Electoral district of Sunnybank

Sunnybank; Queensland—Legislative Assembly
	Sunnybank (2008–2017)
State	Queensland
Dates current	1992–2001; 2009–2017
Namesake	Sunnybank
Electors	30,239 (2015)
Area	41 km2 (15.8 sq mi)
Coordinates	27°35′S153°2′E / 27.583°S 153.033°E Coordinates: 27°35′S153°2′E / 27.583°S 153.033°E

Last updated April 28, 2020

Sunnybank was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1992 to 2001, and again from 2009 to 2017.^[1]

The district was based in the area of southern suburbs of Brisbane previously named as the suburb of Sunnybank before Sunnybank was broken up into smaller suburbs. It was first created for the 1992 state election only to be abolished ahead of the 2001 state election, essentially replaced by the new district of Stretton.

Sunnybank was revived as an electorate for the 2009 state election to replace the abolished district of Mount Gravatt. It was abolished ahead of the 2017 election and replaced by the seat of Toohey.

Members for Sunnybank

First incarnation (1992–2001)
Member		Party	Term
	Stephen Robertson	Labor	1992–2001
Second incarnation (2009–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Judy Spence	Labor	2009–2012
	Mark Stewart	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Peter Russo	Labor	2015–2017

Election results

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References

↑ "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)

External links

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

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[qpe-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)