Electoral district of Stafford
| Stafford Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Stafford 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Luke Richmond | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Stafford | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 38,928 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°24′S 153°1′E / 27.400°S 153.017°E | ||||||||||||||
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Stafford is a Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral district in the state of Queensland, Australia.[1]
It is located in the inner northern residential suburbs of Brisbane. Suburbs in the current electorate include Stafford, Gordon Park, Grange, Kedron, Stafford Heights, and parts of Chermside, Chermside West, McDowall, Alderley, Wilston, Newmarket and Windsor. The Electorate includes the Prince Charles Hospital.[2]
Stafford was first formed in 1972, when it was won by Labor's Roy Harvey. This changed in 1974 when the seat went to Liberal Terry Gygar. Gygar held the seat until 1983, at which point he lost it to Labor's Denis Murphy, but after Murphy's death Gygar was able to retake the seat at the 1984 Stafford by-election. Gygar was re-elected in 1986 but lost the seat in 1989 to Labor's Rod Welford.[2]
In 1992 the seat was abolished, and Welford moved to Everton. But a redistribution saw the seat recreated in 2001 after Chermside and Kedron were amalgamated. Suburbs in the 2001–2006 electorate included Stafford, Chermside, Gordon Park, Kedron, Lutwyche, Stafford Heights and parts of Albion, Chermside West, Wavell Heights and Wooloowin.[3] Labor's Terry Sullivan held the seat from 2001 to 2006 and Labor's Stirling Hinchliffe until 2012 when Liberal National MP Chris Davis won the seat.[2]
A 2014 Stafford by-election was held on 19 July as a result of the resignation of Davis. The by-election was won by Labor's Anthony Lynham with a 62 percent two-party vote from a 19.1 percent two-party swing.[2]
Members for Stafford
| First incarnation (1972–1992) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Roy Harvey | Labor | 1972–1974 | |
| Terry Gygar | Liberal | 1974–1983 | |
| Denis Murphy | Labor | 1983–1984 | |
| Terry Gygar | Liberal | 1984–1989 | |
| Rod Welford | Labor | 1989–1992 | |
| Second incarnation (2001–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Terry Sullivan | Labor | 2001–2006 | |
| Stirling Hinchliffe | Labor | 2006–2012 | |
| Chris Davis | Liberal National | 2012–2014 | |
| Anthony Lynham | Labor | 2014–2020 | |
| Jimmy Sullivan | Labor | 2020–2025 | |
| Independent | 2025–2026 | ||
| Luke Richmond | Labor | 2026–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal National | Fiona Hammond | 13,146 | 40.34 | +2.27 | |
| Labor | Luke Richmond | 10,034 | 30.79 | −7.98 | |
| Greens | Jess Lane | 4,777 | 14.66 | −3.40 | |
| Independent | Liam Parry | 1,244 | 3.82 | +3.82 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Jacqueline Verne | 960 | 2.95 | +2.95 | |
| Family First | Alan Denaro | 767 | 2.35 | +0.42 | |
| Animal Justice | Lucy O’Brien | 680 | 2.09 | +2.09 | |
| Independent | Damian Smart | 612 | 1.88 | +1.88 | |
| Libertarian | Daniel Selff | 370 | 1.14 | +1.14 | |
| Total formal votes | 32,590 | 96.44 | −0.91 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,202 | 3.56 | +0.91 | ||
| Turnout | 33,792 | 81.63 | −8.60 | ||
| Registered electors | 41,397 | ||||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Luke Richmond | 16,738 | 51.36 | −3.96 | |
| Liberal National | Fiona Hammond | 15,852 | 48.64 | +3.96 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −3.96 | |||
Primary vote results in Stafford (Second Incarnation) (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)
Labor
Liberal/Liberal National
Greens
View source data.Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Stafford (Second Incarnation) View source data.
References
- ↑ "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.
- 1 2 3 4 Green, Antony. "Stafford". ABC Elections: 2012 by-election. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ↑ "Queensland Electoral Boundaries 1999 (Stafford)" (PDF). State of Queensland, Department of Natural Resources. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2008.
- ↑ "2026 Stafford state By-election". Electoral Commission Queensland. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "Stafford by-election 2026". ABC News. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
External links
- Green, Antony (9 June 2023). "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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