Electoral district of Morayfield

Morayfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It is located in the northern outskirts of Brisbane, south of the Sunshine Coast.[1]

Morayfield
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Morayfield 2017
StateQueensland
Dates current2009–present
MPMark Ryan
PartyLabor
NamesakeMorayfield
Electors33,728 (2017)
Area62 km2 (23.9 sq mi)
Coordinates27°8′S 152°55′E
Electorates around Morayfield:
Glass House Pumicestone Pumicestone
Glass House Morayfield Bancroft
Kurwongbah Kurwongbah Kurwongbah
Electoral map of Morayfield

Geography

An outer suburban electorate, Morayfield lies west of the Bruce Highway and south of the Caboolture River. The northern end of the district takes in the suburb of Morayfield and the southern part of Caboolture. At its southern end, the district includes parts of the suburbs of Burpengary and Narangba.

History

A new district created for the 2009 state election, it was constructed mostly from the northern part of the district of Kallangur and the western part of the district of Pumicestone. It also took a section of territory previously belonging to the district of Kurwongbah.[2] Its inaugural member was Mark Ryan of the Labor Party, who was defeated by Darren Grimwade of the Liberal National Party in 2012.

Members for Morayfield
MemberPartyTerm
  Mark Ryan Labor 2009–2012
  Darren Grimwade Liberal National 2012–2015
  Mark Ryan Labor 2015–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Morayfield
2017 Queensland state election: Morayfield[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Mark Ryan 13,101 45.8 −4.9
One Nation Rodney Hansen 7,223 25.2 +25.2
Liberal National Jason Snow 5,744 20.1 −10.8
Greens Gavin Behrens 1,727 6.0 +0.4
Independent Jamie Janulewicz 837 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 28,632 95.5 −1.9
Informal votes 1,335 4.5 +1.9
Turnout 29,967 86.6 +4.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Mark Ryan 16,814 58.7 −4.8
One Nation Rodney Hansen 11,818 41.3 +41.3
Labor hold Swing−4.8

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. "2008 Queensland State Redistribution: Morayfield". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009.
  3. 2017 State General Election - Morayfield - District Summary, ECQ.
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