Bancroft Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Chris Whiting | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Joseph Bancroft | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 36,462 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 74 km2 (28.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°11′36″S153°00′32″E / 27.1932°S 153.009°E Coordinates: 27°11′36″S153°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]
Member | Party | Term | |
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Chris Whiting | Labor | 2017–present |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Chris Whiting | 16,301 | 53.60 | +10.63 | |
Liberal National | Phil Carlson | 8,626 | 28.36 | +1.60 | |
One Nation | Nik Aai Reddy | 2,666 | 8.77 | −10.30 | |
Greens | Ell-Leigh Ackerman | 1,820 | 5.98 | −0.23 | |
Independent | Barry Grant | 1,001 | 3.29 | −1.71 | |
Total formal votes | 30,414 | 96.76 | +1.03 | ||
Informal votes | 1,017 | 3.24 | −1.03 | ||
Turnout | 31,431 | 86.20 | −1.27 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Chris Whiting | 19,100 | 62.80 | +6.59 | |
Liberal National | Phil Carlson | 11,314 | 37.20 | −6.59 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +6.59 |
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