Division of Longman

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Longman
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: Queensland
Created: 1996
MP: Jon Sullivan
Party: Labor
Namesake: Irene Longman
Electors: 89,815
Area: 477 km² (184.2 sq mi)
Demographic: Provincial

The Division of Longman is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was first proclaimed in 1994. The division is named after Irene Longman, the first female Member of the Queensland State Parliament and the third woman elected to a parliament in Australia.

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[edit] Boundaries

Longman covers much of the Moreton Bay Regional Council area, including the former Caboolture Shire and some of the former Pine Rivers.

Its boundaries include Beachmere, Bribie Island, Burpengary, Dakabin, Deception Bay, Donnybrook, Kallangur, Ningi, North Lakes, and Toorbul, and parts of Caboolture, Morayfield, and Narangba.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Mal Brough Liberal 1996—2007
  Jon Sullivan Labor 2007—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Longman
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jon Sullivan 39,434 47.98 +10.92
Liberal Mal Brough 36,009 43.82 -7.32
Greens Paul Costin 3,486 4.24 +0.36
Family First Peter Urquhart 1,525 1.86 -1.35
Democrats Liz Oss-Emer 1,153 1.40 -0.29
Liberty and Democracy Trent MacDonald 410 0.50 +0.50
Citizens Electoral Council Dan Winniak 166 0.20 +0.20
Total formal votes 82,183 96.53 +2.18
Informal votes 2,950 3.47 -2.18
Turnout 85,133 94.79 -0.47
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Jon Sullivan 44,026 53.57 +10.32
Liberal Mal Brough 38,157 46.43 -10.32
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +10.32
Australian federal election, 2004: Longman
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Mal Brough 40,345 51.87 +6.64
Labor Stephen Beckett 27,790 35.73 -1.42
Greens Philip Kimmet 3,096 3.98 +1.00
One Nation Susan Meredith 3,017 3.88 -4.49
Family First Tom Lew 2,187 2.81 +2.81
Democrats Jacqueline Kennedy 1,339 1.72 -2.18
Total formal votes 77,774 94.36 -0.29
Informal votes 4,646 5.64 +0.29
Turnout 82,420 94.50 +1.24
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Mal Brough 44,848 57.66 +5.14
Labor Stephen Beckett 32,926 42.34 -5.14
Liberal hold Swing +5.14

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