Electoral district of Kurwongbah
state electoral district of Queensland, Australia
Kurwongbah is an electoral district of Queensland. It was created in 1992, abolished in 2009 and recreated in 2017.
Kurwongbah Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1992–2009, 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Shane King | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Lake Kurwongbah | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 36,693 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 125 km2 (48.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°13′04″S 152°56′20″E / 27.2177°S 152.9390°E | ||||||||||||||
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Kurwongbah is in Brisbane.
Election results
change2020 Queensland state election: Kurwongbah[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Shane King | 16,243 | 51.79 | +10.40 | |
Liberal National | Kerry Petrus | 8,460 | 26.98 | +2.50 | |
One Nation | Kim Attrill | 2,834 | 9.04 | −12.76 | |
Greens | Earl Snijders | 2,317 | 7.39 | −1.12 | |
Animal Justice | Heather Dwane | 787 | 2.51 | +2.51 | |
Independent | Thor Prohaska | 721 | 2.30 | −1.53 | |
Total formal votes | 31,362 | 96.34 | +0.77 | ||
Informal votes | 1,192 | 3.66 | −0.77 | ||
Turnout | 32,554 | 88.72 | −0.36 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Shane King | 19,804 | 63.15 | +6.15 | |
Liberal National | Kerry Petrus | 11,558 | 36.85 | −6.15 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +6.15 |