Division of Oxley

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Oxley
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: Queensland
Created: 1949
MP: Bernie Ripoll
Party: Labor
Namesake: John Oxley
Electors: 89,247
Area: 218 km² (84.2 sq mi)
Demographic: Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Oxley is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The current division is the second to bear the name, and was created in 1949. The division is named after the Australian explorer, John Oxley. Oxley is located in south east Queensland, and covers the south western suburbs of the City of Brisbane, and part of the City of Ipswich. The division covers an area of 669 square kilometres (258 sq mi) in 2005.

The original Division of Oxley was established in 1901, and was abolished and replaced by the Division of Griffith in 1934. Bill Hayden was the ALP Opposition Leader between 1977 and 1983, when he resigned under pressure the same day that the 1983 election which swept Bob Hawke to power was called. Hayden left politics to become Governor-General in 1988.

In 1996, the seat became most well-known for controversial social conservative MP Pauline Hanson who was elected as a Liberal-turned-independent, but the seat was heavily redistributed in 1997, splitting her main support base of Ipswich between Oxley and Blair. Hanson contested the seat of Blair, winning 36% of the vote but losing to the Liberals (who got 21%) under Australia's system of preferential voting.

[edit] Members for Oxley

Member Party Term
  Donald Alastair Cameron Liberal 1949—1961
  Bill Hayden Labor 1961—1988
  Les Scott Labor 1988—1996
  Pauline Hanson Independent 1996—1997
  One Nation 1997—1998
  Bernie Ripoll Labor 1998—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bernie Ripoll 47,128 58.56 +10.01
Liberal Scott White 26,297 32.68 -4.05
Greens Austin Lund 4,128 5.13 +0.81
Family First Gregory Roy 1,682 2.09 -1.35
Democrats Murray Henman 951 1.18 +0.01
Citizens Electoral Council Brian Haag 289 0.36 -0.60
Total formal votes 80,475 95.79 +2.56
Informal votes 3,535 4.21 -2.56
Turnout 84,010 94.13 -0.59
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Bernie Ripoll 51,607 64.13 +7.01
Liberal Scott White 28,868 35.87 -7.01
Labor hold Swing +7.01
Australian federal election, 2004: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bernie Ripoll 39,807 50.47 +1.19
Liberal Daniel Smith 26,528 33.63 +1.77
Greens Kevin Brennan 3,474 4.40 +1.05
Family First Robert Boyne 2,906 3.68 +3.68
One Nation Bill Flynn 2,100 2.66 -6.23
Independent George Pugh 1,920 2.43 +2.43
Democrats Nicholas Wood 903 1.14 -4.30
Citizens Electoral Council Brian Haag 881 1.12 +1.12
Socialist Alliance Michael Matthew Myles 358 0.45 +0.45
Total formal votes 78,877 93.00 -1.83
Informal votes 5,936 7.00 +1.83
Turnout 84,813 93.67 -0.67
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Bernie Ripoll 47,103 59.72 +1.76
Liberal Daniel Smith 31,774 40.28 -1.76
Labor hold Swing +1.76

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