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QLD DIVISION - PETRIE

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Division Profile
Division Name PETRIE
State Queensland
Elected Member D'Ath, Y (ALP) 2007-
Name Derivation Named after Andrew Petrie 1798-1872, a noted civil engineer, pioneer, explorer and the first free settler in Brisbane 1837.
First Proclaimed / Election 1949
Area 152 sq. kms
Demographic Outer Metropolitan
Pre-Election Seat Status Marginal
Seat Status Marginal
Enrolment 86,651
Turnout 93.04%
Informal 5.28%
Location Petrie covers an area of approximately 152 sq km to the north east of Brisbane. From the northern Brisbane suburbs, east of the Bruce Highway and north to Burpengary Creek. The area includes Redcliffe on Moreton Bay. It takes in parts of the local government areas of Brisbane City and part of Moreton Bay Regional Council. The main suburbs of the City of Brisbane include: Bald Hills, Bracken Ridge, Carseldine, Fitzgibbon and parts of Aspley and Bridgeman Downs. The localities in the Moreton Bay Regional Council include Clontarf, Deception Bay, Griffin, Kippa-Ring, Mango Hill,Margate, Newport, North Lakes, Redcliffe, Rothwell, Scarborough, Woody Point and part of Burpengary.
Products and Industry The area is mainly residential with some light industrial and commercial activities.

Members
D'Ath, Y (ALP) 2007-
Gambaro, T (LP) 1996-2007
Johns, G T (ALP) 1987-1996
Hodges, J C (LP) 1984-1987
Wells, D M (ALP) 1983-1984
Hodges, J C (LP) 1974-1983
Cooke, N M (LP) 1972-1974
Hulme, A S (LP) 1963-1972
O'Brien, R C (ALP) 1961-1963
Hulme, A S (LP) 1949-1961

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