Electoral district of Springwood

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

Springwood
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Springwood 2017
StateQueensland
Dates current1986–present
MPMick de Brenni
PartyLabor
NamesakeSpringwood
Electors34,679 (2017)
Area90 km2 (34.7 sq mi)
Coordinates27°39′S 153°10′E
Electorates around Springwood:
Mansfield Mansfield Capalaba
Waterford Springwood Redlands
Waterford Macalister Redlands
2008 Electoral map of Springwood

The district is based in several suburbs of Logan City. It is named after the suburb of Springwood and also includes the suburbs of Daisy Hill, Loganholme, Rochedale South and Shailer Park. The electorate was first contested in 1986.

History and political profile

The inaugural member for Springwood was Huan Fraser, who represented the National Party. Labor's Molly Robson defeated Fraser in the 1989 state election. She held the seat in the 1992 election, but lost it to the Liberal's Luke Woolmer in 1995 on the back of the Koala tollway controversy, in which the sitting Labor government had announced plans to build a tollway through a koala sanctuary. Woolmer won the seat with a 19.4% swing, but narrowly lost it to Labor in 1998. Labor continued to hold the seat in the 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2010 elections. In 2012, John Grant, a Logan City Councillor, won the seat for the Liberal National Party with a 19.47% swing.[2]

Members for Springwood
MemberPartyTerm
  Huan Fraser National 1986–1989
  Molly Robson Labor 1989–1995
  Luke Woolmer Liberal 1995–1998
  Grant Musgrove Labor 1998–2000
  Independent 2000–2001
  Barbara Stone Labor 2001–2012
  John Grant Liberal National 2012–2015
  Mick de Brenni Labor 2015–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Springwood
2017 Queensland state election: Springwood[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Mick de Brenni 13,289 44.2 +3.8
Liberal National Julie Talty 12,117 40.3 −2.1
Greens Neil Cotter 2,721 9.0 +0.4
Consumer Rights John Taylor 1,961 6.5 +6.5
Total formal votes 30,088 95.3 −2.8
Informal votes 1,490 4.7 +2.8
Turnout 31,578 89.4 +0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Mick de Brenni 16,125 53.6 +2.2
Liberal National Julie Talty 13,963 46.4 −2.2
Labor hold Swing+2.2

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. Green, Anthony. "Springwood (Key Seat)". ABC Elections: 2009 Queensland Election. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  3. 2017 State General Election - Springwood - District Summary, ECQ.
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