Electoral district of Springwood

Springwood
QueenslandLegislative Assembly

Springwood (2008—)
State or territory: Queensland
Dates current: 1986–present
MP: Barbara Stone
Party: Labor
Namesake: Springwood

Springwood is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

The district is based in the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for suburb of Springwood and also includes the suburbs of Daisy Hill, Loganholme, Rochedale South and Shailer Park. The electorate was first contested in 1986.

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History and political profile

The inaugural member for Springwood was Huan Fraser, who represented the National Party. Labor's Molly Robson defeated Fraser in the 1989 state election. She held the seat in the 1992 election, but lost it to the Liberal's Luke Woolmer in 1995 on the back of the Koala tollway controversy, in which the sitting Labor government had announced plans to build a tollway through a koala sanctuary. Woolmer won the seat with a 19.4% swing, but narrowly lost it to Labor in 1998. Labor continued to hold the seat in the 2001, 2004 and 2006 elections.[1]

Members for Springwood

Member Party Term
  Huan Fraser National 1986–1989
  Molly Robson Labor 1989–1995
  Luke Woolmer Liberal 1995–1998
  Grant Musgrove Labor 1998–2000
  Independent 2000–2001
  Barbara Stone Labor 2001–present

Election results

Queensland state election, 2009: Springwood[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Barbara Stone 13,536 46.9 -2.5
Liberal National Dave Beard 11,594 40.2 +1.7
Greens Neil Cotter 2,088 7.2 +0.9
Independent Allan de Brenni 1,081 3.7 +3.7
Independent Lesley Noah 334 1.2 -3.6
Independent Kim Limburg 199 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 28,832 97.8
Informal votes 605 2.2
Turnout 29,437 91.9
Two-candidate preferred result
Labor Barbara Stone 14,518 54.1 -1.6
Liberal National Dave Beard 12,326 45.9 +1.6
Labor hold Swing -1.6

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