Electoral district of Murrumba

Murrumba Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Murrumba 2017
State	Queensland
MP	Steven Miles
Party	Labor
Namesake	An Aboriginal word meaning "good"[ citation needed ]
Electors	41,071 (2020)
Area	63 km2 (24.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Coordinates	27°12′S153°2′E / 27.200°S 153.033°E / -27.200; 153.033
Electorates around Murrumba: Kurwongbah Bancroft Moreton Bay Pine Rivers Murrumba Redcliffe Aspley Sandgate Moreton Bay

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

The district is based in the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane. It includes the suburbs of Deception Bay, Kippa-Ring, Murrumba Downs and Rothwell. The electorate was first contested in 1912.

Members for Murrumba

Member		Party	Term
	James Forsyth	Liberal	1912–1918
	Richard Warren	Country	1918–1932
	Frank Nicklin	Country	1932–1950
	David Nicholson	Country	1950–1972
	Des Frawley	Country	1972–1974
		National	1974–1977
	Joe Kruger	Labor	1977–1986
	Dean Wells	Labor	1986–2012
	Reg Gulley	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Chris Whiting	Labor	2015–2017
	Steven Miles	Labor	2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Murrumba

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

2024 Queensland state election: Murrumba ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Steven Miles	19,076	47.67	−2.87
	Liberal National	Gary Fulton	12,310	30.76	+1.76
	Greens	Deklan Green	2,534	6.33	−1.87
	Legalise Cannabis	David Zaloudek	2,116	5.29	+5.29
	One Nation	Duncan Geldenhuys	1,727	4.32	−3.18
	Independent	Sarah Kropman	905	2.26	+2.26
	Family First	David Todd	846	2.11	+2.11
	Independent DLP	Scott Donovan	314	0.78	+0.78
	Independent	Caleb Wells	191	0.48	+0.48
Total formal votes			40,019	96.25
Informal votes			1,560	3.75
Turnout			41,579	88.53
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steven Miles	23,922	59.78	−1.62
	Liberal National	Gary Fulton	16,097	40.22	+1.62
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.62

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. "Murrumba - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
3. "Scott Donovan running as Independent DLP candidate in Queensland". Democratic Labour Party. 18 September 2024. Archived from the original on 8 October 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.

External links

• Green, Antony. "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.