Electoral district of Stretton

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

Stretton
QueenslandLegislative Assembly
Electoral map of Stretton 2017
StateQueensland
MPJames Martin
PartyLabor
NamesakeStretton
Electors33,961 (2021)
Area41 km2 (15.8 sq mi)
DemographicOuter-metropolitan
Coordinates27°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

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

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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

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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
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
Primary vote results in Stretton (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)
  Labor
  Liberal/Liberal National
  Greens
  One Nation
  Independent
Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Stretton

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 2021 Stretton State By-election, ECQ.
  3. ^ 2020 State General Election – Stretton – District Summary, ECQ.
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