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Division of Ryan

The Division of Ryan is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The current MP is Elizabeth Watson-Brown of the Australian Greens.

Ryan
Australian House of Representatives Division
Map
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Interactive map of boundaries
Created1949
MPElizabeth Watson-Brown
PartyGreens
NamesakeT. J. Ryan
Electors111,363 (2022)
Area370 km2 (142.9 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan

History

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T. J. Ryan, the division's namesake

The division was created in 1949 and is named after T. J. Ryan, Premier of Queensland from 1915 to 1919.

In the 2001 federal election, Liberal candidate Michael Johnson was elected.[1] He served as the member for Ryan until he was expelled from the Liberal Party. Johnson subsequently ran as an independent in the 2010 federal election but lost.[2]

Since 2016 there has been a growing Greens vote, gaining 20% of the first-preference vote in the 2019 federal election. In the 2022 election, Greens candidate Elizabeth Watson-Brown won the seat from LNP member Julian Simmonds.[3]

Location

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Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.[4]

Ryan is located in south east Queensland, and is generally based on the western suburbs of the City of Brisbane.

The Division of Ryan encompasses a number of whole and part suburbs and localities:[5][6]

Members

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Image Member Party Term Notes
    Nigel Drury
(1911–1984) 		Liberal 10 December 1949 –
11 November 1975 		Retired
    John Moore
(1936–) 		13 December 1975 –
5 February 2001 		Served as minister under Fraser and Howard. Resigned to retire from politics
    Leonie Short
(1956–) 		Labor 17 March 2001 –
10 November 2001 		Lost seat
    Michael Johnson
(1970–) 		Liberal 10 November 2001 –
20 May 2010 		Lost preselection and then lost seat
  Independent 20 May 2010 –
21 August 2010
    Jane Prentice
(1953–) 		Liberal[a] 21 August 2010 –
11 April 2019 		Lost preselection and retired
    Julian Simmonds
(1985–) 		18 May 2019 –
21 May 2022 		Lost seat
    Elizabeth Watson-Brown
(1956–) 		Greens 21 May 2022 –
present 		Incumbent

Election results

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Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Ryan
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Queensland § Ryan.[edit]
2022 Australian federal election: Ryan[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Julian Simmonds 38,239 38.50 −10.11
Greens Elizabeth Watson-Brown 30,003 30.21 +9.86
Labor Peter Cossar 22,146 22.30 −2.13
Liberal Democrats Damian Coory 2,582 2.60 +2.60
One Nation Joel Love 2,237 2.25 +0.09
United Australia Kathryn Pollard 2,062 2.08 +0.55
Animal Justice Jina Lipman 1,088 1.10 −0.82
Progressives Janine Rees 606 0.61 +0.61
Federation Axel Dancoisne 353 0.36 +0.36
Total formal votes 99,316 96.94 −0.66
Informal votes 3,140 3.06 +0.66
Turnout 102,456 92.04 −0.94
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Peter Cossar 52,062 52.42 +8.45
Liberal National Julian Simmonds 47,254 47.58 −8.45
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Elizabeth Watson-Brown 52,286 52.65 +52.65
Liberal National Julian Simmonds 47,030 47.35 −8.67
Greens gain from Liberal National  
 
Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Ryan in the 2022 federal election.  Y indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.
Primary vote results in Ryan (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted.)

Notes

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  1. ^ Member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland sitting with the federal parliamentary Liberal Party.

References

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  1. ^ corporateName=Australian Electoral Commission; address=10 Mort Street, Canberra ACT 2600; contact=13 23 26. "2001 Profile of the division of Ryan". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 January 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Ryan - 2010 Federal Election - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Ryan (Key Seat) - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  4. ^ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Map of the Federal Electoral Division of Ryan" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. March 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  7. ^ Ryan, QLD, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
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