Electoral district of Murrumba

Murrumba Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Murrumba 2017
State	Queensland
MP	Steven Miles
Party	Labor
Namesake	An Aboriginal word meaning "good"^[citation needed]
Electors	41,071 (2020)
Area	63 km^2 (24.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Coordinates	27°12′S 153°2′E
Electorates around Murrumba: Kurwongbah Bancroft Moreton Bay Pine Rivers Murrumba Redcliffe Aspley Sandgate Moreton Bay

Murrumba is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.^[1]

The district is based in the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane. It includes the suburbs of Deception Bay, Kippa-Ring, Murrumba Downs and Rothwell. The electorate was first contested in 1912.

Members for Murrumba

Member		Party	Term
	James Forsyth	Liberal	1912–1918
	Richard Warren	Country	1918–1932
	Frank Nicklin	Country	1932–1950
	David Nicholson	Country	1950–1972
	Des Frawley	Country	1972–1974
		National	1974–1977
	Joe Kruger	Labor	1977–1986
	Dean Wells	Labor	1986–2012
	Reg Gulley	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Chris Whiting	Labor	2015–2017
	Steven Miles	Labor	2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Murrumba

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

2020 Queensland state election: Murrumba^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Steven Miles	17,433	50.55	+4.89
	Liberal National	Yvonne Barlow	10,016	29.04	+3.31
	Greens	Jason Kennedy	2,840	8.23	−0.96
	One Nation	Karen Haddock	2,571	7.45	−11.96
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Leichelle McMahon	961	2.79	+2.79
	Independent	Stewart Clark	667	1.93	+1.93
Total formal votes			34,488	96.45	+0.89
Informal votes			1,269	3.55	−0.89
Turnout			35,757	87.06	−0.24
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steven Miles	21,153	61.33	+1.81
	Liberal National	Yvonne Barlow	13,335	38.67	−1.81
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.81

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.
2. 2020 State General Election – Murrumba – District Summary, ECQ.

External links

• Green, Antony. "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.