| Lytton Queensland—Legislative Assembly |
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Lytton (2008—) |
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| State or territory: | Queensland |
| MP: | Paul Lucas |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Lytton |
Lytton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
The district is based in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, to the south of the Brisbane River. It is named for the suburb of Lytton and also includes the suburbs of Hemmant, Lota, Manly and Wynnum, as well as the Port of Brisbane. The electorate was first created for the 1972 election.
Lytton is a Labor seat.
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| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Tom Burns | Labor | 1972–1996 | |
| Paul Lucas | Labor | 1996–present | |
| Queensland state election, 2009: Lytton[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Paul Lucas | 14,594 | 52.5 | -4.3 | |
| Liberal National | Ryan Murphy | 8,960 | 32.2 | +3.1 | |
| Greens | Daniel Crute | 1,982 | 7.1 | -5.0 | |
| Independent | Trish Kelly | 1,526 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
| DS4SEQ | Neil Plevey | 739 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 27,801 | 98.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 528 | 2.0 | |||
| Turnout | 28,329 | 92.7 | |||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Paul Lucas | 15,968 | 62.2 | -4.0 | |
| Liberal National | Ryan Murphy | 9,699 | 37.8 | +4.0 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -4.0 | |||