessa Sibson	5,920	6.44	+6.01
	Animal Justice	Karla Freeman	3,551	3.86	+3.86
	United Australia	Garry Eilola	3,419	3.72	+3.72
	Liberal Democrats	S. Gryphon	1,799	1.96	+1.96
	Conservative National	Darren Long	1,152	1.25	+1.25
Total formal votes			91,919	93.56	−1.94
Informal votes			6,327	6.44	+1.94
Turnout			98,246	88.20	+0.50
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Angie Bell	60,079	65.36	+0.75
	Labor	Tracey Bell	31,840	34.64	−0.75
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+0.75

Primary vote results in Moncrieff (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Liberal National/Liberal

  National

  Labor

  Greens

  Australian Democrats

  Family First

  One Nation

  Palmer United/United Australia Party

Two-candidate-preferred results in Moncrieff

References

1. Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
2. Moncrieff, QLD, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

• Division of Moncrieff (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

Coordinates: 28°00′29″S153°23′06″E / 28.008°S 153.385°E / -28.008; 153.385