Ipswich
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Ipswich electoral map 2017
StateQueensland
Dates current1860–1960, 1972–present
MPJennifer Howard
PartyLabor
NamesakeIpswich
Electors33,668 (2020)
Area86 km2 (33.2 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial
Coordinates27°38′S 152°46′E / 27.633°S 152.767°E / -27.633; 152.767
Electorates around Ipswich:
Ipswich West Ipswich West Bundamba
Scenic Rim Ipswich Bundamba
Scenic Rim Jordan Bundamba
2008 Electoral Map

Ipswich is a Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral district on the Brisbane River, west of Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate includes Ipswich and its suburbs, south and east of the Bremer River, west of Bundamba Creek and north of the Cunningham Highway.[1]

History

The electoral district of Town of Ipswich was one of the original 16 established in 1859, when Queensland became a separate colony. It returned 3 members.

In the redistribution of 1872, its name was shortened to just "Ipswich" and it became a single member constituency, due to the creation of the electoral district of Bundamba. In the redistribution of 1878, it absorbed the electoral district of Bremer and became a dual-member constituency.

In 1912, it again reverted to a single member constituency, due to the re-introduction of the single-member electoral district of Bremer.[2]

Members for Ipswich

Town of Ipswich: First incarnation (1860–1960),   3 members until 1873
Member 1 Party Term Member 2 Party Term Member 3 Party Term
  Frederick Forbes Unaligned 1860–1863   Patrick O'Sullivan Unaligned 1860–1863   Arthur Macalister Unaligned 1860–1868
  Ratcliffe Pring Unaligned 1863–1866   Henry Challinor Unaligned 1863–1868
  George Reed Unaligned 1866–1867   John Thompson Unaligned 1868–1873   Henry Williams Unaligned 1868–1870
  John Murphy Unaligned 1867–1870
  Benjamin Cribb Unaligned 1870–1873   John Johnston Unaligned 1870–1872
  Arthur Macalister Unaligned 1872–1873
Ipswich: 1873–1878,   1 member
Member Party Term
  Arthur Macalister Unaligned 1873–1876
  George Thorn, Jr. Unaligned 1876–1878
1878–1912,   2 members
Member 1 Party Term Member 2 Party Term
  John Thompson Unaligned 1878–1881   John MacFarlane Ministerialist 1878–1894
  Josiah Francis Unaligned 1881–1883
  William Salkeld Unaligned 1883–1888
  Andrew Henry Barlow Ministerialist 1888–1896
  James Wilkinson Labour 1894–1896   Alfred Stephenson Ministerialist 1896–1902
  Thomas Bridson Cribb Ministerialist 1896–1904   Sir James Blair Independent/
Ministerialist/
Opposition 		1902–1912
  William Maughan Labour 1904–1912
1912–1960,   1 member
Member Party Term
  Sir James Blair Ministerialist/Independent 1912–1915
  David Gledson Labor 1915–1929
  James Walker Country and Progressive National 1929–1932
  David Gledson Labor 1932–1949
  Ivor Marsden Labor 1949–1960
Second incarnation (1972–present),   1 member
Member Party Term
  Llew Edwards Liberal 1972–1983
  David Hamill Labor 1983–2001
  Rachel Nolan Labor 2001–2012
  Ian Berry Liberal National 2012–2015
  Jennifer Howard Labor 2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Ipswich
2020 Queensland state election: Ipswich[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jennifer Howard 14,699 51.80 +3.82
Liberal National Scott O'Connell 5,769 20.33 +6.43
One Nation Suzie Holmes 3,947 13.91 −12.70
Greens Pat Walsh 2,396 8.44 −0.24
Legalise Cannabis Shelly Morton 1,565 5.52 +5.52
Total formal votes 28,376 96.92 +2.14
Informal votes 903 3.08 −2.14
Turnout 29,279 86.96 −1.73
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jennifer Howard 18,876 66.52 +2.20
Liberal National Scott O'Connell 9,500 33.48 −2.20
Labor hold Swing +2.20

References

  1. ^ "Maps and Districts : Brisbane - South : Ipswich". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2007.
  2. ^ "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. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. ^ 2020 State General Election – Ipswich – District Summary, ECQ.
  4. ^ https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/qld/2020/guide/ipsw

External links

Electoral districts of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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