Electoral District Of Lockyer
The district consists primarily of Gatton and Laidley Shires and the northern parts of Beaudesert Shire. It includes the major town of Gatton and a number of smaller centres including Laidley, Helidon and Withcott. The eastern parts of the district are part of the outer southern suburbs of Ipswich and Brisbane in the area of Greenmount.
The district is bounded on the west by Toowoomba North, and Toowoomba South. On the southwest and south by Condamine, Southern Downs and Beaudesert. To the north and northwest by Nanango. To the northeast, where it passes south of Ipswich and Brisbane, it is bounded by Ipswich West, Ipswich, Moggill. To the east, it shares a boundary with the seat of Logan.
The electorate has been represented by Jim McDonald since the 2017 election. Pauline Hanson came within just 114 votes of being elected at the 2015 election with a 49.78 percent two-candidate vote.
Hanson's subsequent election to the Senate in 2016 precluded her from running in Lockyer again in 2017.
Members for Lockyer
| First incarnation (1888–1932) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| William North | Unaligned | 1888–1893 | |
| William Drayton Armstrong | Various | 1893–1904 | |
| Michael O'Keefe | Ministerialist | 1904–1907 | |
| William Drayton Armstrong | Various | 1907–1918 | |
| Cuthbert Butler | Labor | 1918–1920 | |
| George Logan | Country | 1920–1929 | |
| Charles Jamieson | Independent | 1929–1932 | |
| Second incarnation (1950–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| (Sir) Gordon Chalk | Liberal | 1950–1976 | |
| Tony Bourke | Liberal | 1976–1980 | |
| Tony Fitzgerald | National | 1980–1998 | |
| Peter Prenzler | One Nation | 1998–1999 | |
| City Country Alliance | 1999–2001 | ||
| Bill Flynn | One Nation | 2001–2004 | |
| Ian Rickuss | National | 2004–2008 | |
| Liberal National | 2008–2017 | ||
| Jim McDonald | Liberal National | 2017–present | |
William Drayton Armstrong alternately listed his party alignment as Liberal, Opposition, and Ministeralist (twice). The parliamentary members' register does not list dates for these changes.
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal National | Jim McDonald | 13,662 | 45.15 | +9.33 | |
| Labor | Janet Butler | 7,477 | 24.71 | +1.81 | |
| One Nation | Corey West | 4,010 | 13.25 | −21.13 | |
| Independent | Jim Savage | 3,057 | 10.10 | +10.10 | |
| Greens | Rebecca Haley | 1,489 | 4.92 | +0.38 | |
| United Australia | Andrew Rockliff | 563 | 1.86 | +1.86 | |
| Total formal votes | 30,258 | 96.52 | +0.42 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,091 | 3.48 | −0.42 | ||
| Turnout | 31,349 | 89.73 | −0.11 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Jim McDonald | 18,616 | 61.52 | −0.30 | |
| Labor | Janet Butler | 11,642 | 38.48 | +0.30 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | −0.30 | |||
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ 2020 State General Election – Lockyer – District Summary, ECQ.
- ^ "Lockyer - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.