Division Profile
			
				| Division Name | 
				OXLEY | 
			 
			
				| State | 
				Queensland | 
			 
			
				| Elected Member | 
				Ripoll, B (ALP) 1998- | 
			 			
			
				| Name Derivation | 
				Named after John Oxley 1783-1828, noted explorer and surveyor. | 
			 
			
				| First Proclaimed / Election | 
				1900/1901 (The original Oxley was renamed Griffith in 1934. This division of Oxley was proclaimed in 1949.) | 
			 
			
				| Area | 
				302 sq. kms | 
			 
			
				| Demographic | 
				Outer Metropolitan | 
			 
			
				| Seat Status | 
				Fairly Safe | 
			 
			
				| Enrolment | 
				90,549 | 
			 
			
				| Turnout | 
				93.67% | 
			 
			
				| Informal | 
				7.00% | 
			 
			
					
						| Location | 
						Oxley covers an area of approximately 302 sq km from Acacia Ridge in the east to Ipswich city in the west. The main town is Ipswich. | 
					 
				
					
						| Products and Industry | 
						Railway workshops, coal mining, power station at Swanbank, dairying, beef cattle, horse studs and farming with some industrial, light industrial and commercial activities. | 
					 
				
		 
		 
		
		
			Members
			
			
				| RIPOLL, B (ALP) 1998- | 
			 
			
			
				| HANSON, P (IND) 1996-1998 | 
			 
			
			
				| SCOTT, L J (ALP) 1988-1996 | 
			 
			
			
				| HAYDEN, B G (ALP) 1961-1988 | 
			 
			
			
				| CAMERON, D A (LP) 1949-1961 | 
			 
		
		 
		 
		
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