Electoral district of Redlands

Redlands is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It primarily covers coastal suburbs on the southside of the city of Brisbane, from Thornlands south to the Logan River.[1]

This article is about the electoral district. For the larger city that this district forms the southern portion of, also commonly known as the Redlands, see Redland City.

Redlands
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Redlands 2017
StateQueensland
Dates current1972–present
MPKim Richards
PartyLabor Party
NamesakeRedland Bay
Electors37,638 (2020)
Area121 km2 (46.7 sq mi)
Coordinates27°38′S 153°18′E
Electorates around Redlands:
Capalaba
Oodgeroo		 Moreton Bay Oodgeroo
Springwood Redlands Oodgeroo
Macalister Coomera Broadwater
Electoral map of Redlands 2008

Members for Redlands
MemberPartyTerm
  Ted Baldwin Labor 1972–1974
  John Goleby Country 1974–1974
  National 1974–1985
  Paul Clauson National 1985–1989
  Darryl Briskey Labor 1989–1992
  John Budd Labor 1992–1995
  John Hegarty National 1995–2001
  John English Labor 2001–2009
  Peter Dowling Liberal National 2009–2015
  Matt McEachan Liberal National 2015–2017
  Kim Richards Labor 2017–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Redlands
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Redlands[edit]
2020 Queensland state election: Redlands[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kim Richards 14,211 43.51 +11.22
Liberal National Henry Pike 12,457 38.14 +6.37
Greens Carmen McNaught 2,360 7.22 −1.28
One Nation Peter Williams 1,356 4.15 −13.56
Legalise Cannabis Frank Brady 1,132 3.47 +3.47
Informed Medical Options Michelle Maher 494 1.51 +1.51
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Andrew Pope 442 1.35 +1.35
United Australia Craig Gunnis 213 0.65 +0.65
Total formal votes 32,665 96.55 +0.57
Informal votes 1,167 3.45 −0.57
Turnout 33,832 89.89 +0.53
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kim Richards 17,606 53.90 +0.84
Liberal National Henry Pike 15,059 46.10 −0.84
Labor hold Swing+0.84

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. 2020 State General Election – Redlands – District Summary, ECQ.
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