Oxley Australian House of Representatives Division
Created:	1949
MP:	Bernie Ripoll
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	John Oxley
Electors:	89,247
Area:	218 km² (84 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Oxley is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The current division is the second to bear the name, and was created in 1949. The division is named after the Australian explorer, John Oxley. Oxley is located in south east Queensland, and covers the south western suburbs of the City of Brisbane, and part of the City of Ipswich. The division covers an area of 669 square kilometres (258 sq mi) in 2005.

The original Division of Oxley was established in 1901, and was abolished and replaced by the Division of Griffith in 1934. Bill Hayden was the ALP Opposition Leader between 1977 and 1983, when he resigned under pressure the same day that the 1983 election which swept Bob Hawke to power was called. Hayden left politics to become Governor-General in 1988.

In 1996, the seat became most well-known for controversial social conservative MP Pauline Hanson who was elected as a Liberal-turned-independent, but the seat was heavily redistributed in 1997, splitting her main support base of Ipswich between Oxley and Blair. Hanson contested the seat of Blair, winning 36% of the primary vote but losing to the Liberals (who got 21%) under Australia's system of preferential voting.

[edit] Members for Oxley

Member		Party	Term
	Donald Alastair Cameron	Liberal	1949–1961
	Bill Hayden	Labor	1961–1988
	Les Scott	Labor	1988–1996
	Pauline Hanson	Independent	1996–1997
		One Nation	1997–1998
	Bernie Ripoll	Labor	1998–present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Oxley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bernie Ripoll	47,128	58.56	+10.01
	Liberal	Scott White	26,297	32.68	-4.05
	Greens	Austin Lund	4,128	5.13	+0.81
	Family First	Gregory Roy	1,682	2.09	-1.35
	Democrats	Murray Henman	951	1.18	+0.01
	CEC	Brian Haag	289	0.36	-0.60
Total formal votes			80,475	95.79	+2.56
Informal votes			3,535	4.21	-2.56
Turnout			84,010	94.13	-0.59
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Bernie Ripoll	51,607	64.13	+7.01
	Liberal	Scott White	28,868	35.87	-7.01
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.01

Australian federal election, 2004: Oxley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bernie Ripoll	39,807	50.47	+1.19
	Liberal	Daniel Smith	26,528	33.63	+1.77
	Greens	Kevin Brennan	3,474	4.40	+1.05
	Family First	Robert Boyne	2,906	3.68	+3.68
	One Nation	Bill Flynn	2,100	2.66	-6.23
	Independent	George Pugh	1,920	2.43	+2.43
	Democrats	Nicholas Wood	903	1.14	-4.30
	CEC	Brian Haag	881	1.12	+1.12
	Socialist Alliance	Michael Matthew Myles	358	0.45	+0.45
Total formal votes			78,877	93.00	-1.83
Informal votes			5,936	7.00	+1.83
Turnout			84,813	93.67	-0.67
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Bernie Ripoll	47,103	59.72	+1.76
	Liberal	Daniel Smith	31,774	40.28	-1.76
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.76

[edit] External links

• "Division of Oxley". Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. http://www.aec.gov.au/pdf/profiles/o/oxley.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-29.  (PDF, 150 kB)

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