Electoral district of Lockyer

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Lockyer
QueenslandLegislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Lockyer.pdf
Map of the electoral district of Lockyer, 2017
State Queensland
MP Jim McDonald
Party Liberal National
Namesake Lockyer Valley
Electors 34,938 (2020)
Area2,568 km2 (991.5 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Coordinates 27°41′S152°28′E / 27.683°S 152.467°E / -27.683; 152.467
Electorates around Lockyer:
Condamine Nanango Moggill
Toowoomba North
Toowoomba South
Lockyer Ipswich West
Condamine Southern Downs Scenic Rim
2008 map QLD - Lockyer 2008.png
2008 map

Lockyer is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. [1]

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The district consists primarily of Gatton and Laidley Shires and the northern parts of Beaudesert Shire. It includes the major town of Gatton and a number of smaller centres including Laidley, Helidon and Withcott. The eastern parts of the district are part of the outer southern suburbs of Ipswich and Brisbane in the area of Greenmount.

The district is bounded on the west by Toowoomba North, and Toowoomba South. On the southwest and south by Condamine, Southern Downs and Beaudesert. To the north and northwest by Nanango. To the northeast, where it passes south of Ipswich and Brisbane, it is bounded by Ipswich West, Ipswich, Moggill. To the east, it shares a boundary with the seat of Logan.

The electorate has been represented by Jim McDonald since the 2017 election. Pauline Hanson came within just 114 votes of being elected at the 2015 election with a 49.78 percent two-candidate vote.

Hanson's subsequent election to the Senate in 2016 precluded her from running in Lockyer again in 2017.

Members for Lockyer

First incarnation (1888–1932)
MemberPartyTerm
  William North Unaligned1888–1893
  William Drayton Armstrong Various11893–1904
  Michael O'Keefe Ministerialist1904–1907
  William Drayton Armstrong Various11907–1918
  Cuthbert Butler Labor 1918–1920
  George Logan Country 1920–1929
  Charles Jamieson Independent 1929–1932
Second incarnation (1950–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  (Sir) Gordon Chalk Liberal 1950–1976
  Tony Bourke Liberal 1976–1980
  Tony Fitzgerald National 1980–1998
  Peter Prenzler One Nation 1998–1999
  City Country Alliance 1999–2001
  Bill Flynn One Nation 2001–2004
  Ian Rickuss National 2004–2008
  Liberal National 2008–2017
  Jim McDonald Liberal National 2017–present

1 William Drayton Armstrong alternately listed his party alignment as Liberal, Opposition, and Ministeralist (twice). The parliamentary members' register does not list dates for these changes.

Election results

2020 Queensland state election: Lockyer [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Jim McDonald 13,66245.15+9.33
Labor Janet Butler7,47724.71+1.81
One Nation Corey West4,01013.25−21.13
Independent Jim Savage3,05710.10+10.10
Greens Rebecca Haley1,4894.92+0.38
United Australia Andrew Rockliff5631.86+1.86
Total formal votes30,25896.52+0.42
Informal votes1,0913.48−0.42
Turnout 31,34989.73−0.11
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Jim McDonald 18,61661.52−0.30
Labor Janet Butler11,64238.48+0.30
Liberal National hold Swing −0.30

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References

  1. "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.
  2. 2020 State General Election – Lockyer – District Summary, ECQ.
  3. https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/qld/2020/guide/lock [ bare URL ]