Division of Ryan

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

Ryan
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Ryan in Queensland, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created1949
MPJulian Simmonds
PartyLiberal National
NamesakeT. J. Ryan
Electors106,256 (2019)
Area370 km2 (142.9 sq mi)
DemographicOuter Metropolitan

History
T. J. Ryan, the division's namesake

The division was created in 1949 and is named after T. J. Ryan, Premier of Queensland from 1915 to 1919. Ryan is located in south east Queensland, and is generally based on the western suburbs of the City of Brisbane.

Location

The Division of Ryan encompasses a number of whole and part suburbs and localities:[1][2]

Members
Image Member Party Term Notes
  Nigel Drury
(1911–1984)		 Liberal 10 December 1949 –
11 November 1975		 Retired
  John Moore
(1936–)		 Liberal 13 December 1975 –
5 February 2001		 Served as minister under Fraser and Howard. Resigned in order to retire from politics
  Leonie Short
(1956–)		 Labor 17 March 2001 –
10 November 2001		 Lost seat
  Michael Johnson
(1970–)		 Liberal 10 November 2001 –
20 May 2010		 Lost preselection and then lost seat
  Independent 20 May 2010 –
21 August 2010
  Jane Prentice
(1953–)		 Liberal Nationals 21 August 2010 –
11 April 2019		 Lost preselection and retired
  Julian Simmonds
(1985–)		 Liberal Nationals 18 May 2019 –
present		 Incumbent

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Ryan
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Queensland § Ryan[edit]
2019 Australian federal election: Ryan[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Julian Simmonds 46,869 48.61 −3.51
Labor Peter Cossar 23,560 24.43 +1.46
Greens Jake Schoermer 19,621 20.35 +1.59
One Nation Rodney Miles 2,080 2.16 +2.16
Animal Justice Joanne Webb 1,854 1.92 +1.92
United Australia Larry Crouch 1,478 1.53 +1.53
Conservative National Andrew Banks 964 1.00 +1.00
Total formal votes 96,426 97.60 −0.04
Informal votes 2,369 2.40 +0.04
Turnout 98,795 92.98 −0.34
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Julian Simmonds 54,023 56.03 −2.95
Labor Peter Cossar 42,403 43.97 +2.95
Liberal National hold Swing−2.95

References
  1. "Map of the Federal Electoral Division of Ryan" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. March 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  3. Ryan, QLD, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

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