| Dickson Australian House of Representatives Division |
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 Division of Dickson |
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| State or territory: | Queensland |
| Created: | 1993 |
| MP: | Peter Dutton |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Namesake: | James Dickson |
| Electors: | 89,360 |
| Area: | 4,649 km² (1,795. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers of the Parliament of Australia; it is the Lower house, the Upper house being the Senate The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of 8 states and territories controlled under a federal system of government Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Peter Craig Dutton MP (born 18 November 1970) Australian politician has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Political parties in Australia lists political parties in Australia. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Sir James Robert Dickson, KCMG ( 30 November 1832 &ndash 10 January 1901) was an Australian politician and Businessman Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 0 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of Dickson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland, Australia. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent 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. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Sir James Robert Dickson, KCMG ( 30 November 1832 &ndash 10 January 1901) was an Australian politician and Businessman It is located in the outer north-western suburbs of Brisbane, including Albany Creek, Ferny Grove, Kallangur and Strathpine. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Albany Creek is a Suburb located approximately 17 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, Australia; about a half hour drive to the central business Ferny Grove is a recently developed residential suburb in north-west Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Kallangur is a suburb north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Strathpine is a suburb north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The 2006 redistribution added Shire of Esk to and removed part of Kallangur from the district. Redistricting, a form of redistribution, is the process of changing of political Borders in the United States The Shire of Esk was a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, Australia, located about west-northwest of Brisbane. It has historically been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. It is currently one of the most marginal seats in Australia.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Michael Lavarch | Labor | 1993—1996 | |
| Tony Smith | Liberal | 1996—1998 | |
| Independent | 1998—1998 | ||
| Cheryl Kernot | Labor | 1998—2001 | |
| Peter Dutton | Liberal | 2001—present | |
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Dickson | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Peter Dutton | 41,832 | 46. Professor Michael Hugh Lavarch (born 8 June 1961) is an Australian lawyer educator and former politician Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. House of Reps preference flows The Democrats contested 138 electorates with preferences slightly favouring Labor (54 Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Cheryl Kernot (born 5 December 1948) is a former Australian politician Results House of Representatives preference flows The Nationals had candidates in 13 seats where Three-cornered-contests existed Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Peter Craig Dutton MP (born 18 November 1970) Australian politician has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 November, 2001. Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Peter Craig Dutton MP (born 18 November 1970) Australian politician has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of 15 | -6. 65 | |
| Labor | Fiona McNamara | 36,438 | 43. 67 | +9. 54 | |
| Greens | Howard Nielsen | 5,006 | 6. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 00 | +0. 38 | |
| Family First | Dale Shuttleworth | 2,118 | 2. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 54 | -1. 75 | |
| Democrats | Peter Kerin | 797 | 0. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 96 | -0. 64 | |
| Christian Democrats | Connie Wood | 323 | 0. The Christian Democratic Party (CDP is a minor Political party in Australia. 39 | +0. 39 | |
| Liberty and Democracy | Brad Cornwell | 258 | 0. The Liberty & Democracy Party (LDP is a moderate libertarian or classical liberal Australian Political party founded in 2001. 31 | +0. 31 | |
| Total formal votes | 83,447 | 97. 23 | +1. 64 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,380 | 2. 77 | -1. 64 | ||
| Turnout | 85,827 | 96. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 05 | +0. 10 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Liberal | Peter Dutton | 41,832 | 50. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Peter Craig Dutton MP (born 18 November 1970) Australian politician has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of 13 | -8. 76 | |
| Labor | Fiona McNamara | 41,615 | 49. 87 | +8. 76 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | -8. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 76 | |||
| Australian federal election, 2004: Dickson | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Peter Dutton | 39,810 | 52. Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October, 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Peter Craig Dutton MP (born 18 November 1970) Australian politician has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of 09 | +6. 55 | |
| Labor | Craig McConnell | 27,036 | 35. 37 | +2. 18 | |
| Greens | Howard Robert Nielsen | 4,485 | 5. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 87 | +2. 35 | |
| Family First | Dale Shuttleworth | 3,454 | 4. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 52 | +4. 52 | |
| Democrats | Kirsty Reye | 1,270 | 1. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 66 | -3. 64 | |
| Great Australians | Terry Hyland | 373 | 0. Policies Abolishing Income tax. Making Tax rules apply equally to foreign transactions and companies as Australian ones 49 | +0. 49 | |
| Total formal votes | 76,428 | 95. 40 | +1. 12 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,684 | 4. 60 | -1. 12 | ||
| Turnout | 80,112 | 95. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 14 | +0. 92 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Liberal | Peter Dutton | 44,199 | 57. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Peter Craig Dutton MP (born 18 November 1970) Australian politician has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of 83 | +1. 81 | |
| Labor | Craig McConnell | 32,229 | 42. 17 | -1. 81 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 81 | |||
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