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QLD DIVISION - MORETON

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Division Name MORETON
State Queensland
Elected Member Hardgrave, G (LP) 1996-
Name Derivation Named after the area in which it is located. Captain Cook named Moreton Bay in 1770 after the Earl of Morton, which was misspelt to become Moreton.
First Proclaimed / Election 1900/1901
Area 101 sq. kms
Demographic Inner Metropolitan
Seat Status Marginal
Enrolment 88,324
Turnout 93.87%
Informal 4.94%
Location Moreton covers an area of approximately 101 sq km from the Brisbane River and Oxley Creek in the north west and east to Eight Mile Plains and Parkinson in the South. The main suburbs include Algester, Calamvale, Chelmer, Coopers Plains, Drewvale, Eight Mile Plains, Graceville, Kuraby, Macgregor, Moorooka, Nathan, Parkinson, Robertson, Rocklea, Runcorn, Salisbury, Sherwood, Sunnybank, Sunnybank Hills, Tarragindi, Tennyson, Yeronga and Yeerongpilly.
Products and Industry The area is mainly residential with some light industrial and commercial activities.

Members
HARDGRAVE, G (LP) 1996-
GIBSON, G D (ALP) 1990-1996
CAMERON, D M (LP) 1983-1990
KILLEN, D J (LP) 1955-1983
FRANCIS, J (NAT/UAP/LP) 1922-1955
WIENHOLT, A (NAT/CP) 1919-1922
SINCLAIR, H (ANTI-SOC/LIB/NAT) 1906-1919
WILKINSON, J (IND LAB/ALP) 1901-1906

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