Electoral district of Ferny Grove

Ferny Grove Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Ferny Grove, 2017
State	Queensland
MP	Mark Furner
Party	Labor
Namesake	Ferny Grove
Electors	36,224 (2020)
Area	49 km^2 (18.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Coordinates	27°21′S 152°51′E
Electorates around Ferny Grove: Pine Rivers Everton Everton Pine Rivers Ferny Grove Everton Cooper Cooper Stafford

2008 map

Ferny Grove is one of the 89 electoral districts for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Australia. Located in northwest Brisbane, it is named for the suburb of Ferny Grove. It was first created in 1992, and was represented by Labor from its creation until the 2012 election, in which the LNP won with a 59.5 percent two-party vote.^[1]

The election is notable for having decided the 2015 state election. Labor won the seat back on a swing of 10 percent, just barely what it needed to take the seat off the LNP.^[2] However, the Palmer United Party candidate for Ferny Grove, Mark Taverner, was revealed to be an undischarged bankrupt and therefore ineligible to run. The revelation spurred speculation that a by-election would be needed to resolve the seat. However, ABC election analyst Antony Green believed that the Ferny Grove outcome and potential by-election will not affect who forms government.^[3] The Ferny Grove tally later indicated that the Palmer candidate did not have an effect on the outcome of the election, dampening chances of the Court of Disputed Returns ordering a by-election.^[4] The Electoral Commission of Queensland initially indicated it would refer the situation to the Court of Disputed Returns. However, on 13 February, when it declared the results of all outstanding seats, the commission said it would not refer the Ferny Grove result to the court.^[5] This made Ferny Grove the 44th seat won by Labor, formally clearing the way for Labor leader Annastacia Palaszczuk to form a minority government.

Members for Ferny Grove

Member		Party	Term
	Glen Milliner	Labor	1992–1998
	Geoff Wilson	Labor	1998–2012
	Dale Shuttleworth	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Mark Furner	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Ferny Grove

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Ferny Grove.[edit]

2020 Queensland state election: Ferny Grove^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Furner	14,577	45.10	+4.57
	Liberal National	Chris Lehmann	10,714	33.14	−6.92
	Greens	Joel Colls	4,910	15.19	−0.33
	One Nation	Elton Williams	956	2.96	+2.96
	Informed Medical Options	Susan Pini	510	1.58	+1.58
	Independent	Mark Scofield	467	1.44	+1.44
	United Australia	John McCabe	191	0.59	+0.59
Total formal votes			32,325	97.38	+0.43
Informal votes			870	2.62	−0.43
Turnout			33,195	91.64	+1.28
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Furner	19,710	60.97	+6.34
	Liberal National	Chris Lehmann	12,615	39.03	−6.34
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.34

Primary vote results in Ferny Grove (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Labor

  Liberal/Liberal National

  National

  Greens

  One Nation

  Family First

  Independent

Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Ferny Grove

References

1. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
2. Ferny Grove 2015 results: ECQ
3. Green, Antony (5 February 2015). "The Impact of Ferny Grove on Forming Government in Queensland". Antony Green's Election Blog. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
4. Ferny Grove Preference Distribution Published: Antony Green ABC 12 February 2015
5. Brennan, Rose; Wardill, Steven (13 February 2015). "Electoral commission declares final seats in Queensland election". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
6. 2020 State General Election – Ferny Grove – District Summary, ECQ.

External links

• Electorate profile (Antony Green, ABC)