Electoral district of Morayfield explained

Morayfield
State:qld
Lifespan:2009–present
Mp:Mark Ryan
Mp-Party:Labor
Namesake:Morayfield
Electors:36991
Electors Year:2020
Area:69
Class:Outer-metropolitan
Coordinates:-27.1333°N 207°W
Near-N:Pumicestone
Near-Ne:Pumicestone
Near-E:Bancroft
Near-Se:Kurwongbah
Near-S:Kurwongbah
Near-Sw:Kurwongbah
Near-W:Glass House
Near-Nw:Glass House

Morayfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It is located in the northern outskirts of Brisbane, south of the Sunshine Coast.[1]

Geography

An outer suburban electorate, Morayfield lies west of the Bruce Highway and south of the Caboolture River. The northern end of the district takes in the suburb of Morayfield and the southern part of Caboolture. At its southern end, the district includes parts of the suburbs of Burpengary and Narangba.

History

A new district created for the 2009 state election, it was constructed mostly from the northern part of the district of Kallangur and the western part of the district of Pumicestone. It also took a section of territory previously belonging to the district of Kurwongbah.[2] Its inaugural member was Mark Ryan of the Labor Party, who was defeated by Darren Grimwade of the Liberal National Party in 2012.

Members for Morayfield

MemberPartyTerm
 Mark RyanLabor2009–2012
 Darren GrimwadeLiberal National2012–2015
 Mark RyanLabor2015–present

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the district of Morayfield.

External links

Notes and References

  1. 28 April 2020.
  2. Web site: 2008 Queensland State Redistribution: Morayfield . Electoral Commission of Queensland . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090629005514/http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/state2008/redistributions/finalReport/html/Morayfield.html . 2009-06-29 .