Electoral district of Aspley

Aspley Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Aspley (2008—)
State	Queensland
Dates current	1960–present
MP	Tracy Davis
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Aspley
Electors	31,391 (2015)
Area	33 km^2 (12.7 sq mi)
Coordinates	27°20′S 153°0′E / 27.333°S 153.000°ECoordinates: 27°20′S 153°0′E / 27.333°S 153.000°E

Aspley is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

The district is located in the north-eastern residential suburbs of Brisbane, encompassing Aspley, Bridgeman Downs, and Carseldine, as well as parts of McDowall, West Chermside, Lawnton, and Zillmere. It is now wholly within the local government area of Brisbane City Council, following the redistribution prior to the 2009 election.

The electorate was created at the 1959 redistribution from the former electorate of Chermside. Aspley was a safe Liberal seat until the collapse of the National-Liberal coalition in Queensland in 1983, when first-term Liberal member Beryce Nelson lost the seat to the Nationals' Brian Cahill a former local newsreader. Nelson then joined the Nationals and was subsequently preselected to contest Aspley at the 1986 election. She won and held the seat for that term and then was defeated by the Liberals' John Goss in 1989. Goss was defeated by Labor's Bonny Barry in Labor's landslide victory at the 2001 state election. Barry was herself defeated after three terms by Tracy Davis of the Liberal National Party at the 2009 state election.

Members for Aspley

Member		Party	Term
	Fred Campbell	Liberal	1960–1980
	Beryce Nelson	Liberal	1980–1983
	Brian Cahill	National	1983–1986
	Beryce Nelson	National	1986–1989
	John Goss	Liberal	1989–2001
	Bonny Barry	Labor	2001–2009
	Tracy Davis	Liberal National	2009–present

Election results

Queensland state election, 2015: Aspley[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Tracy Davis	14,868	52.41	−13.02
	Labor	Gayle Dallaston	10,835	38.20	+14.65
	Greens	Noel Clothier	2,663	9.39	+1.96
Total formal votes			28,366	98.28	−0.12
Informal votes			497	1.72	+0.12
Turnout			28,863	91.95	−2.47
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Tracy Davis	15,276	55.17	−16.58
	Labor	Gayle Dallaston	12,412	44.83	+16.58
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−16.58

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Aspley - District Summary, ECQ.

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)