Division of Petrie

Petrie Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Petrie in Queensland, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1949
MP	Luke Howarth
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Andrew Petrie
Electors	105,492 (2016)
Area	152 km² (58.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Petrie is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1949 and named after Andrew Petrie (1798–1872), a noted civil engineer, pioneer, and explorer, and the first free settler in Brisbane (1837).

The electorate has a higher-than-average percentage of pensioners and self-funded retirees, and is mainly residential, with some light industrial and commercial activities.

Originally a safe Liberal seat, it has become much more marginal since the late 1970s. Since 1975, it has been held by the party of government for all but one term.

Ahead of the 2016 federal election, ABC psephologist Antony Green listed the seat in his election guide as one of eleven which he classed as "bellwether" electorates.^[1]

Boundaries

Petrie is located in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, and since a redistribution ahead of the 2010 Federal Election has been centred on the Redcliffe Peninsula.

In the Moreton Bay Region, it includes Clontarf, Kippa-Ring, Margate, Redcliffe, Rothwell, Deception Bay, Scarborough, Woody Point, North Lakes, Mango Hill, Griffin and part of Burpengary.

In the City of Brisbane, it includes Bald Hills, Bracken Ridge, Carseldine and Fitzgibbon, and parts of Aspley and Bridgeman Downs.

Members

	Party	Term
Alan Hulme	Liberal	1949–1961
Reginald O'Brien	Labor	1961–1963
(Sir) Alan Hulme	Liberal	1963–1972
Marshall Cooke	Liberal	1972–1974
John Hodges	Liberal	1974–1983
Deane Wells	Labor	1983–1984
John Hodges	Liberal	1984–1987
Gary Johns	Labor	1987–1996
Teresa Gambaro	Liberal	1996–2007
Yvette D'Ath	Labor	2007–2013
Luke Howarth	Liberal National	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Petrie

Australian federal election, 2016: Petrie^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Luke Howarth	41,475	44.70	+4.05
	Labor	Jacqui Pedersen	35,616	38.38	−1.14
	Greens	Sue Weber	6,840	7.37	+2.85
	Family First	Mark White	4,746	5.11	+2.96
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Buckley	2,877	3.10	+3.10
	Arts	Andrew Tyrrell	1,239	1.34	+1.34
Total formal votes			92,793	95.98	+1.18
Informal votes			3,886	4.02	−1.18
Turnout			96,679	91.65	−2.04
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Luke Howarth	47,926	51.65	+1.12
	Labor	Jacqui Pedersen	44,867	48.35	−1.12
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+1.12

References

↑ The Bellwether Contests: Antony Green ABC
↑ Petrie, QLD, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

Division of Petrie (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Queensland

Blair Bonner Bowman Brisbane Capricornia Dawson Dickson Fadden Fairfax Fisher Flynn Forde Griffith Groom Herbert Hinkler Kennedy Leichhardt Lilley Longman Maranoa McPherson Moncrieff Moreton Oxley Petrie Rankin Ryan Wide Bay Wright Abolished: Darling Downs Oxley (1901–34)

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

Coordinates: 27°14′46″S 153°02′20″E / 27.246°S 153.039°E / -27.246; 153.039

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