Electoral district of Springwood

Springwood
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Springwood; Queensland—Legislative Assembly
	Electoral map of Springwood 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	1986–present
MP	Mick de Brenni
Party	Labor
Namesake	Springwood
Electors	35,376 (2020)
Area	99 km2 (38.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Coordinates	27°39′S 153°10′E / 27.650°S 153.167°E
	Electorates around Springwood:

Springwood is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.^[1]

The district is based in several suburbs of Logan City. It is named after the suburb of Springwood and also includes the suburbs of Daisy Hill, Loganholme, Rochedale South and Shailer Park. The electorate was first contested in 1986.

History and political profile

The inaugural member for Springwood was Huan Fraser, who represented the National Party. Labor's Molly Robson defeated Fraser in the 1989 state election. She held the seat in the 1992 election, but lost it to the Liberal's Luke Woolmer in 1995 on the back of the Koala tollway controversy, in which the sitting Labor government had announced plans to build a tollway through a koala sanctuary. Woolmer won the seat with a 19.4% swing, but narrowly lost it to Labor in 1998. Labor continued to hold the seat in the 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2010 elections. In 2012, John Grant, a Logan City Councillor, won the seat for the Liberal National Party with a 19.47% swing.^[2]

Members for Springwood

	Party	Term
Huan Fraser	National	1986–1989
Molly Robson	Labor	1989–1995
Luke Woolmer	Liberal	1995–1998
Grant Musgrove	Labor	1998–2000
Grant Musgrove	Independent	2000–2001
Barbara Stone	Labor	2001–2012
John Grant	Liberal National	2012–2015
Mick de Brenni	Labor	2015–present

Election results

2024 Queensland state election: Springwood^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick de Brenni	13,184	41.2	−7.6
	Liberal National	Susanna Damianopoulos	12,348	38.6	+4.1
	Greens	Benjamin Harry	2,701	8.4	+0.9
	One Nation	Glen Cookson	2,201	6.9	+1.5
	Family First	Gabrielle Davis	1,114	3.5	+3.5
	Independent	Karley Saidy-Hennessey	458	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			32,006	96.3
Informal votes			1,230	3.7
Turnout			33,236
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mick de Brenni	16,677	52.1	−6.2
	Liberal National	Susanna Damianopoulos	15,329	47.9	+6.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.2

References

^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
^ Green, Anthony. "Springwood (Key Seat)". ABC Elections: 2009 Queensland Election. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
^ "Springwood - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

External links

Green, Antony. "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

[qpe-1] "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.

[GreenSpringwood2009-2] Green, Anthony. "Springwood (Key Seat)". ABC Elections: 2009 Queensland Election. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 February 2010.

[3] "Springwood - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

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