Electoral district of Ipswich

Ipswich Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Ipswich (2008–)
State	Queensland
Dates current	1860–1960, 1972–present
MP	Jennifer Howard
Party	Labor
Namesake	Ipswich
Electors	33,371 (2015)
Area	56 km^2 (21.6 sq mi)
Coordinates	27°38′S 152°46′E / 27.633°S 152.767°ECoordinates: 27°38′S 152°46′E / 27.633°S 152.767°E

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

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
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
	Sir Llewellyn 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

Queensland state election, 2015: Ipswich^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jennifer Howard	15,904	53.23	+22.08
	Liberal National	Ian Berry	8,526	28.53	−7.33
	Greens	Pat Walsh	2,245	7.51	+1.90
	Independent	Patricia Petersen	1,767	5.91	−2.93
	Family First	Tim Stieler	1,438	4.81	+1.66
Total formal votes			29,880	97.94	+0.61
Informal votes			629	2.06	−0.61
Turnout			30,509	91.42	−0.59
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jennifer Howard	18,517	65.90	+20.09
	Liberal National	Ian Berry	9,581	34.10	−20.09
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+20.09

References

1. "Maps and Districts : Brisbane - South : Ipswich". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
2. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860 - 2012" (PDF). Queensland Parliament.
3. 2015 State General Election - Ipswich - District Summary, ECQ.

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)