Electoral district of Mansfield

Not to be confused with Mansfield (UK Parliament constituency).

Mansfield Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Mansfield 2017
State	Queensland
MP	Corrine McMillan
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Mansfield
Electors	35,064 (2020)
Area	70 km2 (27.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner-metropolitan
Coordinates	27°34′S153°8′E / 27.567°S 153.133°E / -27.567; 153.133
Electorates around Mansfield: Miller Greenslopes Chatsworth Chatsworth Toohey Mansfield Capalaba Toohey Waterford Springwood

Electoral map of Mansfield 2008

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

The district is based in the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for the suburb of Mansfield and also includes the suburbs of Burbank, Rochedale and Wishart. The electorate was first created for the 1972 election.

Mansfield has tended to be a seat held by the government of the day; only two of its members have served in opposition.

Members for Mansfield

Member		Party	Term
	Bill Kaus	Liberal	1972–1983
		National	1983–1986
	Craig Sherrin	National	1986–1989
	Laurel Power	Labor	1989–1995
	Frank Carroll	Liberal	1995–1998
	Phil Reeves	Labor	1998–2012
	Ian Walker	Liberal National	2012–2017
	Corrine McMillan	Labor	2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Mansfield

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Mansfield.[ edit ]

2020 Queensland state election: Mansfield ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Corrine McMillan	14,256	46.14	+6.75
	Liberal National	Janet Wishart	11,874	38.43	−1.77
	Greens	Rob Walter	2,967	9.60	−1.70
	One Nation	Christopher O'Callaghan	715	2.31	−6.80
	Legalise Cannabis	Brendan Taylor	708	2.29	+2.29
	Independent	Jarrod Wirth	233	0.75	+0.75
	United Australia	Maria Todorova	145	0.47	+0.47
Total formal votes			30,898	97.40	+1.52
Informal votes			826	2.60	−1.52
Turnout			31,724	90.47	+1.51
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Corrine McMillan	17,551	56.80	+5.18
	Liberal National	Janet Wishart	13,347	43.20	−5.18
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.18

Primary vote results in Mansfield (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Labor

  Liberal National

  Liberal

  National

  Greens

  Family First

  One Nation

  Progress

  Queensland Labor

  Independent

Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Mansfield

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 – Mansfield – District Summary, ECQ.

1. http://results.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2015/results/district49.html

External links

• Green, Antony (9 June 2023). "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.