Division of Moncrieff

For the Canberra suburb of Moncrieff, see Moncrieff, Australian Capital Territory.

Moncrieff Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Moncrieff in Queensland, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1984
MP	Steven Ciobo
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Gladys Moncrieff
Electors	102,971 (2016)
Area	92 km² (35.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial

The Division of Moncrieff is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1984 and is named after Gladys Moncrieff, an Australian singer who resided in the Gold Coast.

Moncrieff is based on Surfers Paradise and the central portion of the Gold Coast. While the Gold Coast has always been a rather conservative area, Surfers Paradise is considered particularly conservative even by Gold Coast standards. As a result, Moncrieff has been a comfortably safe Liberal seat for its entire existence. The Liberals have never won less than 59 percent of the two-party vote, and since 1993 have usually won enough primary votes to retain the seat without the need for preferences. It is currently the ninth-safest Coalition seat in Australia and the third-safest for either side of politics in Queensland, with a 17-point swing needed for Labor to win it.

Members

	Party	Term
Kathy Sullivan	Liberal	1984–2001
Steven Ciobo	Liberal	2001–2010
Steven Ciobo	Liberal National	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Moncrieff

Australian federal election, 2016: Moncrieff^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Steven Ciobo	50,688	58.97	+3.28
	Labor	Hayden Sheppard	20,956	24.38	+3.56
	Greens	Roger Brisbane	8,697	10.12	+3.67
	Family First	Julie Rose	5,619	6.54	+4.35
Total formal votes			85,960	95.54	+1.27
Informal votes			4,011	4.46	−1.27
Turnout			89,971	87.38	−3.67
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Steven Ciobo	55,824	64.94	−3.01
	Labor	Hayden Sheppard	30,136	35.06	+3.01
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−3.01

References

↑ Moncrieff, QLD, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

Division of Moncrieff (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Queensland

Blair Bonner Bowman Brisbane Capricornia Dawson Dickson Fadden Fairfax Fisher Flynn Forde Griffith Groom Herbert Hinkler Kennedy Leichhardt Lilley Longman Maranoa McPherson Moncrieff Moreton Oxley Petrie Rankin Ryan Wide Bay Wright Abolished: Darling Downs Oxley (1901–34)

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

Coordinates: 28°00′29″S 153°23′06″E / 28.008°S 153.385°E / -28.008; 153.385

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