Electoral district of Clayfield

Clayfield Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Clayfield (2008—)
State	Queensland
MP	Tim Nicholls
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Clayfield
Electors	34,641 (2015)
Area	76 km^2 (29.3 sq mi)
Coordinates	27°24′S 153°6′E / 27.400°S 153.100°ECoordinates: 27°24′S 153°6′E / 27.400°S 153.100°E

Clayfield is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. It is centred on the inner northern suburb of Clayfield in the state capital of Brisbane.

The seat was first created in 1950, and consistently returned members for the conservative Liberal Party until its abolition in 1977. It was recreated in 1992 as part of the electoral reforms that ended Bjelke-Petersen-era malapportionment, and was easily won by Liberal candidate Santo Santoro, later a Borbidge government minister. Santoro was re-elected in 1996 and 1998, but was defeated in a shock result in 2001 by actress and Labor candidate Liddy Clark. Clark held on to the normally safe Liberal seat for two terms, but after a controversy-scarred term as a minister, was defeated by Liberal candidate Tim Nicholls in 2006. Nicholls was the last deputy leader of the state Liberal Party from 2007 to 2009.

A redistribution in 2008 made Clayfield notionally Labor by 0.2%, but the Liberal National Party achieved a swing strong enough for Nicholls to retain his seat in the 2009 election.

Members for Clayfield

First incarnation (1950–1977)
Member		Party	Term
	Harold Taylor	Liberal	1950–1963
	John Murray	Liberal	1963–1976
	Ivan Brown	Liberal	1976–1977
Second incarnation (1992–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Santo Santoro	Liberal	1992–2001
	Liddy Clark	Labor	2001–2006
	Tim Nicholls	Liberal	2006–2008
		Liberal National	2008–present

Election results

Queensland state election, 2015: Clayfield[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Tim Nicholls	16,113	52.89	−9.44
	Labor	John Martin	9,769	32.07	+10.47
	Greens	Anthony Pink	3,393	11.14	+0.30
	Independent	Katrina MacDonald	1,188	3.90	+3.90
Total formal votes			30,463	98.39	+0.02
Informal votes			498	1.61	−0.02
Turnout			30,961	89.38	−1.93
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Tim Nicholls	16,735	57.21	−13.35
	Labor	John Martin	12,515	42.79	+13.35
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−13.35

References

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

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)