Division of Petrie
Australian federal electoral division
The Division of Petrie is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was founded in 1949 and named after Andrew Petrie (1798–1872), a civil engineer, pioneer and explorer, and the first free settler in Brisbane (1837).[1]
| Petrie Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
Map Interactive map of boundaries | |
| Created | 1949 |
| MP | Luke Howarth |
| Party | Liberal National |
| Namesake | Andrew Petrie |
| Electors | 92,973 (2013) |
| Area | 152 km2 (58.7 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Outer Metropolitan |
Petrie is in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, and includes Bald Hills, Bracken Ridge, Carseldine, Clontarf, Deception Bay, Fitzgibbon, Griffin, Kippa-Ring, Mango Hill, Margate, North Lakes, Redcliffe, Rothwell, Scarborough, Woody Point, and parts of Aspley, Bridgeman Downs, and Burpengary.[1]
Members
change| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Hulme | Liberal | 1949–1961 | |
| Reginald O'Brien | Labor | 1961–1963 | |
| (Sir) Alan Hulme | Liberal | 1963–1972 | |
| Marshall Cooke | Liberal | 1972–1974 | |
| John Hodges | Liberal | 1974–1983 | |
| Deane Wells | Labor | 1983–1984 | |
| John Hodges | Liberal | 1984–1987 | |
| Gary Johns | Labor | 1987–1996 | |
| Teresa Gambaro | Liberal | 1996–2007 | |
| Yvette D'Ath | Labor | 2007–2013 | |
| Luke Howarth | Liberal National | 2013–present | |
Election results
change| 2022 Australian federal election: Petrie[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal National | Luke Howarth | 46,325 | 43.49 | −4.62 | |
| Labor | Mick Denton | 31,972 | 30.02 | −0.84 | |
| Greens | Will Simon | 12,169 | 11.42 | +2.68 | |
| United Australia | Kelly Guenoun | 5,914 | 5.55 | +2.24 | |
| One Nation | Marcus Mitchell | 5,613 | 5.27 | −2.25 | |
| Animal Justice | Chris Cicchitti | 2,331 | 2.19 | +2.19 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Anneke Wilson | 2,189 | 2.06 | +2.06 | |
| Total formal votes | 106,513 | 96.46 | +0.08 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,913 | 3.54 | −0.08 | ||
| Turnout | 110,426 | 88.46 | −2.84 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Luke Howarth | 57,981 | 54.44 | −3.96 | |
| Labor | Mick Denton | 48,532 | 45.56 | +3.96 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | −3.96 | |||
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Electoral Commission: Profile of the electoral division of Petrie (Qld) - Australian Electoral Commission
- ↑ Petrie, QLD, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.