| Glass House Queensland—Legislative Assembly |
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Glass House (2008—) |
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| State or territory: | Queensland |
| Dates current: | 1986–1992; 2001–present |
| MP: | Andrew Powell |
| Party: | Liberal National |
| Namesake: | Glass House Mountains |
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.
Contents |
| First incarnation (1986–1992) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Queensland state election, 2009: Glass House[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal National | Andrew Powell | 13,009 | 48.6 | +15.0 | |
| Labor | Jenny Hansen Read | 9,035 | 33.8 | -2.3 | |
| Greens | Jenny Fitzgibbon | 4,713 | 17.6 | +8.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 26,757 | 97.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 545 | 2.3 | |||
| Turnout | 27,302 | 92.2 | |||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Andrew Powell | 13,860 | 55.8 | +5.8 | |
| Labor | Jenny Hansen Read | 10,975 | 44.2 | -5.8 | |
| Liberal National gain from Labor | Swing | +5.8 | |||