Petrie Australian House of Representatives Division
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Created	1949
MP	Luke Howarth
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Andrew Petrie
Electors	124,966 (2022)
Area	152 km2 (58.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan

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

History

The division was created in 1949 and named after Andrew Petrie (1798–1872), a noted civil engineer, pioneer, and explorer, and the first free settler in Brisbane (1837).

The electorate has a higher-than-average percentage of pensioners and self-funded retirees, and is mainly residential, with some light industrial and commercial activities.

Originally a safe Liberal seat, it has become much more marginal since the late 1970s. From 1975 to 2022, it was held by the party of government for all but one term.

Ahead of the 2016 federal election, ABC psephologist Antony Green listed the seat in his election guide as one of eleven which he classed as bellwether electorates.^[1]

In the 2022 federal election, Luke Howarth retained the seat with 54.4% of the vote, resulting in the seat becoming marginal after the election.^[2]

Boundaries

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.^[3]

Petrie is located in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, and since a redistribution ahead of the 2010 Federal Election has been centred on the Redcliffe Peninsula.

In the City of Moreton Bay, it includes Clontarf, Kippa-Ring, Margate, Redcliffe, Rothwell, Deception Bay, Scarborough, Woody Point, North Lakes, Mango Hill, Griffin and part of Burpengary.

In the City of Brisbane, it includes Bald Hills, Bracken Ridge, Carseldine and Fitzgibbon, and parts of Aspley and Bridgeman Downs.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Alan Hulme (1907–1989)	Liberal	10 December 1949 – 9 December 1961	Served as minister under Menzies. Lost seat
		Reginald O'Brien (1926–1999)	Labor	9 December 1961 – 30 November 1963	Lost seat
		(Sir) Alan Hulme (1907–1989)	Liberal	30 November 1963 – 2 November 1972	Served as minister under Menzies, Holt, McEwen, Gorton and McMahon. Retired
		Marshall Cooke (1938–)	Liberal	2 December 1972 – 11 April 1974	Lost preselection and retired
		John Hodges (1937–)	Liberal	18 May 1974 – 5 March 1983	Served as minister under Fraser. Lost seat
		Dean Wells (1949–)	Labor	5 March 1983 – 1 December 1984	Lost seat. Later elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Murrumba in 1986
		John Hodges (1937–)	Liberal	1 December 1984 – 11 July 1987	Lost seat
		Gary Johns (1952–)	Labor	11 July 1987 – 2 March 1996	Served as minister under Keating. Lost seat
		Teresa Gambaro (1958–)	Liberal	2 March 1996 – 24 November 2007	Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Brisbane in 2010
		Yvette D'Ath (1970–)	Labor	24 November 2007 – 7 September 2013	Lost seat. Later elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Redcliffe in 2014
		Luke Howarth (1972–)	Liberal Nationals	7 September 2013 – present	Incumbent

Election results