The Division of Longman is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

. The division was first proclaimed in 1994. The division is named after Irene Longman

Irene Longman

Irene Maud Longman was a female Queensland politician. She was the first woman to stand and be elected to the Queensland Parliament....

, the first female Member of the Queensland State Parliament and the third woman elected to a parliament in Australia.

Boundaries

Longman covers much of the Moreton Bay Region, including the former Caboolture Shire

Shire of Caboolture

The Shire of Caboolture was a Local Government Area located in the Australian state of Queensland on the northern urban fringe of the capital, Brisbane, and south of the Sunshine Coast...

 and some of the former Pine Rivers.

Its boundaries include Beachmere

Beachmere, Queensland

Beachmere is a suburb north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Moreton Bay Region with a population of 3,597 ....

, Bribie Island

Bribie Island, Queensland

Bribie Island, 34 kilometres long and 8 kilometres at its widest, is the smallest and most northerly of three major sand island forming the coastline sheltering the northern part of Moreton Bay, Queensland. The others are Moreton Island and North Stradbroke Island...

, Burpengary

Burpengary, Queensland

Burpengary is a suburb 35 kilometres from the Brisbane CBD, in Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Moreton Bay Region.The name is derived from the Aboriginal word burpengar, meaning the "land of the golden wattle"....

, Dakabin

Dakabin, Queensland

Dakabin is a suburb 26 kilometres north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Moreton Bay Region...

, Deception Bay

Deception Bay, Queensland

Deception Bay is a suburb north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Moreton Bay Region and is located approximately 32 km north of Brisbane in the south-eastern corner of the bay of the same name which separates the Redcliffe peninsula and Bribie...

, Donnybrook

Donnybrook, Queensland

Donnybrook is a small village 60 km north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Donnybrook had a population of 456.It started out as a small fishing community but has since developed into a minor tourist destination...

, Kallangur

Kallangur, Queensland

Kallangur is a suburb north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Moreton Bay Region. The area once belonged to Mrs. Griffin of Whiteside located west of Petrie which was acquired by a Scottish migrant by the name of Thomas Petrie in 1855...

, Ningi

Ningi, Queensland

Ningi is a suburb north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia.The origin of the suburb name is from the Aboriginal Ningi Ningi group....

, North Lakes

North Lakes, Queensland

For North Lakes estate in New South Wales, see Cameron Park, New South Wales.North Lakes is a suburb north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Moreton Bay Region. North Lakes is located approximately 25 km north of the Brisbane central business district...

, and Toorbul, and parts of Caboolture, Morayfield, and Narangba

Narangba, Queensland

Narangba is a suburb north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is located in the Moreton Bay Region.This suburb has rural origins, but is being redeveloped as a residential suburb on the outskirts of the greater Brisbane metropolitan area.-History:...

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Members

Member		Party	Term
	Mal Brough Mal Brough Malcolm Thomas "Mal" Brough is a former Australian politician and Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 to November 2007, representing the Division of Longman, Queensland...	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1996–2007
	Jon Sullivan Jon Sullivan Jonathan Harold "Jon" Sullivan , an Australian politician, was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2010, representing the seat of Longman for the Australian Labor Party and previously, a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1998, representing the...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	2007-2010
	Wyatt Roy Wyatt Roy Wyatt Beau Roy is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal National Party of Queensland member of the Australian House of Representatives since August 2010, representing the electorate of Longman. At 20 years of age, he was the youngest person ever to be elected to an Australian parliament...	Liberal National	2010–present

Election results

External links

• Division of Longman (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission
  Australian Electoral Commission
  The Australian Electoral Commission, or the AEC, is the federal government agency in charge of organising and supervising federal elections and referendums. State and local government elections are overseen by the Electoral Commission in each state and territory.The Australian Electoral Commission...