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Electoral district of Morayfield
State electoral district of Queensland, Australia
State electoral district of Queensland, Australia
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| federal | state = qld | |
| upper | image = ECQ-2017-Final-Morayfield.pdf | |
| caption | Electoral map of Morayfield 2017 | |
| lifespan | 2009–present | |
| mp | Mark Ryan | |
| mp-party | Labor | |
| namesake | Morayfield | |
| electors | 36991 | |
| electors_year | 2020 | |
| area | 69 | |
| class | Outer-metropolitan | |
| coordinates | ||
| near-n | Pumicestone | |
| near-ne | Pumicestone | |
| near-e | Bancroft | |
| near-se | Kurwongbah | |
| near-s | Kurwongbah | |
| near-sw | Kurwongbah | |
| near-w | Glass House | |
| near-nw | Glass House |
|mp-party = Labor | near-n = Pumicestone | near-ne = Pumicestone | near-e = Bancroft | near-se = Kurwongbah | near-s = Kurwongbah | near-sw = Kurwongbah | near-w = Glass House | near-nw = Glass House
Morayfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It is located in the northern outskirts of Brisbane, south of the Sunshine Coast.
Geography
An outer suburban electorate, Morayfield lies west of the Bruce Highway and south of the Caboolture River. The northern end of the district takes in the suburb of Morayfield and the southern part of Caboolture. At its southern end, the district includes parts of the suburbs of Burpengary and Narangba.
History
A new district created for the 2009 state election, it was constructed mostly from the northern part of the district of Kallangur and the western part of the district of Pumicestone. It also took a section of territory previously belonging to the district of Kurwongbah. Its inaugural member was Mark Ryan of the Labor Party, who was defeated by Darren Grimwade of the Liberal National Party in 2012.
Members for Morayfield
| Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ryan | ||||
| (1982–) | 21 March 2009 – | |||
| 24 March 2012 | ||||
| Darren Grimwade | ||||
| (1980–) | 24 March 2012 – | |||
| 31 January 2015 | ||||
| Mark Ryan | ||||
| (1982–) | 31 January 2015 – | |||
| present |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Morayfield
References
References
- {{cite QldElectorate. (28 April 2020)
- "2008 Queensland State Redistribution: Morayfield". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
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