Electoral district of Logan

Logan is an electoral district in southern Queensland, Australia.

This article is about the Australian electoral district. For the Canadian electoral district, see Logan (electoral district). For other uses, see Logan (disambiguation).

Logan
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Logan, 2017
StateQueensland
Dates current1872–1949, 1960–1972, 1986–present
MPLinus Power
PartyLabor
NamesakeLogan River
Electors37,695 (2020)
Area356 km2 (137.5 sq mi)
Coordinates27°45′S 153°2′E
Electorates around Logan:
Algester Woodridge Waterford
Jordan Logan Macalister
Scenic Rim Scenic Rim Coomera
2008 map of Logan

Logan encompasses urban and semi-rural environments on the southern outskirts of the Brisbane metropolitan area. Major locations within the electoral district include Browns Plains, Crestmead, Park Ridge and North Maclean.

History

The electoral district of Logan was established under the 1872 Electoral Districts Act which excised the southern part of the Electoral district of East Moreton (the Gold Coast area). Successive redistributions shifted the boundaries northwards towards Brisbane. It was abolished in the 1949 redistribution, being mostly absorbed into the Electoral district of Coorparoo and the Electoral district of Yeronga.[1]

In the 1959 redistribution, the Logan electoral district was re-created in the Redland Shire, largely replacing the Electoral district of Darlington. Logan electoral district was abolished again in the 1971 redistribution, by replaced by the Electoral district of Redlands.[1]

In 1986 the Logan electoral district was again re-created, encompassing the north-eastern part of the Electoral district of Fassifern and the north-western part of the Electoral district of Albert. In 1991 the eastern half of the Logan electorate was lost to the Electoral district of Waterford and the Electoral district of Woodridge, leaving the Logan electorate located in the suburbs of Boronia Heights, Browns Plains, Marsden and Park Ridge.[1]

Members for Logan
First incarnation (1873–1950)
MemberPartyTerm
  Philip Nind Unaligned 1873–1875
  Adam Black Unaligned 1875
  Frederick Shaw Unaligned 1875–1876
  Peter McLean Unaligned 1876–1883
  Ernest James Stevens Independent 1883–1896
  John Donaldson Independent/Ministerialist 1896
  James Stodart Ministerialist/Opposition/Liberal 1896–1918
  Alfred James Labor 1918–1920
  Reginald King National/United Party/
Country and Progressive National		 1920–1935
  John Brown Labor 1935–1944
  Thomas Hiley Queensland People's/
Liberal		 1944–1950
Second incarnation (1960–1972)
MemberPartyTerm
  Leslie Harrison Country 1960–1966
  Dick Wood Country 1966–1969
  Ted Baldwin Labor 1969–1972
Third incarnation (1986–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Wayne Goss Labor 1986–1998
  John Mickel Labor 1998–2012
  Michael Pucci Liberal National 2012–2015
  Linus Power Labor 2015–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Logan
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Logan[edit]
2020 Queensland state election: Logan[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Linus Power 16,587 53.47 +11.15
Liberal National Clinton Pattison 7,725 24.90 +6.60
One Nation Peter Weber 4,283 13.81 −17.09
Greens Liam Jenkinson 1,900 6.13 +1.24
United Australia Sam Iskander 524 1.69 +1.69
Total formal votes 31,019 96.26 +1.95
Informal votes 1,205 3.74 −1.95
Turnout 32,224 85.49 −1.73
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Linus Power 19,663 63.39 +6.56
Liberal National Clinton Pattison 11,356 36.61 +36.61
Labor hold  

References
  1. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 2020 State General Election – Logan – District Summary, ECQ.
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