Electoral district of Kurwongbah

Kurwongbah Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of Kurwongbah, 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	1992–2009, 2017–present
MP	Shane King
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Lake Kurwongbah
Electors	36,693 (2020)
Area	125 km^2 (48.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Coordinates	27.2177°S 152.9390°E / -27.2177; 152.9390
Electorates around Kurwongbah: Glass House Morayfield Bancroft Pine Rivers Kurwongbah Bancroft Pine Rivers Pine Rivers Murrumba

Kurwongbah is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland which existed at first from 1992 to 2009, and was re-introduced for the 2017 state election. It is named after Lake Kurwongbah.The district is based in the City of Moreton Bay.^[1]

First incarnation

The first incarnation of the electoral district of Kurwongbah included the suburbs of Kurwongbah, Bray Park, Eatons Hill, Samsonvale and Strathpine. The seat was first contested at the 1992 state election, essentially as a reconfigured version of Pine Rivers.^[2]

In 2008, Kurwongbah was abolished—with effect at the 2009 state election—as a result of the redistribution undertaken by the Electoral Commission of Queensland. It was replaced by a recreated Pine Rivers, which is very similar in form to the old Kurwongbah.

Second incarnation

In the 2017 redistribution, Kurwongbah was created again, largely replacing the abolished seat of Kallangur. However, as the suburb of Kallangur is not in the new electorate, the electoral district needed to be renamed. It was named Kurwongbah after Lake Kurwongbah.^[1]

From results of the 2015 state election, Kurwongbah was estimated to be a safe seat for the Labor Party with a margin of 7.1% coming into the 2017 state election. The prediction was accurate as Labor won the seat.^[3][4]

Members for Kurwongbah

First incarnation (1992–2009)
Member		Party	Term
	Margaret Woodgate	Labor	1992–1997
	Linda Lavarch	Labor	1997–2009
Second incarnation (2017–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Shane King	Labor	2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Kurwongbah

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

2020 Queensland state election: Kurwongbah^[5]

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

See also

• Electoral districts of Queensland
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
• Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name

References

1. Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette. p. 192. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
2. "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.
3. Green, Antony. "2017 Queensland Redistribution". ABC Elections. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
4. 2017 State General Election - Kurwongbah - District Summary, ECQ.
5. 2020 State General Election – Kurwongbah – District Summary, ECQ.

External links

• ABC profile