Electoral district of Brisbane Central

Brisbane Central Queensland—Legislative Assembly
300px Brisbane Central (2008—)
State	Queensland
MP	Grace Grace
Party	Labor
Namesake	Brisbane CBD
Electors	34,465 (2015)
Area	18 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
Coordinates

Brisbane Central is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.

The electorate covers the central portion of Brisbane, including the Brisbane central business district as well as the inner suburbs of Bowen Hills, Fortitude Valley, Herston, Kelvin Grove, Spring Hill, New Farm, Newmarket and Windsor. It is bordered on the east and south by the Brisbane River.

History

The Town of Brisbane was one of the original electorates established by Order-in-Council in 1859. Since then, the name of the electorate covering what is now the CBD of Brisbane has been variously known as Brisbane City, North Brisbane, Brisbane North, and Brisbane (from 1912). Brisbane Central was created in 1977 and was held from 1989 to 2007 by Labor's Peter Beattie, who was Premier of Queensland from 1998. Beattie resigned as both Premier and Member for Brisbane Central and a 2007 Brisbane Central by-election was held. The seat was won by Labor candidate Grace Grace.

Members for Brisbane Central

Member		Party	Term
	Brian Davis	Labor	1977–1989
	Peter Beattie	Labor	1989–2007
	Grace Grace	Labor	2007–2012
	Robert Cavallucci	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Grace Grace	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Brisbane Central

Queensland state election, 2015: Brisbane Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Robert Cavallucci	12,042	41.81	−6.89
	Labor	Grace Grace	10,590	36.77	+3.10
	Greens	Kirsten Lovejoy	5,355	18.59	+3.26
	Independent	Kai Jones	815	2.83	+0.53
Total formal votes			28,802	98.36	+0.01
Informal votes			481	1.64	−0.01
Turnout			29,283	84.96	−1.93
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Grace Grace	14,334	53.25	+8.13
	Liberal National	Robert Cavallucci	12,584	46.75	−8.13
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+8.13

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)