Electoral district of Logan

Logan is an electoral district in southern Queensland, Australia.

Logan Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Logan, 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	1872–1949, 1960–1972, 1986–present
MP	Linus Power
Party	Labor
Namesake	Logan River
Electors	37,695 (2020)
Area	356 km^2 (137.5 sq mi)
Coordinates	27°45′S 153°2′E
Electorates around Logan: Algester Woodridge Waterford Jordan Logan Macalister Scenic Rim Scenic Rim Coomera

2008 map of Logan

Logan encompasses urban and semi-rural environments on the southern outskirts of the Brisbane metropolitan area. Major locations within the electoral district include Browns Plains, Crestmead, Park Ridge and North Maclean.

History

The electoral district of Logan was established under the 1872 Electoral Districts Act which excised the southern part of the Electoral district of East Moreton (the Gold Coast area). Successive redistributions shifted the boundaries northwards towards Brisbane. It was abolished in the 1949 redistribution, being mostly absorbed into the Electoral district of Coorparoo and the Electoral district of Yeronga.[1]

In the 1959 redistribution, the Logan electoral district was re-created in the Redland Shire, largely replacing the Electoral district of Darlington. Logan electoral district was abolished again in the 1971 redistribution, by replaced by the Electoral district of Redlands.[1]

In 1986 the Logan electoral district was again re-created, encompassing the north-eastern part of the Electoral district of Fassifern and the north-western part of the Electoral district of Albert. In 1991 the eastern half of the Logan electorate was lost to the Electoral district of Waterford and the Electoral district of Woodridge, leaving the Logan electorate located in the suburbs of Boronia Heights, Browns Plains, Marsden and Park Ridge.[1]

Members for Logan

First incarnation (1873–1950)
Member		Party	Term
	Philip Nind	Unaligned	1873–1875
	Adam Black	Unaligned	1875
	Frederick Shaw	Unaligned	1875–1876
	Peter McLean	Unaligned	1876–1883
	Ernest James Stevens	Independent	1883–1896
	John Donaldson	Independent/Ministerialist	1896
	James Stodart	Ministerialist/Opposition/Liberal	1896–1918
	Alfred James	Labor	1918–1920
	Reginald King	National/United Party/ Country and Progressive National	1920–1935
	John Brown	Labor	1935–1944
	Thomas Hiley	Queensland People's/ Liberal	1944–1950
Second incarnation (1960–1972)
Member		Party	Term
	Leslie Harrison	Country	1960–1966
	Dick Wood	Country	1966–1969
	Ted Baldwin	Labor	1969–1972
Third incarnation (1986–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Wayne Goss	Labor	1986–1998
	John Mickel	Labor	1998–2012
	Michael Pucci	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Linus Power	Labor	2015–present

Election results

2020 Queensland state election: Logan[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Linus Power	16,587	53.47	+11.15
	Liberal National	Clinton Pattison	7,725	24.90	+6.60
	One Nation	Peter Weber	4,283	13.81	−17.09
	Greens	Liam Jenkinson	1,900	6.13	+1.24
	United Australia	Sam Iskander	524	1.69	+1.69
Total formal votes			31,019	96.26	+1.95
Informal votes			1,205	3.74	−1.95
Turnout			32,224	85.49	−1.73
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Linus Power	19,663	63.39	+6.56
	Liberal National	Clinton Pattison	11,356	36.61	+36.61
	Labor hold

References

1. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. 2020 State General Election – Logan – District Summary, ECQ.

External links

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