Electoral district of Ipswich
state electoral district of Queensland, Australia
Ipswich is an electoral district of Queensland. It was created in 1860, abolished in 1960 and recreated in 1972.
| Ipswich Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Ipswich electoral map 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1860–1960, 1972–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Jennifer Howard | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Ipswich | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 33,668 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 86 km2 (33.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°38′S 152°46′E / 27.633°S 152.767°E | ||||||||||||||
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Ipswich is in Ipswich.
Election results
change| 2020 Queensland state election: Ipswich[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Jennifer Howard | 14,699 | 51.80 | +3.82 | |
| Liberal National | Scott O'Connell | 5,769 | 20.33 | +6.43 | |
| One Nation | Suzie Holmes | 3,947 | 13.91 | −12.70 | |
| Greens | Pat Walsh | 2,396 | 8.44 | −0.24 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Shelly Morton | 1,565 | 5.52 | +5.52 | |
| Total formal votes | 28,376 | 96.92 | +2.14 | ||
| Informal votes | 903 | 3.08 | −2.14 | ||
| Turnout | 29,279 | 86.96 | −1.73 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jennifer Howard | 18,876 | 66.52 | +5.64 | |
| Liberal National | Scott O'Connell | 9,500 | 33.48 | +33.48 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +5.64 | |||