Division of Oxley

This article is about the current federal electorate. For the former electorate, see Division of Oxley (1901–34).

Oxley Australian House of Representatives Division
300px Division of Oxley (green) within Queensland
Created	1949
MP	Bernie Ripoll
Party	Australian Labor Party
Namesake	John Oxley
Electors	86,815 (2013)
Area	155 km2 (59.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Oxley is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The current division is the second to bear the name, and was created in 1949. The division is named after the Australian explorer, John Oxley. Oxley is located in south east Queensland, and covers the south western suburbs of Brisbane.

The original Division of Oxley was established in 1901, and was abolished and replaced by the Division of Griffith in 1934. Its best-known member was Bill Hayden, the Labor Opposition Leader between 1977 and 1983, when he resigned under pressure the same day that the 1983 election which swept Bob Hawke to power was called. Hayden later served as a minister in the Hawke Government before becoming Governor-General in 1988.

In 1996, the seat became most well known for controversial social conservative MP Pauline Hanson who was elected as a Liberal-turned-independent, but the seat was heavily redistributed in 1997, splitting her main support base of Ipswich between Oxley and Blair. Hanson contested the seat of Blair, winning 36% of the primary vote but losing to the Liberals (who got 21%) under Australia's system of preferential voting. Hanson's brief tenure is the only time in the last half century that the seat has been out of Labor hands.

Members for Oxley

Member		Party	Term
	Donald Cameron	Liberal	1949–1961
	Bill Hayden	Labor	1961–1988
	Les Scott	Labor	1988–1996
	Pauline Hanson	Independent	1996–1997
		Pauline Hanson's One Nation	1997–1998
	Bernie Ripoll	Labor	1998–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Oxley

Australian federal election, 2013: Oxley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bernie Ripoll	32,589	43.10	−1.61
	Liberal National	Andrew Nguyen	29,064	38.44	+0.09
	Palmer United	Ricky Tang	5,368	7.10	+7.10
	Greens	Martin Stephenson	4,072	5.38	−6.41
	Family First	Carrie McCormack	1,551	2.05	−3.10
	Katter's Australian	Kathleen Hewlett	1,499	1.98	+1.98
	Democratic Labour	Frank Karg	1,075	1.42	+1.42
	Rise Up Australia	Scott Moerland	400	0.53	+0.53
Total formal votes			75,618	93.08	−0.24
Informal votes			5,619	6.92	+0.24
Turnout			81,237	93.57	+0.95
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bernie Ripoll	40,657	53.77	−2.00
	Liberal National	Andrew Nguyen	34,961	46.23	+2.00
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.00

External links

• Division of Oxley (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission