Electoral district of Albert
| Albert Albert River | |
|---|---|
| Electors | 36,716 (2015) |
| Area | 235 km2 (90.7 sq mi) |
| Coordinates | 27°49′S 153°13′E / 27.817°S 153.217°E |
Albert was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland which existed from 1887 to 1949 and 1959 to 2017.[1]
Albert was named for the
Its consistently changing boundaries together with its existence in a high-growth area do not provide consistent political leanings over time, although it showed more inclination towards the
The last Member for Albert, Mark Boothman, was first elected in the 2012 election.
Albert was removed in the 2017 electoral redistribution, its northern part being transferred into Logan and Macalister, its centre part transferred into Coomera, and its southern part transferred into the new electorate of Theodore.[2]
History
Historically, the Gold Coast and Logan regions were sparsely populated agricultural areas,
The seat's boundaries evolved thus:[4]
- Prior to 1920, the seat covered the entire modern Jimboomba.
- At the 1920 election, it lost Beaudesert and Jimboomba to the neighbouring seat of Fassifern, and moved north to cover all of what is now Logan City.
- At the 1932 election, it lost the Logan area, and regained Jimboomba.
- At the 1935 election, it lost Jimboomba, and gained all of what is now Redland City, including North Stradbroke Island, from the seat of Wynnum.
It was split up in the 1949 redistribution ahead of the
At the 1960 state election, the fast-growing Southport seat was split into Albert in the north and South Coast in the south.[4] Further urban growth pushed the seat progressively northwards.
Its boundaries, as at the 2009 election, took in mostly urban, semi-urban and industrial areas west of the Pacific Motorway extending from Mount Warren Park and Windaroo in southern Logan to Coomera and Oxenford in the outer northern Gold Coast.
Members for Albert
| First incarnation (1888–1950) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Thomas Plunkett Sr. | Conservative | 1888–1890 | |
| Ministerialist | 1890–1896 | ||
Robert Collins
|
Independent | 1896–1899 | |
| Thomas Plunkett Sr. | Opposition | 1899–1903 | |
| Liberal | 1903–1907 | ||
| Kidstonites | 1907–1908 | ||
| John Appel | Conservative | 1908–1909 | |
| Liberal | 1909–1915 | ||
Farmers' Union
|
1915–1917 | ||
| National | 1917–1919 | ||
Country
|
1919–1922 | ||
United
|
1922–1925 | ||
| CPNP | 1925–1929 | ||
Thomas Flood Plunkett
|
CPNP | 1929–1936 | |
Country
|
1936–1950 | ||
| Second incarnation (1960–2017) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Cec Carey | Country
|
1960–1969 | |
| Bill Heatley | Liberal
|
1970–1971 | |
| Bill D'Arcy | Labor
|
1972–1974 | |
| Ivan Gibbs | National
|
1974–1989 | |
| John Szczerbanik | Labor
|
1989–1995 | |
| Bill Baumann | National
|
1995–2001 | |
| Margaret Keech | Labor
|
2001–2012 | |
| Mark Boothman | Liberal National | 2012–2017 | |
Election results
References
- ^ Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original(PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ In 1933, the census counted the following populations in local government areas: Coolangatta, 1,828; Southport, 4,218; Beaudesert, 4,915; Beenleigh, 2,322; Cleveland, 2,398; Coomera, 1,152; Nerang, 3,730; Tamborine, 2,673; Tingalpa, 1,812; Waterford, 1,052. In the ensuing 15 years, the region described above only gained another 10,000 people. Source: Queensland Year Book, 1949, p.42.
- ^ a b c Queensland Government Gazettes: 1909, p.553; 1915, p.1104; 1929, p.1005; 1932, p.1517; 1947, p.927; 1950; p.1182 and 1187; 1960, p.1911 and 1919. Maps in Waterson, D.B. Biographical register of the Queensland Parliament, 1930-1980 Canberra: ANU Press (1982).
External links
- Electorate profile (Antony Green, ABC)