Division of Petrie

Petrie Australian House of Representatives Division
300px Division of Petrie (green) within Queensland
Created	1949
MP	Luke Howarth
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Andrew Petrie
Electors	92,973 (2013)
Area	152 km2 (58.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Petrie is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1949 and named after Andrew Petrie (1798–1872), a noted civil engineer, pioneer and explorer, and the first free settler in Brisbane (1837).

The electorate has a higher-than-average percentage of pensioners and self-funded retirees, and is mainly residential, with some light industrial and commercial activities.

Originally a safe Liberal seat, it has become much more marginal since the late 1970s. Since 1975, it has been held by the party of government for all but one term.

Boundaries

Petrie is located in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, and since a redistribution ahead of the 2010 Federal Election has been centred on the Redcliffe Peninsula.

In the Moreton Bay Region, it includes Clontarf, Kippa-Ring, Margate, Redcliffe, Rothwell, Deception Bay, Scarborough, Woody Point, North Lakes, Mango Hill, Griffin and part of Burpengary.

In the City of Brisbane, it includes Bald Hills, Bracken Ridge, Carseldine and Fitzgibbon, and parts of Aspley and Bridgeman Downs.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Alan Hulme	Liberal	1949–1961
	Reginald O'Brien	Labor	1961–1963
	(Sir) Alan Hulme	Liberal	1963–1972
	Marshall Cooke	Liberal	1972–1974
	John Hodges	Liberal	1974–1983
	Deane Wells	Labor	1983–1984
	John Hodges	Liberal	1984–1987
	Gary Johns	Labor	1987–1996
	Teresa Gambaro	Liberal	1996–2007
	Yvette D'Ath	Labor	2007–2013
	Luke Howarth	Liberal National	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Petrie

Australian federal election, 2013: Petrie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Luke Howarth	33,570	40.65	+0.59
	Labor	Yvette D'Ath	32,630	39.52	−3.27
	Palmer United	Thor Prohaska	8,422	10.20	+10.20
	Greens	John Marshall	3,729	4.52	−4.58
	Family First	Tasman Spence	1,774	2.15	−2.86
	Katter's Australian	Chris Thomson	1,336	1.62	+1.62
	Rise Up Australia	Elise Jennings	920	1.11	+1.11
	CEC	Geoff Cornell	192	0.23	+0.23
Total formal votes			82,573	94.80	+0.08
Informal votes			4,530	5.20	−0.08
Turnout			87,103	93.69	+0.65
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Luke Howarth	41,722	50.53	+3.04
	Labor	Yvette D'Ath	40,851	49.47	−3.04
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+3.04

References

• Division of Petrie (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission