Electoral district of Kurwongbah

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Kurwongbah
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of electoral district of Kurwongbah, 2017.pdf
Map of Kurwongbah, 2017
State Queensland
Dates current1992–2009, 2017–present
MP Shane King
Party Labor Party
Namesake Lake Kurwongbah
Electors 36,693 (2020)
Area125 km2 (48.3 sq mi)
DemographicOuter-metropolitan
Coordinates 27°13′04″S152°56′20″E / 27.2177°S 152.9390°E / -27.2177; 152.9390
Electorates around Kurwongbah:
Glass House Morayfield Bancroft
Pine Rivers Kurwongbah Bancroft
Pine Rivers Pine Rivers Murrumba

Kurwongbah is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland which existed at first from 1992 to 2009, and was re-introduced for the 2017 state election. It is named after Lake Kurwongbah.The district is based in the City of Moreton Bay. [1]

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First incarnation

The first incarnation of the electoral district of Kurwongbah included the suburbs of Kurwongbah, Bray Park, Eatons Hill, Samsonvale and Strathpine. The seat was first contested at the 1992 state election, essentially as a reconfigured version of Pine Rivers. [2]

In 2008, Kurwongbah was abolished—with effect at the 2009 state election—as a result of the redistribution undertaken by the Electoral Commission of Queensland. It was replaced by a recreated Pine Rivers, which is very similar in form to the old Kurwongbah.

Second incarnation

In the 2017 redistribution, Kurwongbah was created again, largely replacing the abolished seat of Kallangur. However, as the suburb of Kallangur is not in the new electorate, the electoral district needed to be renamed. It was named Kurwongbah after Lake Kurwongbah. [1]

From results of the 2015 state election, Kurwongbah was estimated to be a safe seat for the Labor Party with a margin of 7.1% coming into the 2017 state election. The prediction was accurate as Labor won the seat. [3] [4]

Members for Kurwongbah

First incarnation (1992–2009)
MemberPartyTerm
  Margaret Woodgate Labor 1992–1997
  Linda Lavarch Labor 1997–2009
Second incarnation (2017–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Shane King Labor 2017–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland state election § Kurwongbah.[ edit ]
2024 Queensland state election: Kurwongbah [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Shane King 15,59643.36−8.43
Liberal National Tanya McKewen12,12333.70+6.72
Greens Jordan Martin3,0068.36+0.97
One Nation Christopher Leech2,7897.75−1.29
Family First William Ross Pitt1,5754.38+4.38
Animal Justice Gregory Dillon8832.45−0.06
Total formal votes35,97296.39+0.05
Informal votes1,3473.61−0.05
Turnout 37,31989.31+0.59
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Shane King 20,10355.89−7.26
Liberal National Tanya McKewen15,86944.11+7.26
Labor hold Swing −7.26

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette . p. 192. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "2017 Queensland Redistribution". ABC Elections. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  4. ↑ 2017 State General Election - Kurwongbah - District Summary, ECQ.
  5. ↑ "Kurwongbah - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
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