Aspley is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]
| Aspley Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of the electoral district of Aspley, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1960–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Bart Mellish | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Aspley | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 37,792 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 36 km2 (13.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°20′S 153°0′E / 27.333°S 153.000°E | ||||||||||||||
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The district is located in the north-eastern residential suburbs of Brisbane, encompassing Aspley, Bridgeman Downs and Carseldine, as well as parts of McDowall, Chermside West, Lawnton and Zillmere. It is now wholly within the local government area of Brisbane City Council, following the redistribution prior to the 2009 election.
The electorate was created at the 1959 redistribution from the former electorate of Chermside. Aspley was a safe Liberal seat until the collapse of the National-Liberal coalition in Queensland in 1983, when first-term Liberal member Beryce Nelson lost the seat to the Nationals' Brian Cahill a former local newsreader. Nelson then joined the Nationals and was subsequently preselected to contest Aspley at the 1986 election. She won and held the seat for that term and then was defeated by the Liberals' John Goss in 1989. Goss was defeated by Labor's Bonny Barry in Labor's landslide victory at the 2001 state election. Barry was herself defeated after three terms by Tracy Davis of the Liberal National Party at the 2009 state election. Davis was defeated at the 2017 state election by Labor's Bart Mellish. Mellish successfully defeated former politician Amanda Cooper (politician) at the 2020 state election. Cooper again contested the 2024 state election where her own scrutineers have reported she was 38 votes behind Mellish.[2] Mellish was ultimately successful in retaining the electorate.
Members for Aspley
edit| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Fred Campbell | Liberal | 1960–1980 | |
| Beryce Nelson | Liberal | 1980–1983 | |
| Brian Cahill | National | 1983–1986 | |
| Beryce Nelson | National | 1986–1989 | |
| John Goss | Liberal | 1989–2001 | |
| Bonny Barry | Labor | 2001–2009 | |
| Tracy Davis | Liberal National | 2009–2017 | |
| Bart Mellish | Labor | 2017–present | |
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Bart Mellish | 15,261 | 45.51 | +8.00 | |
| Liberal National | Amanda Cooper | 13,579 | 40.50 | +0.77 | |
| Greens | James Hansen | 2,997 | 8.94 | −0.52 | |
| One Nation | Walter Hardy | 1,141 | 3.40 | −6.19 | |
| Civil Liberties & Motorists | Neil Skilbeck | 305 | 0.91 | −0.52 | |
| United Australia | Joshua Morrison | 247 | 0.74 | +0.74 | |
| Total formal votes | 33,530 | 97.92 | +1.75 | ||
| Informal votes | 711 | 2.08 | −1.75 | ||
| Turnout | 34,241 | 90.60 | +0.06 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Bart Mellish | 18,494 | 55.16 | +3.99 | |
| Liberal National | Amanda Cooper | 15,036 | 44.84 | −3.99 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +3.99 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Bart Mellish in fight of his life". heraldsun.com.au. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ 2020 State General Election – Aspley – District Summary, ECQ.
External links
edit- Electorate profile (Antony Green, ABC)