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Division of Dickson
Australian federal electoral division
Australian federal electoral division
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| federal | yes |
| name | Dickson |
| image | |
| caption | Interactive map of boundaries since the 2019 federal election |
| created | 1992 |
| mp | Ali France |
| mp-party | Labor |
| namesake | Sir James Dickson |
| electors | 119401 |
| electors_year | 2025 |
| area | 724 |
| class | Outer metropolitan |
| near-nw | Blair |
| near-n | Longman |
| near-ne | Longman |
| near-e | Petrie |
| near-se | Lilley |
| near-s | Ryan |
| near-sw | Ryan |
| near-w | Blair |
| mp-party = Labor | near-nw = Blair | near-n = Longman | near-ne = Longman | near-e = Petrie | near-se = Lilley | near-s = Ryan | near-sw = Ryan | near-w = Blair The Division of Dickson is an Australian electoral division in Queensland. The incumbent MP is Ali France. A member of the Labor Party, she defeated incumbent MP and Liberal Party Leader Peter Dutton in the 2025 federal election.
Dickson includes the suburbs of Kurwongbah, Petrie, Strathpine, Bunya, Arana Hills, Albany Creek, Eatons Hill, Samford, Samford Valley, Dayboro, McDowall, Ferny Hills, Everton Hills and Murrumba Downs. The electorate also includes Lake Samsonvale and Lake Kurwongbah and covers 724 square kilometres.
History
The division was formed in 1992 and is named after Sir James Dickson, a leading advocate in Australian Federation, Premier of Queensland and Minister for Defence in the first Australian ministry.
1993 election
There was an unusual circumstance at the 1993 election. The seat had been carved out of most of the Brisbane portion of the Sunshine Coast-based seat of Fisher, making it a natural choice for that seat's Labor MP, Michael Lavarch, to transfer ahead of the 1993 election.
However, one of the candidates, an independent, died very shortly before the election, making it necessary to hold a standalone supplementary election on 17 April (the rest of the country had already voted on 13 March). Following Labor's reelection, the Prime Minister Paul Keating announced the makeup of the Second Keating ministry to be sworn in on 24 March, but kept the portfolio of Attorney-General open for Lavarch subject to him winning Dickson on 17 April. He won the seat, and was appointed to the ministry on 27 April.
2025 election
Main article: Dickson in the 2025 Australian federal election
Peter Dutton lost the seat at the 2025 federal election to Labor's Ali France, who previously contested the seat at the 2019 and 2022 elections. Dutton lost over seven percent of his primary vote from 2022, and was defeated on a swing of 7.7 percent after all preferences were distributed. France defeated Dutton after over three-fourths of Green preferences flowed to her. He is the first federal major party leader to lose his own seat since John Howard lost his electorate of Bennelong at the 2007 federal election, and the first sitting opposition leader since Federation to lose his own seat in parliament.
Boundaries
Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.
The division is located in the outer north-western suburbs of Brisbane. The 2006 redistribution added the Shire of Esk to and removed part of Kallangur from the seat. It has historically been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party.
Members
| Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Labor Placeholder.png | 100px]] | Michael Lavarch | |||
| (1961–) | Labor | nowrap | 17 April 1993 – | ||
| 2 March 1996 | |||||
| [[File:Liberal Party of Australia placeholder portrait.svg | 100px]] | Tony Smith | |||
| (1950–) | Liberal | nowrap | 2 March 1996 – | ||
| 26 May 1998 | |||||
| nowrap | Independent | nowrap | 26 May 1998 – | ||
| 3 October 1998 | |||||
| [[File:Labor Placeholder.png | 100px]] | Cheryl Kernot | |||
| (1948–) | Labor | nowrap | 3 October 1998 – | ||
| 10 November 2001 | |||||
| [[File:Peter Dutton 2021.jpg | 100px]] | Peter Dutton | |||
| (1970–) | Liberal | nowrap | 10 November 2001 – | ||
| 3 May 2025 | |||||
| [[File:Ali France.png | 100px]] | Ali France | |||
| (1973–) | Labor | nowrap | 3 May 2025 – | ||
| present |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Dickson
References
References
- (19 November 2019). "Profile of the electoral division of Dickson (Qld)".
- Messenger, Andrew. (3 May 2025). "Who is Ali France, the Labor candidate who has unseated Peter Dutton in Dickson?". The Guardian.
- Pal, Alasdair. (3 May 2025). "Australia opposition leader Dutton loses seat in shock vote defeat". [[Reuters]].
- [https://tallyroom.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionPage-31496-252.htm Dickson, Qld], ''2025 Tally Room'', Australian Electoral Commission.
- (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide".
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