Electoral District Of 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 held by Stirling Hinchliffe of the Labor Party. The seat was held by former Labor leader Nev Warburton and former health minister Gordon Nuttall.
Members for Sandgate
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Hubert Sizer | United Party/Country and Progressive National | 1923–1935 | |
Roland 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 | |
Harry Dean | Labor | 1960–1977 | |
Nev Warburton | Labor | 1977–1992 | |
Gordon Nuttall | Labor | 1992–2006 | |
Vicky Darling | Labor | 2006–2012 | |
Kerry Millard | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
Stirling Hinchliffe | Labor | 2015–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Stirling Hinchliffe | 17,777 | 54.59 | +5.44 | |
Liberal National | Clark Siemsen | 8,712 | 26.75 | +3.52 | |
Greens | Miree Le Roy | 3,825 | 11.75 | −0.92 | |
One Nation | Rodney Miles | 1,693 | 5.20 | −9.75 | |
Independent | Todd Milham | 558 | 1.71 | +1.71 | |
Total formal votes | 32,565 | 97.29 | +0.81 | ||
Informal votes | 908 | 2.71 | −0.81 | ||
Turnout | 33,473 | 90.82 | +0.55 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Stirling Hinchliffe | 21,916 | 67.30 | +3.82 | |
Liberal National | Clark Siemsen | 10,649 | 32.70 | −3.82 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.82 |