Division of Dickson

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Dickson Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Dickson in Queensland, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created	1992
MP	Peter Dutton
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Sir James Dickson
Electors	108,232 (2019)
Area	724 km2 (279.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Dickson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland, Australia.

Dickson includes the suburbs of Kurwongbah, Petrie, Strathpine, Albany Creek, Ferny Hills, Everton Hills, Murrumba Downs and parts of Kallangur. The electorate also includes Lake Samsonvale and Lake Kurwongbah and covers 724 square kilometres.^[1]

History[]

Sir James Dickson, the division's namesake

The division was formed in 1992 and is named after Sir James Dickson, a leading advocate in Australian Federation, Premier of Queensland and Minister for Defence in the first Australian Ministry. It is located in the outer north-western suburbs of Brisbane, including Albany Creek, Kallangur and Strathpine. The 2006 redistribution added the Shire of Esk to and removed part of Kallangur from the district. It has historically been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party.

1993 Election[]

There was an unusual circumstance at the 1993 election. The seat had been carved out of most of the Brisbane portion of the Sunshine Coast-based seat of Fisher, making it a natural choice for that seat's Labor MP, Michael Lavarch, to transfer ahead of the 1993 election.

However, one of the candidates, an independent, died very shortly before the election, making it necessary to hold a standalone 'supplementary election' on 17 April (the rest of the country had already voted on 13 March). Following Labor's reelection, the Prime Minister Paul Keating announced the makeup of the Second Keating Ministry to be sworn in on 24 March, but kept the portfolio of Attorney-General open for Lavarch subject to him winning Dickson on 17 April. He won the seat, and was appointed to the ministry on 27 April.

Members[]

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Michael Lavarch (1961–)	Labor	17 April 1993 – 2 March 1996	Previously held the Division of Fisher. Served as minister under Keating. Lost seat
		Tony Smith (1950–)	Liberal	2 March 1996 – 26 May 1998	Lost seat
			Independent	26 May 1998 – 3 October 1998
		Cheryl Kernot (1948–)	Labor	3 October 1998 – 10 November 2001	Previously a member of the Senate. Lost seat
		Peter Dutton (1970–)	Liberal	10 November 2001 – 19 July 2010	Served as minister under Howard, Abbott and Turnbull. Incumbent. Currently a minister under Morrison
			Liberal National	19 July 2010 – present

Election results[]

  National

References[]

External links[]

• Division of Dickson (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

Coordinates: 27°16′16″S 152°50′49″E / 27.271°S 152.847°E / -27.271; 152.847