Division of Moreton

Moreton Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Moreton (green) within Queensland
Created	1901
MP	Graham Perrett
Party	Labor
Namesake	Moreton Bay
Electors	94,288 (2013)
Area	111 km2 (42.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Moreton is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was one of the 75 divisions set up for the first election in 1901. It is named after Moreton Bay, though changes to the boundaries over the years mean it is no longer near the bay.

The seat decided the 1961 federal election. The Liberals won the seat by only 130 votes to have a one-seat majority in Parliament.

Boundaries

Moreton is located in south east Queensland, and is based in the southern suburbs of the City of Brisbane. The division includes Archerfield, Chelmer, Fairfield, Graceville, Karawatha, Kuraby, Macgregor, Moorooka, Nathan, Oxley, Robertson, Rocklea, Runcorn, Salisbury, Stretton, Sunnybank, Sunnybank Hills, Tennyson, Yeronga, and Yeerongpilly, and parts of Algester, Berrinba, Calamvale, Coopers Plains, Drewvale, Eight Mile Plains, Parkinson, Sherwood, and Tarragindi, Corinda.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	James Wilkinson	Independent Labour	1901–1904
		Labor	1904–1906
	Hugh Sinclair	Anti-Socialist	1906–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1919
	Arnold Wienholt	Nationalist	1919–1922
	Josiah Francis	Nationalist	1922–1931
		United Australia	1931–1944
		Liberal	1944–1955
	(Sir) James Killen	Liberal	1955–1983
	Donald Milner Cameron	Liberal	1983–1990
	Garrie Gibson	Labor	1990–1996
	Gary Hardgrave	Liberal	1996–2007
	Graham Perrett	Labor	2007–present

Election results

• 2004 election results
• 2007 election results
• 2010 election results
• 2013 election results

Other websites

• Division of Moreton (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission