Electoral district of Morayfield

Morayfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It is located in the northern outskirts of Brisbane, south of the Sunshine Coast.[1]

Morayfield Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Morayfield 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	2009–present
MP	Mark Ryan
Party	Labor
Namesake	Morayfield
Electors	36,991 (2020)
Area	69 km^2 (26.6 sq mi)
Coordinates	27°8′S 152°55′E
Electorates around Morayfield: Glass House Pumicestone Pumicestone Glass House Morayfield Bancroft Kurwongbah Kurwongbah Kurwongbah

Electoral map of Morayfield

Geography

An outer suburban electorate, Morayfield lies west of the Bruce Highway and south of the Caboolture River. The northern end of the district takes in the suburb of Morayfield and the southern part of Caboolture. At its southern end, the district includes parts of the suburbs of Burpengary and Narangba.

History

A new district created for the 2009 state election, it was constructed mostly from the northern part of the district of Kallangur and the western part of the district of Pumicestone. It also took a section of territory previously belonging to the district of Kurwongbah.[2] Its inaugural member was Mark Ryan of the Labor Party, who was defeated by Darren Grimwade of the Liberal National Party in 2012.

Members for Morayfield

Member		Party	Term
	Mark Ryan	Labor	2009–2012
	Darren Grimwade	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Mark Ryan	Labor	2015–present

Election results

2020 Queensland state election: Morayfield[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Ryan	16,386	54.38	+8.62
	Liberal National	Theresa Craig	6,549	21.73	+1.67
	One Nation	Rodney Hansen	3,582	11.89	−13.34
	Greens	Amy Smith	2,393	7.94	+1.91
	Independent	Jason Snow	631	2.09	+2.09
	Informed Medical Options	Grant Matthews	594	1.97	+1.97
Total formal votes			30,135	95.47	−0.07
Informal votes			1,429	4.53	+0.07
Turnout			31,564	85.33	−1.24
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Ryan	20,109	66.73	+8.01
	Liberal National	Theresa Craig	10,026	33.27	+33.27
	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.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. "2008 Queensland State Redistribution: Morayfield". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009.
3. 2020 State General Election – Morayfield – District Summary, ECQ.

External links

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