Jordan Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Map of Jordan, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Charis Mullen | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Vi Jordan | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 39,041 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 314 km2 (121.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°44′49″S 152°55′20″E / 27.7470°S 152.9221°E | ||||||||||||||
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Jordan is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution. It was named after politician Vi Jordan, second female Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Based on the area between Ipswich and Logan, Jordan consists of the suburbs of Gailes, Carole Park, Camira, Brookwater, Augustine Heights, Springfield, Greenbank, New Beith, Lyons and Undullah.[1]
From results of the 2015 election, Jordan was estimated to be a safe seat for the Labor Party with a margin of 13.5%.[2]
Member | Party | Term | |
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Charis Mullen | Labor | 2017–present |
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Jordan |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Charis Mullen | 18,471 | 55.44 | +15.82 | |
Liberal National | Andrew Mooney | 7,560 | 22.69 | +8.27 | |
One Nation | Neil Symes | 3,705 | 11.12 | −7.76 | |
Greens | Navdeep Singh Sidhu | 3,579 | 10.74 | +3.31 | |
Total formal votes | 33,315 | 96.53 | +2.79 | ||
Informal votes | 1,197 | 3.47 | −2.79 | ||
Turnout | 34,512 | 88.40 | −0.64 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Charis Mullen | 22,356 | 67.10 | +7.10 | |
Liberal National | Andrew Mooney | 10,959 | 32.90 | −7.10 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +7.10 |