Electoral district of Stretton

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Stretton
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
ECQ-2017-Final-Stretton.pdf
Electoral map of Stretton 2017
StateQueensland
MPJames Martin
PartyLabor
NamesakeStretton
Electors33,961 (2021)
Area41 km2 (15.8 sq mi)
Coordinates27°37′S 153°4′E / 27.617°S 153.067°E / -27.617; 153.067Coordinates: 27°37′S 153°4′E / 27.617°S 153.067°E / -27.617; 153.067
Electorates around Stretton:
Algester Toohey Waterford
Algester Stretton Woodridge
Algester Woodridge Woodridge
Electoral map of Stretton 2008

Stretton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]

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.[]
2021 Stretton state by-election[2]
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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Stretton.[]
2020 Queensland state election: Stretton[3]
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

References[]

  1. ^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ 2021 Stretton State By-election, ECQ.
  3. ^ 2020 State General Election – Stretton – District Summary, ECQ.

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