Division of Moncrieff

Moncrieff Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Moncrieff in Queensland, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created	1984
MP	Angie Bell
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Gladys Moncrieff
Electors	111,340 (2019)
Area	100 km2 (38.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial

The Division of Moncrieff is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

History[]

Gladys Moncrieff, the division's namesake

The division was created in 1984 and is named after Gladys Moncrieff, an Australian singer who resided in the Gold Coast.

Moncrieff is based on Surfers Paradise and the central portion of the Gold Coast. While the Gold Coast has always been a rather conservative area, Surfers Paradise is considered particularly conservative even by Gold Coast standards. As a result, Moncrieff has been a comfortably safe Liberal seat for its entire existence. Indeed, most of the area has been represented by centre-right MPs without interruption since 1906; the Surfers Paradise area was part of Moreton before 1949, and then part of McPherson from 1949 to 1984. The Liberals have never won less than 59 percent of the two-party vote, and since 1993 have usually won enough primary votes to retain the seat without the need for preferences.

It is currently the ninth-safest Coalition seat in Australia and the third-safest for either side of politics in Queensland, with a 17-point swing needed for Labor to win it.

Members[]

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Kathy Sullivan (1942–)	Liberal	1 December 1984 – 8 October 2001	Previously a member of the Senate. Retired
		Steven Ciobo (1974–)	Liberal	10 November 2001 – 19 July 2010	Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Retired
			Liberal Nationals	19 July 2010 – 11 April 2019
		Angie Bell (1968–)	Liberal Nationals	18 May 2019 – present	Incumbent

Election results[]

  National

References[]

External links[]

• Division of Moncrieff (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

Coordinates: 28°00′29″S 153°23′06″E / 28.008°S 153.385°E / -28.008; 153.385