Division of McPherson
| McPherson Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Division of McPherson (green) within Queensland | |
| Created | 1949 |
| MP | Karen Andrews |
| Party | Liberal National |
| Namesake | McPherson Range |
| Electors | 94,467 (2013) |
| Area | 230 km2 (88.8 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Provincial |
The Division of McPherson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1948 and is named after the McPherson Range, which forms one of the divisional boundaries. McPherson is located in south east Queensland, and originally included the entire Gold Coast region. However, the area's dramatic population growth has seen it contract to the southern portion of the Gold Coast. It has always been held by a conservative party. Originally a Country Party bastion, urbanisation has turned it into a Liberal stronghold.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Sir) Arthur Fadden | Country | 1949–1958 | |
| Charles Barnes | Country | 1958–1972 | |
| Eric Robinson | Liberal | 1972–1981 | |
| Peter White | Liberal | 1981–1990 | |
| John Bradford | Liberal | 1990–1998 | |
| Christian Democrats | 1998–1998 | ||
| Margaret May | Liberal | 1998–2010 | |
| Karen Andrews | Liberal National | 2010–present | |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of McPherson
| Australian federal election, 2013: McPherson | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal National | Karen Andrews | 41,594 | 50.16 | −3.74 | |
| Labor | Gail Hislop | 18,866 | 22.75 | −6.11 | |
| Palmer United | Susie Douglas | 13,203 | 15.92 | +15.92 | |
| Greens | David Wyatt | 5,689 | 6.86 | −5.54 | |
| Family First | Simon Green | 3,084 | 3.72 | −1.12 | |
| Australian Voice | Charles Blake | 491 | 0.59 | +0.59 | |
| Total formal votes | 82,927 | 94.79 | +0.69 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,559 | 5.21 | −0.69 | ||
| Turnout | 87,486 | 92.61 | +0.60 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Karen Andrews | 52,244 | 63.00 | +2.72 | |
| Labor | Gail Hislop | 30,683 | 37.00 | −2.72 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | +2.72 | |||
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