Petrie Australian House of Representatives Division
Created:	1949
MP:	Yvette D'Ath
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Andrew Petrie
Electors:	90,092
Area:	127 km² (49 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Petrie is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

The division was created in 1948; and named after Andrew Petrie (1798-1872), a noted civil engineer, pioneer and explorer, and the first free settler in Brisbane (1837).

The division covers an area of 149 square kilometres in 2005. The electorate has a higher-than-average percentage of pensioners and self-funded retirees, and is mainly residential, with some light industrial and commercial activities.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members 3 Election results 4 External links

[edit] Boundaries

Petrie is located in South East Queensland, and is generally based on the outer northern suburbs of the City of the Brisbane, including the upmarket suburbs of Aspley, Bridgeman Downs and Carseldine. It covers the older northern suburbs of Stafford and Chermside and stretches northwards to take in the whole of Redcliffe City and small parts of Shire of Pine Rivers.

In the City of Brisbane, it includes Bald Hills, Bracken Ridge, Bridgeman Downs, Carseldine, Chermside West, Fitzgibbon, and McDowall, and parts of Aspley, Everton Park, and Stafford Heights.

In the City of Redcliffe, it includes Clontarf, Kippa-Ring, Margate, Redcliffe, Rothwell, Scarborough, and Woody Point.

In the Pine Rivers Shire, it includes parts of Mango Hill and Griffin.

[edit] Members

Member		Party	Term
	Alan Hulme	Liberal	1949–1961
	Reginald O'Brien	Labor	1961–1963
	Alan Hulme	Liberal	1963–1972
	Marshall Cooke	Liberal	1972–1974
	John Hodges	Liberal	1974–1983
	Deane Wells	Labor	1983–1984
	John Hodges	Liberal	1984–1987
	Gary Johns	Labor	1987–1996
	Teresa Gambaro	Liberal	1996–2007
	Yvette D'Ath	Labor	2007–present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Petrie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Yvette D'Ath	38,988	46.89	+9.39
	Liberal	Teresa Gambaro	37,299	44.86	-7.41
	Greens	Terry Jones	3,890	4.68	-0.02
	Family First	Sally Vincent	1,516	1.82	-1.88
	Democrats	Bruce Carnwell	814	0.98	-0.76
	Christian Democrats	Peter Britt	430	0.52	+0.52
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Pope	217	0.26	+0.26
Total formal votes			83,154	97.03	+1.04
Informal votes			2,546	2.97	-1.04
Turnout			85,700	95.12	-0.38
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Yvette D'Ath	43,283	52.05	+9.50
	Liberal	Teresa Gambaro	39,871	47.95	-9.50
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.50

Australian federal election, 2004: Petrie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Teresa Gambaro	41,987	52.73	+4.47
	Labor	Gavin Brady	29,589	37.16	-0.80
	Greens	Rick Pass	3,972	4.62	+1.93
	Family First	Wade Whincop	2,972	3.73	+3.73
	Democrats	Terri Ball	1,403	1.76	-3.44
Total formal votes			79,627	95.98	+0.26
Informal votes			3,338	4.02	-0.26
Turnout			82,965	94.69	-0.43
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Teresa Gambaro	46,119	57.92	+4.44
	Labor	Gavin Brady	33,508	42.08	-4.44
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.44

[edit] External links

• Division of Petrie description
• Division of Petrie map

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