Electoral district of Lockyer
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The district of Lockyer is an electoral district
of the Legislative Assembly
in the Australia
n 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
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
. The to east it shares a boundary with the seat of Logan
.
The electorate has been represented by Ian Rickuss
, for the National Party of Australia
since 7 February 2004.
1 William Armstrong, member for Lockyer 1893-1904 and 1907-1918, alternately listed his party status as Ministerialist (twice), Opposition, and Liberal. The parliamentary members' register does not list dates for these changes.
Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts
This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia.-Districts in Far North Queensland:*Barron River*Cairns*Cook*Mulgrave*Dalrymple...
of the Legislative Assembly
Queensland Legislative Assembly
The Queensland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held approximately once every three years. Voting is by the Optional Preferential Voting form of the Alternative Vote system...
in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n state of 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 district consists primarily of Gatton
Gatton, Queensland
Gatton is a town and the administrative centre of the Lockyer Valley Local Government Area situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Gatton had a population of 5,295....
and Laidley
Laidley, Queensland
Laidley is a town situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. The township lies 83 km west of Brisbane, the state capital....
Shires and northern parts of Beaudesert Shire
Beaudesert, Queensland
Beaudesert is a town located on the Mount Lindesay Highway, some 64 km south of Brisbane. It is possibly named after Beau Desert Park, the property of Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey in Staffordshire, England...
. It includes the major town of Gatton
Gatton, Queensland
Gatton is a town and the administrative centre of the Lockyer Valley Local Government Area situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Gatton had a population of 5,295....
and a number of smaller centres including Laidley
Laidley, Queensland
Laidley is a town situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland, Australia. The township lies 83 km west of Brisbane, the state capital....
, Helidon
Helidon, Queensland
Helidon is a town in the Lockyer Valley region of south east Queensland, Australia. Helidon is located on the Warrego Highway, west of the state capital, Brisbane and east of Toowoomba...
and Withcott. The eastern parts of the district are part of the outer southern suburbs of Ipswich
Ipswich, Queensland
Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre...
and Brisbane in the area of Greenmount
Greenmount, Queensland
Greenmount Beach is the name of the southern end of Coolangatta Beach, located in Coolangatta on Queensland's Gold Coast. Greenmount Point is a coastal headland separating the Coolangatta stretch of beach to the north and Rainbow Bay to the south....
.
The district is bounded on the west by Toowoomba North
Electoral district of Toowoomba North
The district of Toowoomba North is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1972 redistribution...
, and Toowoomba South
Electoral district of Toowoomba South
The district of Toowoomba South is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1972 redistribution, and replaced the abolished Toowoomba East....
. On the southwest and south by Condamine
Electoral district of Condamine
The district of Condamine is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.Condamine takes in areas to the north-west, west and south of Toowoomba. It includes the towns of Dalby, Oakey, Pittsworth and Clifton. The district is named for the Condamine River...
and Beaudesert
Electoral district of Beaudesert
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. To the north and northwest by Nanango
Electoral district of Nanango
The district of Nanango is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.Nanango was the original seat of Sir Joh-Bjelke Petersen . In the 2006 legislative election, incumbent member Dorothy Pratt beat off a strong challenge by the late Bjelke-Petersen's son John to retain the seat...
. To the northeast, where it passes south of Ipswich and Brisbane, it is bounded by Ipswich West
Electoral district of Ipswich West
The district of Ipswich West is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district takes in western parts of suburban Ipswich, as well as rural areas further west. It was first created for the 1960 election....
, Ipswich
Electoral district of Ipswich
The district of Ipswich is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district on the Brisbane River, west of Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland...
, Algester
Electoral district of Algester
The division of Algester is an electoral division in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia. This electorate was created at the 1999 redistribution from the former electorate of Archerfield, and was contested for the first time at the 2001 state election.It is...
. The to east it shares a boundary with the seat of Logan
Electoral district of Logan
The district of Logan is an electoral division in southern Queensland, Australia.Logan encompasses urban and semi-rural environments on the southern outskirts of the Brisbane metropolitan area...
.
The electorate has been represented by Ian Rickuss
Ian Rickuss
Ian Phillip Rickuss is an Australian politician. Born in Brisbane, he was a bank clerk and horticulturist before entering politics. He is married to Ann and has two sons, Luke and Joel. In 2004, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the National Party member for Lockyer,...
, for the National Party of Australia
National Party of Australia
The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...
since 7 February 2004.
Members for Lockyer
| First incarnation (1888-1932) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| William North | Unaligned | 1888-1893 | |
| William Armstrong | Various1 | 1893-1904 | |
| Michael O'Keeffe | Ministerialist | 1904-1907 | |
| William Armstrong | Various1 | 1907-1918 | |
| Robert Butler Robert Butler (politician) Robert John Cuthbert Butler was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Lockyer in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1918 to 1920.... |
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... |
1918-1920 | |
| George Logan | Country Party National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... /Country and Progressive National Country and Progressive National Party The Country and Progressive National Party was a short-lived conservative political party in the Australian state of Queensland.-History:It was created in 1925 as the result of a merger between the state's two conservative parties, the United Party and the Country Party, in an attempt to end... |
1920-1929 | |
| Charles Jamieson | Independent | 1929-1932 | |
| Second incarnation (1950-present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Sir Gordon Chalk Gordon Chalk Sir Gordon William Wesley Chalk, KBE was Premier of Queensland for a week, from 1 to 8 August 1968. He was the first, and only, Queensland Premier from the modern Liberal Party of Australia.... |
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... |
1950-1976 | |
| Tony Bourke | 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... |
1976-1980 | |
| Tony Fitzgerald | National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... |
1980-1998 | |
| Dr Peter Prenzler Peter Prenzler Peter Ross Prenzler is a former Australian politician. Born in Boonah, he served in the Royal Australian Artillery and the Citizens Military Force 1969–1971. He was a veterinary surgeon at Kalbar before entering politics. In 1998, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as a... |
One Nation | 1998-1999 | |
| City Country Alliance City Country Alliance The City Country Alliance was a short lived Australian political party that briefly held six Queensland state seats.It was founded in late 1999 after the One Nation Party contingent in the Queensland Legislative Assembly split... |
1999-2001 | ||
| Bill Flynn | One Nation | 2001-2004 | |
| Ian Rickuss Ian Rickuss Ian Phillip Rickuss is an Australian politician. Born in Brisbane, he was a bank clerk and horticulturist before entering politics. He is married to Ann and has two sons, Luke and Joel. In 2004, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the National Party member for Lockyer,... |
National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... |
2004-2008 | |
| Liberal National | 2008-present | ||
1 William Armstrong, member for Lockyer 1893-1904 and 1907-1918, alternately listed his party status as Ministerialist (twice), Opposition, and Liberal. The parliamentary members' register does not list dates for these changes.
Election results
External links
- Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)