Cooper is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution, and was won at that year's state election by Labor's Kate Jones. It was named after pioneer doctor Lilian Violet Cooper.[1]
| Cooper Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of Cooper, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Jonty Bush | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Lilian Violet Cooper | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 37,386 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 63 km2 (24.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°26′46″S 152°56′07″E / 27.4462°S 152.9353°E | ||||||||||||||
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It largely covers the areas of the abolished electorate of Ashgrove. Located in Northern Brisbane, it consists of the suburbs of Enoggera Reservoir, The Gap, Bardon, Ashgrove, Red Hill, Paddington and Milton.[1]
Members for Cooper
edit| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kate Jones | Labor | 2017–2020 | |
| Jonty Bush | Labor | 2020–present | |
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jonty Bush | 12,941 | 37.17 | +3.07 | |
| Liberal National | Raewyn Bailey | 11,889 | 34.15 | +0.71 | |
| Greens | Katinka Winston-Allom | 8,878 | 25.50 | −4.13 | |
| One Nation | Susan Ventnor | 746 | 2.14 | +0.40 | |
| Family First | Donna Gallehawk | 361 | 1.04 | +1.04 | |
| Total formal votes | 34,815 | 98.23 | −0.47 | ||
| Informal votes | 627 | 1.77 | +0.47 | ||
| Turnout | 35,442 | 91.74 | +0.29 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jonty Bush | 21,296 | 61.17 | +0.68 | |
| Liberal National | Raewyn Bailey | 13,519 | 38.83 | −0.68 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +0.68 | |||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "Cooper - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.