Australian electorate
| Stretton Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Stretton 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| MP | James Martin | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Stretton | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 33,961 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 41 km (15.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°37′S 153°4′E / 27.617°S 153.067°E / -27.617; 153.067 | ||||||||||||||
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Stretton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
The district is based in the southern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for the suburb of Stretton and also includes the suburbs of Calamvale, Eight Mile Plains, Kuraby, Sunnybank Hills and Underwood. It was first contested at the 2001 state election.
Members for Stretton
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Robertson | Labor | 2001–2012 | |
| Freya Ostapovitch | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
| Duncan Pegg | Labor | 2015–2021 | |
| James Martin | Labor | 2021–present | |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Stretton This section is an excerpt from 2021 Stretton state by-election § Results.| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | James Martin | 14,314 | 56.39 | −0.20 | |
| Liberal National | Jim Bellos | 8,322 | 32.78 | +2.58 | |
| Greens | Andrea Wildin | 1,654 | 6.52 | −2.20 | |
| Informed Medical Options | Jasmine Melhop | 616 | 2.43 | +2.43 | |
| Animal Justice | Suzanne Clarke | 478 | 1.88 | +1.88 | |
| Total formal votes | 25,384 | 96.61 | +0.03 | ||
| Informal votes | 891 | 3.39 | −0.03 | ||
| Turnout | 26,275 | 77.37 | −10.43 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | James Martin | 16,244 | 63.94 | −0.87 | |
| Liberal National | Jim Bellos | 9,160 | 36.06 | +0.87 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −0.87 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Duncan Pegg | 16,128 | 56.59 | +5.98 | |
| Liberal National | Peter Zhuang | 8,609 | 30.21 | +1.83 | |
| Greens | Andrea Wildin | 2,483 | 8.71 | +1.30 | |
| One Nation | Alexey Chekhunov | 1,280 | 4.49 | −7.38 | |
| Total formal votes | 28,500 | 96.58 | +1.55 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,010 | 3.42 | −1.55 | ||
| Turnout | 29,510 | 87.80 | +0.64 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Duncan Pegg | 18,473 | 64.82 | +4.93 | |
| Liberal National | Peter Zhuang | 10,027 | 35.18 | −4.93 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +4.93 | |||
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References
- "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
- 2021 Stretton State By-election, ECQ.
- 2020 State General Election – Stretton – District Summary, ECQ.