Electoral district of Glass House
Glass House Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |
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Glass House (2008—) | |
State | Queensland |
Dates current | 1986–1992; 2001–present |
MP | Andrew Powell |
Party | Liberal National |
Namesake | Glass House Mountains |
Electors | 34,852 (2015) |
Area | 1,582 km2 (610.8 sq mi) |
Coordinates | 26°52′S 152°50′E / 26.867°S 152.833°ECoordinates: 26°52′S 152°50′E / 26.867°S 152.833°E |
Glass House is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
The electorate is based mostly on the hinterland areas of the Sunshine Coast and north of Caboolture, it stretches north to Witta, south to the northern outskirts of Caboolture and west to Conondale.
Members for Glass House
First incarnation (1986–1992) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Bill Newton | National | 1986–1989 | |
Jon Sullivan | Labor | 1989–1992 | |
Second incarnation (2001–present) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Carolyn Male | Labor | 2001–2009 | |
Andrew Powell | Liberal National | 2009–present | |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Glass House
Queensland state election, 2015: Glass House[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal National | Andrew Powell | 13,272 | 43.72 | -12.13 | |
Labor | Brent Hampstead | 9.587 | 30.54 | +12.87 | |
Greens | David Knobel | 4,511 | 14.37 | -1.27 | |
Palmer United | Scott Higgins | 3,570 | 11.37 | +11.37 | |
Total formal votes | 31,395 | 97.82 | +0.16 | ||
Informal votes | 700 | 2.18 | -0.16 | ||
Turnout | 32,095 | 90.60 | -2.02 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Andrew Powell | 14,890 | 51.41 | -18.98 | |
Labor | Brent Hampstead | 14,074 | 48.59 | +18.98 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | -18.98 | |||
References
External links
- Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)
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