Division of Petrie
| Petrie Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
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Division of Petrie (green) within Queensland | |
| Created | 1949 |
| MP | Luke Howarth |
| Party | Liberal National |
| Namesake | Andrew Petrie |
| Electors | 92,973 (2013) |
| 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.
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
| Member | 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
| Australian federal election, 2013: Petrie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal National | Luke Howarth | 33,570 | 40.65 | +0.59 | |
| Labor | Yvette D'Ath | 32,630 | 39.52 | −3.27 | |
| Palmer United | Thor Prohaska | 8,422 | 10.20 | +10.20 | |
| Greens | John Marshall | 3,729 | 4.52 | −4.58 | |
| Family First | Tasman Spence | 1,774 | 2.15 | −2.86 | |
| Katter's Australian | Chris Thomson | 1,336 | 1.62 | +1.62 | |
| Rise Up Australia | Elise Jennings | 920 | 1.11 | +1.11 | |
| CEC | Geoff Cornell | 192 | 0.23 | +0.23 | |
| Total formal votes | 82,573 | 94.80 | +0.08 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,530 | 5.20 | −0.08 | ||
| Turnout | 87,103 | 93.69 | +0.65 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Luke Howarth | 41,722 | 50.53 | +3.04 | |
| Labor | Yvette D'Ath | 40,851 | 49.47 | −3.04 | |
| Liberal National gain from Labor | Swing | +3.04 | |||
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