Electoral district of Cooper

Not to be confused with Division of Cooper in Victoria.

Cooper Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of Cooper, 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	2017–present
MP	Jonty Bush
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Lilian Violet Cooper
Electors	37,386 (2020)
Area	63 km2 (24.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Coordinates	27°26′46″S152°56′07″E / 27.4462°S 152.9353°E / -27.4462; 152.9353
Electorates around Cooper: Pine Rivers Ferny Grove Stafford Moggill Cooper McConnel Moggill Maiwar South Brisbane

Cooper is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution, and was won at that year's state election by Labor's Kate Jones. It was named after pioneer doctor Lilian Violet Cooper. ^[1]

It largely covers the areas of the abolished electorate of Ashgrove. Located in Northern Brisbane, it consists of the suburbs of Enoggera Reservoir, The Gap, Bardon, Ashgrove, Red Hill, Paddington and Milton. ^[1]

Members for Cooper

Member		Party	Term
	Kate Jones	Labor	2017–2020
	Jonty Bush	Labor	2020–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Cooper

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland state election § Cooper.[ edit ]

2024 Queensland state election: Cooper ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jonty Bush	12,941	37.17	+3.07
	Liberal National	Raewyn Bailey	11,889	34.15	+0.71
	Greens	Katinka Winston-Allom	8,878	25.50	−4.13
	One Nation	Susan Ventnor	746	2.14	+0.40
	Family First	Donna Gallehawk	361	1.04	+1.04
Total formal votes			34,815	98.23	−0.47
Informal votes			627	1.77	+0.47
Turnout			35,442	91.74	+0.29
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jonty Bush	21,296	61.17	+0.68
	Liberal National	Raewyn Bailey	13,519	38.83	−0.68
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.68

See also

• Electoral districts of Queensland
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
• Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name

References

1. Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette . p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
2. "Cooper - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.