Dickson Australian House of Representatives Division
Created:	1993
MP:	Peter Dutton
Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	James Dickson
Electors:	89,360
Area:	4,649 km² (1,795 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Dickson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland, Australia. The division was formed in 1992 (1993 - First Election) and is named after Sir James Dickson, a leading advocate in Australian Federation, Queensland Premier and Minister for Defence in first Australian Ministry. It is located in the outer north-western suburbs of Brisbane, including Albany Creek, Ferny Grove, Kallangur and Strathpine. The 2006 redistribution added Shire of Esk to and removed part of Kallangur from the district. It has historically been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party. It is currently one of the most marginal seats in Australia.

Contents 1 1993 Election 2 Members 3 Election results 4 External links

[edit] 1993 Election

There was an unusual circumstance at the 1993 election. One of the candidates, an independent, died very shortly before the election, making it necessary to hold a standalone 'supplementary election' on 17 April (the rest of the country had already voted on 13 March). Following the return of the Labor Party to government, the Prime Minister Paul Keating announced the makeup of the Second Keating Ministry to be sworn in on 24 March, but kept the portfolio of Attorney-General open for Michael Lavarch subject to him winning Dickson on 17 April. He won the seat, and was appointed to the ministry on 27 April.

[edit] Members

Member		Party	Term
	Michael Lavarch	Labor	1993–1996
	Tony Smith	Liberal	1996–1998
		Independent	1998–1998
	Cheryl Kernot	Labor	1998–2001
	Peter Dutton	Liberal	2001–present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Dickson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Dutton	41,832	46.15	-6.65
	Labor	Fiona McNamara	36,438	43.67	+9.54
	Greens	Howard Nielsen	5,006	6.00	+0.38
	Family First	Dale Shuttleworth	2,118	2.54	-1.75
	Democrats	Peter Kerin	797	0.96	-0.64
	Christian Democrats	Connie Wood	323	0.39	+0.39
	Liberal Democrats	Brad Cornwell	258	0.31	+0.31
Total formal votes			83,447	97.23	+1.64
Informal votes			2,380	2.77	-1.64
Turnout			85,827	96.05	+0.10
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Peter Dutton	41,832	50.13	-8.76
	Labor	Fiona McNamara	41,615	49.87	+8.76
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.76

Australian federal election, 2004: Dickson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Dutton	39,810	52.09	+6.55
	Labor	Craig McConnell	27,036	35.37	+2.18
	Greens	Howard Robert Nielsen	4,485	5.87	+2.35
	Family First	Dale Shuttleworth	3,454	4.52	+4.52
	Democrats	Kirsty Reye	1,270	1.66	-3.64
	Great Australians	Terry Hyland	373	0.49	+0.49
Total formal votes			76,428	95.40	+1.12
Informal votes			3,684	4.60	-1.12
Turnout			80,112	95.14	+0.92
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Peter Dutton	44,199	57.83	+1.81
	Labor	Craig McConnell	32,229	42.17	-1.81
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.81

[edit] External links

• Division of Dickson description
• Division of Dickson map

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