electoral district of Springwood
{{Short description|State electoral district of Queensland, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox Australian Electorate
|name = Springwood
|federal=
|state = qld
|upper=
|image = ECQ-2017-Final-Springwood.pdf
|caption = Electoral map of Springwood 2017
|lifespan = 1986–present
|mp = Mick de Brenni
|mp-party = Labor
|namesake = Springwood
|electors = 35376
|electors_year = 2020
|area = 99
|class = Outer-metropolitan
|coordinates = {{coord|27|39|S|153|10|E|type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}
| near-n = Mansfield
| near-ne = Capalaba
| near-e = Redlands
| near-se = Redlands
| near-s = Macalister
| near-sw = Waterford
| near-w = Waterford
| near-nw = Mansfield
}}
File:QLD - Springwood 2008.png
Springwood is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.{{cite QldElectorate|date=28 April 2020}}
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.{{cite news | last = Green | first = Anthony | title = Springwood (Key Seat) | work = ABC Elections: 2009 Queensland Election | publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation | url = http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2009/guide/spri.htm | access-date = 6 February 2010 }}
Members for Springwood
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Member | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|
| {{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}|
| National | 1986–1989 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| Labor | 1989–1995 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
| Liberal | 1995–1998 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
|rowspan="2"| Grant Musgrove | Labor | 1998–2000 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| 2000–2001 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| Labor | 2001–2012 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Liberal National}}|
| 2012–2015 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| Labor | 2015–present |
Election results
{{main|Electoral results for the district of Springwood}}
{{Excerpt|Results of the 2024 Queensland state election|section=Springwood}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2009/guide/spri.htm|title=Electorate Profile|last=Green|first=Antony|author-link=Antony Green|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}
{{Electoral districts of Queensland}}