Electoral district of Cooper

Coordinates: 27°26′46″S 152°56′07″E / 27.4462°S 152.9353°E / -27.4462; 152.9353
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Cooper
Labor Party
NamesakeLilian Violet Cooper
Electors37,386 (2020)
Area63 km2 (24.3 sq mi)
DemographicOuter-metropolitan
Coordinates27°26′46″S 152°56′07″E / 27.4462°S 152.9353°E / -27.4462; 152.9353
Electorates around Cooper:
Pine Rivers Ferny Grove Stafford
Moggill Cooper McConnel
Moggill Maiwar South Brisbane

Cooper is an

Labor's Kate Jones. It was named after pioneer doctor Lilian Violet Cooper.[1]

It largely covers the areas of the abolished electorate of Ashgrove. Located in Northern Brisbane, it consists of the suburbs of Enoggera Reservoir, The Gap, Bardon, Ashgrove, Red Hill, Paddington and Milton.[1]

Members for Cooper

Member Party Term
  Kate Jones
Labor
2017–2020
  Jonty Bush
Labor
2020–present

Election results

2020 Queensland state election: Cooper[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jonty Bush 11,509 34.10 −6.73
Liberal National Trent Wiseman 11,285 33.44 −2.15
Greens Katinka Winston-Allom 10,000 29.63 +9.02
One Nation Susan Ventnor 587 1.74 +1.74
Independent Robert Wiltshire 366 1.08 −1.88
Total formal votes 33,747 98.70 +1.14
Informal votes 443 1.30 −1.14
Turnout 34,190 91.45 +1.49
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jonty Bush 20,414 60.49 −0.16
Liberal National Trent Wiseman 13,333 39.51 +0.16
Labor hold Swing −0.16

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ^ 2020 State General Election – Cooper – District Summary, ECQ.