Electoral district of Lockyer

Lockyer Queensland—Legislative Assembly
300px Lockyer (2008—)
State	Queensland
MP	Ian Rickuss
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Lockyer Valley
Electors	32,977 (2015)
Area	3,148 km2 (1,215.4 sq mi)
Coordinates

Lockyer is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

The district consists primarily of Gatton and Laidley Shires and northern parts of Beaudesert Shire. It includes the major town of Gatton and a number of smaller centres including Laidley, Helidon and Withcott. The eastern parts of the district are part of the outer southern suburbs of Ipswich and Brisbane in the area of Greenmount.

The district is bounded on the west by Toowoomba North, and Toowoomba South. On the southwest and south by Condamine, Southern Downs and Beaudesert. To the north and northwest by Nanango. To the northeast, where it passes south of Ipswich and Brisbane, it is bounded by Ipswich West, Ipswich, Algester. To the east it shares a boundary with the seat of Logan.

The electorate has been represented by Ian Rickuss since the 2004 election. Pauline Hanson came within just 57 votes of being elected at the 2015 election with a 49.78 percent two-candidate vote.

Members for Lockyer

First incarnation (1888–1932)
Member		Party	Term
	William North	Unaligned	1888–1893
	William Armstrong	Various1	1893–1904
	Michael O'Keefe	Ministerialist	1904–1907
	William Armstrong	Various1	1907–1918
	Robert Butler	Labor	1918–1920
	George Logan	Country	1920–1929
	Charles Jamieson	Independent	1929–1932
Second incarnation (1950–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Sir Gordon Chalk	Liberal	1950–1976
	Tony Bourke	Liberal	1976–1980
	Tony Fitzgerald	National	1980–1998
	Peter Prenzler	Pauline Hanson's One Nation	1998–1999
		Alliance2	1999–2001
	Bill Flynn	Pauline Hanson's One Nation	2001–2004
	Ian Rickuss	National	2004–2008
		Liberal National	2008–present

¹ William Armstrong alternately listed his party alignment as Liberal, Opposition, and Ministeralist (twice). The parliamentary members' register does not list dates for these changes.

² The City Country Alliance was also known as One Nation Queensland.

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lockyer

Queensland state election, 2015: Lockyer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ian Rickuss	10,259	33.73	-18.28
	One Nation	Pauline Hanson	8,132	26.74	+26.74
	Labor	Steve Leese	7,652	25.16	+7.48
	Katter's Australian	David Neuendorf	2,111	6.94	-16.88
	Greens	Clare Rudkin	1,190	3.91	-2.58
	Palmer United	Craig Gunnis	1,068	3.51	+3.51
Total formal votes			30,412	98.46	+0.8
Informal votes			476	1.54	-0.8
Turnout			30,888	92.14	-1.52
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ian Rickuss	13,230	50.22	-14.65
	One Nation	Pauline Hanson	13,116	49.78	+49.78
	Liberal National hold		Swing	-14.65

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)