Electoral district of Lockyer

Lockyer is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]

Lockyer
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Lockyer, 2017
StateQueensland
MPJim McDonald
PartyLiberal National
NamesakeLockyer Valley
Electors34,938 (2020)
Area2,568 km2 (991.5 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Coordinates27°41′S 152°28′E
Electorates around Lockyer:
Condamine Nanango Moggill
Toowoomba North
Toowoomba South		 Lockyer Ipswich West
Condamine Southern Downs Scenic Rim
2008 map

The district consists primarily of Gatton and Laidley Shires and northern parts of Beaudesert Shire. It includes the major town of Gatton and a number of smaller centres including Laidley, Helidon and Withcott. The eastern parts of the district are part of the outer southern suburbs of Ipswich and Brisbane in the area of Greenmount.

The district is bounded on the west by Toowoomba North, and Toowoomba South. On the southwest and south by Condamine, Southern Downs and Beaudesert. To the north and northwest by Nanango. To the northeast, where it passes south of Ipswich and Brisbane, it is bounded by Ipswich West, Ipswich, Moggill. To the east it shares a boundary with the seat of Logan.

The electorate has been represented by Jim McDonald since the 2017 election. Pauline Hanson came within just 114 votes of being elected at the 2015 election with a 49.78 percent two-candidate vote.

Hanson's subsequent election to the Senate in 2016 precluded her from running in Lockyer again in 2017.

Members for Lockyer
First incarnation (1888–1932)
MemberPartyTerm
  William North Unaligned 1888–1893
  William Drayton Armstrong Various1 1893–1904
  Michael O'Keefe Ministerialist 1904–1907
  William Drayton Armstrong Various1 1907–1918
  Cuthbert Butler Labor 1918–1920
  George Logan Country 1920–1929
  Charles Jamieson Independent 1929–1932
Second incarnation (1950–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  (Sir) Gordon Chalk Liberal 1950–1976
  Tony Bourke Liberal 1976–1980
  Tony Fitzgerald National 1980–1998
  Peter Prenzler One Nation 1998–1999
  City Country Alliance 1999–2001
  Bill Flynn One Nation 2001–2004
  Ian Rickuss National 2004–2008
  Liberal National 2008–2017
  Jim McDonald Liberal National 2017–present

1 William Drayton Armstrong alternately listed his party alignment as Liberal, Opposition, and Ministeralist (twice). The parliamentary members' register does not list dates for these changes.

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lockyer
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Lockyer.[edit]
2020 Queensland state election: Lockyer[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Jim McDonald 13,662 45.15 +9.33
Labor Janet Butler 7,477 24.71 +1.81
One Nation Corey West 4,010 13.25 −21.13
Independent Jim Savage 3,057 10.10 +10.10
Greens Rebecca Haley 1,489 4.92 +0.38
United Australia Andrew Rockliff 563 1.86 +1.86
Total formal votes 30,258 96.52 +0.42
Informal votes 1,091 3.48 −0.42
Turnout 31,349 89.73 −0.11
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Jim McDonald 18,616 61.52 +7.45
Labor Janet Butler 11,642 38.48 +38.48
Liberal National 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 (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
  2. 2020 State General Election – Lockyer – District Summary, ECQ.
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