Electoral district of Stretton

Stretton Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Stretton 2017
State	Queensland
MP	James Martin
Party	Labor
Namesake	Stretton
Electors	33,961 (2021)
Area	41 km2 (15.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
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

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

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

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

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Stretton

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

2024 Queensland state election: Stretton ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Martin	13,347	45.58	−11.02
	Liberal National	Freya Ostapovitch	9,952	33.99	+3.79
	Greens	Ahmed Abdulhamed	4,154	14.19	+5.49
	One Nation	Stephen Strong	1,094	3.73	−0.77
	Family First	Merle Totenhofer	735	2.51	+2.51
Total formal votes			29,282	95.37
Informal votes			1,421	4.63
Turnout			30,703	88.75
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Martin	17,434	59.54	−5.26
	Liberal National	Freya Ostapovitch	11,848	40.46	+5.26
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.26

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

  Labor

  Liberal/Liberal National

  Greens

  One Nation

  Independent

Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Stretton

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. "Stretton - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

External links

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