Electoral district of Sandgate

Sandgate
QueenslandLegislative Assembly

Sandgate (2008—)
State or territory: Queensland
MP: Vicky Darling
Party: Labor
Namesake: Sandgate

Sandgate is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.

It is located in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, covering Sandgate, Shorncliffe, Deagon, Brighton, Bracken Ridge, Fitzgibbon, and Taigum. The whole electorate is located within the local government area of the City of Brisbane.

Sandgate is currently held by Vicky Darling for the Australian Labor Party. It is considered to be a safe Labor seat, and was previously held by former health minister Gordon Nuttall.

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Members for Sandgate

Member Party Term
  Hubert Sizer United Party/Country and Progressive National 1923–1935
  Ronald Hislop Labor 1935–1941
  Eric Decker Country/Queensland People's/Liberal 1941–1953
  Herbert Robinson Labor 1953–1957
  Queensland Labor 1957
  Thomas Ahearn Liberal 1957–1960
  Harold Dean Labor 1960–1977
  Nev Warburton Labor 1977–1992
  Gordon Nuttall Labor 1992–2006
  Vicky Darling Labor 2006–present

Election results

Queensland state election, 2009: Sandgate[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Vicky Darling 14,708 54.0 -2.0
Liberal National Lenard Gaffel 8,800 32.3 +4.1
Greens Keith Skelton 2,231 8.2 +0.8
Family First Mark Grundy 597 2.2 +2.2
Independent Kevin Stiller 516 1.9 +1.9
Independent Mike Crook 361 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 27,213 98.0
Informal votes 515 2.0
Turnout 27,728 92.9
Two-candidate preferred result
Labor Vicky Darling 15,880 62.4 -2.9
Liberal National Lenard Gaffel 9,581 37.6 +2.9
Labor hold Swing -2.9

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