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Electoral District Of Mansfield
Mansfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

The district is based in the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for the suburb of Mansfield and also includes the suburbs of Burbank, Rochedale and Wishart. The electorate was first created for the 1972 election.

Mansfield has tended to be a seat held by the government of the day; only two of its members have served in opposition.

Members for Mansfield

Member Party Term
  Bill Kaus Liberal 1972–1983
  National 1983–1986
  Craig Sherrin National 1986–1989
  Laurel Power Labor 1989–1995
  Frank Carroll Liberal 1995–1998
  Phil Reeves Labor 1998–2012
  Ian Walker Liberal National 2012–2017
  Corrine McMillan Labor 2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Mansfield
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Mansfield.[edit]
2020 Queensland state election: Mansfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Corrine McMillan 14,256 46.14 +6.75
Liberal National Janet Wishart 11,874 38.43 −1.77
Greens Rob Walter 2,967 9.60 −1.70
One Nation Christopher O'Callaghan 715 2.31 −6.80
Legalise Cannabis Brendan Taylor 708 2.29 +2.29
Independent Jarrod Wirth 233 0.75 +0.75
United Australia Maria Todorova 145 0.47 +0.47
Total formal votes 30,898 97.40 +1.52
Informal votes 826 2.60 −1.52
Turnout 31,724 90.47 +1.51
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Corrine McMillan 17,551 56.80 +5.18
Liberal National Janet Wishart 13,347 43.20 −5.18
Labor hold Swing +5.18
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