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Ipswich
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Ipswich; Queensland—Legislative Assembly
	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
	Electorates around Ipswich:

Ipswich is a Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral district on the Brisbane River, west of Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate includes Ipswich and its suburbs, south and east of the Bremer River, west of Bundamba Creek and north of the Cunningham Highway.^[1]

History

The electoral district of Town of Ipswich was one of the original 16 established in 1859, when Queensland became a separate colony. It returned 3 members.

In the redistribution of 1872, its name was shortened to just "Ipswich" and it became a single member constituency, due to the creation of the electoral district of Bundamba. In the redistribution of 1878, it absorbed the electoral district of Bremer and became a dual-member constituency.

In 1912, it again reverted to a single member constituency, due to the re-introduction of the single-member electoral district of Bremer.^[2]

Members for Ipswich

Town of Ipswich: First incarnation (1860–1960), 3 members until 1873
Member 1		Party	Term	Member 2		Party	Term	Member 3		Party	Term
	Frederick Forbes	Unaligned	1860–1863		Patrick O'Sullivan	Unaligned	1860–1863		Arthur Macalister	Unaligned	1860–1868
	Ratcliffe Pring	Unaligned	1863–1866		Henry Challinor	Unaligned	1863–1868		Arthur Macalister	Unaligned	1860–1868
	George Reed	Unaligned	1866–1867		John Thompson	Unaligned	1868–1873		Henry Williams	Unaligned	1868–1870
	John Murphy	Unaligned	1867–1870						Henry Williams	Unaligned	1868–1870
	Benjamin Cribb	Unaligned	1870–1873						John Johnston	Unaligned	1870–1872
	Benjamin Cribb	Unaligned	1870–1873						Arthur Macalister	Unaligned	1872–1873
Ipswich: 1873–1878, 1 member
Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Macalister	Unaligned	1873–1876
	George Thorn, Jr.	Unaligned	1876–1878
1878–1912, 2 members
Member 1		Party	Term	Member 2		Party	Term
	John Thompson	Unaligned	1878–1881		John MacFarlane	Ministerialist	1878–1894
	Josiah Francis	Unaligned	1881–1883
	William Salkeld	Unaligned	1883–1888
	Andrew Henry Barlow	Ministerialist	1888–1896
	James Wilkinson	Labour	1894–1896		Alfred Stephenson	Ministerialist	1896–1902
	Thomas Bridson Cribb	Ministerialist	1896–1904		Sir James Blair	Independent/ Ministerialist/ Opposition	1902–1912
	William Maughan	Labour	1904–1912		Sir James Blair	Independent/ Ministerialist/ Opposition	1902–1912
1912–1960, 1 member
Member		Party	Term
	Sir James Blair	Ministerialist/Independent	1912–1915
	David Gledson	Labor	1915–1929
	James Walker	Country and Progressive National	1929–1932
	David Gledson	Labor	1932–1949
	Ivor Marsden	Labor	1949–1960

Second incarnation (1972–present), 1 member
Member		Party	Term
	Llew Edwards	Liberal	1972–1983
	David Hamill	Labor	1983–2001
	Rachel Nolan	Labor	2001–2012
	Ian Berry	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Jennifer Howard	Labor	2015–present

Election results

2020 Queensland state election: Ipswich^[3]^[4]
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	+2.20
	Liberal National	Scott O'Connell	9,500	33.48	−2.20
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.20