Electoral district of Stretton

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Stretton
QueenslandLegislative Assembly
ECQ-2017-Final-Stretton.pdf
Electoral map of Stretton 2017
State Queensland
MP James Martin
Party Labor
Namesake Stretton
Electors 33,961 (2021)
Area41 km2 (15.8 sq mi)
Coordinates 27°37′S153°4′E / 27.617°S 153.067°E / -27.617; 153.067 Coordinates: 27°37′S153°4′E / 27.617°S 153.067°E / -27.617; 153.067
Electorates around Stretton:
Algester Toohey Waterford
Algester Stretton Woodridge
Algester Woodridge Woodridge
Electoral map of Stretton 2008 QLD - Stretton 2008.png
Electoral map of Stretton 2008

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

Contents

The district is based in the southern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for the suburb of Stretton and also includes the suburbs of Calamvale, Eight Mile Plains, Kuraby, Sunnybank Hills and Underwood. It was first contested at the 2001 state election.

Members for Stretton

MemberPartyTerm
  Stephen Robertson Labor 2001–2012
  Freya Ostapovitch Liberal National 2012–2015
  Duncan Pegg Labor 2015–2021
  James Martin Labor 2021–present

Election results

2021 Stretton state by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor James Martin 13,89256.58−0.01
Liberal National Jim Bellos8,02032.67+2.46
Greens Andrea Wildin1,5916.48−2.23
Informed Medical Options Jasmine Melhop5982.44+2.44
Animal Justice Suzanne Clark4511.84+1.84
Total formal votes24,55296.59+0.02
Informal votes8663.41+0.02
Turnout 25,41872.84
Two-party-preferred result
Labor James Martin 15,14563.85−0.97
Liberal National Jim Bellos8,57536.15+0.97
Labor hold Swing −0.97
Results are not final. Last updated 26 July 2021 at 5:00 pm AEST.
2020 Queensland state election: Stretton [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Duncan Pegg 16,12856.59+5.98
Liberal National Peter Zhuang8,60930.21+1.83
Greens Andrea Wildin2,4838.71+1.30
One Nation Alexey Chekhunov1,2804.49−7.38
Total formal votes28,50096.58+1.55
Informal votes1,0103.42−1.55
Turnout 29,51087.80+0.64
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Duncan Pegg 18,47364.82+4.93
Liberal National Peter Zhuang10,02735.18−4.93
Labor hold Swing +4.93

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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 on 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 2021 Stretton State By-election, ECQ.
  3. 2020 State General Election – Stretton – District Summary, ECQ.