Electoral district of Algester
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The Algester electoral district since 2008.
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| State | Queensland |
| MP | Leeanne Enoch |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Suburb of Algester |
| Electors | 32,147 (2015) |
| Area | 105 km2 (40.5 sq mi) |
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The electoral district of Algester is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in south-west Brisbane. It includes the suburbs of Algester, Parkinson, Hillcrest, Boronia Heights, Forestdale, Larapinta, Heathwood, Forest Lake, Doolandella, and Pallara, as well as the Greenbank Military Range. It borders the electoral districts of Sunnybank, Stretton, Logan, Lockyer, Bundamba, and Inala.[1]
The Algester electoral district was created at the 1999 redistribution from the former electoral district of Archerfield, and was contested for the first time at the 2001 election. It had been a safe seat for the Labor Party since its inception, as had Archerfield, but it was won by Anthony Shorten of the Liberal National Party at the 2012 election. Leeanne Enoch won the seat back for Labor at the 2015 election. Enoch is the first Indigenous Australian woman elected to the Queensland parliament.[2]
Members for Algester
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Karen Struthers | Labor | 2001–2012 | |
| Anthony Shorten | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
| Leeanne Enoch | Labor | 2015–present | |
Election results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Leeanne Enoch | 14,089 | 49.56 | +15.71 | |
| Liberal National | Anthony Shorten | 11,247 | 39.56 | −11.16 | |
| Greens | Susan Wolf | 2,056 | 7.23 | +0.28 | |
| Independent | Kevin Forshaw | 1,037 | 3.65 | +3.65 | |
| Total formal votes | 28,429 | 97.67 | +0.34 | ||
| Informal votes | 679 | 2.33 | −0.34 | ||
| Turnout | 29,108 | 90.55 | −2.27 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Leeanne Enoch | 15,594 | 56.99 | +16.14 | |
| Liberal National | Anthony Shorten | 11,770 | 43.01 | −16.14 | |
| Labor gain from Liberal National | Swing | +16.14 | |||
