| Redcliffe Queensland—Legislative Assembly |
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Redcliffe (2008—) |
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| State or territory: | Queensland |
| MP: | Lillian van Litsenburg |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Redcliffe |
Redcliffe is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral division in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
The division encompasses suburbs to the north and northeast of Brisbane, including Redcliffe, Woody Point, Scarborough, Clontarf and Margate, as well as parts of Kippa-Ring. The electorate's boundary stretches to take in Moreton Island.
The seat was created in 1960 and was first held by Liberal (later National) member Jim Houghton. The seat was contested between the Liberal and National Parties until Houghton's mid-term retirement in 1979, followed by a byelection won by Liberal Terry White. White became the Liberal leader in August 1983, causing a split in the National-dominated coalition at the time. In 1989, he lost the seat to Australian Labor Party member Ray Hollis, who at one point was Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. In 2005, Hollis resigned and the Liberals' Terry Rogers, a local chartered accountant, picked up the seat in an 8.4% by-election upset. However, his tenure in the seat was short, and he lost it to current member Lillian van Litsenburg, a school teacher, in the 2006 election.
Scott Driscoll, a hign profile identity who lives in Redcliffe, will contest the next state election for the seat as the Liberal National Party of Queensland candidate.
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| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Jim Houghton | Independent | 1960–1960 | |
| Liberal | 1960–1961 | ||
| Independent | 1961–1962 | ||
| Country | 1963–1975 | ||
| National Country | 1975–1979 | ||
| Terry White | Liberal | 1979–1989 | |
| Ray Hollis | Labor | 1989–2005 | |
| Terry Rogers | Liberal | 2005–2006 | |
| Lillian van Litsenburg | Labor | 2006–present | |
| Queensland state election, 2009: Redcliffe[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Lillian van Litsenburg | 12,202 | 43.0 | -6.5 | |
| Liberal National | Bill Gollan | 9,727 | 34.3 | -4.9 | |
| Independent | Peter Houston | 3,953 | 13.9 | +13.9 | |
| Greens | Pete Johnson | 1,737 | 6.1 | -4.3 | |
| Family First | Philip Cramer | 743 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 28,362 | 97.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 569 | 2.1 | |||
| Turnout | 28,931 | 90.9 | |||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Lillian van Litsenburg | 13,943 | 55.6 | -0.5 | |
| Liberal National | Bill Gollan | 11,146 | 44.4 | +0.5 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -0.5 | |||