| Sandgate Queensland—Legislative Assembly |
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Sandgate (2008—) |
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| 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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| Member | Party | Term | |
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| 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 | |
| Queensland state election, 2009: Sandgate[1] | |||||
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| 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 | |||