The district of Morayfield is an electoral district

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

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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...

. Located in the northern outskirts of Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

, south of the Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast, Queensland

The Sunshine Coast is an urban area in South East Queensland, north of the state capital of Brisbane on the Pacific Ocean coastline. Although it does not have a central business district, by population it ranks as the 10th largest metropolis in Australia and the third largest in...

, the district is a safe seat for the Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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Geography

An outer suburban electorate, Morayfield lies west of the Bruce Highway

Bruce Highway

The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is a part of the Australian National Highway and also part of Highway 1...

 and south of the Caboolture River

Caboolture River

The Caboolture River is a small river in South East Queensland. It rises in the D'Aguilar Range near Ocean View and flows through Caboolture and Morayfield before entering Deception Bay at Beachmere....

. The northern end of the district takes in the suburb of Morayfield and the southern part of Caboolture

Caboolture, Queensland

Caboolture is an urban centre approximately north of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. Caboolture is considered to be the northernmost urban area of the greater Brisbane metropolitan region within South East Queensland, and it marks the end of the Brisbane suburban commuter...

. At its southern end, the district includes parts of the suburbs of 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"....

 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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History

A new district created for the 2009 state election

Queensland state election, 2009

The Queensland state election was held to elect members to the unicameral Parliament of Queensland on 21 March 2009. The election saw the incumbent Labor government led by Premier Anna Bligh defeat the Liberal National Party of Queensland led by Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg, and gain a...

, it was constructed mostly from the northern part of the district of Kallangur

Electoral district of Kallangur

The district of Kallangur is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for the suburb of Kallangur and also includes the suburbs of Dakabin, Kurwongbah, Murrumba Downs, Petrie...

 and the western part of the district of Pumicestone

Electoral district of Pumicestone

The district of Pumicestone is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district was first created for the 2001 state election. Located in the corridor between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, it includes the urbanised areas of Bribie Island, as...

. It also took a section of territory previously belonging to the district of Kurwongbah

Electoral district of Kurwongbah

Kurwongbah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1992 to 2009.The district was based in the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane. Prior to its abolition, it included the suburbs of Kurwongbah, Bray Park, Eatons Hill, Samsonvale and Strathpine...

. Its inaugural member is Mark Ryan

Mark Ryan (Australian politician)

Mark Thomas Ryan is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since March 2009.Ryan was born in Nambour, Queensland, and attended St Eugene School and then St Joseph's College, Nudgee...

 of the Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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Members for Morayfield

Member		Party	Term
	Mark Ryan	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...	2009–present

Election results

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)