Division of Longman

The Division of Longman is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was set up in 1994. The division is named after Irene Longman, the first female member of the Parliament of Queensland and the third woman elected to a parliament in Australia.[1]

Longman
Australian House of Representatives Division
Interactive map of boundaries
Created1996
MPTerry Young
PartyLiberal National
NamesakeIrene Longman
Electors94,050 (2013)
Area1,239 km2 (478.4 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial
Irene Longman (1877-1964)

Longman covers much of the Moreton Bay Region. It includes Beachmere, Bribie Island, Burpengary, Dakabin, Donnybrook, Kallangur, Ningi, Toorbul, Caboolture, Morayfield, Wamuran Woodford and Narangba.[1]

Members
MemberPartyTerm
  Mal Brough Liberal 1996–2007
  Jon Sullivan Labor 2007–2010
  Wyatt Roy Liberal National 2010–present

Election results
2022 Australian federal election: Longman[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Terry Young 41,253 38.17 −0.42
Labor Rebecca Fanning 34,036 31.50 −2.60
One Nation Ross Taylor 8,917 8.25 −4.97
Greens Earl Snijders 7,814 7.23 +0.52
Legalise Cannabis Nigel Quinlan 6,025 5.58 +5.58
United Australia Stefanie Sutherland 5,949 5.51 +2.15
Animal Justice Paula Gilbard 2,060 1.91 +1.91
Liberal Democrats Jens Lipponer 2,011 1.86 +1.86
Total formal votes 108,065 95.01 +0.85
Informal votes 5,677 4.99 −0.85
Turnout 113,742 88.17 −3.99
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Terry Young 57,359 53.08 −0.20
Labor Rebecca Fanning 50,706 46.92 +0.20
Liberal National hold Swing −0.20

References
  1. "Profile of the electoral division of Longman (Qld)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. Longman, QLD, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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