Electoral district of Aspley
| Aspley Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of the electoral district of Aspley, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1960–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Bart Mellish | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Aspley | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 37,792 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 36 km2(13.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°20′S153°0′E/ 27.333°S 153.000°E | ||||||||||||||
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Aspleyis anelectoral districtof theLegislative Assemblyin the Australian state ofQueensland.[1]
The district is located in the north-eastern residential suburbs ofBrisbane,encompassingAspley,Bridgeman DownsandCarseldine,as well as parts ofMcDowall,Chermside West,LawntonandZillmere.It is now wholly within the local government area ofBrisbane City Council,following the redistribution prior to the 2009 election.
The electorate was created at the 1959 redistribution from the former electorate ofChermside.Aspley was a safeLiberalseat until the collapse of theNational-Liberal coalitionin Queensland in 1983, when first-term Liberal memberBeryce Nelsonlost the seat to theNationals'Brian Cahilla former local newsreader. Nelson then joined the Nationals and was subsequently preselected to contest Aspley at the 1986 election. She won and held the seat for that term and then was defeated by the Liberals'John Gossin 1989. Goss was defeated byLabor'sBonny Barryin Labor's landslide victory at the2001 state election.Barry was herself defeated after three terms byTracy Davisof theLiberal National Partyat the2009 state election.Davis was defeated at the2017 state electionbyLabor'sBart Mellish.
Members for Aspley[edit]
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Campbell | Liberal | 1960–1980 | |
| Beryce Nelson | Liberal | 1980–1983 | |
| Brian Cahill | National | 1983–1986 | |
| Beryce Nelson | National | 1986–1989 | |
| John Goss | Liberal | 1989–2001 | |
| Bonny Barry | Labor | 2001–2009 | |
| Tracy Davis | Liberal National | 2009–2017 | |
| Bart Mellish | Labor | 2017–present | |
Election results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Bart Mellish | 15,261 | 45.51 | +8.00 | |
| Liberal National | Amanda Cooper | 13,579 | 40.50 | +0.77 | |
| Greens | James Hansen | 2,997 | 8.94 | −0.52 | |
| One Nation | Walter Hardy | 1,141 | 3.40 | −6.19 | |
| Civil Liberties & Motorists | Neil Skilbeck | 305 | 0.91 | −0.52 | |
| United Australia | Joshua Morrison | 247 | 0.74 | +0.74 | |
| Total formal votes | 33,530 | 97.92 | +1.75 | ||
| Informal votes | 711 | 2.08 | −1.75 | ||
| Turnout | 34,241 | 90.60 | +0.06 | ||
| Two-party-preferredresult | |||||
| Labor | Bart Mellish | 18,494 | 55.16 | +3.99 | |
| Liberal National | Amanda Cooper | 15,036 | 44.84 | −3.99 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | +3.99 | |||
References[edit]
- ^"Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017"(PDF).Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament.Queensland Parliament.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 27 April 2020.Retrieved27 April2020.
- ^2020 State General Election – Aspley – District Summary,ECQ.