Division of Ryan explained

Federal:yes
Ryan
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.

History

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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

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:[5]

Members

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
 Nigel Drury
Liberalnowrap 10 December 1949
11 November 1975
Retired
 John Moore
nowrap 13 December 1975
5 February 2001
Served as minister under Fraser and Howard. Resigned to retire from politics
 Leonie Short
Labornowrap 17 March 2001
10 November 2001
Lost seat
 Michael Johnson
Liberalnowrap 10 November 2001
20 May 2010
Lost preselection and then lost seat
 nowrap Independentnowrap 20 May 2010 –
21 August 2010
 Jane Prentice
Liberal Nationalnowrap 21 August 2010
11 April 2019
Lost preselection and retired
 Julian Simmonds
nowrap 18 May 2019
21 May 2022
Lost seat
 Elizabeth Watson-Brown
Greensnowrap 21 May 2022
present
Incumbent

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the Division of Ryan.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: corporateName=Australian Electoral Commission; address=10 Mort Street . Canberra ACT 2600; contact=13 23 26 . 2001 Profile of the division of Ryan . 2023-01-25 . Australian Electoral Commission . en-AU.
  2. Web site: Ryan - 2010 Federal Election - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . 2023-01-25 . www.abc.net.au.
  3. Web site: Ryan (Key Seat) - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results . 2023-01-25 . abc.net.au . en-AU.
  4. Web site: Muller . Damon . The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide . Parliament of Australia . 19 April 2022 . 14 November 2017 . 23 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220523135724/https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1718/Quick_Guides/FederalRedistributions . live .
  5. Web site: Map of the Federal Electoral Division of Ryan. March 2018. Australian Electoral Commission. https://web.archive.org/web/20190311124445/https://aec.gov.au/profiles/qld/files/2018/AEC-2018-Ryan-final-detailed.pdf. 11 March 2019. live. 18 April 2019. dmy-all.