Electoral district of Macalister

Macalister Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of Macalister, 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	2017–present
MP	Melissa McMahon
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Arthur Macalister
Electors	36,912 (2020)
Area	91 km2 (35.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Coordinates	27°42′12″S153°12′54″E / 27.7034°S 153.2150°E / -27.7034; 153.2150
Electorates around Macalister: Springwood Springwood Redlands Waterford Macalister Redlands Logan Coomera Coomera

Macalister is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution, and was first contested at the 2017 Queensland state election. It is named after the second Queensland Premier, Arthur Macalister. ^[1]

Located in Logan City, Macalister consists of the suburbs of Bahrs Scrub, Bannockburn, Beenleigh, Carbrook, Cornubia, Eagleby, Edens Landing, Holmview, Mount Warren Park, Windaroo and parts of the suburbs of Loganholme and Waterford. ^[1]

It takes in areas from the previous districts of Albert, Coomera, Redlands, Springwood and Waterford. ^[1]

Based on the results from the 2015 Queensland state election, Macalister was estimated to be a fairly safe seat for the Labor Party with a margin of 6.4% in the leadup to the 2017 Queensland state election. ^[2]

Members for Macalister

Member		Party	Term
	Melissa McMahon	Labor	2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Macalister

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

2024 Queensland state election: Macalister ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Melissa McMahon	13,631	40.82	−3.36
	Liberal National	Rob van Manen	12,041	36.06	+8.92
	Greens	Liam Johns	2,369	7.09	+0.89
	One Nation	Cheree Cooper	2,327	6.97	−0.49
	Legalise Cannabis	Meredith Brisk	1,568	4.70	+4.70
	Family First	Paul Davis	1,457	4.36	+4.36
Total formal votes			33,393	94.63	+0.03
Informal votes			1,895	5.37	−0.03
Turnout			35,288	84.19	+0.59
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Melissa McMahon	17,342	51.93	−7.61
	Liberal National	Rob van Manen	16,051	48.07	+7.61
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.61

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 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
2. Green, Antony. "2017 Queensland Redistribution". ABC Elections. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
3. "Macalister - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.