Division of Ryan

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Ryan Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory:	Queensland
Created:	1949
MP:	Michael Johnson
Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	T. J. Ryan
Electors:	90,513
Area:	415 km² (160.2 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Ryan is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1948 and is named for T.J. Ryan, a former Premier of Queensland from 1915 to 1919. Ryan is located in south east Queensland, and is generally based on the south western suburbs of the City of Brisbane. The division covers an area of 238 square kilometres in 2005

[edit] Location

The Division of Ryan encompasses the following suburbs and localities:

• Bellbowrie
• Moggill
• Brookfield
• Karana Downs
• Lake Manchester
• Chapel Hill
• Fig Tree Pocket
• Indooroopilly
• Kenmore
• St Lucia
• Taringa
• Toowong
• Auchenflower
• Bardon (part)
• The Gap
• The western Centenary Suburbs
• WoodBurn, Nova Scotia

[edit] Members

Member		Party	Term
	Nigel Drury	Liberal	1949—1975
	John Moore	Liberal	1975—2001
	Leonie Short	Labor	2001—2001
	Michael Johnson	Liberal	2001—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Ryan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Johnson	41,646	49.52	-5.24
	Labor	Ross Daniels	30,619	36.41	+7.00
	Greens	Evan Jones	7,933	9.43	-0.33
	Independent	Charles Worringham	1,328	1.58	+1.58
	Democrats	James Page	1,207	1.44	-0.98
	Family First	Leisa Schimd	1,120	1.33	-2.03
	Liberty and Democracy	Jock Mackenzie	155	0.18	+0.18
	Citizens Electoral Council	Neville Solomon	90	0.11	-0.17
Total formal votes			84,098	97.86	+1.66
Informal votes			1,842	1,842	-1.66
Turnout			85,940	94.95	+0.64
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Michael Johnson	45,258	53.82	-6.60
	Labor	Ross Daniels	38,840	46.18	+6.60
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.60

Australian federal election, 2004: Ryan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Johnson	43,499	54.76	+6.27
	Labor	Victoria Chatterjee	23,365	29.41	-0.31
	Greens	Paul Swan	7,753	9.76	+4.38
	Family First	Percy Campbell	2,670	3.36	+3.36
	Democrats	Simon Ingram	1,926	2.42	-3.86
	Citizens Electoral Council	Neville W Solomon	222	0.28	+0.28
Total formal votes			79,435	96.20	-1.06
Informal votes			3,134	3.80	+1.06
Turnout			82,569	94.31	-2.17
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Michael Johnson	47,997	60.42	+0.86
	Labor	Victoria Chatterjee	31,438	39.58	-0.86
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.86

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