| Petrie Australian House of Representatives Division |
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Division of Petrie (green) within Queensland |
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| Created: | 1949 |
| MP: | Yvette D'Ath |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Andrew Petrie |
| Area: | 152 km² (59 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of Petrie is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1949 and named after Andrew Petrie (1798–1872), a noted civil engineer, pioneer and explorer, and the first free settler in Brisbane (1837).
The electorate has a higher-than-average percentage of pensioners and self-funded retirees, and is mainly residential, with some light industrial and commercial activities.
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Petrie is located in South East Queensland, and is generally based on the outer northern suburbs of the City of the Brisbane, including the upmarket suburbs of Aspley, Bridgeman Downs and Carseldine. It covers the older northern suburbs of Stafford and Chermside and stretches northwards to take in the whole of Redcliffe City and small parts of Shire of Pine Rivers.
In the City of Brisbane, it includes Bald Hills, Bracken Ridge, Bridgeman Downs, Carseldine, Chermside West, Fitzgibbon, and McDowall, and parts of Aspley, Everton Park, and Stafford Heights.
In the City of Redcliffe, it includes Clontarf, Kippa-Ring, Margate, Redcliffe, Rothwell, Scarborough, and Woody Point.
In the Pine Rivers Shire, it includes parts of Mango Hill and Griffin.
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Alan Hulme | Liberal | 1949–1961 | |
| Reginald O'Brien | Labor | 1961–1963 | |
| Alan Hulme | Liberal | 1963–1972 | |
| Marshall Cooke | Liberal | 1972–1974 | |
| John Hodges | Liberal | 1974–1983 | |
| Deane Wells | Labor | 1983–1984 | |
| John Hodges | Liberal | 1984–1987 | |
| Gary Johns | Labor | 1987–1996 | |
| Teresa Gambaro | Liberal | 1996–2007 | |
| Yvette D'Ath | Labor | 2007–present | |
| Australian federal election, 2010: Petrie | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Yvette D'Ath | 32,677 | 42.79 | -6.27 | |
| Liberal National | Dean Teasdale | 30,590 | 40.06 | -2.76 | |
| Greens | Peter Jeremijenko | 6,949 | 9.10 | +4.68 | |
| Family First | Sally Vincent | 3,829 | 5.01 | +3.14 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gabriel Buckley | 1,604 | 2.10 | +1.79 | |
| Democratic Labor | Lawrence Addison | 715 | 0.94 | +0.94 | |
| Total formal votes | 76,364 | 94.72 | -2.06 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,253 | 5.28 | +2.06 | ||
| Turnout | 80,617 | 93.00 | -1.10 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Yvette D'Ath | 40,097 | 52.51 | -1.70 | |
| Liberal National | Dean Teasdale | 36,267 | 47.49 | +1.70 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -1.70 | |||
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