Division of Dickson

Dickson Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Dickson in Queensland, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1992
MP	Peter Dutton
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	James Dickson
Electors	100,720 (2016)
Area	722 km^2 (278.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Dickson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland, Australia. The division was formed in 1992 and is named after Sir James Dickson, a leading advocate in Australian Federation, Premier of Queensland and Minister for Defence in the first Australian Ministry. It is located in the outer north-western suburbs of Brisbane, including Albany Creek, Kallangur and Strathpine. The 2006 redistribution added the Shire of Esk to and removed part of Kallangur from the district. It has historically been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party.

1993 Election

There was an unusual circumstance at the 1993 election. One of the candidates, an independent, died very shortly before the election, making it necessary to hold a standalone 'supplementary election' on 17 April (the rest of the country had already voted on 13 March). Following the return of the Labor Party to government, the Prime Minister Paul Keating announced the makeup of the Second Keating Ministry to be sworn in on 24 March, but kept the portfolio of Attorney-General open for Michael Lavarch subject to him winning Dickson on 17 April. He won the seat, and was appointed to the ministry on 27 April.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Michael Lavarch	Labor	1993–1996
	Tony Smith	Liberal	1996–1998
		Independent	1998–1998
	Cheryl Kernot	Labor	1998–2001
	Peter Dutton	Liberal	2001–2010
		Liberal National	2010–present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2016: Dickson^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Peter Dutton	40,519	44.56	−3.45
	Labor	Linda Lavarch	31,769	34.94	+3.62
	Greens	Michael Berkman	8,971	9.87	+3.45
	Family First	Ray Hutchinson	3,868	4.25	+2.45
	Independent	Thor Prohaska	3,217	3.54	+3.54
	Liberal Democrats	Doug Nicholson	2,589	2.85	+2.85
Total formal votes			90,933	96.63	+0.89
Informal votes			3,172	3.37	−0.89
Turnout			94,105	93.43	−1.46
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Peter Dutton	46,922	51.60	−5.12
	Labor	Linda Lavarch	44,011	48.40	+5.12
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−5.12

References

1. Dickson, QLD, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

• Division of Dickson (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

Coordinates: 27°16′16″S 152°50′49″E / 27.271°S 152.847°E