Division of Ryan

{{Infobox Australian Electorate

| federal = yes

| name = Ryan

| image = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Australian Federal Electorates/Queensland (2019)/Ryan.map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|overlay=80px|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom}}

| caption = Interactive map of boundaries since the 2019 federal election

| created = 1949

| mp = Elizabeth Watson-Brown

| mp-party = Greens

| namesake = T. J. Ryan

| electors = 111363

| electors_year = 2022

| area = 370

| class = Outer metropolitan

}}

The Division of Ryan is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The current MP is Elizabeth Watson-Brown of the Australian Greens.

History

File:T. J. Ryan 1916.jpg, the division's namesake]]

The division was created in 1949 and is named after T. J. Ryan, Premier of Queensland from 1915 to 1919.

In the 2001 federal election, Liberal candidate Michael Johnson was elected.{{Cite web |last=corporateName=Australian Electoral Commission; address=10 Mort Street |first=Canberra ACT 2600; contact=13 23 26 |title=2001 Profile of the division of Ryan |url=https://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/federal_elections/2001/Profiles/ryan.htm |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Australian Electoral Commission |language=en-AU}} He served as the member for Ryan until he was expelled from the Liberal Party. Johnson subsequently ran as an independent in the 2010 federal election but lost.{{Cite web |title=Ryan - 2010 Federal Election - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |url=https://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2010/guide/ryan.htm |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=www.abc.net.au}}

Since 2016 there has been a growing Greens vote, gaining 20% of the first-preference vote in the 2019 federal election. In the 2022 election, Greens candidate Elizabeth Watson-Brown won the seat from LNP member Julian Simmonds.{{Cite web |title=Ryan (Key Seat) - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results |url=https://abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2022/guide/ryan |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=abc.net.au |language=en-AU}}

Location

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.{{cite web |last1=Muller |first1=Damon |title=The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1718/Quick_Guides/FederalRedistributions |website=Parliament of Australia |access-date=19 April 2022 |date=14 November 2017 |archive-date=23 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523135724/https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1718/Quick_Guides/FederalRedistributions |url-status=live }}

Ryan is located in south east Queensland, and is generally based on the western suburbs of the City of Brisbane.

The Division of Ryan encompasses a number of whole and part suburbs and localities:{{Cite web|url=https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/qld/files/2018/AEC-2018-Ryan-final-detailed.pdf|title=Map of the Federal Electoral Division of Ryan|date=March 2018|website=Australian Electoral Commission|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311124445/https://aec.gov.au/profiles/qld/files/2018/AEC-2018-Ryan-final-detailed.pdf|archive-date=11 March 2019|url-status=live|access-date=18 April 2019|df=dmy-all}}{{Queensland Globe|access-date=8 April 2019}}

Anstead
Ashgrove (western and north-western part)
Auchenflower
Banks Creek (within City of Brisbane)
Bardon (southern part)
Bellbowrie
Brookfield
Chapel Hill
England Creek (within City of Brisbane)
Enoggera (western part)
Enoggera Reservoir
Ferny Grove
Fig Tree Pocket
Gaythorne
Indooroopilly
Kenmore
Kenmore Hills
Keperra
Lake Manchester (within City of Brisbane)
Mitchelton
Moggill
Mount Coot-tha
Paddington (southern part)
Pinjarra Hills
Pullenvale
St Lucia
Taringa
The Gap
Toowong
Upper Brookfield
Upper Kedron

Members

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! Image ! Member ! Party ! Term ! Notes
{{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \| 100px \| Nigel Drury {{small\|(1911–1984)}} \| rowspan="2" \| Liberal \| nowrap \| 10 December 1949 – 11 November 1975 \| Retired
{{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \| 100px \| John Moore {{small\|(1936–2025)}} \| nowrap \| 13 December 1975 – 5 February 2001 \| Served as minister under Fraser and Howard. Resigned to retire from politics
{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| 100px \| Leonie Short {{small\|(1956–)}} \| Labor \| nowrap \| 17 March 2001 – 10 November 2001 \| Lost seat
{{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \| rowspan=2 \| 100px \| rowspan=2 \| Michael Johnson {{small\|(1970–)}} \| Liberal \| nowrap \| 10 November 2001 – 20 May 2010 \| rowspan=2 \| Lost preselection and then lost seat
{{Australian party style\|Independent}}\| \| nowrap \| Independent \| nowrap \| 20 May 2010 – 21 August 2010
{{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \| 100px \| Jane Prentice {{small\|(1953–)}} \| rowspan="2" \| Liberal{{efn\|name=lnp\|Member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland sitting with the federal parliamentary Liberal Party.}} \| nowrap \| 21 August 2010 – 11 April 2019 \| Lost preselection and retired
{{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \| 100px \| Julian Simmonds {{small\|(1985–)}} \| nowrap \| 18 May 2019 – 21 May 2022 \| Lost seat
{{Australian party style\|Australian Greens}}\| \| 100px \| Elizabeth Watson-Brown {{small\|(1956–)}} \| Greens \| nowrap \| 21 May 2022 – present \| Incumbent

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! Image

! Member

! Party

! Term

! Notes

{{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

| 100px

| Nigel Drury
{{small|(1911–1984)}}

| rowspan="2" | Liberal

| nowrap | 10 December 1949 –
11 November 1975

| Retired