Electoral district of Morayfield

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.^[1]

Morayfield Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Morayfield 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	2009–present
MP	Mark Ryan
Party	Labor
Namesake	Morayfield
Electors	36,991 (2020)
Area	69 km^2 (26.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Coordinates	27°8′S 152°55′E / 27.133°S 152.917°E / -27.133; 152.917
Electorates around Morayfield: Glass House Pumicestone Pumicestone Glass House Morayfield Bancroft Kurwongbah Kurwongbah Kurwongbah

Electoral map of Morayfield

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.^[2] 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

Member		Party	Term
	Mark Ryan	Labor	2009–2012
	Darren Grimwade	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Mark Ryan	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Morayfield

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Morayfield.[edit]

2020 Queensland state election: Morayfield^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Ryan	16,386	54.38	+8.62
	Liberal National	Theresa Craig	6,549	21.73	+1.67
	One Nation	Rodney Hansen	3,582	11.89	−13.34
	Greens	Amy Smith	2,393	7.94	+1.91
	Independent	Jason Snow	631	2.09	+2.09
	Informed Medical Options	Grant Matthews	594	1.97	+1.97
Total formal votes			30,135	95.47	−0.07
Informal votes			1,429	4.53	+0.07
Turnout			31,564	85.33	−1.24
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Ryan	20,109	66.73	+7.40
	Liberal National	Theresa Craig	10,026	33.27	−7.40
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.40

Primary vote results in Morayfield (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Labor

  Liberal National

  One Nation

  Greens

  Katter's Australian

  Palmer United

  Independent

Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Morayfield

References

1. (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
2. . Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009.
3. 2020 State General Election – Morayfield – District Summary, ECQ.
4. https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/qld/2020/guide/mora

External links

• Green, Antony (9 June 2023). "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.